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  • Griner spoke for the first time about her months-long detention in Russia during an hour-long interview that aired on Wednesday night in the US
  • Griner was detained in 2022 at a Moscow airport after authorities said her luggage included vape cartridges allegedly containing cannabis-derived oil

Seventy-two men, 70 women arrested after officers raid, shut down 18 vice establishments, seven gambling dens and unlicensed pub during 11-day operation.

The Conservative party’s Pierre Poilievre refused 4 times to withdraw his comment, which he made as he criticised what he called the prime minister’s refusal to crack down on drug overdoses.

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Despite being touted as Hollywood’s latest miracle diet pill, Ozempic’s downsides include a gaunt-looking face … but there are ways to avoid it

Princess Beatrice’s first boyfriend, Paolo Liuzzo, was recently found dead in a Miami hotel room and had multiple run-ins with the law over the years – here’s what we know about him

Marcos Jnr’s pro-US stance and measures to ‘elevate’ the Philippines have made him a ‘pivotal player’ on South China Sea issues among world leaders.

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Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiralling wave of violence.

Ecuador’s prisons agency did not give more details on the death of the prison director. Ecuadorans were voting in a referendum on proposed measures to fight surge in gang-related crime.

Officers raid two units in industrial building and seize 12.5kg of heroin, 8kg of cannabis buds, 270 cannabis oil cartridges and small quantities of hallucinogenic mushrooms and LSD.

In a recent conversation with The Standard UK, the 59-year-old musician criticised a number of today’s biggest pop stars, including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Beyoncé

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The Thai towns of the notorious Golden Triangle are taking advantage of their opium-producing history with attractions centred on the drug and military leaders who fought over it.

ICC launched an inquiry into Duterte’s drug crackdown in September 2021, but suspended it two months later when Manila said it was re-examining cases of drug operations.

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Hu Binchen, director of International Cooperation Bureau, and Liu Zhongyi, director of Criminal Investigation Bureau, appointed assistant ministers at China’s Ministry of Public Security.

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The priest was sentenced to 18 months in jail for sex and drug crimes, after an incident in which a man reportedly collapsed after taking too many erectile dysfunction pills during an orgy at his home.

Seet Poh Jing had developed a fascination with cannabis, his lawyers argued. Beyond consuming it, he was interested in the cultivation and potential uses of cannabidiol, a substance derived from the plant.