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The White House is pulling the nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget, according to an administration official.

BRITS with vaccine passports will speed through border checks in Greece when they arrive on holiday, The Sun can reveal. They will be allowed to use a “green” lane rather than join a lengthy queue where border officials check for negative Covid tests. The plan for an app proving Brits are vaccinated is being drawn […]

In the wake of the historic 2020 election turnout, state legislatures across the U.S. are considering bills to make it harder to vote. Activist Stacey Abrams warns of a return to Jim Crow-era laws.

Already under investigation for far-right sympathies, Germany's elite commando unit has let its troops return stolen weapons without penalty. This is seen as a backlash to the embattled Bundeswehr's reform efforts.

New Texas Rangers right-hander Kohei Arihara struck out two and allowed five hits while facing 11 batters in two shortened innings in his spring training debut. Arihara gave…

Police have released the name of the child who died in a crash near Rerewhakaaitu, south of Rotorua, on Friday night.He was Ashton Maharaj, 5, of Manurewa.Emergency services were called to a report of a vehicle that rolled on...

Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison sentence for corruption and influence-peddling marks a legal landmark for postwar France. But things could get worse for the former French president, who faces further court battles and inquiries.

North Korea is expected to be supplied with around 1.7 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 by May through a global vaccine distribution program. According to a vaccine allocation plan unveiled by the COVAX Facility, a total of 1.704 million d

Police believe the men were shot through the car while the taxi was in the Vineyard area.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s economy could grow 3.5% this year and may have shrunk last year by less than 4%, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, March 2nd, stressing again that a resumption of emergency cash transfers to the poor must be within a fiscal framework that ensures longer-term sustainability. Speaking in […]

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To reach out and communicate to people in the digital age, the government needs to present real and transparent content, according to social media influencers.

Colombia’s most powerful bankers have converted some of the country’s leading news media in platforms that defend the interests of suspected mafia figures. Newspaper El Tiempo on Sunday published a…

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UK's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been moved to another hospital for treatment of an infection and observation of a pre-existing heart condition, the Buckingham Palace informed on Monday. According to CNN, the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was admitted in London hospital on Feb 17. The palace confirmed he was being treated for an infection.

LATEST figures released tonight(March 2) by the Valencian health ministry declared 585 new COVID-19 infections. As expected, it is 225 rise on the Monday total which is normally the lowest figure of any weekday. The more indicative week-to week comparison, shows a fall of 234 on the February 23 total. Two weeks ago, 2,065 new […]

The latest eruption from Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra sends ash up to 5km (3.1 miles) into the air.

The White House is pulling Neera Tanden's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget after key senators said they would vote against confirmation over her past tweets.

DOLLY Parton has officially received the Covid-19 vaccine on video as she encouraged her fans to not be a “coward” about the shot. The world-renown musician previously donated $1 million to Moderna for their vaccine development efforts. Dolly, 75, received the shot while on camera today as she encouraged her millions of fans to follow suit […]

The former head of the Center for American Progress was criticized for tweets disparaging some lawmakers. President Biden said in a statement he accepted Tanden's request.

German politicians are planning to extend the lockdown, but to lift some restrictions — particularly in areas with a low incidence of coronavirus cases. Formal talks on the matter take place tomorrow.

It feels very much like Yusei Kikuchi just arrived in the majors after his highly anticipated move from Japan. Yet, the left-hander is already about to start his…

The man shot dead by police last week was on bail awaiting sentencing for robbing a bank with a sledgehammer.Tangaru Noere Turia, 34, died last Thursday night after police were called to Avis Ave, Papatoetoe after a shot was fired...

People in France aged over 65 with existing health problems can be given the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, France's health minister said on Monday, departing from Paris's earlier stance that the vaccine should be for under-65s only.

Recent satellite images show that North Korea may haven taken steps to hide a facility that the US believes is used to store nuclear weapons, CNN reported Tuesday. The images, captured by a US space technology company, Maxar, on Feb. 11, show new st

The leader of a Melbourne neo-Nazi group has been charged after allegedly assaulting a Channel Nine security guard prior to the broadcast of a story about the organisation on A Current Affair.

Five months after the Liberal government announced more support for cash-strapped small businesses in the form of government-backed loans, tens of thousands of business owners still haven’t been able to access that help, says one prominent business group.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s real has suffered more than other emerging currencies as investors adjust to changing liquidity conditions globally, but some of it has not been justified by economic fundamentals, central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday, February 2nd. Speaking in a live online event hosted by Arko Advice and […]

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Buriram United continued their good run with a 2-0 home win against 10-man Trat in Thai League 1 on Tuesday night.

Victims and witnesses of the alleged fraud and bribery practices of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe claim they are being harassed by the prosecution. According to Senator Ivan Cepeda, the…

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The timeline for the delivery of doses, made by AstraZeneca and by India's Serum Institute, will be split into separate two-month schedules, Covax said in a statement, with the first in February-March and the second in April-May. "These timelines are dependent on a variety of factors including national regulatory requirements, availability of supply, and fulfillment of other criteria such as validated national deployment and vaccination plans," the statement said.

SPAIN’S Health Ministry is recommending that paracetamol is taken before anybody gets a jab of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine. The new edict also suggests that paracetamol should then be taken every six hours for up to a day after the injection, if ‘minor side effects’ like a brief flu appear. Health chiefs made the new […]

Speaking to the BBC, Lee Hsien Loong condemns the use of violence against unarmed protesters.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who holds the key to President Joe Biden's nominee for budget director, is pushing the White House about some of the new administration's policies that have a direct impact on Alaska's economy, namely on energy matters, according to the second-ranking Senate Republican leader.

PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle won’t delay their Oprah interview even if Prince Philip’s condition worsens, it has been claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have faced calls to postpone the airing of their controversial “nothing off limits” interview with America’s top celebrity interviewer in light of the Duke of Edinburgh’s hospital stay. But […]

At least six journalists were arrested Saturday while covering protests against a military coup. They are charged with violating a public order law and could be sentenced up to three years in prison.

The complaint was filed for Mohammed bin Salman's alleged role in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Reporters Without Borders also cited the arbitrary detention of 34 journalists in the Gulf country.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would have sufficient vaccine supply by the end of May to inoculate the entire U.S. adult population. "We're now on…

Rotorua residents are being advised not to swim or play in Lake Rotorua after a wastewater leak.A leak in a wastewater main near the Parawai Rd pump station on Tuesday night is being blamed for the incident.Following the burst,...

The head of an independent enquiry investigating church child abuse in France said Tuesday that there might have been up to 10,000 victims since 1950.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday voted to launch an investigation into allegations that mobile communication devices from global firms, including South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., may have infringed on patents held by a US

New figures forecast the price of summer vegetables, stonefruit, fruit such as apples and pears and grapes will jump up to 29 per cent this year.

Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared the two RCMP officers who shot at a fire hall in Onslow, N.S., during the hunt for an active gunman last April, saying the Mounties had reasonable grounds to believe a man outside the hall, which was being used as a shelter, was the killer. 

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil on Tuesday, March 2nd, posted a single-day record for COVID-19 deaths with 1,641 people dying from the disease, according to Health Ministry data. That surpassed the previous single-day high of 1,595 COVID-19 deaths recorded in late July 2020, as Brazil faces a new peak in coronavirus cases and the […]

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The Senate has scrapped the selection process of board members at the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) as the amended NBTC law took effect on Tuesday.

The attempts of the government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to legalize terrorism could get him in trouble with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Duque won’t have to worry about…

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The Biden administration declassified an intelligence finding Tuesday that Russia’s FSB, one of its leading intelligence agencies, orchestrated the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, and announced its first sanctions against the Russian government for the attack and the imprisonment of the opposition politician.

ORIHUELA City Council has announced that all playgrounds in the municipality will remain closed until March 14, at least. This is despite the recent relaxation of measures against the spread Covid-19.  This ruling does not affect parks and green areas in general, only those where children mix and play. Ángel Noguera, the delegate councilor in […]

Iran targeted an Iraqi base hosting US troops to avenge the assassination of Gen Qasem Soleimani.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday defended his role as the only US senator to oppose every one of President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees, insisting that he evaluates each pick individually.

MEGHAN Markle left a staff member at Kensington Palace “shaking” with fear after a row, a royal aide has claimed.  The Duchess is facing allegations of bullying just days before her ‘tell-all’ interview with Oprah Winfrey, The Times reports.  A source told the newspaper that Meghan drove two personal assistants out of the household and […]

Utah is considering naming a new park in honor of dinosaurs discovered there. Researchers expect to uncover more Utahraptor bones — provided they can get them out of a massive block of rock.

Health Minister Jens Spahn has said antigen tests will allow people to "win back" part of their lives. He warned, however, that the pandemic is not over, imploring people to remain vigilant.

A power outage has caused a suspension of services on part of a train line between central Tokyo and nearby Kanagawa Prefecture, affecting commuters in the area, authorities…

A New Zealand man with a murky past stands accused of killing his British wife so he could inherit her "vast fortune".Prosecutors allege that Donald McPherson, born Alexander James Lang, killed Paula Leeson after taking out a series...

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy will appeal the conviction for corruption and influence peddling that saw him handed a three-year prison sentence with two years suspended on Monday, his lawyer said.

The United States would be willing to discuss with Iran the issue of unlocking its frozen funds in South Korea to achieve the overarching objective of a denuclearized Iran, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday. Ned Price said the US is insisten

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is facing a new corruption scandal in her government.

Jahmil French, the Toronto-born star of Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died, his manager confirmed to CBC News. He was 29.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Senate approved legislation on Tuesday, February 2nd, that will accelerate vaccine purchases for the country’s slow COVID-19 inoculation program and the proposal will now pass to President Jair Bolsonaro for his signature. The bill allows the emergency use of vaccines that have been approved by the United States, Britain, […]

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Exports are expected to continue growing in February driven by the world's economic recovery ignited by the Covid-19 vaccine distribution, but the stubbornly strong baht remains a key worry, according to a shippers' organisation.

