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This hit-job on Angela Rayner isn’t quite what the public need

“Although the Devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.” So wrote Jonathan Swift in 1710. These days, Swift’s improved liars – politicians – might express an obsession with stamping out fake news and disinformation, but we all kn...


Chioma Nnadi on a new era for British Vogue: 'I'm not complaining about leaving Vogue House'

Chioma Nnadi on a new era for British Vogue: 'I'm not complaining about leaving Vogue House' - As Vogue’s Head of Editorial Content celebrates the launch of her first issue, covered by FKA Twigs, she tells Lara Olszowska how she’s bringing the magazine into the TikTok era — and why she won’t miss Vogue House


Anniversary Ramstein: What should Ukraine expect from 20th meeting of allies

A new meeting in the Ramstein format will take place today, March 19. The Contact Group on Military Assistance to Ukraine will meet in Germany. This is the 20th meeting of the allies, and it will be chaired by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin. RBC-Ukraine has collected everything known about Ramstein 20 in the article. Sources used: Ministry of Defense ...


Man Utd hit the jackpot selling £18m ace who's now worth less than Bayindir

Manchester United were correct to offload this former star when they did.


‘He doesn’t like that’ – Jos Verstappen’s fresh comments on continuing Red Bull saga

The on-track dominance for Red Bull so far in F1 2024 has been achieved amid off-track turmoil.


With the election behind him, Putin says Russia aims to set up a buffer zone inside Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after extending his rule in an election that stifled opposition that Moscow will not relent in its invasion of Ukraine and plans to create a buffer zone to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids. The Kremlin’s forces have made battlefield progress as Kyiv’s troops struggle with a severe shortage of artillery shells and exhausted front-line units after more than two years of...


Cancer breakthrough sees brain tumour almost disappear in just five days


All the ex-Trump officials who refuse to endorse him in 2024

All the ex-Trump officials who refuse to endorse him in 2024 - Mike Pence joins an ever-growing list of former allies and cabinet members declining to back the Republican presidential contender this time round


Aaron Taylor-Johnson chosen as next James Bond, reports say

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to be the next James Bond, according to reports.


Tuesday briefing: How the NHS ‘culture of concealment and denial’ hurts patients

Good morning. It is no secret that NHS England has many problems: it is crumbling (literally), patient care backlogs are at record highs, there is a recruitment and retention crisis, and quality of care is declining with the results for patients sometimes life-threatening. Over the last two decades a parallel problem has emerged. The NHS ombudsman Rob Behrens described to Guardian health editor Denis Campbell that the health service has a...


Evergrande accused of £60bn fraud by Chinese authorities

Evergrande, the world’s most indebted property developer, has been accused of fraudulently inflating its revenues by £62bn. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said Hui Ka Yan, the founder of property giant Evergrande, “instructed other personnel to falsely inflate” the company’s accounts in 2019 and 2020. Revenues were overstated by more th...


Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems, the target of conspiracy theories over former President Donald Trump's 2020...


Many hospitals in China stop newborn delivery services as birth rate drops

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Many hospitals in China have stopped offering newborn delivery services this year, state-backed news outlet Daily Economic News reported, with industry experts warning of an "obstetric winter" due to declining demand amid a record drop in new births. Hospitals in various provinces including in eastern Zhejiang and southern Jiangxi have in the past two months announced that


‘We want justice’: parents protest after Carlisle schoolboy racially abused

“We are here today to give our children confidence that parents have their back,” said Paul, speaking outside a school in Carlisle that has become the centre of a race attack storm. “We are saying ‘don’t be afraid’. We need to nip these things in the bud now. Things are getting out of hand.” Paul was one of about 30 black parents and supporters outside the school on Monday morning. They were angry and wanted answers after a black pupil there was...


Man Utd captain demands rule change after Liverpool win

'It has to change.'


A discovery in Chernobyl could prevent cancer 38 years after nuclear disaster

It still isn't safe for humans.


Mine collapsed in Russia: People trapped under rubble

On Monday, March 18, a regional state of emergency was declared in the Amur region of Russia due to a landslide at a local mine. Thirteen people were in the mine at the time, specializing in mining and construction work, according to Russian media reports. "During the landslide at the mine at a depth of about 125 meters, there were 13 people. These...


