German doc gets life sentence for murdering 15 patients
BERLIN, July 8: A Berlin court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a German doctor to life in prison on charges of murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care, in a case involving allegations he torched the homes of victims to try to cover up the crimes. The 41-year-old doctor, who has only been identified as Johannes M in line with Germany’s privacy rules, went on trial nearly a year ago at a Berlin state court. Part of an end-of-life care team at a nursing service in Berlin, he was initially suspected of the deaths of four patients. Prosecutors eventually accused him of the deaths of 15 people between September 2021 and July 2024. The Berlin court found the physician administered a lethal mixture of various medications to 12 women and three men, German news agency dpa reported. Murder charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison in Germany. A ruling of particularly severe guilt – which prosecutors had sought – would mean he wouldn’t be eligible for release. (PTI)
Karachi ranked world’s fourth least liveable city
Islamabad, July 8: Pakistan’s Karachi has been ranked as the world’s fourth least liveable city on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) annual Global Liveability Index 2026, placing it 170th among 173 cities, local media reported on Wednesday. The only cities which have been ranked below Karachi are – Dhaka, Damascus and Tripoli, leading Pakistani daily Dawn reported. The EIU’s ranking provides a globally recognised benchmark for urban liveability and resilience and assesses measuring indicators like healthcare, stability, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. It assesses the challenges presented to a person’s lifestyle in any given place. Karachi received an overall ranking of 43 out of 100 and it scored 20 on stability, 54 on healthcare, 36 in culture and environment, 75 in education and 52 in infrastructure. (IANS)
