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France to review 70,000 child sex abuse claims after fury over girl’s murder

Prosecutors have until mid-July to examine all active investigations involving minors ...

High school students in North Korea rack up bank debt via mobile phones, alarming parents

North Korean high school students are taking out bank loans through their mobile phones...

More global shocks ahead – IMF chief

The world has yet to fully “internalize” the fact that major disruptions are becoming...

‘Burn for us’: The real message of US-EU ‘nuclear sharing’

Washington has made Brussels another offer the Europeans are too slavish to refuse –...

Competition regulator demands Facebook ditch Giphy

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered Meta, the ‘company formerly known as Facebook’, to offload money-losing recent acquisition Giphy, insisting the...

African football legend in extraordinary on-air rant about homosexuality and Islam (VIDEO)

One of the most successful players in African football history has produced a blistering live rant to an audience of millions during a Premier...

General who warned about ‘accidental’ war with Russia gets replaced

The UK has a new Chief of the Defence Staff, as Admiral Sir Tony Radakin took over the job from the retiring General Sir...

Serena Williams reacts to death of legendary fashion designer

Tennis star and fashion icon Serena Williams has reacted to the death of Virgil Abloh, the designer who has died from cancer at the...

Chinese foreign ministry makes claim about controlling coronavirus ahead of Olympics

China's foreign ministry has responded to fears that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics could be threatened by the Omicron variant. ...

Wife of drug lord El Chapo hit with 3-year prison term

A US judge has sentenced Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, to 36 months in prison, one...

Belarus may invite Russian nuclear weapons into country

Belarus’ leader has said Russia should deploy atomic warheads inside his country’s borders if NATO’s nuclear weapons are advanced eastwards through Poland, amid a...

Putin comments on Biden’s bid to be president in 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lavished praise on his American counterpart Joe Biden’s decision to announce he has plans to run for another term...

Nutcracker reworked to be less offensive to Asians

Ballet companies have shaken up the festive season classic ‘The Nutcracker’, in an effort to make Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s fairytale less offensive to Asians and...

Twitter announces more censorship for sake of ‘public interest’

Twitter has updated its policy on personal information to cover videos and photos of private individuals shared without their consent, unless that is done...

UK wants military to help jab against Covid as Omicron spreads

The British prime minister has said that the UK is aiming to offer Covid-19 booster shots to the entire population before the end of...

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