Colombia’s war crimes tribunal threatened to expel one of former President Alvaro Uribe’s political allies for calling victims of his death squads guerrilla associates. Salvador Arana, Colombia’s former ambassador to…

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Calls for New York governor Andrew Cuomo's resignation intensified late Monday after a third woman accused him of offensive behaviour, saying he'd touched her face and back and asked to kiss her moments after they met at a wedding reception.

THE scourge of squatters across the country will now face a new hurdle as a fresh Dutch initiative arrives in Spain for the first time. The possible solution comes on the form of a company called Ideal Guardian, a business that puts property owners with temporary residents to mind their house while they are unoccupied. […]

Kevin Richardson is the first black actor to voice Dr Julius Hibbert on the television comedy.

The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's nomination of Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. The vote on Tuesday was 95-4.

MEGHAN Markle claims Royal aides have launched a “calculated smear campaign” against her ahead of her interview with Oprah Winfrey. This comes after sources told The Times that the Duchess allegedly bullied two palace staff members forcing them to quit their jobs – claims she denies. The mum-of-one, 39, is said to have undermined the […]

President Biden's aides are beginning to put policy into action, while the U.S. Senate is taking up his nominees.

In Germany, everyone who wants a coronavirus vaccine should receive one by September. But this plan will only work if millions of people accept the vaccine produced by AstraZeneca.

Manchester City extended its extraordinary winning run to 21 games by scoring three goals from the 80th minute to beat Wolverhampton 4-1 and move 15 points clear in…

There are no new Covid-19 cases in the community today.Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins describes the result as good news, although he re-iterates the country is still in a "critical period" regarding the Auckland outbreak....

A citizens’ council on climate met for the last time over the weekend to finalise proposals on climate change laws aimed at rapidly transitioning to a greener economy and enshrining the fight for climate change in the French constitution. While some view President Emmanuel Macron’s citizens' panel as a welcome precedent and a model for more direct democracy, others say it has been fraught with disappointment and frustration.

The United States and its allies must maintain maximum pressure on North Korea to make the country realize that it is safer without nuclear weapons than it is with them, a former US national security adviser said Tuesday. H.R. McMaster also said the

It would be a criminal offence to display Nazi symbols under laws proposed by a Victorian cross-party parliamentary inquiry.

With the prospect of a blanket exemption from Buy American policies now looking unlikely, Canada is seeking a deal that would allow Canadian firms to take part in the Biden administration’s green energy push, said Canada’s chief trade negotiator.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governments of Colombia and Peru are studying the possibility of centralizing gold purchases, in an effort to combat illegal and informal extraction, officials from both countries said on Tuesday, February 2nd. Colombian President Ivan Duque said his government is considering the move to stymie the role illegal mining plays […]

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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would have sufficient vaccine supply by the end of May to inoculate the entire US adult population.

Colombia’s leading liberal and progressive politicians want to send traditional parties to the opposition benches next year, but are reluctant to join forces with the runner-up in the 2018 elections.…

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The US Senate on Monday voted to confirm President Joe Biden's pick Miguel Cardona to lead the Department of Education.

THE return of the hospitality sector to Benidorm and other parts of the Costa Blanca has been very low key with only half of all businesses estimated to have reopened. Valencian Community COVID restrictions were loosened yesterday(March 1) allowing bars and restaurants to resume trading after they were ordered to close on January 27. Their […]

DJ Sama' Abdulhadi is facing a court hearing following a music event near a West Bank holy site.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden's secretary of commerce. The vote was 84-15.

SCIENTISTS say fatalities could drop below the normal rate by Easter as Covid deaths plunge by 37 per cent. These promising predictions have come as experts have called for lockdown restrictions to be eased quicker. Yesterday’s stats are a drop from last Tuesday, when 8,489 cases and 548 deaths in the UK were reported. Separate figures […]

Torstar is "looking at diversifying the revenue model of how we fund and pay for reporters, columnists, and editorial staff," said a gaming consultant hired by the company.

Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly in the German border town of Flensburg, with half linked to the British variant. DW's Jens Thurau looks with concern at his hometown, where tighter restrictions are imminent.

A BBC reporter and two translators working with journalists from the Financial Times and Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency have been detained in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, according…

The boats are at sea and the oyster-lovers are queued as southern shops are stocking up with the now in-season Bluff delicacy.The start of the oyster season began on Monday, and the sought-after shellfish were selling well since...

Authorities in France have opened an investigation for attempted murder after a news photographer was attacked and seriously injured while reporting on a suspected outbreak of youth violence in the northeastern city of Reims, his newspaper said.

A group of US lawmakers has submitted a bill urging the US government to work toward family reunions of Korean-Americans with their loved ones in North Korea. To that end, the bill, authored by Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), also calls for the appointment

Police divers are inspecting the waters off Dover Heights in a bid to narrow down what might have happened to Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick.

Six Dr. Seuss books — including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy said Tuesday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, said biofuels, especially those for the aviation industry, will be key for “de-carbonizing” transportation in coming years, a goal for energy transition. Brazil, a major corn and sugarcane producer and a country with a more diversified energy matrix […]

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Police on Tuesday came out to deny news reports that they had arrested Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, aka "Ammy The Bottom Blues", one of the three people suspected of setting fire to a portrait of His Majesty the King as he tried to escape from a hospital in Bangkok.

Vernon Jordan, who grew up in the segregated South to become an influential leader in the American civil rights movement, Washington politics and Wall Street, has died at age 85, a CNBC and New York Times journalist said on Tuesday, citing a statement from his family.

OVER 300,000 jobs will be lost this year in Spain’s small businesses and self-employed sector due to the economic hit caused by the COVID pandemic. The warning has come from Spain’s Self-Employed Workers Association(ATA), who estimate their part of the economy has lost more than €70 billion over the last 12 months due to health […]

Thousands of flamingos migrate to western India every year in search for food and nesting grounds.

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MEGHAN Markle wore earrings gifted by Saudi’s Mohammed bin Salman to a formal dinner in Fiji, just three weeks after the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to reports. Khashoggi was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey on October 2, 2018 after the Crown Prince approved for him to be “captured or […]

President Biden moves his timeline up by two months, while directing all 50 states and the District of Columbia to move school workers up in line for vaccinations, beginning next week.

Walaa faces more than 10 years in prison. He is believed to have been the de facto leader of "Islamic State" in Germany and has been convicted of recruiting for the terror group.

President Joe Biden’s cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with fewer than a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than…

By Matthew Theunissen of RNZ As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was putting Auckland into a snap lockdown on Saturday night, Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki were packing their bags.The couple left the city for Rotorua,...

The northern French city of Lens, once famous for its coal mines, saw a museum open in 2012. The Louvre-Lens is the little sister of the famous Paris museum. Since its arrival, it has literally transformed the neighbourhood, inspiring some residents to become frequent and passionate visitors. The museum has adapted to the area, which was hit hard by the closure of the coal mines in the 1980s. Every week, workshops are organised for young jobseekers. The goal is to seek inspiration in the artworks to improve self-confidence. Today, the Louvre-Lens is part of the scenery and the locals approve.

  South Korea and China agreed Tuesday to set up two more military hotlines to prevent incidents and enhance trust, Seoul's defense ministry said. The defense ministries of the two neighbors signed a revised memorandum of understanding on the

The Premier is giving a coronavirus update to reporters in Sydney.

A Calgary man has admitted to murdering his girlfriend, mother and stepfather in 2018. New details about the killings are contained in an agreed statement of facts filed unexpectedly in court Tuesday just days before the jury trial for Dustin Duthie was set to begin. Warning: This story contains details that may be too disturbing for some readers.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday, March 2nd, when a tractor-trailer slammed into a Ford Expedition crammed with 25 adults and children in the dusty farming community of Holtville near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said. Handmade wooden crosses stretched in a line across a patch of dry grass […]

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The government will look into the future use of Covid-19 passports, says Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Fauci said that delaying a second dose to inoculate more Americans creates risks. He warned that shifting to a single-dose strategy for the vaccines could leave people less protected, enable variants to spread and possibly boost skepticism among Americans already hesitant to get the shots.

Predicting that some of the revellers may make a run for it, a blockade was mounted on the property's driveway

Ahmed, blind since birth, stands in for teachers who don't make it in to their ruined school in Yemen.

FORMER PM David Cameron received his first dose of the Covid jab yesterday. The ex MP for Witney was pictured wearing a facemask and polo shirt as he received his dose of the life-saving jab. He wrote on Twitter: “Huge ‘thank you’ to our brilliant NHS & all the amazing staff & volunteers working on […]

The court heard arguments in a case that could allow state legislatures to make it more difficult for some to vote. The arguments centered on a key portion of the Voting Rights Act.

Luna Watfa was imprisoned by Syria's secret service. Now in Germany, she has closely followed the trial of regime torturers in a Koblenz court.

People wait outside a store to open in Tokyo on Tuesday.

A government-run group that informs New Zealanders about the latest Covid-19 information is contradicting the Prime Minister's stance surrounding a KFC worker who she says should have been isolating. The Unite Against Covid-19 Facebook,...

President Emmanuel Macron recently lamented that the French have become “a nation of 66 million prosecutors”. He may have a point: Whether battling climate change or racial profiling by police, activists and ordinary citizens are pursuing groundbreaking legal action to force his government into action. 

A civic group and a lawyers' association on Tuesday raised allegations that employees at a state housing cooperation bought plots of land in two cities in Gyeonggi Province before the government announced a massive development plan there. At a press

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accused royal aides of a “calculated smear campaign” in an extraordinary outbreak of hostilities.

