Former armed forces chief was imprisoned after failed revolt against junta and later campaigned with Nobel laureate under National League for Democracy banner

Tin Oo, one of the closest associates of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and co-founder with her of the National League for Democracy, has died at the age of 97.

Tin Oo died on Saturday morning at Yangon general hospital, said Moh Khan, a charity worker citing a family member. Charity workers in Myanmar handle funeral arrangements.

Pickton, 71, who died in hospital following attack on 19 May, fed his victims’ remains to pigs on his farm

Robert Pickton, a notorious Canadian serial killer who fed his victims’ remains to his pigs on his farm near Vancouver, has died after being assaulted in prison.

The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement that Pickton, 71, died in hospital on Friday, following the attack on 19 May by another inmate of Port-Cartier Institution in the province of Quebec.

The singer and actor is ‘devastated’ to cancel upcoming dates in support of recent album, her first tour in five years

Jennifer Lopez has canceled her 2024 North American tour, representatives for Live Nation confirmed.

“Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” a statement read.

Medical director says Fico to continue recovery at home from wounds sustained in assassination attempt

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, has been discharged from hospital where he was being treated after an assassination attempt.

Miriam Lapunikova, the director of the hospital in the central city of Banska Bystrica, said on Friday that Fico had been transported to his home in the capital, Bratislava, where he would continue to recover.

• World No 1 makes 10 and faces uphill climb at Lancaster CC
• Korda, 25, has won six of her last seven tournaments entered

Nelly Korda took a 10 on her third hole of the US Women’s Open on Thursday when she hit three short-game shots into the stream in front of the par-3 12th green.

It was a devastating start for the No 1 player in women’s golf at Lancaster Country Club, a course that already was playing difficult enough that birdies were hard to find.

• Field at National Spelling Bee narrowed from 148 to eight
• National Spelling Bee quiz: can you beat the past winners?
• The 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee – in pictures
• Why the Spelling Bee is more vital than ever in the age of AI

When Achyut Ethiraj’s final appearance in the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended far earlier than he anticipated, the 14-year-old grimaced at the microphone, walked off the stage quietly and exited the ballroom with his mother’s arm draped around his back.

Achyut had plenty of company among the more than 100 spellers eliminated on Wednesday, spelling’s saddest day.

Italy celebrates getting back 600 antiquities that were taken and sold years ago and recovered as a result of criminal investigations

Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the US, including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at €60m ($65m), that were looted years ago, sold to US museums, galleries and collectors and recovered as a result of criminal investigations.

US ambassador Jack Markell, Matthew Bogdanos, the head of the antiquities trafficking unit of the New York district attorney’s office, and members of the US Homeland Security Investigations department were on hand for the presentation alongside the leadership of Italy’s culture ministry and carabinieri art squad.

Ryan Salame is first of Sam Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants to get jail time for his role in 2022 collapse of cryptocurrency exchange

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison, the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for their roles in the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.

Salame, 30, was a high-ranking executive at FTX for most of the exchange’s existence and, up until its collapse, was the co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets. He pleaded guilty last year to illegally making unlawful US campaign contributions and to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.

Ruddy, born in Canada, produced more than 30 movies, and was on hand for the very top and very bottom

Albert S Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, developed the raucous prison-sports comedy The Longest Yard and helped create the hit sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, has died at age 94.

Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at the UCLA medical center, according to a spokesperson, who added that among his final words were: “The game is over, but we won the game.”

• Leniu ready for backlash in first State of Origin game for the Blues
• Roosters prop was suspended for racially abusing Ezra Mam

NSW debutant Spencer Leniu has broken his silence on the Las Vegas racism storm, thanking the Sydney Roosters for standing by him when it would have been easier for the club to wash their hands of him. Leniu said he had no issue with the prospect of being booed in his State of Origin debut for the Blues at Accor Stadium in Sydney next Wednesday.

