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Brit pensioner, 93, who suffocated his dementia-stricken wife, 92, in ‘mercy killing’ is jailed for 9 years for murder

Brit pensioner, 93, who suffocated his dementia-stricken wife, 92, in ...

1 year ago 180

Gerard Depardieu questioned by police over sexual assault allegations

Gerard Depardieu questioned by police over sexual assault allegations

1 year ago 222

Professor charged with battery after she was ‘violently arrested’ in pro-Palestine protests on viral video

Professor charged with battery after she was ‘violently arrested’ in p...

1 year ago 181

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen invited to Xi Jinping-Emmanuel Macron summit in Paris next week

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen invited to Xi Jinping-Emmanuel Macron su...

1 year ago 288

Reichsbuerger trial: Alleged coup plotters in court for one of largest criminal cases in Germany’s history

Reichsbuerger trial: Alleged coup plotters in court for one of largest...

1 year ago 355

Bill Barr says Trump often suggested executing his rivals during heated White House outbursts

Bill Barr says Trump often suggested executing his rivals during heate...

1 year ago 183

Columbia University president says negotiations with student protesters have fallen apart

Columbia University president says negotiations with student protester...

1 year ago 219

Musician’s prized guitar she played with Harry Styles ‘destroyed’ on Delta flight

Musician’s prized guitar she played with Harry Styles ‘destroyed’ on D...

1 year ago 341

China sending robot spaceship to ‘dark side of the moon’ in landmark mission as they vow to send astronauts by 2030

China sending robot spaceship to ‘dark side of the moon’ in landmark m...

1 year ago 408

Russia will sink Britain under nuclear tide with Satan 2 missiles if NATO intervenes in Ukraine, vows top Putin stooge

Russia will sink Britain under nuclear tide with Satan 2 missiles if N...

1 year ago 494

Lawmaker charged with ‘breaking into stepmother’s home to steal dad’s ashes’ stripped of committee assignments

Lawmaker charged with ‘breaking into stepmother’s home to steal dad’s ...

1 year ago 293

3 women contract HIV from ‘vampire facials’ in US, in first known cases of transmission through cosmetic injection

3 women contract HIV from ‘vampire facials’ in US, in first known case...

1 year ago 314

Meeting between Trump and DeSantis was about money, not VP selection, sources say

Meeting between Trump and DeSantis was about money, not VP selection, ...

1 year ago 209

Brit tourist, 28, fighting for life after being run over by a lorry in Ibiza

Brit tourist, 28, fighting for life after being run over by a lorry in...

1 year ago 346

Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal in Riyadh visit

Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal in Riy...

1 year ago 205

Lindsey Graham jumps to Trump’s defence over hush money trial: ‘I think the whole thing is a crock’

Lindsey Graham jumps to Trump’s defence over hush money trial: ‘I thin...

1 year ago 318

Saudi Arabia insists first part of $500bn NEOM Megacity WILL be open this year with ultra-lux island resort

Saudi Arabia insists first part of $500bn NEOM Megacity WILL be open t...

1 year ago 283

Utah family reunited with cat mailed hundreds of miles away in Amazon return box

Utah family reunited with cat mailed hundreds of miles away in Amazon ...

1 year ago 392

Hong Kong business sector, lawmakers hail minimum wage formula, but economist warns over risks of potential price spiral

Hong Kong business sector, lawmakers hail minimum wage formula, but ec...

1 year ago 251

China should bail on US bonds even faster, scholar says, as bilateral tensions and anxieties mount

China should bail on US bonds even faster, scholar says, as bilateral ...

1 year ago 368

Latvians told to turn basements into bomb shelters amid fears Russia could target Baltic states next

Latvians told to turn basements into bomb shelters amid fears Russia c...

1 year ago 352

Incredible abandoned VHS store left frozen in time for 20 years after owner died is throwback to world before Netflix

Incredible abandoned VHS store left frozen in time for 20 years after ...

1 year ago 182

Putin puts captured British armoured cars and American tanks on display after they were captured in Ukraine

Putin puts captured British armoured cars and American tanks on displa...

1 year ago 262

Israel-Gaza war: 40-day ceasefire offered to Hamas, says UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron

Israel-Gaza war: 40-day ceasefire offered to Hamas, says UK Foreign Se...

1 year ago 256

Tornado leaves homes and businesses flattened as at least three dead in Oklahoma

Tornado leaves homes and businesses flattened as at least three dead i...

1 year ago 237

Bernie Sanders expresses support for pro-Palestine protests

Bernie Sanders expresses support for pro-Palestine protests

1 year ago 451

Watch: 13ft python that ate cat before clogging water pipe removed by snake catchers

Watch: 13ft python that ate cat before clogging water pipe removed by ...

1 year ago 371

How 5G, AI and a cotton revolution helped China beat US Xinjiang sanctions

How 5G, AI and a cotton revolution helped China beat US Xinjiang sanct...

1 year ago 351

At least 45 dead including 17 children as dam bursts in Kenya sweeping away houses in thick mud after weeks of storms

At least 45 dead including 17 children as dam bursts in Kenya sweeping...

