COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for a man who shot and killed a couple whose house and dog he was caring for while they were away on vacation. Death row inmate George Brinkman pleaded guilty to the 2017 deaths of Rogell and Roberta John and was sentenced to death by a three-judge Stark County panel. The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected arguments by Brinkman’s attorneys that he should be spared because of childhood abuse he suffered and mental health issues. Brinkman, 50, also received a death sentence for the killings in Cuyahoga County of a woman and her two adult daughters the day before the Johns were slain. Brinkman is awaiting a new trial in that case after the state Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, saying a three-judge panel failed to inform him about his right to question witnesses.

CAIRO – 2 August 2022: Egypt has extended condolences to the Libyan people over a deadly fuel truck explosion in Libya that took place on Monday. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Minister said it wishes a speedy recovery for the injured people. Egypt is following up the repercussions of the unfortunate incident that took place in the sisterly Libya, which have killed and injured a number of people, the ministry said. At least six people were killed and 70 others were injured when a fuel truck exploded in Sebha city in southern Libya, according to the Libyan Ministry of Health on Monday. The injured, some of whom had critical injuries were moved to hospitals in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the ministry said.

Libya’s crude exports climbed after a ban on production and shipments was lifted in mid-July, a trend that may help cool fears about the OPEC member’s ability to supply global markets https://t.co/ofxNz8J0lp— Bloomberg (@business) August 1, 2022(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)

“Merlins are a big threat to their recovery,” said Nathan Cooper, a research ecologist with Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Rather, they illustrate nature’s complexity and the importance of protecting biological communities, not just individual species. Fishing groups contend the seals could threaten cod stocks that regulators are struggling to rebuild after decades of overfishing. NATURE AT WORKConflicts between recovering species and ones still in trouble don’t always mean something is wrong, scientists say. The eagle’s recovery “complicates the conservation of certain other species,” Lyons said.

TRIPOLI: A European Union drone is helping Libyan forces intercept boats carrying migrants in the Mediterranean, who are then "hauled back to arbitrary detention and abuse", Human Rights Watch said on Monday. "Frontex claims the surveillance is to aid rescue, but the information facilitates interceptions and returns to Libya ... (despite) overwhelming evidence of torture and exploitation of migrants and refugees in Libya," HRW said in a statement. HRW said Frontex’s drone appeared to have helped Libyan forces intercept a boat in international waters, without informing nearby rescuers. It said it was investigating how "the shift from sea to air surveillance contributes to the cycle of extreme abuse in Libya". The HRW report comes days after media reports that Frontex routinely covered up illegal "pushbacks" of migrants by the Greek coastguard.

Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, in operation carried out by US Navy Seals after a nearly decade-long hunt. US intelligence officials have been aware for years of a network helping Al-Zawahri dodge US intelligence officials hunting for him, but didn’t have a bead on his possible location until recent months. Al-Zawahri was hardly a household name like bin Laden, but he played an enormous role in the terror group’s operations. Photos from the time often showed the glasses-wearing, mild-looking Egyptian doctor sitting by the side of bin Laden. Some militants whose association with bin Laden predated Al-Zawahri’s always saw him as an arrogant intruder.

Output has climbed to 1.2 million barrels per day, Oil Minister Mohamed Oun said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg. The North African nation’s oil output has been hit by a power struggle between rival governments headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in the west and Fathi Bashagha in the east. Each claim to be the legitimate prime minister, who each claim to be the legitimate prime minister. Libya’s oil output has see-sawed over the past years, largely as a result of the political and security unrest in the country that ensued after the ouster of Moammar Al Qaddafi in 2011. Power struggles between rival governments have compounded years of neglect in developing or revamping the oil infrastructure.

Oil production in Libya has hit 1.2 million barrels per day, the level the country was producing prior to its declaration of force majeure in April, according to the new leadership of the National Oil Company (NOC). Production was said to have reached 1.13 million bpd by July 27. It remains unclear whether the 1.2 million barrels per day Libya is allegedly producing now is referring to only crude oil or crude oil plus condensate. Saleh says the legitimate government of Libya is led by Bashagha, who has so far failed to install himself in Tripoli. The situation has led to challenges in obtaining information, including with respect to oil production figures, with rival governments issuing contradictory statements.

© Provided by WIONHuman Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday (August 1) that a European Union (EU) drone is helping Libyan forces to intercept boats of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea who are then subjected to "arbitrary detention and abuse". HRW said that the drone is operated from Malta, an EU member. "Frontex claims the surveillance is to aid rescue, but the information facilitates interceptions and returns to Libya ... (despite) overwhelming evidence of torture and exploitation of migrants and refugees in Libya," HRW said in a statement. HRW said Frontex's drone appeared to have helped Libyan forces intercept a boat in international waters, without informing nearby rescuers. It said that last year, some 32,450 people were intercepted by Libyan forces.

Ambulances in Tripoli, Libya, in this picture taken on Dec. 25, 2018. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images)Fuel Tanker Catches Fire in Libya; 5 Dead, 50 InjuredCAIRO—A fuel tanker truck caught fire and exploded Monday in central Libya, killing at least five people and injuring 50 others, authorities said. The incident took place in the central town of Bent Bayya, according to the Health Ministry in the capital of Tripoli. The state-run Libyan News agency said the tanker truck overturned before catching fire and exploding. The state-run medical center in the nearby city of Sabha received at least 50 injured people, Halima al-Mahri, a spokeswoman for the center.

— A fuel tanker truck caught fire and exploded Monday in central Libya, killing at least nine people and injuring 76 others, health authorities said. The incident took place in the central town of Bent Bayya when the tanker truck overturned before catching fire and exploding, the state-run Libya News agency reported. The state-run Emergency Services in the area gave the casualty tolls. The injured were taken to the medical center in the nearby city of Sabha, said Halima al-Mahri, a spokeswoman for the center. Al-Mahri said at least 16 critically injured were evacuated to hospitals in the capital of Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi.

Libya’s crude output has rebounded to its early April levels, the OPEC member’s oil minister said, in an increase that could help cool a jittery global oil market. Unfortunately for bulls, as Bloomberg's Nour Al Ali correctly notes, open interest in Brent crude indicates that low liquidity is driving the market at the moment. When both prices and open interest fall, that could mean that long positions are being liquidated. This chart that Alex Longley showed me earlier today shows aggregate open interest adjusted for prices near historic highs." The US president said he expected “further steps” from the Saudis to cool oil prices and safeguard the global economy at the close of his trip to Jeddah two weeks ago.

The source said that after the truck overturned but before it caught fire some people from other cars had approached to try and take fuel from the truck's tank.

CAIRO (AP) — A fuel tanker truck caught fire and exploded today in central Libya, killing at least five people and injuring 50 others, authorities said. The incident took place in the central town of Bent Bayya, according to the Health Ministry in the capital of Tripoli. The state-run Libyan News agency said the tanker truck overturned before catching fire and exploding. The state-run medical center in the nearby city of Sabha received at least 50 injured people, Halima al-Mahri, a spokeswoman for the center. She urged authorities to help evacuate the injured to the capital of Tripoli for treatment.

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