The prominent leader of a vigilante group in the western Mexican state of Michoacan was slain on Thursday, the local government said, in a brutal attack that left his body so badly burned that it was almost unrecognizable.

Wallabies centre Samu Kerevi was on the plane when the Australia squad departed for South Africa for next week’s Rugby Championship opener, coach Eddie Jones confirmed at Sydney airport.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer, Chris Bassitt struck out a career-best 12 and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 2-1 Thursday night.

Madrid opened a long-awaited multi-million-dollar gallery.

Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad has announced that the Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry has been allocated a budget of $41.6 million.

Storm Beatriz formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday and will likely strengthen into a hurricane by Friday, prompting the government to issue warnings for popular beach resorts as it heads near shore, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Country music star Dolly Parton says her first rock album “Rockstar” is some of her best, as well as most fun, work she has ever done.

A Texas grand jury on Thursday declined to press criminal charges against rapper Travis Scott and five others over a 2021 crowd crush at a music festival that left 10 dead and injured thousands, prosecutors said.

Major French cities saw a third night of riots as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting unrest triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop.

Dozens of people sporting high heels, most of them men.

The government has allocated a budget of $19.5m for the Ministry of Youth and Sports in the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

Netball Fiji’s development efforts will continue after Digicel Fiji and Punjas and Sons Ltd extended their sponsorship with a cash sponsorship of $40,000.