Category: News
Rosie Duffield resigns as Labour MP with scathing attack on Keir Starmer’s leadership
A Labour MP has resigned from the parliamentary party after criticising Keir Starmer’s “cruel and unnecessary” policies and lambasting the prime minister’s “managerial and technocratic [more…]
Three Just Stop Oil activists charged after soup thrown at Van Gogh paintings
Three protesters have been charged with criminal damage and will appear in court after soup was thrown at two Vincent van Gogh paintings on Friday. [more…]
At least 22 reported dead as storm John weakens over Mexico
Residents in south-western Mexico on Saturday evacuated from homes flooded by the remnants of Hurricane John that ravaged the Pacific coastline for a week, bringing [more…]
Israel’s strike on Lebanon killed five of my family members, says British woman
A British woman returning to the UK from Lebanon has said Israeli airstrikes killed five members of her family. Sana Chamseddin’s uncle, his wife and [more…]
Seventeen killed in two mass shootings in South African town
Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two mass shootings that took place close to each other in a rural town in South [more…]
British army to investigate conduct of troops in Kenya amid rape and murder claims
The army is to launch an inquiry into the behaviour of British troops posted to a military base in Kenya, after multiple allegations of serious [more…]
Poverty in Argentina soars to over 50% as Milei’s austerity measures hit hard
Argentina’s poverty rate has soared to almost 53% in the first six months of Javier Milei’s presidency, offering the first hard evidence of how the [more…]
Azealia Banks likens Bull Ring fish stalls in Birmingham to ‘Wuhan wet market’
The US rapper Azealia Banks has accused Birmingham’s fish market of making her ill, comparing it to a “Wuhan wet market”. In an unlikely intervention, [more…]
Events arm of Economist group to stop signing tobacco sponsorship deals
The division of the Economist’s parent group that has come under fire over its commercial ties with the world’s three biggest tobacco companies is to [more…]
Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff collapses into administration
Harland & Wolff, the Belfast-based shipbuilder that produced the Titanic, has collapsed into administration. The company has appointed administrators from Teneo to oversee the process [more…]