Canada's economy shrank by 5.4 per cent last year, official data from Statistics Canada showed Monday, making 2020 officially the worst year for the country's economic output since record keeping began.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said during a podcast recorded on Friday and released on Tuesday, March 2nd, that he is "dismissible in 30 seconds" should president Jair Bolsonaro no longer believe in his work, but that as long as he is "helping Brazil" and doing the things he believes in, […]

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The army on Tuesday admitted one of its doctors had cheated other Thai soldiers stationed in South Sudan out of 170,000 baht by giving them fake shots instead of flu vaccines, which he later sold for private gain.

Police on Tuesday ruled out investigating an unnamed Australian Cabinet minister over an allegation that he raped a 16-year-old girl more than 30 years ago. The decision by New South Wales state police adds pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to establish an independent investigation to examine the accusation.

SIX members of an East European gang who staged 130 robberies on industrial buildings have been arrested in Los Montesinos. The Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil detained the group and described them as an ‘extremely violent criminal organization’. Their trail of terror and theft covered industrial premises in Alicante Province; Valencia Province; and the Murcia […]

Attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference express their concerns about the new administration.

A GUINEA pig sanctuary faces closure after fan talk on Facebook of “piggies” was wrongly viewed as hatred towards the police. The centre has had its content and income stopped after new algorithms flagged up the harmless chat as bullying and harassment. Owners Sophie, 31, and Mark Mason, 45 — and their members — have […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says his order ensures "that all businesses and families in Texas have the freedom to determine their own destiny." Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves tweeted: "It is time!"

Berlin's old Schönefeld Airport was converted into Terminal 5 of the new BER airport. However, the coronavirus pandemic has meant far fewer travelers.

As Donald Trump made false allegations about voting fraud and tried to overturn the will of the people in last year's election, one of his chief allies was…

The largest known shark that can glow in the dark has been discovered by researchers off the coast of New Zealand.Scientists discovered that the kitefin shark, the blackbelly lanternshark, and the southern lanternshark, emit a luminescent...

Germany announced Sunday that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions due to the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there.

More than 80 foreigners have tested positive for COVID-19 in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, officials said Tuesday. The local government has been testing all foreign nationals living in the city 40 kilometers north of the capital after neighboring cit

Three men have been arrested over alleged sexual assaults on four underage girls at Altona beach that took place on jet skis driven out to deep water.

A battle between lawsuits related to the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to be heard in a Regina courtroom this week. Lawyers for a proposed class-action lawsuit plan to ask a judge Friday to delay a separate suit filed by five of the victims' families. The possible delay has some of the families frustrated.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil was left out of the first batch of vaccines delivered by Covax, the global alliance created to guarantee the distribution of doses to developing countries. This week, the organization announced that supply to the American continent began with Colombia, with the Pfizer/BioNTech's immunizer. In the coming days, the same […]

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The government insisted Covid-19 vaccines are not being distributed to special privilege groups, following an unsubstantiated report of a VIP group in Chiang Mai province receiving the jabs first.

Congratulations poured in from around the world, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US leader Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel all sending their best wishes, Gorbachev's spokesman said.

THE Spanish Health Ministry has added new vaccination groups to its immunisation strategy, giving people a better idea of when they will be inoculated and with which vaccine. Published on February 26, the latest Estrategia de vacunacion includes nine groups, with some of these divided into subgroups, which have been organised according to vulnerability and […]

Donald Trump gives his first speech since leaving office as US president at a conference in Florida.

Jahmil French, an actor known for his role as Dave Turner on the Canadian series "Degrassi: The Next Generation," has died, according to his manager, Gabrielle Kachman. He was 29.

PRESIDENT Joe Biden on Tuesday withdrew his nomination of Neera Tanden for Office of Management and Budget director following her controversial tweets.  The development represents the first major blow to Biden’s Cabinet in the building.  In a letter to Biden, Tanden wrote: “Unfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain […]

A federal court filing details how Ethan Nordean allegedly recruited members and raised money ahead of the Jan. 6 attack, which prosecutors say he helped coordinate and lead.

Lay theologian Beate Gilles is the first woman to be elected as the general secretary of the German Catholic bishops' conference. The move comes as bishops face calls to fully own up to scandals.

The UK will receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the UK government said in a statement on Tuesday. SII,…

OPINION: No one, it would appear, got their five-year plans right in 2015.I found out the borders were closed when I emerged from walking the Moonlight Track.The following weekend we were heading to Australia, our first complete...

Some decided to acquire French nationality, others moved their businesses or their family from the UK to Europe. FRANCE 24 spoke to British expatriates in France about the impact of Brexit on their lives. 

Chief prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl blasted the ruling party’s move to create a separate agency to investigate six types of crime such as abuse of power and corruption, calling it an attempt to “disband the prosecution” and “annih

A largely overlooked lawsuit in New Jersey about the way firearm maker Smith & Wesson advertises its wares could have profound implications for the gun industry.

The Biden administration announced sanctions on Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing. The sanctions were timed in co-ordination with similar action from the European Union.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian oil production reached an average daily production of 2.87 million barrels in January this year, according to data released today, March 2nd, by the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). The result was 5.4% higher than the December 2020 production. Meanwhile, the average daily production […]

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha assured on Tuesday a cabinet reshuffle would be completed by the end of this month, saying the distribution of ministerial quotas among government coalition parties would remain unchanged for the time being.

The health ministry simultaneously announced it had agreed with the Chinese ambassador in Baghdad to purchase another two million doses, with no details on payment or timing.

THIS year’s International Women’s Day on March 8 will be very different in Spain due to the coronavirus pandemic, and Castellon is no exception. The massive demonstrations witnessed in all major towns and cities every year cannot go ahead this time – especially taking into account the trouble there was last year, when the right-wing […]

Dr Scott Kobner has been documenting the fight to save lives in America's worst-hit county.

CNN's Brianna Keilar sounds off on former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany for claiming that the Trump administration expected a "peaceful" rally on January 6, the day rioters attempted to stop the election certification by breaching the US Capitol.

MAMA June’s daughter Alana Thompson, 15, is unrecognizable as she wears a face full of makeup and massive lash extensions in new pics.  The reality star looks all grown up as she pouts and poses for the camera showing off dangerously long nails and some serious attitude. In the trio of photos, one shows Alana […]

Many charged in the Capitol riot mentioned antifa in relation to the attack, describing the anti-fascist movement as an enemy and refuting the baseless claim that Trump supporters weren't involved.

Germany's secular panel on sexualized violence against children says Cologne's Catholic archdiocese has "severely damaged" moves to own up to its abusive past.

This year's women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is set to be pushed back until next year after the sport's global governing body said on Tuesday it…

By RNZ The National Party wants the government to pay 100 per cent of a person's wages for two weeks if they have to self-isolate.All workers would qualify for the scheme, which would be capped at just over $68 an hour, and...

The city of Paris is considering a strict new three-week lockdown in hopes the move would allow everything to reopen in the City of Lights afterwards, the deputy mayor said Thursday, calling the current nighttime curfew a “half measure” and a never-ending “semi prison”.

Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, affiliated with the ruling Democratic Party (DP), retained his solid lead in the latest poll of potential presidential candidates. According to the survey conducted on 2,536 voters nationwide from Feb. 22-26 by

Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has announced he will step down within the next year following pressure over the blasting of the Juukan Gorge caves.

CBC News produced a series of features on Black men making a difference in their communities across Canada, shining a spotlight on their lives and pursuits of social justice and change. Here are their stories.

A senior World Health Organisation official has said it was "premature" and "unrealistic" to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalisations and death.

EVERY parent’s goal is to make sure their children’s time at school is filled with happy memories, making friends and skills that will set them up for life.  But in the middle of an ongoing pandemic, it’s understandable that mums and dads have never been more anxious to wave their kids off at the school […]

Misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines have been spreading online.

• Proud Boys nominated man to hold 'war powers' and lead January 6 attack, DOJ says • FBI Director Wray knocks down conspiracy theory that January 6 rioters were 'fake Trump protesters'

MARCELLA fans have been left wanting more after the “mind-blowing” season three finale. Fans might be less than happy to know that Anna Friel does not look like she will reprise her iconic role for a fourth season. The third season of ITV detective series starring Anna finished up tonight, leaving viewers ‘enthralled in every scene’. Season three […]

Gov. Gina Raimondo, the first woman to lead Rhode Island, is cutting short a second term as governor to oversee an eclectic portfolio of U.S. Commerce Department agencies, including the Census Bureau.

On February 19, 2020, a racist far-right extremist killed nine people in the city of Hanau. The relatives of the dead are still looking for answers. Could the attack have been prevented?

Jhene Aiko will take on hosting duties at the Grammy Awards premiere ceremony this month. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the Grammy-nominated singer will host the pre-show,…

A truck crash is causing delays on State Highway 1 near Tirau.A police spokeswoman said police were alerted to the crash north of Tirau, between Main Rd and Paparamu Rd about 7.20am. SH1 TIRAU - CRASH - 8:05AM Due to a truck crash...

French industrial group Bollore on Friday reached a settlement over a decade-old corruption case in Togo, prosecutors said, but a separate plea deal with three top company executives was thrown out by a judge.

President Moon Jae-in has tapped a journalist as his new Cheong Wa Dae secretary for digital communication, his office announced Tuesday. Ko Joo-hee, currently in charge of digital strategy at the Seoul-based Hankook Ilbo daily, has been nominated t

Horse racing’s image received another blow when an Irish jockey apologised after a widely circulated video emerged of him straddling the corpse of a horse.

Sophisticated scanning technology is revealing intriguing secrets about Little Foot, the remarkable fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited South Africa 3.67 million years ago during a critical juncture in our evolutionary history.

