He has a theory about where the rumour came from. [Continue Reading]
With a bowl cut of terrifying precision and a vow that defies 14th century gender roles, can 1348 Ex Voto beat Kingdom Come: Deliverance at its own game? [Continue Reading]
Pete Hegseth's remarks come a day after Khamenei pledged to keep fighting in first statement since he was named leader. [Continue Reading]
The US said easing sanctions on Russian oil would provide only a limited financial boost to Putin. [Continue Reading]
Joey Pete of Sunchild First Nation said king seemed ‘committed to learning’ after meeting Indigenous leadersKing Charles has expressed concern over a simmering separatist movement in western Canada, according to Indigenous leaders who met the head of state at Buckingham Palace.Members of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations travelled to London from their territories in the province of Alberta to raise the alarm over the secessionist movement, arguing that it ignores key agreements signed between First Nations and the crown nearly 150 years ago. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Salah Hijazi, who is the Deputy Head of the Politics Desk at the Francophone Lebanese daily, L'Orient-Le Jour. He warns Lebanon is trapped in a dangerous stalemate, where the war is no longer governed by Lebanese calculations alone but by a wider regional confrontation involving Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah. Hijazi argues that Israel appears intent not only on weakening Hezbollah militarily, but also exerting extreme pressure on the Lebanese by widening the geography of fear, displacement, and political fracture. [Continue Reading]
Ghana international Thomas Partey faced initial charges of rape just days after leaving Arsenal last summer. [Continue Reading]
Viral formulas with huge price cuts... [Continue Reading]
It’s no secret that farmers across the EU have grown increasingly frustrated with the state of their industry. Profitability is falling, competition from abroad is fierce, and worries about paperwork and bureaucracy continue to mount. Fewer young people are taking over the family farm, opting for other careers instead. On top of these long-standing challenges, the war in Iran is adding new pressures, particularly with rising fertiliser costs. We sat down to discuss these issues with the EU’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen. [Continue Reading]
Synagogues and groups helping displaced people are coming up against hostility driven by conspiracy theoriesA leading Jewish refugee advocate has vowed that solidarity work with asylum seekers will continue despite growing harassment from far-right activists targeting Jewish organisations supporting refugees.Rabbi David Mason, the executive director of the UK Jewish refugee charity HIAS+JCORE, said groups such as theirs had increasingly faced antisemitic abuse and conspiracy theories from far-right activists, most notably online. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to Laredo Field Office ports of entry detained multiple individuals wanted for serious crimes including first-degree murder and sexual offenses. On February 27, officers arrested Emilio Vega Aguado, a U.S. citizen wanted for first-degree murder in Chicago, after biometric checks confirmed his identity during a secondary inspection at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge. He was transferred to the Webb County jail to await legal proceedings. Additional arrests occurred at other ports of entry within the Laredo area as officers relied on federal law enforcement databases to uncover outstanding felony warrants. These apprehensions disrupt potentially... [Continue Reading]
Australia beat North Korea 2-1 to set up Women’s Asian Cup semi against China or Taiwan, and seal FIFA World Cup spot. [Continue Reading]
Tottenham interim boss Igor Tudor says his players can "cry or fight" as they seek to avoid relegation from the Premier League. [Continue Reading]
Four UK-based taxi drivers were convicted and sentenced for participating in a migrant smuggling ring that transported illegal migrants from the UK to France concealed in lorries. At the center of the operation was Madjid Belabes, who earned around £290,000 by charging migrants £1,200 each for passage to mainland Europe. The scheme was active from late 2022 to late 2023, with Belabes orchestrating at least 26 separate runs. The migrants, mainly from Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, entered the UK legally on tourist visas, using Britain as a transit point to reach France illegally. In one notable incident, French officials discovered... [Continue Reading]
From Zimbabwe to Zambia, US health deals are raising fears of a new era of biomedical extractivism. [Continue Reading]
The EU is in a bind. EU institutions and many member states have condemned the Iranian government’s waves of repression against its own population. At the same time, the EU has said it would welcome a more democratic form of government in Iran. [Continue Reading]
A London high court has revealed significant misconduct involving a claimant who was found to have received answers through smart glasses during his testimony. Laimonas Jakštys was determined to be “untruthful in denying his use of the smart glasses,” according to insolvency judge Raquel Agnello KC. This decision emerged during a case where Jakštys, alongside the Lithuanian company UAB Business Enterprise, contested a ruling by the Insolvency and Companies List. The judge’s findings highlighted that Jakštys's witness statements were likely prepared by others, undermining the integrity of the legal process involved. Observations made during his testimony indicated irregularities; specifically, the... [Continue Reading]
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend an estimated €480,000 on providing a hairdressing skills workshop for inmates at the female Dóchas prison in Dublin over the next four years. [Continue Reading]