Blind 11ft alligator named Albert seized from New York home where it was being kept illegally

Blind 11ft alligator named Albert seized from New York home where it was being kept illegally - The owner of Albert is vowing to try and get his pet alligator back after he was seized by New York authorities


Looted Artifacts From World War II Returned to Japan After Items Found in Massachusetts Family Attic

A Massachusetts family found 22 Japanese artifacts in their attic, informed the FBI and helped get them back home. The artifacts – some of which were reported stolen – came from the battle of Okinawa and were discovered in the attic by a family sorting through their late father’s WWII belongings, Knewz.com has learned. The 22 artifacts were reporte...


Lawyers hit out at Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ after Pope secretly changes law four times

Lawyers hit out at Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ after Pope secretly changes law four times - Several prominent lawyers have published stinging academic critiques and legal opinions about the Vatican’s recently concluded “trial of the century.”


Unilever to spin-out ice cream brands amid €800m cost cutting plans

Unilever will spin-out its ice cream unit into a separate and independent business as part of efforts to 'simplify' the consumer goods giant and cut costs.


Emma Raducanu suffers huge injury setback on the eve of Miami Open

Raducanu forced to make a tough decision ahead of WTA 1000 tournament in Miami.


Starling bank refused a £10,000 scam refund for my grieving, ill husband

In February 2023 my husband, two days before major heart surgery, fell victim to telephone scammers who convinced him they were the NatWest fraud team and stole more than £130,000 from our personal and business accounts with NatWest, PayPal and Starling bank. At the time, we were in the middle of a coronial process for our beloved daughter, who had been murdered while working overseas. My husband went into the operating theatre believing us to...


Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county's ban on transgender female athletes

Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county's ban on transgender female athletes - Former Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner has thrown her support behind a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities


Anne Heywood, British star of the sizzling DH Lawrence film adaptation The Fox – obituary

Anne Heywood, the actress who has died aged 92, was a former Miss Great Britain who was brave in her choice of taboo-busting film roles, gaining her greatest fame for a lesbian scene in the 1967 adaptation of D H Lawrence’s novella The Fox. With her husband, Raymond Stross, producing the low-budget Canadian movie, she and Sandy Dennis starred as tw...


Manchester United's stance on selling Amad Diallo after heroics against Liverpool

It was just his second goal for the club.


‘No defects’ on Boeing Dreamliners as seats become probe focus after NZ nosedive

Air New Zealand said it has carried out checks on its entire fleet after advice from Boeing following a plane suddenly losing altitude en route to Auckland last week


BOJ Delivers First Interest-Rate Hike Since 2007

The Bank of Japan pulled the curtain on the most aggressive monetary easing program in modern history by ending the world's last negative interest rate along with its yield curve control mechanism. Hamza Ayub, portfolio manager at Farro Capital, reacts to the decision. He speaks on Bloomberg Television.


Prosecutors seek death sentence for mastermind of Vietnam's largest financial scam

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese prosecutors on Tuesday called for a death sentence for Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the country's largest financial fraud case on record, state media reported. Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, is facing a trial in economic hub Ho Chi Minh City on accusations of leading a scam of more than $12 billion, or around 3% of the


Popular Greenwich chippy told to remove Union Flag mural by council

Popular Greenwich chippy told to remove Union Flag mural by council - Greenwich Council wants the mural to be removed as it is in a conservation area


Tesco announces £100,000 worth of Clubcard points to be claimed this month

The offer expires at the end of the month.


Middle East crisis live: Key Hamas organiser Marwan Issa killed, US says; Mossad chief reportedly leaves Doha after ceasefire talks

White House national security adviser said Issa killed last week; David Barnea leaves Doha, Israeli media reports, after ‘positive’ but ‘complex’ negotiations


Container ship crashes into dock and collapses three cranes in Turkey

Terrifying cell phone footage captured a horror moment at a port in Kocaeli, Turkey on March 16, as the container ship YM Witness was seen docking at a steep angle before colliding with a huge crane, causing it to collapse along with two adjacent cranes. One worker was reportedly seriously injured in the accident. An investigation is underway.