CELEBRITIES often snap up homes all over the world, from sprawling mansions in LA to penthouse apartments in Paris.  And Blue singer Lee Ryan is no exception, taking to the cover of Hell Magazine to show off his swanky Malaga pad. The ultra-luxe property in southern Spain boats an outdoor pool – and plenty room […]

Aboriginal man Nathan Lyons has found unexpected fame with videos inspired by "doing it tough".

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THE Queen kept calm and carried on with royal duties today while Philip remains in hospital. Covid restrictions mean it is unlikely she will be able to visit her husband at St Bart’s in London, where he was transferred on Monday. The hospital is not currently allowing visitors unless is “exceptional” circumstances, including end of […]

The police say they believe the SUV was carrying 25 people when it collided with a gravel truck.

Germany's love for cars has put pedestrians at a dangerous disadvantage for decades. New legislation in Berlin aims to tip the balance, but the city faces a daunting task to make the law a reality. 

French President Emmanuel Macron told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Tehran must make clear and immediate gestures to allow dialogue to resume on the 2015 nuclear deal, the…

There are concerns people who travel from Auckland while sick could be putting the rest of the country at risk.It follows a person on a flight from Auckland to Queenstown being taken straight to hospital by ambulance upon landing,...

The Covid-19 pandemic has upended professional and student life. In some cases, it has even prematurely forced a mixing of the two, as is the case for would-be doctors in France. Many medical students have gone from the classroom to the medical frontline, all while still having to study for exams. This combination can take a toll on their physical and mental health. FRANCE 24’s Cécile Galluccio and Claire Paccalin met two medical students in Poitiers and Paris to find out about the strategies they've developed to deal with the pressure.

President Moon Jae-in’s top security advisor Suh Hoon and his US counterpart, Jake Sullivan held their second phone call Tuesday to share views on the current Korean Peninsula situation and Washington’s ongoing review of its North Korea p

Once purely the domain of professionals with fancy equipment, time-lapse is now open to anyone with a relatively recent smartphone.

Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being detained on February 1, and her court appearance came as demonstrators marched across the country defying an escalation of deadly force by the junta.

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Over the last decade Spanish expats have been exposed to some incredibly poor financial advice. In many cases this has led to clients trapped into overpriced, low quality investments, often leading to poor returns or unnecessary losses. Despite much progress, and indeed Chorus Financial’s […]

Police have fired on protesters in Myanmar, on the deadliest day since rallies against the country's coup began.

CNN's Chris Cuomo addresses the news about his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and explains why he won't be covering the story on his show. Gov. Cuomo is facing sexual harassment allegations from two female former aides who described an unsettling power dynamic in the Governor's office. Gov. Cuomo denied ever inappropriately touching anyone, but acknowledged some of his comments may have been insensitive.

THE stamp duty holiday is set to be extended for months by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in today’s Budget. The stamp duty holiday was due to expire on March 31, but it’s set to be extended by at least three months until June. The Treasury first announced last year that it would temporarily raise the stamp duty threshold from £125,000 […]

Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.

Neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of German politician Walter Lübcke. The trial has raised questions about the ability of German authorities to track extremists.

France reported 22,857 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, sharply up from 4,703 on Monday and up from 19,952 on Sunday, as the government mulls further measures to…

Wanaka A&P Show organisers yesterday decided to press ahead with the annual show, despite continued uncertainty about Covid-19 alert levels.The show could go ahead ''thanks to the overwhelming generosity of a huge percentage of...

This week, we're putting the Focus on France's expat community. For French citizens living abroad, the pandemic has played out in a very different way than for their compatriots back home: from political responses to financial and professional consequences, not forgetting travel bans, each adoptive nation has had its own way of handling the crisis. Many expatriates have been left feeling that in times of trouble, there really is "no place like home". To find out more, we meet French diplomat Laurence Haguenauer, in charge of French citizens abroad. 

North Korea’s propaganda outlet on Tuesday slammed the Harvard Law School professor who claimed that “comfort women” were voluntary prostitutes. Comfort women is a euphemism for women from Korea and other countries who were forced

Victoria will hold a state funeral for the music producer who died overnight Monday aged 68.

CBC News has learned the Ontario government is redesigning child welfare to change how and when children leave the system. It plans to do away with the current age cut-off and instead implement a model that ensures youths are ready to be on their own with the proper support.

MISSING hiker Esther Dingley’s partner says the torment of not knowing what happened to his girlfriend is ‘agonising’ and has pledged to return to the Pyrenees to find her. Heartbroken Dan Colegate spoke after French police said earlier this week they have done “all they can” in the hunt for Esther, 37. The Oxford graduate vanished […]

Lucy's dream of working in the Middle East turned into a nightmare of abuse. She's not the only one.

A POPULAR flea and tick collar has been linked to roughly 1,700 pet deaths and has made tens of thousands of other animals sick, according to documents. A report published by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and USA Today on Tuesday described claims that pets have been harmed by Seresto collars, which release small […]

"I didn't see the report myself even until after the 6th, but the way in which it [was] handled ... strikes me as consistent with our normal process," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Germans have a long track record of vaccine skepticism. From mandatory smallpox inoculations 150 years ago to voluntary COVID-19 jabs today: Immunization is political.

Reggae icon Bunny Wailer, who co-founded The Wailers with Bob Marley in the 1960s and helped make the catchy Jamaican beat a global phenomenon, died on Tuesday. He…

A woman accused of striking a man with an oar during a boat rage incident in Tairua has appeared in court.Catherine Browning, 52, appeared in the Thames District Court on a charge of assault today after an incident in the small...

Efforts to address entrenched gender bias in the French language ran into familiar resistance this week as lawmakers called for a ban on “gender-neutral” writing. But experts say the rearguard action is neither backed up by history nor suited to present times.

Authorities on Tuesday have sounded an alarm over fast-spreading, false news about vaccines, as more than 23,000 doses of the vaccines have been administered. The number of daily confirmed cases has remained in the mid-300s for three consecutive da

A Ford Expedition typically seats eight people legally. Authorities did not immediately know why 25 people had been crammed into the truck.

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday sought to beat back right-wing conspiracy theories suggesting that fake supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, denying their existence in the agency's investigation so far.

Authorities initially said 317 girls were abducted in the raid by hundreds of gunmen on the Government Girls Secondary School in remote Jangebe village on Friday.

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has won a health safety award to recognise its measures to reduce the chances of travellers catching COVID-19. The accolade comes from the Airports Council International(ACI) who handed out best ‘medium-sized’ airport in Europe awards for quality of service to the Costa Blanca facility in 2018 and 2019. The honours are given out […]

A look inside a "liberal-free zone" and meeting spot for people on the political right.

In the years prior to taking office, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of their administration's top officials harshly criticized President Donald Trump's lack of action against Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

PM Boris Johnson was snapped running with No10 dog Dilyn yesterday. The Prime Minister and his faithful hound were seen pounding the paths in a park yesterday ahead of today’s Budget. The Jack Russell cross bounded way ahead of the Prime Minster. Mr Johnson was left in tow wearing his trademark baggy woollen hat and […]

"No one should be forced to do it, but everyone should have a right to it." That is the basis for doctors and patients alike in a new draft law on assisted suicide in Germany. But the legislation faces stiff opposition.

FBI Director Chris Wray on Tuesday debunked conspiracy theories promoted by right-wing supporters of former President Donald Trump, saying there was no evidence that leftist extremists disguised themselves…

A taonga has been stolen from Whanganui's Waimarie paddle steamer.The wood carving was stolen some time in the last two weeks. The taonga, created by master carver Dean Flavell, is based on the taurapa washboard found of the rear...

South Korea this year will prepare a road map to achieving its carbon-neutrality goal of 2050 while increasing the share of renewable energy sources and promoting the use of eco-friendly vehicles. The Ministry of Environment said in a press briefing

The Portuguese guided in Juventus’ third after Alvaro Morata and Federico Chiesa struck while it was a case of business as usual in the Premier League.

Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica. He was 73.

Citing two administration officials, CNN wrote that the United States will coordinate with the European Union to determine what the sanctions will entail and their exact timing.

FISHERMEN at Valencia port made the strangest catch of their lives yesterday (Monday March 1). A team of workers on board an inflatable dinghy at 12.30 pm spotted a wild boar swimming in the sea within the limits of Valencia city port. The animal was showing clear signs of disorientation and fatigue, and is thought […]

The four children were all caught by volunteers holding a blanket on the street in Istanbul.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) speaks to CNN's Alisyn Camerota about why he thinks that the Republican Party will move on from former President Donald Trump.

THIS week could see more PS5 restocks dropping as Playstation fans predict new stock may even land at Curry’s TODAY. The store is one of very few major UK retailers who didn’t restock in February, which has convinced multiple Twitter stock trackers that March could bring a Currys console drop. Playstation CEO Jim Ryan reassured […]

A semitruck on Tuesday crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing 13 and leaving others injured, authorities said. California Highway Patrol Chief…

VIRUS LATEST• 'Remarkable': Already available drugs save 1 in 12 critically-ill Covid patients • Is the Ardern Government's kindness mantra beginning to fray? • Mt Eden residents frustrated over planned power...

Signs of activity have recently been detected at some North Korean nuclear facilities, the UN nuclear watchdog chief said Monday, expressing “serious concern” at the reclusive regime’s continued activities. 　 Rafael Grossi, director

Nine is set to announce the appointment at an event this morning.

A group of Black parents have taken the problem of anti-Black racism in Ontario schools into their own hands, launching an anonymous racism reporting tool for educators and school staff, saying they can no longer wait for school boards to act.

Anna Ruch, 33, said that she met Andrew Cuomo at a wedding in September 2019. During the reception, he put his hand on her bare lower back -- which she pushed away -- and asked if he could kiss her. Cuomo became a national star last spring with his straight-talking yet empathetic coronavirus briefings that contrasted sharply with then-president Donald Trump's dismissive approach to the pandemic.

