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David Morens confessed to concealing government documents linked to grant research fundingA former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.David Morens, who had worked under Fauci as a senior official at the National Institut...
Australia's Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended from professional tennis after testing positive for cocaine during a tournament in Mallorca.
The man is alleged to have been one of the scuba divers who planted explosives on the pipelines in 2022.
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports on what’s happening in a so-called ‘pilot zone’ in southern Lebanon.
One in three Hong Kong kindergarten pupils spends at least an hour a day on social media, with more than 80 per cent of parent-child disputes linked to excessive screen time, a survey has found. The Hong Kong Institute of Family Education released the findings on Wednesday showing recreational screen time rose sharply with age, with 60 per cent of junior form students and 66.6 per cent of high sch...
Manufacturer, which makes Jaecoo and Omoda brands, will open facility in Bedfordshire in autumnThe Chinese carmaker behind the irreverently nicknamed “Temu Range Rover” is plotting further UK expansion with a major research and development centre in England.Chery, which makes the Jaecoo and Omoda car brands, said the launch of a new R&D site was “the next step in our long-term plan” for Britai...
Parents and daughter died in incident in Shoreham-by-Sea, with girl from same family in critical conditionAndy Burnham has warned of the dangers of open-water swimming as he called the deaths of a mother, father and their teenage daughter who got into difficulty in water off Sussex “a terrible family tragedy”.The prime minister expressed his sympathies to their loved ones as a young girl from the ...
A mother, father and their teenage daughter died after getting into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea, and a younger girl remains in hospitalAndy Burnham has warned of the dangers of open-water swimming as he called the deaths of a mother, father and their teenage daughter who got into difficulty in water off Sussex “a terrible family tragedy”.The prime minister expressed his sympathies to t...
Sheri Lynch has achieved Guinness World Records fame for her extraordinary hippo collection, which began with a single plush toy gifted to her in her teenage years. Over the span of more than forty years, she has gathered more than a thousand hippo-themed treasures from various corners of the globe.
Just two hours before new tariffs were set to take effect on Canada, President Trump said the 50% tariffs on some of the country's products would be paused for three days. Nancy Cordes explains.
Authorities say official death toll still unconfirmed as rescue operations continue in CAR town near Cameroon border.
Rescue operations ongoing after mine collapse kills dozens in the Central African Republic near the Cameroon border.
The UAE announced the embargo, accusing Iran of launching missiles into its territory.
Trump administration put sanctions on the international criminal court’s president and a senior trial lawyerThe international criminal court on Wednesday condemned the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world.The state department announc...
KAYAK reveals the best-value destinations and travel dates for an autumn escape, plus where to go if you want to avoid border queues as the EES rolls out across Europe.
After nine years of dedication, an Indiana family has lovingly restored a historic home that once served as a Catholic bishop's residence, complete with a private chapel. Purchased at auction in 2016, they meticulously preserved its original features and completed extensive renovations. Now listed for $1.284 million, the family is ready to embark on new adventures and explore the world.
Hong Kong’s securities market regulator has defended a HK$1 billion (US$128 million) settlement with an accounting firm at the centre of an auditing scandal involving developer China Evergrande Group, saying it has unfettered powers to enforce discipline and a duty to protect the interests of independent investors. In a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, lawyers for the Securities and Futures C...
The singer spent years hiding her symptoms before being diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in 2022.
It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The Pakistani government challenged on Wednesday a Supreme Court order to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital, a petition filed with the court showed. The move could dash the hopes of Khan’s party and family, who have been calling for him to be given access to healthcare and visitation rights, and also spark public discontent over the treatment of the hugely popular...
In a bombshell address posted on YouTube, Ukraine’s ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for elections to be held even as the war against Russia continues, saying the country was gripped by a crisis of governance. Ukrainian law prohibits elections while the country is under martial law, which was imposed on February 24, 2022, the day that the Russian invasion began. "This is complex,...
The six-year-old spent hours on the phone to paramedics before her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in 2024.
Invasive European wild boars, originally introduced to the area in 1912, are wreaking havoc within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. To mitigate damage to delicate ecosystems, park management annually removes around 275 of these feral hogs. The boars breed with domestic pigs, creating hybrid species that further disrupt native wildlife. Efforts to control their population involve trapping, shoo...
Expected quarterly rise highest in three years and likely to wipe out Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity billsHousehold energy bills across Great Britain are expected to climb to a three-year high this winter as the impact of the Middle East war wipes out Andy Burnham’s tax cut on electricity bills.The government’s cap on energy prices is on track to rise by 4% from this October to the equivalent of...
The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center documented 901 executions in the first seven months of 2026, including 56 on political or national security charges and 98 members of ethnic minorities — a further rise in death penalties in the Islamic Republic in recent years.
PM pledges to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas but issues ‘rallying call’ for community and voluntary organisations to help with plan Andy Burnham has admitted government funding “may not fully be enough” to achieve his aim of offering a place to stay to every rough sleeper by Christmas, as he made a “rallying call” for communities to get behind his plan.Speaking on a visit to the nort...
Wallis police keep records of people reported missing since 1925, mostly in mountainous areas and rivers.
Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, despite having been dropped from the franchise following his legal woes. Depp even said that he would not return to the role again even for "$300m and a million alpacas"...
At China’s annual World Robot Conference (WRC) that kicked off on Wednesday, the hall was filled with humanoid robots wowing visitors with feats of dexterity: from playing table tennis to performing drum solos. These eye-catching displays have helped China’s robotics industry win global attention – and raise huge amounts of capital – over the past couple of years. But at this year’s summit, the ov...
