Tokyo: Japanese and US armed forces have drawn up a draft plan for a joint operation for a possible Taiwan emergency, Japan’s Kyodo news agency said on Thursday, citing unnamed Japanese government sources, amid increased tensions between the island and China. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own “sacred” territory and in the past […]
A TODDLER has died in a horror blaze after her family's Christmas tree caught fire. Two-year-old Ginevra Gioia Manganello's desperate mum was beaten back by the flames at the family's home in Sicily as she tried to rescue her daughter. Little Ginevra was sleeping in a bed on the top floor of her family’s home […]
NEW BBC crime drama Four Lives will tell the story of serial killer Stephen Port who murdered four young men he met on Grindr, the gay dating app. The show aims to focus on the perspectives of his four victims – but who were they? Who were Stephen Port's victims? Anthony Walgate Stephen Port was […]
Hong Kong university REMOVES Tiananmen Square memorial called the ‘Pillar of Shame’ in the dead of night after pro-Beijing ‘patriots’ dominate elections The 26-foot tall Pillar of Shame depicts 50 bodies piled on top of each other It was made by a Danish sculpture to symbolise those killed in the square in 1989 To this […]
Largest collection of Spitfires ever under one roof charts story of iconic aircraft: A dozen different versions of the fighter that symbolised Britain’s defiance during World War II go on display at Duxford air museum Imperial War Museum Duxford is hosting an exhibition that will feature iconic 12 Spitfires of varying models Museum in Cambridgeshire […]
JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Israel is stepping up efforts to offer extra protection from COVID-19 as it prepares to give a fourth vaccine shot to anyone 60 and older, medical workers and people with suppressed immune systems, according to the Washington Post. Those eligible for the fourth dose can only get it if at least […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for December 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Austria announced a slate of new restrictions Wednesday aimed at slowing the spread of the omicron variant, including closing restaurants earlier and imposing stricter entry requirements for people from countries where the variant is […]
A GRIEVING mum has said she'll never celebrate Christmas again after her son died 18 years after her teen daughter vanished. Schoolgirl Charlene Downes, 14, disappeared in Blackpool in 2003 and is thought to have been murdered by a grooming gang. Her body has never been found and police believe it was minced and served […]
WALES is threatening £60 fines for employees making “unnecessary” trips to work under new draconian rules, it has been announced. From Monday, workers could receive a fixed penalty notice as companies face a huge £1,000 worth fine each time the rule is broken, rising to a potential £10,000. Up until Tuesday, the Welsh Government […]
The Department of Defense is overhauling how it keeps track of its guns and explosives, and Congress is requiring more accountability from the Pentagon — responses to an Associated Press investigation that showed lost or stolen military weapons were reaching America’s streets. The missing weaponry includes assault rifles, machine guns, handguns, armor-piercing grenades, artillery shells, […]