Breaking down confusing terminology in English Language Teaching by Scott Donald  Looking for a change of career and considering English language teaching? The profession is rich in opportunities. You can travel the world, integrating with new cultures, or you can teach from your own home via the increasing number of online classes. But the moment […]

Thousands of "cold-stunned" turtles were rescued as temperatures dropped to record lows this month.

♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 The true you is what matters in love and a time of pretending you don’t care about the future is over. You can set out exactly how you feel and what you need but also have an intense ability to listen. This can win the heart you want, […]

Some of Myanmar's neighbors pressed its ruling junta on Tuesday to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and cease using lethal force against opponents of their Feb…

A Dunedin father-of-three beaten to death with a cricket bat was "a funny, intelligent, loyal soul", his family says.Lia Bezett fought back tears as she spoke outside the High Court at Dunedin after John Kenneth Collins, 39, was...

Seoul Metropolitan Government has removed nearly 700 trash cans since June, walking back from its earlier promise to install 657 new public trash bins by last year’s end. A source at the Seoul government confirmed last week the city had a tota

The nation’s top military officer said the cadets needed to not fall victim to the “Four A’s”: alcohol, out after midnight, alone and attractive.

The Montreal psychiatric facility designed to help Canadian veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder no longer allows clinicians to sign paperwork for patients seeking a gun licence. Testimony revealed the change happened after the triple-murder suicide at the heart of the Desmond inquiry.

Former President Donald Trump privately received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine while still in office in January, at a time when other public officials took shots on-camera to boost public confidence in the vaccines. Trump and his wife, Melania, have now received both doses of vaccine, said one of the aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

THE presence of fossilised remains of dinosaurs and bones, footprints and eggs in Catalunya is astounding. Now, thanks to two investigations by the Catalan Institute of Paleontology Miquel Crusafont (ICP), 219 icnitas (fossil footprints) have been described. The fossilised footprints are of tetrapod vertebrates and arthropod invertebrates that lived in the territory of present-day Catalunya […]

Ros Atkins looks at the consequences of Facebook's power on events in Myanmar, Washington DC and Australia.

Dr. Peter Hotez says that if former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump had decided to reveal to the public that they received the Covid-19 vaccine it would have helped "melt away" a lot of vaccine hesitancy.

AFTER months confined to their local parks, lockdown pups are dreaming of striking out on England’s National Trails and enjoying the sights and smells of the countryside. Together, my Battersea pooch Attlee and I have walked trails including the Pennine Way across atmospheric moors and the North Downs Way to the white cliffs of Dover. […]

Canada's pandemic-hit economy contracted 5.4 percent in 2020, its worst plunge on record, despite a strong rebound in the final three months of the year, the national statistical…

VIRUS LATEST• 'Remarkable': Already available drugs save 1 in 12 critically-ill Covid patients • Is the Ardern Government's kindness mantra beginning to fray? • Mt Eden residents frustrated over planned power...

Finding a trash can in Seoul is much harder than it would seem for many citizens and visitors, which has limited 27-year-old Yook Jimin from caring to buy and eat snacks during the day. He became accustomed to carrying trash inside his backpack, all

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

A wide range of environmentally friendly products already exist, but a new online store offers items made, in part, using greenhouse gas emissions.

When the AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use by European Union regulators, France mandated it would only go to eligible people under 65 because data from trials in older age groups was limited.

END of month data reveals that February recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in Andalucia since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The IECA data records that 2,036 people were registered to have died from Covid-19 last month in Spain’s Andalucia, surpassing by 549 the previous high of 1,487 recorded in November when the […]

Hollywood make-up artists on their experiences of working in the time of Covid-19.

The historic winter storm that crippled Texas during the third week of February spotlighted the Lone Star State's pervasive history of structural racism. Similarly, it revealed how seemingly universal crises, such as climate change and catastrophes sometimes referred to as "acts of God" affect some communities much more severely than others.

THE mum of a trainee lawyer hacked to death by a knife gang has demanded a police stop-and-search crackdown. Sven Badzak’s mum Jasna, 49, was sent a letter of condolence from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, but with no mention of any new police action. Jasna has called for a new, fair and proportionate stop-and-search policy […]

Three female media workers were shot dead in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, government officials said, amid a wave of killings that is spreading fear…

One in 12 critically ill Covid-19 patients could be saved after a discovery that two drugs, already used to treat other conditions, are also effective in treating the potentially deadly virus.The drugs, which are both available...

The military will overhaul an infantry division in charge of guarding the heavily fortified border separating South and North Korea, the defense ministry said Tuesday, following a series of security failures in the eastern region. Officials from the

In a surprise, Biden’s administration also announced that drugmaker Merck will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved shot.

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday.

EXPLOSIVES experts from Spain’s National Police have been called to Torremolinos after unexploded Spanish Civil War missiles were found. The discovery of two projectiles from the Spanish Civil War in the north of Torremolinos has seen National Police TEDAX officers, who specialise in the deactivation of explosive devices, seal off the area twice in less […]

Wenatchee High School in Washington state found a creative way for their band students to practise safely.

CNN's Kylie Atwood discusses the new satellite images that US intelligence claims is an underground nuclear weapons storage facility in North Korea.

House prices rocketed 6.9% year-on-year last month to a record high of £231,061 last month, new data shows. Month-on-month house prices rose by 0.7% boosted by an anticipated extension of the stamp duty holiday during tomorrow’s Budget. Robert Gardner of Nationwide told the Telegraph: “This increase is a surprise. It seemed more likely that annual […]

Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer,…

Foreign nationals employed by farms and fisheries will be eligible for health insurance upon arrival in the country, the labor ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced a set of measures aimed at improving working conditi

The S&P/ASX 200 opened higher on Wednesday and was at 6800 points after the first hour of trading. Materials and financials are higher, but information technology and healthcare is lagging

Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace's action is dangerous and illegal.

Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, who won the International Booker Prize in 2020, has withdrawn from a project to translate Black American poet Amanda Gorman's work following a backlash against the commission.

IT could be a white Easter this year as snow is on the way – following a gloriously warm end to February. Colder spells will grip the UK and are likely to remain until mid March, with Atlantic frontal systems introducing colder and wetter weather than usual for the time of year. Met Office forecaster Graham Madge […]

The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen businesses and other entities, over a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack…

An Israeli law school professor, noted for his effort to rectify a Harvard professor's disputed paper on the 1923 massacre of Koreans in Japan, has said that he visited a statue symbolizing Korean victims of Tokyo's wartime sexual slavery earlier thi

Bunny Wailer, one of the most influential singers in reggae music history, has died.

K-pop superstars Blackpink have emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change.

Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it's done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot.

IOAN Gruffudd’s wife Alice Evans has claimed he secretly filed for divorce without telling her. The Sun has seen court documents revealing Ioan, 47, has filed documents at the Los Angeles Superior Court to formally end their 13-year marriage. But as news of the move spread, Alice appeared to suggest she had no idea he […]

Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it will allow India and Japan to develop a new container terminal at the country's main port, several weeks after scrapping a deal…

North Korea's official newspaper on Tuesday stressed the importance of planting trees to make the country less vulnerable to natural disasters as Pyongyang marked its arbor day. "Forestry is a valuable resource for our country and important ass

Vying for another term in government, WA Premier Mark McGowan’s tune has changed considerably since he called the ‘stop-and-search’ laws of the Barnett government “quasi-fascist”.

A global scheme aims to ensure people in poorer countries get vaccinated against Covid.

"Coming to America" stars Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall join "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to talk about reprising their many roles in the upcoming sequel of the 1988 hit film.

CHELSEA are reportedly keen to sign Gianluigi Donnarumma on a free transfer from AC Milan. Meanwhile Boris Johnson has backed a potential UK bid for the 2030 World Cup. BETTING OFFER: GET A RISK-FREE £20 BET WITH PADDY POWER Follow our LIVE blog below to get the latest from around the clubs…

A Japanese a woman in her 60s died from a brain hemorrhage three days after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination, the health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that…

One person was killed and dozens were injured in traffic accidents caused by heavy snowfall in the country's northeast, officials said Tuesday. Gangwon Province received up to 90 centimeters of snow in the mountains and 5-20 cm inland between Monday

Rupert Murdoch is poised to take advantage of the boom in America’s sports gambling industry by increasing his stake in US fantasy sports and betting website FanDuel.

An NGO is training and paying communities in Kenya to catch locusts, so they can be turned into animal feed.

The Boy Scouts of America, amid bankruptcy and allegations of widespread sexual abuse within the organization, is proposing a trust fund of at least $300 million to compensate victims, court records show.

Bring it home IT’S impossible to imagine the Euros being held safely in full stadiums across 12 European cities this summer. The EU vaccine rollout is in disarray. Many nations there doubt they will have fans back in grounds by then. Here, good news keeps coming. So, as 1966 World Cup legend Sir Geoff Hurst […]

Six Dr Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because…

The safety of COVID-19 vaccines is being validated, with no major cases of adverse vaccine reaction reported in the four days since the rollout of the national vaccination campaign, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Tuesday. A total of 23,086 peop

A regular work day turned deadly when a bomb exploded outside Russell Street police station, killing one, injuring many and changing lives forever.

Local communities in the US have come up with a novel way to help feed those going hungry.

A Porsche that belonged to footballing legend Diego Maradona has been put up for auction and valued between $180,000 and $240,000.

AN Army major general defrauded the taxpayer out of almost £50,000 to pay for his children’s private school fees, a court martial heard. Nick Welch, 57, allegedly abused allowances when he took the top job at the MoD’s London HQ. He told the Army his wife Charlotte would be living at his new London residence […]

The Tokyo Olympics made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality on Tuesday by appointing 12 women to the body’s executive board. The board will now have 19 women…

　Less than half of South Koreans are willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine shots immediately, without waiting for further reports on those vaccines’ effects, an opinion poll showed. 　In the survey conducted on 1,020 people aged 18 or over by the

We explain what the end of the WA moratorium means for rental prices, property availability and tenants in crisis.

