Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is currently the frontrunner in Brazil’s 2018 presidential elections Three judges in Brazil will shortly decide whether to uphold a prison term given to the country’s former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The ruling could prove vital to Brazil’s political future. Despite being convicted…

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This is the heartbreaking image of two high school sweethearts shot during a gun rampage in Kentucky. Bailey Holt was killed when a classmate walked into a packed atrium in the town of Benton at 8am on Tuesday and opened fire with a handgun. Her boyfriend was blasted in the face and remains critically injured…

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AP Photo/Frank Franklin II by John Binder23 Jan 2018New York City, NY0 23 Jan, 201823 Jan, 2018 Illegal alien activists stormed the home of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the offices of Democrats demanding immediate amnesty for all 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the United States, as well as the release of…

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Alexis Sanchez should not be considered a « mercenary » for opting to join Manchester United rather than renewing his contract at the Emirates Stadium. Sanchez made the move to Old Trafford on Monday, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan switching the other way in a swap deal. The Chilean is reported to be earning…

Big Picture « A lot of big names have played for 20 years, they have come here many times, and they have never done it. But this team has done that. This team is used to doing things that a lot of other teams haven’t done, and that too overseas. » This is a slightly abridged version…

Haunting images have revealed the movements of a father-of-four in the days before he is alleged to have ploughed into Muslim worshippers near a mosque. Darren Osborne is accused of killing Makram Ali and injuring several others after his hired van mounted a pavement near in Finsbury Park, north London, on June 19. Police have now…