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AdChoices People People Runner Steve Shanks Dies 'Out of the Blue' Hours After Completing London Marathon Story by Natasha Dye • 4h ago Shanks completed Sunday's marathon in 2 hours and 53 minutes before his "sudden death," the marathon organizers said gofundme Steve Shanks gofundme Steve Shanks © Provided by People Runner Steve Shanks passed away just hours after he completed Sunday's London Marathon, the BBC reported. Shanks, 45, died "suddenly while traveling home" after the event, the outlet reported. He completed the marathon on Sunday in two hours and 53 minutes. A statement from the London Marathon organizers said,...

A squad of Chechen special forces 'hunters' has been unleashed in Ukraine to detain or kill a set of specific Ukrainian officials. Each soldier was reportedly given a special 'deck of cards' with Ukrainian officials' photos and descriptions on them, a Moscow Telegram channel with links to the security establishment reported. The list is of officials and security officers suspected of 'crimes' by the Russian Investigative Committee, the report added. It came as Ukraine's president admitted he is 'target number one' for Russian assassins in his capital, while his family is 'the number two goal' for Putin's hitmen. The Chechen...