Baarack the sheep was taken in by a sanctuary after being found in a forest near Melbourne.

A Sacramento surgeon faces a medical board investigation after video of him attending a traffic court hearing showed him in an operating room with a patient on the table. CNN's Dan Simon reports.

TEEN Mom 2 star Chelsea Houska set up a baby camera in her family’s home because she’s afraid to leave her newborn daughter alone. The 29-year-old made the decision three years after she was the victim of a home robbery. 🍼  Follow all our latest news & stories on Teen Mom. On Monday, Chelsea documented […]

Australia’s World Cup qualifying match against Nepal on March 30 has been postponed, leaving only three games to be played in Asia this month as organizers consider central…

A Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) officer in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus Tuesday, officials said. It marks the third COVID-19 case reported among people working at the JCS headquarters in Yongsan, central Seoul, after a civilian employ

WA social sector experts predict a “tsunami of homelessness” with as many as 100,000 people affected when the moratorium on rental evictions ends in an already tight market.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren faces an uphill battle persuading Washington to back her tax on ultra-millionaires — starting with convincing her own party's Treasury Secretary.

DUNCAN James has told how he was robbed of £5,000 after falling for a scam email. Thieves “cleared out” his bank account after sending the Blue singer a fake email from HMRC. The 42-year-old – who is set to appear on The Circle’s celebrity series – warned fans about being duped online. “There are lots […]

Gunmen have freed all 279 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, officials said on Tuesday, as victims told Reuters how their abductors had beaten and…

South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 300s for the third straight day Tuesday due to fewer testing over the weekend, as the country's schools opened a new semester amid lingering concerns over potential upticks. The country repor

The tournament will be the first held in the southern hemisphere, with a final decision expected after a meeting of World Rugby’s executive committee next week.

MODEL Rosie Huntington-Whiteley mops her brow after feeling the heat in a particularly busy year. Rosie, 33, posed for Elle magazine as she talked about the stresses of moving from LA to the UK during the pandemic. The Brit mum of one — partner of action film star Jason Statham, 53 — said: “You have […]

Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike expressed caution Tuesday about lifting the state of emergency in the metropolitan region this weekend, despite novel coronavirus infections trending downward since it was…

A North Korean propaganda outlet Tuesday strongly criticized a US professor over his controversial claim that victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery are voluntary prostitutes, calling him a "disgusting money grubber" and "pseudo sch

Neither Christopher Hill or Lukas Kamay seemed destined for a life of white collar crime.

Online genelogy company MyHeritage unveils a new tool called Deep Nostalgia that uses artificial intelligence to give old photos life-like movement.

AN elephant seems to take a jumbo-sized tumble, landing face-first on the ground. In fact, the clever female was rubbing herself on the morning dew and then in the dust to create a barrier against annoying parasites. Photographer Arpit Kooba captured the behaviour in Uttarakhand State, India. Arpit, 30, said: “This female elephant was coming […]

An American father and son accused of helping former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday to face questioning from prosecutors…

"Strong, close" relationships among South Korea, the United States and Japan advance their shared goals of regional peace, the US State Department said Monday, after President Moon Jae-in renewed his desire to mend ties with Tokyo strained

Energex is continuing to restore power to houses after already helping 18,000 affected customers following severe thunderstorms in the south-east.

Three hundred years ago, before envelopes, passwords and security codes, writers often struggled to keep thoughts, cares and dreams expressed in their letters private.

NICOLA Sturgeon is facing calls to resign tonight after new legal documents were published showing the Scottish Government WAS warned about its case against Alex Salmond. The government has published emails showing it continued a legal fight with Mr Salmond despite its lawyers advising it was likely to lose and the Tories said they will […]

The state has recorded a fifth consecutive day of no new local cases of COVID-19 as Premier Daniel Andrews defended the extension to Victoria’s of emergency through to December.

Scientists have unearthed fossils of what may be the oldest-known member of the dinosaur group known as titanosaurs that includes the largest land animals in Earth's history.

COUNTING On star Joy-Anna Duggar was told to “be careful” after she claimed that her daughter Evy, 6 months, was eating rocks while playing outside. The reality star shares her little one as while as 3-year-old son Gideon with her husband, Austin Forsyth. The 23-year-old took to Instagram to share various photos of her two […]

The US economy is operating below potential but there are still limits to how fast the economy can go.

It was an ordinary Friday for Susanna Stevens-Johnson. She woke up in snowy Mountain Village, on the Yukon Delta in Alaska, and checked her Facebook account.

DISTURBING footage shows a balcony railing collapsing today at a university killing at least five students, authorities said. The young people were seen falling after the barrier buckled under the weight of dozens of people in a college in Bolivia. The tragedy happened on the fourth floor of a building at the Public University of […]

Donald Trump’s status as a Republican folk hero makes him the perfect person to sell the vaccine to sceptical conservatives. It’s a role he has rejected.

Leigh Oquendo welcomed her kindergarteners on Monday as they filed into her Hawthorne Scholastic Academy classroom in Chicago, as any teacher would.

LOVE Island Australia viewers excitedly got to know the bombshells set to cause chaos in the villa. Anna, 27, and 28-year-old Phoebe are the two self-confessed “hot and crazy” stars heading in to “shake things up”. And as it’s very early days for the contestants, there are bound to be numerous heads turned by the […]

Walt Disney chief executive officer Bob Chapek said he believes there have been fundamental changes in people’s attitudes toward moviegoing, trends that will probably continue after the global pandemic passes.

When Covid-19 suddenly ravaged New York, hospitals looked "apocalyptic." Refrigerated trucks turned into morgues because there wasn't enough space for all the victims.

Teen Mom star Briana DeJesus revealed she’s been getting “frustrated” with her daughter Nova, nine, as she’s been throwing a lot of “fits” lately. The tween’s “emotional” outbursts comes as her mom Briana and dad Devoin Austin continue to feud over their co-parenting duties. 🍼  Follow all our latest news & stories on Teen Mom. […]

Last month, a judge ruled a tabloid had breached her privacy and infringed her copyright by publishing parts of the five-page letter she wrote to her father.

If March's weather is anything like what roared through Texas and the rest of the central and southern US in February... we're in deep trouble. Often, March's weather can be this ferocious.

PETER Andre was so devastated after the loss of his brother that he quit his reality show because he kept breaking down in tears. The dad of four, 48, starred in Peter Andre: My Life from 2009 to 2014 alongside his older kids Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, and wife Emily, 31. Cameras followed the […]

A swathe of properties across the healthcare, office, hotel and service station sectors are being offered and snapped up as vendors tap into the demand for bricks and mortar assets by investors in the current low interest rate environment.

Since the debut of the New York Times documentary "Framing Britney Spears" last month, there has been renewed interest in the singer's court-ordered conservatorship and calls for her father, Jamie Spears, to step aside as co-conservator.

THE raucous brand Club 18 to 30 – or “Beaver Espana” as one of its own adverts referred to it – was finally laid to rest by owner Thomas Cook in 2018. But could the summer of 2021 see the dawn of a new, age-restricted holiday company . . . Club 50 to 80? Requirements include possession of a […]

Shortly after 6pm on Tuesday, two men entered a barbershop in Punchbowl and assaulted a 33-year-old man.

Anderson Cooper celebrated "Read Across America Day" by reading to his son Wyatt. Watch "Full Circle" on Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6p E.T.

Meghan Markle’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey has reportedly been in the works for two years after the Palace vetoed a sit-down chat with US star Gayle King. Oprah’s tell-all chat with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex airs on Sunday – but sources say they originally tried to organise a televised talk with the […]

Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok said he clearly considered the vaccine a tool in Russia’s hybrid war against the West. 

Peanut butter purists called and Reese's answered.

MY heart quickened when I read yesterday that the perm is making a comeback. For decades the frizzy Eighties hairdo was deemed as naff as the decade’s shellsuit. But the look has been the subject of a DIY tutorial in fashion mag Cosmopolitan, while top model Cara Delevingne got one from celeb stylist Mara Roszak. […]

The country’s largest labour union has urged Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to scuttle the US private equity heavyweight’s $1.7bn play for Colonial First State.

Many Americans have changed their spending habits dramatically since the pandemic began.

BRIAN Harvey has accused his ex Danniella Westbrook of sending paramedics to his home. The former East 17 singer, 46, live streamed the moment when two ambulance workers turned up to his home on YouTube. The pair split 26 years ago after a four year romance that Danniella says ended when she was “locked up” and signed […]

There’s increasing bipartisan support in Washington for a bigger government role in providing incentives and investments in companies.

It's been one year since the pandemic sent many of us home to work remotely. And we want to hear from you about your experience.

A MUM has finally fulfilled her childhood wishlist — and now owns all the toys she ever circled in the Argos catalogue. Fiona Barnes, 41, has a complete collection of My Little Ponies, Care Bears and Sindy Dolls. She also has a Mr Frosty iced drink maker and 1980s favourites such as an A La […]

Stocks are drifting lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street on Tuesday, giving back some of their big gains from a day earlier.

For years, artificial cacti have lined the sandy roadsides of North Scottsdale, Arizona. They look real at first glance but tucked inside are antennas and radio equipment that provide 4G LTE wireless connectivity to the area. Large concealment structures like this, which in this case are about 24 feet tall, have become so good it's sometimes hard to tell the real cacti from the fakes.

TONY ADAMS believes Arsenal should sell right-backs Hector Bellerin AND Cedric Soares – then get in a ‘good one in’. The Gunners legend, 54, does not believe either of the current options are good enough. Bellerin has struggled for form since returning from his ACL injury while Cedric is seen only as a back-up option […]

Anglo-Australian supply chain finance group Greensill Capital says it has entered a “period of exclusivity with a leading global financial institution” that it hopes to conclude by the end of the week.