The image appears to show Lord Mandelson and the former prince in bathrobes sitting on wooden decking with Epstein. [Continue Reading]
In a significant escalation of military engagement, Israel has conducted operations in Lebanon that have led to the deaths of nearly 600 individuals and the displacement of over 750,000 people in just under two weeks. This wave of violence has been characterized by a strategy that closely mirrors the tactics previously used during the Gaza conflict, aiming to displace civilians, demolish critical infrastructure, and fragment governance within increasingly isolated territorial enclaves. The current situation in Lebanon marks a stark application of what has been described as Israel's "Gaza doctrine." This strategy entails a systematic approach to displace populations, whether through... [Continue Reading]
A man driving a truck loaded with explosives rammed into Temple Israel, a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on Thursday, prompting immediate calls for heightened security in Jewish communities. The assailant, identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was killed during an exchange of gunfire with security staff before any casualties were reported among the synagogue's attendees. The incident unfolded in the early afternoon, with security personnel at Temple Israel acting swiftly to confront the threat. According to reports, the synagogue houses an early learning center where 140 small children were present. The quick response of the guards ensured that... [Continue Reading]
Traffic in Japan’s Osaka was brought to a standstill after residents discovered a huge steel pipe had emerged. [Continue Reading]
A piano used by John Lennon to write songs for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has sold for $3.247 million (€2.81 million) at auction in New York, leading a record-breaking Beatles haul at auction in New York. [Continue Reading]
On International Women's Day, Jess Phillips, the UK Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, publicly read the names of 110 women who were killed or are suspected to have been murdered by men over the past year. The victims included women aged between 17 and 93, some unnamed, representing a broad demographic spectrum. This ceremony marks the 11th consecutive year the minister has honoured these women in Parliament, ensuring their deaths are not forgotten and emphasizing the human cost behind the statistics. The announcement highlights a critical social issue impacting UK communities nationwide: violence against women and... [Continue Reading]
Accusations were false and primary cause of major meat supplier ‘panicking’ and cancelling contract, Victorian judge finds on balance of probabilitiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA halal certifier wrongly accused a rival of being connected to Islamic extremism to secure the business of a major meat supplier, a Victorian court has found.The Victorian county court ruled that the Islamic Co-ordinating Council of Victoria (ICCV) suffered from malicious or injurious falsehood when Midfield Meats cancelled a lucrative halal certification contract primarily because its managing director was told the Australian federal police were investigating the certifier for... [Continue Reading]
The OpenClaw craze is rapidly driving up prices and depleting stock of Apple’s Mac Mini compact computer across China, according to local sellers, as consumers scramble to secure machines capable of safely running the open-source artificial intelligence agent amid a nationwide rush to “raise a lobster”. Beijing electronics seller Frank Chai said he was asking for a mark-up of at least 500 yuan (US$73) for a basic Mac Mini model, which comes with 16 gigabytes (GB) of memory and 256GB storage and... [Continue Reading]
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the US-Israel war on Iran has sparked a legal and ethical debate, as well as condemnation from countries including China after a deadly missile strike on a primary school. To prepare for its operations against Iran, the US military reportedly used Palantir’s Maven Smart System, an AI platform that incorporates models like Anthropic’s Claude to aggregate large amounts of data. A US-based source familiar with the matter said the only thing that Claude or... [Continue Reading]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is travelling to the United States later for a series of events to mark St Patrick's Day. [Continue Reading]
Glasgow City Council has determined the remains of the Union Corner building are "fatally compromised" and "highly dangerous". [Continue Reading]
On March 12, 2026, at approximately 6:55 p.m., Queens District RCMP responded swiftly to a single-vehicle crash directly in front of their detachment in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. Police found one vehicle in a ditch and another at the scene. Both drivers were arrested for impaired driving due to alcohol consumption. Breath tests taken at the scene showed one driver had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 320 mg per 100 ml of blood, and the other had 180 mg per 100 ml, far exceeding the legal limit of 80 mg. No serious injuries were reported, but the event highlights... [Continue Reading]
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that his government has held recent talks with the US, marking the first time the Caribbean country confirms such speculation. [Continue Reading]
