Paris: A French fireman has confessed to deliberately starting several fires in south-western France because he was searching for “adrenaline” and “social recognition”. France, like other European countries, has been hard hit by forest fires owing to the heatwave. Over the last fortnight two huge fires near Bordeaux in the south-west caused more than 20,000 […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and “let people know” he couldn't stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there for nearly three hours. The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that campaign finance reports and flight-tracking […]

MPs in uproar as Parliament sets up a TikTok account amid fears social media giant may share data with its Chinese parent company On Wednesday a Tiktok account, was set up for Parliament  to share information China’s National Intelligence law means companies must share data to gov A letter calling for the account to be […]

Things are heating up in Shakira's Spanish tax fraud case. Prosecutors in Spain are seeking a prison term of eight years and two months, as well as a fine of about $25 million, if the 45-year-old singer is convicted in her expected tax fraud trial, the Associated Press reports. ET has reached out to the […]

‘We have lost everything’: Mother, 32, tells of devastation as house burned down on Britain’s hottest day as her husband dodged the flames to rescue family dog Zoya Shumanska recalled horrific moment her Dagenham house was on fire Her husband ran into the burning building to get the family’s cats and dogs out Britain experienced […]

£66 a month will be cut from energy bills this winter to help ease cost-of-living crisis More than £60 a month will be cut from energy bills through winter under the Government’s cost-of-living support package. In October and November 29million households will have their fuel bills reduced by £66, with four more reductions of £67 from […]

The stars are aligning for a First Nations treaty or treaties, both in Victoria and federally. Progress is fuelled by a genuine communal impatience to address the legacy of our colonial past — damage highlighted by new Productivity Commission data. Only four of 17 targets within the Closing The Gap strategy are improving. Sadly, there […]

By Jack Latimore Thomas Mayor (far left) takes the Uluru Statement canvas to the Yule River Bush meeting in the Pilbara. For 18 months, Torres Strait Islander man Thomas Mayor toured Australia to build support for a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution. Between August 2017 and March 2019 he lugged around the country […]

‘My behavior was unacceptable’: Will Smith posts agonizing hand-wringing apology to Chris Rock AND wife Jada for THAT Oscars slap – but reveals his former friend is ‘not ready to talk’ Smith posted a video on Instagram on Friday to apologize formally to Rock  He revealed the former friend isn’t ready to forgive him but […]

Richard Gere conducted himself like an officer, but not always a gentleman, on the set of An Officer and a Gentleman, Taylor Hackford's award-winning 1982 military drama released in theaters 40 years ago, on July 28, 1982. In a 2017 Role Recall interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Gere said he got into arguably the best shape […]