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Wealthy American student who stabbed his girlfriend after she wrongly believed he had given her an STI is found guilty of murd£r
A wealthy American student who stabbed his girlfriend after she wrongly believed he had given her an STI has been found guilty of murd£r.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
Joshua Michals was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering his girlfriend after claiming he k!lled her in self-defence.
Zhe Wang, 31, was found de@d in her bedroom, lying in a pool of blood on 20 March last year.
Her boyfriend Joshua Michals, 26, had called the emergency services saying there had been a “knife incident” at her flat in Hither Green, southeast London.
When police arrived, he said: ‘It’s not what it seems’.
Ms Wang was obsessed with germs and cleanliness and had accused Michals of giving her an infection after she developed a rash.
He went to her flat to discuss it with her and k!lled her in a murderous rage.
The students had been seeing each other for six months but had slept together only once.
Ms Wang was studying an MA in Creative Writing and Education at Goldsmiths, University of London, and hoped to become a teacher, while Michals was doing an MA in filmmaking.
She met Michals while collecting her student ID card, and the pair began a relationship.
Ms Wang told him she wanted a life partner, but he did not see the relationship as anything serious.
The pair only had sex once, in February 2024, because of Ms Wang’s high standards of cleanliness.
Ms Wang had insisted on seeing Michals’ STI test results before the encounter.
She had taken the morning-after pill and became concerned about a rash on her body which may have been a side affect.
Ms Wang told Michals she would rather die than get an infection and demanded he take another test.
When Michals refused, she accused him of ruining her life and threatened to ask the university for help.
On the day of the killing, Michals took food round to Ms Wang’s flat to make a charcuterie board to try and console her.
But a row broke out and he stabbed her twice to the face and strangled her before leaving the flat.
He claimed that when he arrived at the flat he went to the toilet and when he came out Ms Wang was holding a knife and said she looked “crazy”, “demented” and “possessed”.
Michals said he wrestled the knife from her but she came up behind him and he stabbed her with the knife leaving it in her face.
He claimed he then leant on her neck trying to restrain her until she stopped moving.
Ms Wang might have survived but Michals spoke to his father and obtained details of solicitors before he called an ambulance later that night.
She was found face up on her bedroom floor with two stab wounds to the face and lying in a pool of blood by police.
It was heard at court that she was alive for 30 to 60 minutes after the attack.
He denied murder but was convicted of the charge by an Old Bailey jury on Monday.
Chicago-born Michals claimed Ms Wang came at him with a knife, and he killed her accidentally while trying to protect himself.
His defence was privately funded by his parents – his father David is a vice president of sales strategy for a company in Chicago – they travelled from the US to watch the trial.
Judge Richard Marks, the Common Serjeant of London, said he will sentence on a date to be fixed which is convenient for Ms Wang’s family and Michals’ parents.
Michals, wearing a blue jumper with a white shirt underneath, leant on the glass of the dock in front of him and clutched his chest as he was convicted by the jury before placing his head in his hands.
His parents looked to their son with vacant, pained expressions from the public gallery.
Prosecutor Henrietta Paget, KC, earlier said: “This case concerns the k!lling of a young woman by a man she’d only been seeing a few short months.
“This was a brutal and savage attack. She was killed in her own bedroom.”
Michals told the court he was not looking for a life partner in Ms Wang, and it did not worry him that she told him she was.
He said he did not tell her he only wanted something casual and said she would disinfect his sofa before sitting on it and clean his flat when she came to see him.
Ms Wang became frustrated that Michals was not making time for her and took the relationship more seriously than he did.
In February 2023 they agreed to have sex and Ms Wang sent him instructions on how to enter her flat, wash himself and the condom before coming to the bedroom where she would await him.
He said he went to her flat where she had left the front door open for him and followed the instructions before going into her room where they had sex.
Ms Wang became concerned about having an STI because of a rash she found, but Michals told her she would be fine.
After the horror incident, Michals put the knife, Ms Wang’s phone and the food he had brought in a bin bag and dumped it in the communal bins outside the flat before taking an Uber home.
Asked why he didn’t call emergency services earlier Michals said: “I wasn’t ready for it and I didn’t see the rush.”
Michals deleted his WhatsApp conversations with Ms Wang from his phone but police recovered them.
Describing Ms Wang, the prosecutor said: ‘She was a quiet and gentle person. Her tutor described her as funny, very organised, and well turned out.
“She was a talented writer and keen to talk about her writing- wanting to complete a PHD and return to China.”
“She was a reflective, insightful person interested in mindfulness and meditation.”
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has strongly criticized remarks by US President Donald Trump that appeared to dismiss the contributions and sacrifices of NATO allies during the Afghanistan war. Speaking to Fox News in Davos, Trump suggested NATO troops “stayed a little back, a little off the front lines” and claimed the US “never needed” its allies. Starmer described the comments as “insulting and frankly appalling,” emphasizing the courage and sacrifice of British and allied troops. Prince Harry and former US diplomat Nicholas Burns also condemned Trump’s statements, which have sparked widespread backlash among European leaders.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
Key Points:
The remarks risk straining transatlantic relations and undermining the solidarity of the NATO alliance, especially ahead of future security collaborations.