Witness statements by Laimonas Jakštys ‘were clearly prepared by others’, insolvency judge rulesA claimant was being fed answers through his smart glasses while giving evidence in the high court in London, a judge has found.Laimonas Jakštys was “untruthful in denying his use of the smart glasses” and his witness statements “were clearly prepared by others”, the insolvency judge Raquel Agnello KC ruled. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Gretchen Whitmer says ‘community is on edge’ with fear of increased violence amid escalating US-Israeli war on IranSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxGretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s governor, said Jewish Americans were “a community on edge” on Friday after security staff thwarted an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue and preschool by a man driving a truck containing explosives.Whitmer, a Democrat, called Thursday’s assault at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield township the latest episode in the “ancient and rampant evil” of antisemitism, and urged politicians and others to lower the political temperature. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
More than 400 foreign domestic helpers gathered at an international school campus in Hong Kong on Friday as 50 students paid tribute to their contributions as “second mothers” who help shape a multicultural environment at home. The organising student committee for the event at the English Schools Foundation’s Renaissance College in Ma On Shan said it hoped to inspire the wider community to cherish their domestic workers. The “Jie Jie Day” event, held annually by the school for 14 years, was also... [Continue Reading]
Over the past week, the RCMP Traffic Services Unit carried out a proactive enforcement initiative across Prince Edward Island aimed at improving road safety. The operation involved 12 checkpoints scattered throughout the province, resulting in 190 tickets issued for various traffic violations and 20 warnings given to drivers. In addition to routine violations, the enforcement efforts led to the arrest of three impaired drivers and the roadside suspension of another driver for seven days. The police also charged five individuals with cannabis possession while driving and identified five suspended drivers who were subsequently removed from the roads. These actions highlight... [Continue Reading]
On March 3, 2026, the Southwest Nova Street Crime Enforcement Unit, supported by the Nova Scotia RCMP Critical Incident Program and Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at a residence on Torbrook Road in Nictaux Falls, Nova Scotia. During the operation, officers seized a firearm and arrested four individuals: Amy Bishop, 38; David Bishop, 43; Stephen Pinder, 60; and James Foster, 47. All four face several firearms-related charges including unauthorized possession and unsafe storage. They were detained safely and subsequently released under conditions pending their upcoming court appearances. The operation is part of a broader ongoing investigation targeting illegal... [Continue Reading]
The Only Way is Essex celebrity Chloe Lewis launched her plea when her son lost part of his finger. [Continue Reading]
Some call it the 'best drama ever created'. [Continue Reading]
Iraq has announced a further three-day extension to the closure of its airspace for all civilian flights, including incoming, outgoing, and transit traffic. This decision comes amid heightened regional security concerns and is intended to safeguard air travel amid uncertain conditions. Passengers and airline operators face continued disruption as a result. The closure affects commercial aviation routes across Iraq, a critical transit area in the Middle East, potentially impacting travel and logistics. The government’s move reflects ongoing instability in the region that could threaten vital infrastructure. In a related development, the Iraqi Presidency warned against attacks on key sites, including... [Continue Reading]
Miguel Diaz-Canel says discussions held to find solutions 'through dialogue' as Washington tightens oil blockade. [Continue Reading]
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded and "likely disfigured", casting doubt on his ability to lead after nearly two weeks of conflict. [Continue Reading]
Wars, conflicts, the rise of populism, and the meteoric advance of artificial intelligence – in a world full of uncertainty, how and why can we continue to create new fashion collections? Students from the French Fashion Institute (IFM), along with emerging designers Weinsanto, Pressiat, Maitrepierre, and Alain Paul, share their perspectives. As Xavier Romatet, IFM’s Director General, says: fashion should show the world not as it is, but as we would like it to be. [Continue Reading]
A graffiti artist from Bristol in the UK has been identified as renowned street artist Banksy, an in-depth investigation by the news agency Reuters has found. [Continue Reading]
Economic growth at the end of 2025 was revised downward and consumer prices rose at the start of 2026. [Continue Reading]
Hong Kong authorities have asked all government units not to install OpenClaw or its variants due to security concerns, days after some mainland Chinese entities were reported to have restricted the use of the AI agent. The government’s Digital Policy Office (DPO) told the South China Morning Post on Friday that while no related security incidents had been reported, it noted the potential risks of the use of the artificial intelligence agent, including unauthorised data access, leakage and... [Continue Reading]
The black Fender Stratocaster, played by David Gilmour on six of the band’s albums including “The Dark Side of the Moon,” broke the record for the most expensive guitar sold at auction. [Continue Reading]
The war in the Middle East will not give Russia respite in its own conflict with Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris. Macron added that it was strange to see Russia calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East when it obstinately refuses to accept one with Ukraine. Macron said France's support for Ukraine would remain resolute and he was determined to continue military support for Ukraine. [Continue Reading]