CRISTIANO RONALDO scored his 20th goal in 21 Serie A games as Juventus kept their faint title hopes alive with a 3-0 win against lowly Spezia. Ronnie bagged his latest strike in the 89th minute, becoming the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to reach 20 league goals for the TWELFTH successive season. Federico […]

Poor investment in mental health is evident in the criminal justice system, the homelessness crisis and the derailment of young people’s education.

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has ruled out a major summer spending spree as Manchester United try to close the gap on rivals City. The United boss saw Pep Guardiola’s side moved a mammoth 15 points clear with their 4-1 win against Wolves. Old Trafford legend Rio Ferdinand has urged his ex-club to ‘move heaven and earth’ […]

A woman’s account of her alleged rape more than three decades ago is detailed and distressing – but not a signed police statement.

JADON SANCHO fired Borussia Dortmund past Monchengladbach and into the DFB-Pokal semi-finals. Dortmund‘s stars travelled west looking to seal safe progression… and impress their next manager. Monchengladbach chief Marco Rose last month agreed to swap his current setting for Signal Iduna Park at the end of the season. But things have gone sour for him […]

The biggest shake up of player movement in rugby league history could be just months away from taking place.

GARETH TAYLOR reckons Manchester City have got enough quality in their ranks to snatch Lyon’s Champions League crown.  And the Citizens boss expects his side to progress beyond the last 16 after being knocked out at this stage by Atletico Madrid last season.  Taylor’s players, who are second in the WSL, will play Fiorentina in […]

NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean has been accused of ignoring science when he committed to more koalas

MARK Hofmann is a convicted murderer and accomplished forger who will spend the rest of his life behind bars. His crimes in the last century and the motivation behind them are explored in the Netflix docuseries Murder Among The Mormons. Who is Mark Hofmann and what did he do? Mark Hofmann killed two people when […]

Nissan Australia chief executive Stephen Lester says a lack of leadership in embracing electrified cars is out of step with the world’s leading economies.

REAL Housewives Of Potomac star Ashley Darby looked stunning as she went completely nude in the bath for her big maternity photo shoot.  The soon to be mom of two, 32, has been sharing snaps capturing the last precious moments of her pregnancy with fans.  Ashley posted the blooming photos showing off her growing bump […]

In her new advice column, Kirstin Ferguson tackles job interview rejection, navigating unpaid International Women’s Day speaking requests, and an absent boss.

DELICIOUS food doesn’t have to be dangerous for your waistband, as these sumptuous recipes prove. For the last in our WW – Weight Watchers Reimagined – series, we give some super-low point recipes to get stuck into, and help you spring back into shape for the new season. WW recommends a steady weight loss of […]

A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil and has now been found in at least 20 countries can re-infect people who previously recovered from the disease, scientists say.

MANCHESTER CITY made it 21-straight victories – but not without a scare at the Etihad after Wolves had drawn level through Conor Coady. Final score: Man City 4-1 Wolves Goalscorers: Dendoncker OG 15′, Gabriel Jesus 80′ 90′, Mahrez 90′; Coady 60′. Follow ALL the reaction with our live blog below… BETTING OFFER: Get Man City […]

The de facto US and Canadian embassies in Taiwan have praised the quality of pineapples grown on the island, depicting photographs of their top diplomats in Taipei with the fruit after an import ban by China.

MEGHAN Markle is facing allegations of bullying staff made by one of her closest advisors during her time at Kensington Palace. A source told The Times newspaper the Duchess of Sussex drove two personal assistants out of the household and undermined the confidence of the third. The bombshell claims – denied by Meghan’s lawyers – […]

THESE kiss-me-quick quips from traditional saucy seaside postcards would no doubt prove too much of a handful for today’s snowflakes. We told yesterday how comic Colin Mills fears he will be “cancelled” by sensitive youngsters for his bawdy postcard-style humour. He says his shows are inspired by the pun-filled tongue-in-cheek humour of the traditional British […]

MANCHESTER UNITED head to Selhurst Park as they look to keep their slim title hopes alive. The Red Devils played out a 0-0 draw at Chelsea on Sunday with boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fuming that referee Stuart Attwell failed to award a penalty for a Callum Hudson-Odoi handball. Attwell was asked to view the incident […]

BARCELONA and Sevilla meet at the Nou Camp with a place in the Copa del Rey final up for grabs. Lionel Messi and Co have it all to do after a disastrous first-leg, which saw Jules Kounde and Ivan Rakitic net in a 2-0 Sevilla win. The visitors last won this trophy back in 2010, […]

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle recently spoke with Oprah Winfrey about their struggles, in the first interview they've given since quitting as working members of the royal family last year. What we learned from clips released in advance of the interview's airing on March 7: It's not easy being a prince.

JOHN Mayer told his ex Taylor Swift’s fans “I’m hearing you out” after they were quick to bash him on TikTok following the pair’s failed relationship. The former couple were speculated to have dated between 2009 and 2010, with one of Taylor’s hit songs rumored to be about John. It all kicked off after John, […]

Over the past few weeks, progressive activists have lit up Twitter over the media's criticism of President Joe Biden. There have even been loud complaints that the White House briefing is no longer consistently covered live by the cable networks, as if the media is somehow trying to silence the President and his spokesperson.

INCREDIBLE pictures show the moment a hungry frog swallowed a mouse WHOLE. The greedy beast was snapped grabbing a two-inch mouse by its buttocks and chomping on its neck resulting in the prey’s sudden death. Captured by photographer Dzul Dzulfikri, 48, in Beksai, Indonesia, another photo shows the rodent’s tail and feet poking out the […]

Almost a year into the pandemic, what began as a public health emergency is turning into a mental health crisis among our nation's children and adolescents as they struggle with social isolation, grief, and the switch to remote learning. It is becoming increasingly clear that this crisis will endure well beyond the pandemic.

HEATING up football boots is becoming a big business. As SunSport revealed on Saturday, Chelsea are using a microwave to warm footwear before games. Yet despite the Blues’ low-budget approach, rivals are splashing out on more advanced methods. Wolves, Arsenal, Manchester United and Southampton are just some of the clubs using cleatPRO.  It is a […]

Donald Trump's return to the national stage at the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) was about what I expected: In a two-track speech where he was intermittently bored by a teleprompter and amused by his own adlibs, he teased a third presidential run, came home to his animating issue, immigration (which was inexplicably absent from his 2020 reelection campaign) and continued the farce that he actually won last November. He even ran through a "hit list" of Republicans to be ousted from the party.

JOE ROOT’S England squad has been struck with a dose of the dreaded ‘Delhi Belly’ in India. After weeks of self-isolation and protection from coronavirus, the England team have succumbed to a far more familiar ailment when in the sub-continent. Several team members have upset stomachs, with assistant coach Paul Collingwood said to be the […]

"There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for 'character' needs to be something other than the iteration of the word itself," writes Marjorie Garber in her book "Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession."

RISHI Sunak will today reveal extra help for 600,000 self employed Brits who have been shut out of Government support during the pandemic. The Chancellor will reveal that hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom became self-employed in 2019-20, will now be able to claim direct cash grants under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme. […]

If you had any doubts that podcasting had gone from fashionable to fully mainstream, you need look no further than the latest Spotify original, "Renegades: Born in the USA," for proof that they have. Hosted by former President Barack Obama and current rocker Bruce Springsteen, the show centers on a series of conversations between the two men and their experiences growing up as outsiders. It is necessarily nostalgic — neither Obama nor Springsteen has been an outsider in a very long time — and the title reflects that, calling back to the hosts' glory days: "Renegade" was Obama's Secret Service name, and "Born in the U.S.A." was Springsteen's best-selling album, released in 1984.

THE furlough scheme will today be extended until the end of September. Rishi Sunak’s Budget vow means millions will have been paid to stay at home for a gruelling 17 months. Employers will be asked to start chipping in from July in the hope of avoiding mass lay-offs. The Chancellor’s vow “to do whatever it […]

SELF-EMPLOYED workers will get a fourth coronavirus grant worth £7,500, Rishi Sunak is set to confirm. The Chancellor will reveal the plans for the fourth grant as part of his Budget in the Commons tomorrow. The grants will cover lost earnings through February, March and April as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Like the […]

JERSEY Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi sparked rumors she’s returning to the MTV reality show after she was seen filming with ex castmate, Angelina Pivernick. The mom of three was spotted filming at a restaurant with Angelina. According to pictures obtained by TMZ, Snooki was spotted having lunch with Angelina at Lucco Cucina + Bar in […]

ACTRESS Nicola Coughlan has furiously hit back at a podcast host who called her “the fat girl from Bridgerton”. Amanda Richards – who presents Big Calf, a podcast “about being the fat kid” – tweeted about Nicola’s choice to wear a cardigan for the Golden Globes. She wrote: “The fat girl from Bridgerton is wearing […]

GABRIEL JESUS got the party started as Manchester City hit 21 last night. And could his late contribution prove to be the key to the door for Pep Guardiola’s men to regain their Premier League crown? The champagne looked set to stay on ice with City’s incredible 20 match winning streak poised to end on […]

PRESIDENT Joe Biden has announced the US is on track to have enough vaccines for every adult in America by the end of May. Biden said at a press conference at the White House on Tuesday that America’s current vaccine program will be accelerated by two months. Biden revealed that there will be enough vaccine […]

NATIONAL Geographic’s series Wicked Tuna follows the life of several Massachusetts fishermen as they hunt for tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. The show is one of the most popular in the network, spanning over 10 seasons since its premiere in 2012. How much do the Wicked Tuna cast get paid? The Wicked Tuna cast make […]

BORIS JOHNSON’S offer to stage the whole of Euro 2020 has been welcomed by European football chiefs. Wembley is already due to stage SEVEN games at the tournament, including all three of England’s opening group matches, both semi-finals and the July 11 final. But the PM’s invitation, exclusively revealed by The Sun, has opened the […]

A MOTHER is warning parents to monitor their children closely if they’ve recovered from coronavirus, after her baby girl’s hands and feet turned blue while battling life-threatening Covid complications. Five-month-old Madelyn Grant from Stow, Ohio, was rushed to the hospital after her heart inflamed and raced at double the rate of a normal child her […]

New satellite imagery obtained by CNN reveals North Korea has recently taken steps to conceal a facility US intelligence agencies believe is being used to store nuclear weapons, a move that could add to the growing sense of urgency from critics who argue the Biden administration needs to articulate a clear strategy on how it will deal with Kim Jong Un going forward.