They disrespect the documented sacrifices of thousands of NATO troops from multiple countries who served, were injured, or died in Afghanistan.
The backlash reflects broader European concerns about the reliability and diplomatic approach of US leadership under Trump’s administration.
Such statements may influence public and political perceptions of the US commitment to multilateral defense partnerships.
The timing, amid ongoing global security challenges, highlights tensions in how military contributions and alliances are acknowledged and valued.
The controversy is likely to fuel diplomatic discussions on alliance solidarity and the public recognition of collective military sacrifices.
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North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un pictured grinning in ‘North Korean Benidorm’ as he enters women’s pool
North Korean despot Kim Jong-un has been seen grinning as he peers over a women’s spa pool bizarre new photographs.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
The Supreme Leader turned up at the official opening of the Onpo Workers’ Recreation Centre in North Hamgyong Province yesterday afternoon – a newly-reopened resort previously described as the ‘North Korean Benidorm’. After a ribbon cutting ceremony, Kim kept his large winter coat on for all the photos, even when he was inside the warm spa building – but appeared to be thrilled at what he was seeing.
The hot spring spa was entirely remodelled after coming in for harsh criticism from Kim Jong-un back in 2018, when he singled it out for poor management and ‘shabby’ facilities. Speaking at the opening ceremony yesterday, he said: “Every section is arranged practically and harmoniously, with all architectural elements designed to blend with the surrounding natural environment.
“I remember when I visited here a few years ago… and severely criticised the uncultured and unhygienic management practices… Seeing this holiday camp, now rebuilt as an excellent rest facility for the people, fills me with pride that we have accomplished another meaningful task.”
During an inspection of the site in 2018, Kim Jong-un strongly criticised operations, saying the site was “worse than a fish tank” and “really shabby”. After his most recent visit, he ordered resort officials to prepare to open, giving instructions that the site should be fully opened next month.
Spa trips are being offered to members of North Korea’s ruling class along with foreign tourists from China and sanctions-hit Russia, with prices ranging between $1,000 (£743) to $1,350 (£1,000) for a week-long tour, excluding flights.
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Meet Veronika, the cow that went viral for scratching herself with sticks and stunned scientists
For nearly a decade, Veronika, living on a farm in the small Austrian town of Notsch im Gailtal, has been observed picking up sticks with her mouth and skillfully using them to scratch herself.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING
Veronika, a Swiss Brown cow, has challenged long-held assumptions about farm animals after researchers saw her using tools to scratch hard-to-reach parts of her body, a behaviour scientists say is rare.
For nearly a decade, Veronika, living on a farm in the small Austrian town of Notsch im Gailtal, has been observed picking up sticks with her mouth and skillfully using them to scratch her back and other parts of her body. When animal behaviour experts at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna recently reviewed videos of her actions, they realised they were witnessing something extraordinary, CNN reported.
The findings have been published in the journal Current Biology, marking what researchers say is the first documented case of tool use in a pet cow.
“What this tells us is that cows have the potential to innovate tool use, and we have ignored this fact for thousands of years,” lead author Antonio J Osuna-Mascaro, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Veterinary Medicine, wrote in an email to CNN. “There are around 1.5 billion heads of cattle in the world, and humans have lived with them for at least 10,000 years. It’s shocking that we’re only discovering this now.”
Cows are not known for their intelligence, but Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss Brown, has worked out how to scratch an itch with a broom. pic.twitter.com/lO9FPGOqhh
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According to the research team, Veronika’s behaviour goes beyond accidental interaction with objects. “When we first saw the video, it was clear that the behaviour was intentional and not accidental,” Osuna-Mascaro said.
Further, researchers conducted controlled experiments by placing a deck brush in front of Veronika in different orientations to better understand her abilities. They observed how she used her tongue to pick up the brush, which end she chose, and which parts of her body she targeted, the report added.
The results showed that Veronika not only used tools deliberately but also demonstrated her ability to make decisions. She preferred the bristled end of the brush for rubbing thicker skin on her upper body, while using the blunt handle for more sensitive areas, such as her udder.
“This is extremely surprising because the only other solid example of multipurpose tool use that we know of belongs to the chimpanzees of the Congo Basin,” Osuna-Mascaro said in the email. “These, sometimes, are observed using a single tool with two different ends, and use one end to open a hole in the termite mounds, and the other end to fish for the termites.”
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He added, “The spatial relations in Veronika’s case are simpler. Nevertheless, it’s astonishing to find that a cow has the capability to do something like this.”
Despite lacking hands or opposable thumbs, Veronika displayed impressive control using her mouth. Researchers noted that she adjusted her grip depending on which end of the brush she needed, the body part she was scratching, and the kind of motion required, the report stated.
The study suggests that the cognitive abilities of cattle, and possibly other farm animals, may be far more advanced than previously believed. Researchers hope the discovery will encourage further observation and study of livestock behaviour, potentially reshaping how humans understand and treat animals that have lived alongside them.
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