• Published date: 25 April 2024
• Publication title: Bay of Plenty Times

Russian arrest A top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said yesterday, a high-profile arrest. Timur Ivanov, 48, one of Russia’s 12 deputy defence ministers, was sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that both President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu were informed about the arrest. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top law enforcement agency, reported Ivanov’s detention without offering any details of the accusations against him, saying only that he is suspected of taking an especially large bribe

Noisy singing Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the local sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office in the United States sent out a message on Facebook letting people know that the whining sound is just the male cicadas singing to attract mates after more than a decade of being dormant. Some people have even flagged down deputies to ask what the noise is all about, Sheriff Lee Foster said. The nosiest cicadas were moving around the county of about 38,000 people, about 65km northwest of Columbia, prompting calls from...