Bets on the fall of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro have shed light on the spectacular rise of prediction markets: portals where people place bets on everything from sporting events, to Trump’s next strikes, to the resurrection of Jesus. Some are profiting from the predictions, while others are concerned about real world human and geopolitical impacts of prediction markets.

An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to six years in jail on charges of “gathering and collusion to commit crimes,” her lawyer said Sunday, adding that she was also banned from leaving the country and ordered into internal exile. The verdict, which can be appealed, comes despite serious health concerns for the prominent human rights activist.

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman during a traffic stop in Minneapolis, triggering protests and a furious backlash from city and state leaders who condemned the federal immigration crackdown as reckless and destabilising.

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