NICOLA Sturgeon is battling for her political career today after she was accused of lying to the Scottish Parliament about the Alex Salmond saga. In a dramatic 24 hours, two SNP insiders gave bombshell evidence saying Ms Sturgeon had misled Holyrood. While long-secret emails revealed Mr Sturgeon ignored lawyers to pursue Mr Salmond through the […]

DORALEE Olds was married to Mark Hofmann from 1979 to 1987. Hofmann is serving a life sentence for two murders and other crimes that are explored in the Netflix docuseries Murder Among The Mormons. Who is Mark Hofmann’s ex-wife Doralee Olds Hofmann? Doralee Olds is the former wife of convicted killer Mark Hofmann. A counterfeiter […]

BORIS JOHNSON’S bid for the UK to host the entire European Championships this summer has received German approval from newspaper Bild. But only if Joachim Low’s side get to win the tournament. The UK are already set to host a number of matches, including the semi-final and final. And PM BoJo told The Sun last […]

COVID vaccines may be stopping the spread of the virus “almost completely” and are working “better than any of us could have imagined”, experts claim.  Dr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England’s head of immunisation, said research suggests the jabs will have a major impact on halting transmission.  She told the BBC Today programme: “There’s really […]

THE King of Snooker is back – and Stephen Hendry tonight crowned himself in glory despite an early mishap. Scotland’s seven-time world champion made a memorable return to the baize as he hit a CENTURY in just his second frame of pro action for nine years. Yes, the 52-year-old was beaten 4-1 by close pal […]

ABBEY Clancy has shown off that she looks good in any decade as she strips off for a vintage 70s inspired photo shoot. The mother-of-four, 35, posed topless in a denim and hide matching coat and jean set as she smouldered in the sexy shoot. Her long blonde hair fell down in waves past her […]

IT’S a bit on the chilly side again but my cockles have been well and truly warmed up by talk of us hosting more games in this summer’s Euros. Or last summer’s Euros, to be more precise. In fact, to hell with it — let’s bring the whole tournament here, shall we? After all, there […]

ENGLAND World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst last night backed PM Boris Johnson’s offer to host the Covid-hit Euros here. Sir Geoff declared the bid to bring football home again would “recapture the spirit of ’66” when his hat-trick saw off the Germans in the final. Twelve nations are due to stage the Euros, with […]

MANCHESTER UNITED have to sign a striker at the end of the season, according to club legend Mark Hughes. The Welshman also reckons Edinson Cavani would have been the perfect solution – five years ago. Jamie Carragher issued a stark warning to the Red Devils saying they ‘lack quality up front’ and ‘need a centre-forward […]

JASON Manford has revealed his face is being used on a fake Facebook – and warns fans not to be scammed out of money. The 39-year-old warned fans that an imposter is asking fans for money. Sharing a screenshot of the offender’s messages on the social media site, Jason said: “A fan in Argentina sent […]

NEW York Gov Andrew Cuomo told a female doctor dressed in protective clothing that she “makes that gown look good” as she conducted his coronavirus test last May. A clip of Cuomo making the inappropriate comment has resurfaced following allegations of sexual harassment from two of his former employees. In the video from last spring […]

LeBRON JAMES has put his £15million California mansion up for sale. The basketball legend, who will captain Team LeBron in Sunday’s NBA All-Stars game, is ready to part ways with it six years after purchase, reports TMZ. The Brentwood property is just one of three homes owned by James in Los Angeles. LA Lakers star […]

TEXAS Governor Greg Abbott made an announcement during a press conference on March 2 regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. The Republican governor has faced fierce backlash from the Republican Party over the mask mandate that was imposed in the state some eight months ago. Is Texas reopening? Texas has become the largest state yet in the […]

Real Housewives Of New York alum Dorinda Medley, 56, poked fun at herself as she showed off her toned figure in a swimsuit printed with her FACE.  The reality star, who announced she had been fired from the Bravo show in August, shared the photo to Instagram with a tongue-in-cheek caption while on vacation at […]

MEGHAN Markle’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey has reportedly been in the works for two years after the Palace vetoed a sit-down chat with US star Gayle King. Oprah’s tell-all chat with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex airs on Sunday – but sources say they originally tried to organise a televised talk with the […]

ARE you all for burning keepsakes from your exes, like Rachel, Monica and Phoebe famously did in sitcom Friends? Jo Hemmings, a behavioural psychologist, says: “If you have been badly hurt and every item you associate with your ex is a trigger, having a clearout of everything related to them can be quite cleansing. “But […]

A WOMAN revealed how she saved 1/2 her income – and has enough money in savings to live for half a year. She said she was inspired to crack down on her saving when the Covid pandemic hit – and now makes “thousands” from her side-hustle turned full-time gig of couponing and YouTube. Star Smith – who […]

WHILE many women feel pressure to fake it in the bedroom, Amy Mathews has too many orgasms – and climaxes at the most awkward moments.  Amy, 23, has had orgasms on public transport, in college and even during lunch with her parents. Now, she says, she is addicted to them. Her record for an individual […]

TORINO were handed a 3-0 defeat after failing to turn up to play Lazio – because the team are self-isolating following a coronavirus outbreak. Eight Torino players and two staff members tested positive for Covid-19 with the more contagious variant detected in England identified in some cases. The club’s training ground was closed by the […]

THE draw for tonight’s National Lottery EuroMillions (March 2, 2021) has taken place, with life-changing cash prizes at stake. Check the results to see if you have just won a fortune and bagged enough to start that jet-set lifestyle you always dreamed of. Every EuroMillions ticket also bags you an automatic entry into the UK […]

THE Bachelor star Victoria Larson was spotted showing off her fit figure in a bright green bikini at the beach over the weekend. The 28-year-old enjoyed some fresh air and sunshine ahead of Monday night’s emotional Women Tell All show, which saw the self-proclaimed “Queen” break down in tears. 🌹 Follow all the latest news […]

TEEN Mom Kailyn Lowry told fans to “lift people up!” after trolls dragged her for closing deal on land for a new home. Last month, the reality star was able to sell her mansion in Delaware for a cool $840,000 and has received a lot of backlash online. 🍼  Follow all our latest news & […]

THE fall in coronavirus deaths in England is three weeks ahead of the government’s estimates, new figures show.  Experts have called for lockdown restrictions to be eased more quickly as fatalities and cases continue to decline.  Boris Johnson has repeatedly stressed that he will be guided by “data not dates” as the country leaves lockdown.  […]

WHO Do You Think You Are? has unveiled all sorts in the past – murderers, links to royalty and a descendant of God. Unfortunately for Dermot O’Leary, researchers found nothing of the sort. In fact, they found literally nothing. The discovery, or lack of, left the former X Factor host – whose family come from […]

THE US Capitol is increasing security as QAnon fans push a theory that Donald Trump will be inaugurated in two days, and the FBI is “concerned.” Thousands of National Guard troops will remain in Washington DC over fears QAnon‘s claim may lead to another attack on the US Capitol, after followers spoke of a “military investigation” into […]

THE Eyes of Texas is a University of Texas song that’s meant to inspire school pride. In light of the song’s origins, UT students and athletes have requested that the song be removed from sporting events to make the school more inclusive. What are the lyrics to The Eyes of Texas? The Eyes of Texas […]

LIFE Below Zero’s Kate Bassich joined the cast of the popular National Geographic series in 2013. The series focuses on the most remote regions of Alaska and shows how people survive in the frozen tundra. What happened to Kate on Life Below Zero? Kate Bassich ended her two-year stint on Life Below Zero after divorcing […]

A NAVY sailor was killed and five service members were hurt after five military trucks crashed on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton. The vehicles were traveling in convoy before 7am before slowing down for unknown reasons and causing a chain reaction collision, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Oceanside office. This pushed one of the […]

A WOMAN was allegedly murdered and chopped up in a flat above a kebab shop after being lured there by a stranger late at night, a court has heard. Azam Mangori, 24, “honed in” on Lorraine Cox, 32, while she walked home after drinking with pals in Exeter, Devon, it is alleged. Jurors at Exeter […]

MIKE TYSON was a ‘karate master’ who used a ‘peekaboo’ style of boxing, according to expert Jesse Enkamp. Iron Mike dominated the heavyweight division during the 1980s and 90s. Winning his first world title aged just 20, Tyson bamboozled opponents for over a decade, and was known for his ferocious power. But according to popular […]

THE limited documentary series Murder Among The Mormons launches on Netflix on March 3, 2021. A shocking series of bombings that took place in 1985 is explored by the filmmakers. How many episodes are in Murder Among The Mormons? There will be three one-hour episodes of the Netflix docuseries available on the streaming service. Murder […]

A CHILD abuse ringleader who recruited ‘Britain’s worst female paedophile’ could be released from prison by the summer. Colin Blanchard – the paedo mastermind who convinced nursery worker Vanessa George to abuse babies and toddlers in her care – could be back on the streets within months. The 51-year-old was described as “the hub of […]