The 23-year-old’s Origin debut will be just his fourth game since returning from an eight-match suspension for labelling Brisbane’s Ezra Mam “a monkey” in the US. Mam is part of Queensland’s extended squad, while Broncos teammates Patrick Carrigan, Reece Walsh and Selwyn Cobbo are all part of the Maroons’ starting 17.

• Boston Celtics 105-102 Indiana Pacers; Celtics sweep series
• Celtics reach NBA finals for second time in three seasons

Derrick White’s tiebreaking three-pointer with 43 seconds left gave Boston the lead and the Celtics closed out a four-game sweep of the Indiana Pacers 105-102 on Monday night to reach the NBA finals for the second time in three years.

White finished with 16 points. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 29 points while Jayson Tatum added 26 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to help erase a nine-point second-half deficit.

Officers urge woman to go to hospital to receive care after placenta and umbilical cord found next to Cooks River at Earlwood

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Police have deployed divers and a blood detection dog in the search for a mother and her newborn baby after finding evidence she may have given birth by a Sydney riverbank.

A resident walking his dog found what police believe to be a placenta and umbilical cord next to the Cooks River at Earlwood in the city’s south-west on Monday afternoon. Police said tests on the organs had revealed them to be human.

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• Yokohama F.Marinos crushed 5-1 in Asian Champions League final
• Australian manager Kewell blames ‘shocking’ refereeing for loss

A furious Harry Kewell claims his side “got robbed by a bad referee” as his dream of outdoing his Australian predecessors by guiding Yokohama F.Marinos to an Asian Champions League triumph came to a bitter end.

Kewell’s Japanese side were humbled 5-1 by Al-Ain in the showdown in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, condemning them to a 6-3 defeat on aggregate and ending his ambition of guiding them to their first ACL trophy after just four months at the helm.

Sherman and late brother Robert’s songs remain ‘quintessential lyrical voice of Walt Disney’, says company

Richard Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – as well as the most-played tune on Earth, It’s a Small World (After All) – has died. He was 95.

Sherman, together with his late brother Robert, won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney’s 1964 smash Mary Poppins – best score and best song, Chim Chim Cher-ee. They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score. Robert Sherman died in London at the age of 86 in 2012.

Two were arrested on Thursday after Swat team raided rapper’s rented mansion in suburban Fort Lauderdale

Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother committed more than a million dollars in fraud in recent months, stealing money, jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade and furniture, documents released Friday allege.

Kingston, 34, and his 61-year-old mother, Janice Turner, have been charged with conducting an organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, identity theft and related crimes, according to arrest warrants released by the Broward county, Florida, sheriff’s office.

First-of-its-kind legislation signed Friday classifies mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances

First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana governor Jeff Landry.

The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state senate.

• Australian breaststroker has been battling ongoing hip injuries
• She won gold in the 4x100 medley relay team in Tokyo

Injuries have forced Olympic gold medallist Chelsea Hodges to quit swimming just two months before the Paris Games.

Hodges, a breaststroker who was part of Australia’s gold-medal winning 4x100m medley relay team at the Tokyo Olympics, has been battling ongoing hip injuries.

First-of-its-kind bill on mifepristone and misoprostol passed state legislature and is expected to be signed into law by governor

Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage on Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor.

Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known as “abortion pills”, say it would protect expectant mothers from coerced abortions. Numerous doctors, meanwhile, have said it will make it harder for them to prescribe the medicines they use for other important reproductive healthcare needs, and could delay treatment.

Joe McDowell, 38, from Perth, was visiting Bamiyan when he was shot by a gunman who killed three Spaniards and three Afghans

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An Australian adventure tourist targeted in a deadly shooting in central Afghanistan thought he would die after coming face to face with an Islamic State gunman.

Joe McDowell, 38, was shot when the lone gunman opened fire on his tour group in Bamiyan, about 200km west of the capital, Kabul, last Friday, killing six people.

• Die Aktuelle promoted 2023 piece that ‘sounds deceptively real’
• Publisher had sacked editor and apologised to F1 great’s family

The family of Michael Schumacher have won their legal action against the publisher of a magazine that printed an artificial intelligence-generated interview with the multiple Formula One champion.

