San Francisco: The man who clubbed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in the head with hammer, shouting “Where is Nancy?” after forcing his way into the couple’s San Francisco home, faced charges of attempted murder and other felonies a day later. Police initially declined to offer a motive for the assault on Paul Pelosi, […]
Officials: 59 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At least 59 people were killed and 150 more were injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise […]
China's new lockdown ‘leads to fights at world's biggest iPhone factory as starving workers forced to remain in plant' | The Sun
FIGHTS over food have broken out amid starving employees at a huge iPhone factory in China as the country's latest lockdown takes its toll, it is reported. Many of the 200,000 workers at Foxconn Technology Group's main factory in Zhengzhou have been forced into isolation after the Communist Party unleashed new draconian coronavirus restrictions. Some […]
Mother-of-two faces £20k fine for painting front door PINK
Mother-of-two, 48, facing £20,000 fine for painting her front door PINK says council rules are ’30 years out of date’ Miranda Dickson, 48, painted her front door, in Edinburgh’s New Town, last year But council planners objected to new colour and insist it’s painted white gloss Ms Dickson, however, believes complaint is malicious and described […]
ANNE GLENCONNER reveals the violence that scarred her marriage
‘My husband beat me so hard with his shark-bone walking stick that I was left deaf in one ear’: Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting ANNE GLENCONNER reveals for the first time the violence that scarred her 50-year marriage Back in the 1950s, my mother brought me up to cope with a fundamental truth of my class and […]
Two Palestinian fighters shot dead in latest West Bank flare-up
Key points Israeli’s military said it was responding to a drive-by shooting. Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has been at heart of recent in violence. Al-Aqsa Brigades militants have claimed the dead as members. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Israel’s “unlawful targeted killings” could lead to escalations in violence. Nablus: Israeli […]
Kayaker rescued from channel by fisherman was 'upset about a breakup'
Kayaker, 28, rescued from the Channel by fishermen after clinging to a buoy for two days was upset after breaking up with his girlfriend, his father reveals Exclusive: British kayaker, 28, is rescued by Dutch fishermen in the English Channel after clinging to a buoy Daniel Lewis, from Blackpool, had been suffering from heartache after […]
Ukraine news LATEST: Desperate Putin 'using conscripts' as cannon fodder as Russia 'sending soliders to their DEATHS' | The Sun
ACCORDING to the British Ministry of Defence, Russia has begun using “mobilised reservists” in its battle on the Dnipro River due to "extremely low" manpower. Putin is reportedly sending these “poorly trained” soldiers to their deaths, as he desperately attempts to hold onto land in the region. According to the MoD, Russia will need to recruit “higher […]
Shocking moment a Paraguayan airplane's nose is SHATTERED
Terrifying moment passenger jet was hit by violent hail and lightning storm that destroyed its nose cone as it came into land in Paraguay Flight LA1325, operated by LATAM Airlines Paraguay, had been caught in severe weather while flying to Asunción from Santiago de Chile late on Wednesday The plane had been received by LATAM […]
'Liz Truss wept as she sacked friend and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng'
‘They’re already coming for me, Kwasi’: Liz Truss wept as she sacked closest friend and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in wake of their disastrous mini-budget that led to the downfall of her government, new book claims Liz Truss reportedly sobbed when she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor Kwarteng is said to have warned her she would […]