1 year ago 172

Russian citizen arrested on suspicion of stabbing Ukraine soldiers to death in Germany

Russian citizen arrested on suspicion of stabbing Ukraine soldiers to ...

1 year ago 318

Singapore-Indonesia leaders’ retreat sets stage for successors, with ‘more active’ engagement expected

Singapore-Indonesia leaders’ retreat sets stage for successors, with ‘...

1 year ago 287

320kg of ketamine discovered inside life-size Transformers robots

320kg of ketamine discovered inside life-size Transformers robots

1 year ago 194

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11

1 year ago 259

Man arrested for child abduction after teen child of billionaire tech entrepreneurs found in van 6 days after running away

Man arrested for child abduction after teen child of billionaire tech ...

1 year ago 203

Pedro Sanchez says he will continue as Spain’s prime minister as wife investigated over corruption claims

Pedro Sanchez says he will continue as Spain’s prime minister as wife ...

1 year ago 392

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war roil US campuses ahead of graduations

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war roil US campuses ahead of g...

1 year ago 269

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis ‘make amends’ during private Miami meeting following bitter primary feud

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis ‘make amends’ during private Miami meeti...

1 year ago 389

China unveils Sora challenger able to produce videos from text similar to OpenAI tool, though much shorter

China unveils Sora challenger able to produce videos from text similar...

1 year ago 357

A coat hanger or ‘tiny screwdriver’ could be used to unlock room where Trump allegedly kept classified documents

A coat hanger or ‘tiny screwdriver’ could be used to unlock room where...

1 year ago 238

Putin has lost 450,000 soldiers, 3,000 tanks & vehicles and nearly 500 aircraft in Ukraine, says UK intelligence

Putin has lost 450,000 soldiers, 3,000 tanks & vehicles and nearly 500...

1 year ago 378

Moment Miss Ecuador beauty queen, 23, is gunned down in hail of bullets by assassins after being linked to gang boss

Moment Miss Ecuador beauty queen, 23, is gunned down in hail of bullet...

1 year ago 454

Hong Kong to update heat stress at work warnings after monitoring index for longer

Hong Kong to update heat stress at work warnings after monitoring inde...

1 year ago 256

Trump too ‘busy taking himself down’ for Biden to need a big political strategy against him, ex-staffer says

Trump too ‘busy taking himself down’ for Biden to need a big political...

1 year ago 324

Officials convicted over Greece’s deadliest fire freed after paying fines

Officials convicted over Greece’s deadliest fire freed after paying fi...

1 year ago 182

Hong Kong appeal court blocks Jimmy Lai from challenging foreign counsel ban

Hong Kong appeal court blocks Jimmy Lai from challenging foreign couns...

1 year ago 216

Blinken says Hamas must decide quickly on ‘extraordinarily generous’ Israel offer; aid to Gaza must be increased

Blinken says Hamas must decide quickly on ‘extraordinarily generous’ I...

1 year ago 235

Airline suspends major flight route for a MONTH due to Putin’s GPS jammers amid fears e-weapons could cause disaster

Airline suspends major flight route for a MONTH due to Putin’s GPS jam...

1 year ago 314

Everyone can see the revellers at the festival but you have 20/20 vision if you can spot 5 guitars in less than 9 secs

Everyone can see the revellers at the festival but you have 20/20 visi...

1 year ago 197

Father of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen charged with abusing one of his other children, lawyer says

Father of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen charged with abusing one of hi...

1 year ago 276

Europe planning new ‘nuclear umbrella’ with 300 French nuke missiles spread across continent for showdown with Russia

Europe planning new ‘nuclear umbrella’ with 300 French nuke missiles s...

1 year ago 600

French movie legend Gerard Depardieu, 75, taken into custody over claims he ‘sexually assaulted two women on film set’

French movie legend Gerard Depardieu, 75, taken into custody over clai...

1 year ago 307

Elon Musk’s Tesla and Baidu join forces to build cars that will drive themselves in China

Elon Musk’s Tesla and Baidu join forces to build cars that will drive ...

1 year ago 404

Grizzly bears to be reintroduced to Washington state after years of bitter argument

Grizzly bears to be reintroduced to Washington state after years of bi...

1 year ago 393

Spanish PM decides not to quit despite corruption claims against wife

Spanish PM decides not to quit despite corruption claims against wife

1 year ago 212

Two dead and one injured after 350,000-pound load detaches from trailer in Texas

Two dead and one injured after 350,000-pound load detaches from traile...

1 year ago 326

Dozens killed after dam collapses in Kenya as floods cause widespread devastation

Dozens killed after dam collapses in Kenya as floods cause widespread ...

1 year ago 186

Israeli officials concerned about possible ICC arrest warrants as pressure mounts over war in Gaza

Israeli officials concerned about possible ICC arrest warrants as pres...

1 year ago 220

Putin parades captured British armoured cars & American tanks in Moscow in new exhibition glorifying Ukraine invasion

Putin parades captured British armoured cars & American tanks in Mosco...

1 year ago 240

Zebra on the loose near Seattle interstate after four escape from trailer

Zebra on the loose near Seattle interstate after four escape from trai...

1 year ago 432

Thinking Global Podcast – Danny Dorling

Thinking Global Podcast – Danny Dorling

1 year ago 238