Rose Dugdale: English aristocrat-turned IRA member dies days before film release

Rose Dugdale: English aristocrat-turned IRA member dies days before film release - The death of the disinherited heiress comes just days before a film about her life is to be released in cinemas


Liverpool injury update: Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Ibrahima Konate latest news and return dates

Liverpool injury update: Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Ibrahima Konate latest news and return dates - Reds monitoring concerns for 12 players going into international break


Aston Villa transfer news: Emery already has his Emiliano Martinez replacement

Emiliano Martinez has been linked with a move to Chelsea and other clubs over the past year, but Aston Villa already have his replacement waiting in the wings.


North Korea sends 7,000 containers of military aid to Russia

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik reported that North Korea has sent approximately 7,000 containers of ammunition and other military equipment to Russia since last year, according to Sky News. He made this statement during a press conference a few hours after South Korean military officials said that North Korea had launched short-range ba...


MH370 search breakthrough after sea expert says he has the gear to find it

Not solving it 'wouldn't be fair to the families', he said.


Nationwide's great rush to buy Virgin Money risks incurring its members' wrath, says ALEX BRUMMER

Nationwide boss Debbie Crosbie (pictured) is fearful that if the mutual lender will loose the opportunity of a lifetime if its Virgin Money deal is blocked.


March towards the guns, Ben Wallace tells Tory MPs

Ben Wallace has told Tory rebels it is “too late” to replace Rishi Sunak, saying it is time for Conservative MPs to “march towards the sound of the guns” and “get on with it”. The former defence secretary said that, regardless of how his colleagues felt about the Prime Minister, there was “no other alternative” than to get behind him as leader. His...


Most people have seen conspiracy theories online - but trust in royals undented, poll shows

More than half of people in the UK have seen conspiracy theories on social media about why the Princess of Wales is absent from public life, but it hasn't dented trust in the Royal Family, polling for Sky News shows.


iOS 17.4.1 tipped for release this week — here’s everything you need to know

It's looking like iOS 17.4.1 is about to arrive, with this incremental update tackling bugs and security fixes for Apple's iPhone software.


False King Charles death story spread by Russian media outlets

The news broke in the Russian media on Monday afternoon. King Charles III was dead. He was not, but no one really had time to check the details. The saga of the royal family finally had its latest twist: a viral Russian disinformation angle. The rumour went into overdrive when it was shared on a Telegram channel used by Vedomosti, once Russia’s most respected business newspaper. There was a photo of Charles in ceremonial military uniform and the...


Marcus Rashford makes decision on £80m Paris Saint-Germain transfer

He's a man in demand.


Christian Horner – latest: Female accuser makes complaint to FIA after Red Bull appeal

Christian Horner – latest: Female accuser makes complaint to FIA after Red Bull appeal - Latest updates as the female accuser lodges a complaint with F1’s governing body about Horner’s behaviour


Trump asks number of companies to help pay bail in fraud case

Former President of the US, Donald Trump, has reached out to one of the organizations previously found guilty of fraud, asking for help to cover his bail in a civil fraud case in the state of New York, according to Newsweek. On Monday, March 18, former President Donald Trump's legal team filed a motion in court requesting several sureties to suppor...


News chopper catches SpaceX launch

Moment SpaceX rocket launches from California base.


Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro will be jailed after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro will be jailed after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal - Navarro is the first Trump White House official to be jailed for any crime related to the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol


Russians complain about drone attack in Voronezh

In the Voronezh region (Russian Federation), local media reported in the evening of March 18 about the operation of air defense forces and means allegedly due to a drone attack, according to Russian media. According to a source, air defense systems are operational in the city. The Russian Ministry of Civil Defense Affairs stated that there are no p...


Supreme Court rejects ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder’s appeal to stay in office after Jan 6

Supreme Court rejects ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder’s appeal to stay in office after Jan 6 - Couy Griffin was removed under constitutional ‘insurrection’ challenge that also threatened Trump’s candidacy