The German celebrity magazine Die Aktuelle promoted on its cover in April 2023 the words: “Michael Schumacher, the first interview!” It also wrote “it sounds deceptively real”, with the supposed quotes attributed to Schumacher generated by AI.

Musician – the band’s bassist during its most successful period – was house sitting for a friend in Belgium

Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the US pop-rock band Train, best known for their hits Drops of Jupiter and Meet Virginia, has died aged 58.

Colin’s sister Carolyn Stephens confirmed her brother’s death to the Associated Press on Wednesday. He died after slipping and falling in the shower while house sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium, the celebrity website TMZ.com reported.

Obliterated homes, splintered trees and crumpled cars were seen in the path of the twister about 25 miles from Greenfield

Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa Tuesday, with one carving a path of destruction through the town of Greenfield, officials said.

The Iowa department of public safety said Wednesday that four people had been killed in the Greenfield area. Officials did not release the names of those killed in the storm because they were still notifying relatives.

Judge Aileen Cannon to hear arguments in court for the first time since indefinitely postponing trial

Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against the former president Donald Trump are due in court on Wednesday for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier this month.

The case, one of four criminal prosecutions against Trump, had been set for trial on 20 May but US district judge Aileen Cannon cited numerous issues she had yet to resolve as a basis for canceling the trial date.

Israel must provide conditions for pier to operate safely, UN warns, as aid deliveries reduced to trickle

The United Nations has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity.

It also said no aid trucks have entered the territory in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the US for sea deliveries, and warned that the $320m (£250m) project may fail unless Israel starts providing the conditions humanitarian groups need to operate safely.

High temperatures in Mexico have been linked to dozens and perhaps hundreds of deaths of howler monkeys

It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees.

At least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. Others were rescued by residents, including five that were rushed to a local veterinarian who battled to save them.

Turkey’s president hit out at event, saying it encourages ‘gender neutralisation’ and ‘social corruption’

Turkey’s president has taken a swipe at the Eurovision song contest, accusing the annual event of allegedly encouraging “gender neutralisation” and threatening the traditional family.

In a speech after a cabinet meeting, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described participants at the contest as the “Trojan horses of social corruption” and said his government was right to keep Turkey out of the pan-European pop competition since 2012.

Dali remained at collapse site since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns in March, killing six people

The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was refloated Monday and has begun slowly moving back to port.

The Dali has remained at the collapse site since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns on 26 March, killing six construction workers and snarling traffic into Baltimore Harbor.

Hungarian police called to scene of accident on shore of the River Danube near Verőce

Hungarian police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube.

Hungarian police received a report late on Saturday night that a man had been found bleeding from his head on the shore of the river near the town of Verőce, about 30 miles (50km) north of the capital, Budapest.

Second operation to remove dead tissue has ‘contributed to a positive prognosis’ for Robert Fico, health minister says

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in a stable but serious condition as the man accused of trying to assassinate him made his first court appearance.

The Slovakian health minister, Zuzana Dolinková, said on Saturday that a two-hour surgery to remove dead tissue from multiple gunshot wounds had “contributed to a positive prognosis” for Fico.

New York actor was taken to hospital after a stranger punched him in the face while he was walking in Manhattan on 8 May

A man wanted in connection with the random attack on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month was arrested on an assault charge on Friday, police said.

The 66-year-old star of Boardwalk Empire and Fargo was walking in midtown Manhattan on 8 May when a stranger punched him in the face, city police said. He was taken to a hospital with bruising, swelling and bleeding to his left eye, but was otherwise OK, his publicist said at the time.

Young girl was among six people killed in gunfire in an area of Chiapas where shootings have become common and widespread

A mayoral candidate and five other people have been killed when gunmen opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-racked southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

State prosecutors said a young girl was among the six people killed in the gunfire late on Thursday, along with the mayoral candidate Lucero López Maza. Two others were injured, they said.