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Several US gunmakers were dismissed from the case, in which Mexico seeks $10bn for gun-related violenceA US judge has dismissed much of Mexico’s unprecedented $10bn lawsuit seeking to hold US gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the US-Mexico border.US district judge Dennis Saylor in Boston dismissed claims against six of the eight companies Mexico sued in 2021, including Sturm, Ruger and Glock, citing jurisdictional problems. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/07/mexico-lawsuit-american-gun-manufacturers-dismissed Author : Reuters Publish date : 2024-08-07 23:16:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

People using airguns, slingshots and crossbows for ‘fun’ behind rise in animal attacks in England and WalesWeapon attacks on cats in England and Wales more than doubled in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2023, as the RSPCA warns of a rise in violence against animals.Data released on Thursday by the animal charity shows 44 cats were shot with a weapon such as an air gun, slingshot, catapult or crossbow from January to June 2024, compared with 18 in the same period last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/rspca-urges-vigilance-as-weapon-attacks-on-cats-more-than-double Author : Helena Horton

South African government joins row over Chidimma Adetshina’s heritage with suggestion mother may have committed identity theftSouth Africa’s national beauty pageant has been thrown into turmoil, after the government accused the mother of a contestant who suffered a torrent of online abuse over her Nigerian heritage of fraud and identity theft.Chidimma Adetshina, 23, has been the subject of vicious, xenophobic attacks on social media since she was announced as a finalist in Miss South Africa in July, with many, including cabinet ministers, questioning her credentials. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/07/miss-south-africa-contest-in-turmoil-as-finalists-mother-accused-of Author : Agence France-Presse in Johannesburg Publish date :