The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, a ruling that for nearly 50 years secured the federal right to obtain an abortion. The case also struck down a 1992 case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which affirmed the right to obtain an abortion up until about 24 weeks of pregnancy. Following a rare […]

‘We’ve got to show them our pecs!’ G7 leaders mock Putin’s ‘bare-chested horseback riding’ as they joke about being ‘tougher’ than Russian leader G7 leaders mocked Vladimir Putin as they sat down to lunch ‘We have to show that we’re tougher than Putin,’ British PM Boris Johnson said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau then added: ‘We’re […]

Plan to parachute police into crime hotspots: Officers will be sent to patrol areas riddled with drugs and car crime rather than walk usual beat under plan to tackle anti-social behaviour in UK Mobile bobbies are being deployed around Suffolk to areas worst hit by crime New scheme provides more targeted approach to neighbourhood policing  […]

Benefit claimants will be made to work 12 hours a week rather than just nine to avoid regular trips to job centre – as it’s revealed nearly 500,000 have stopped claiming jobseekers allowance over last six months Benefit claimants will have to work longer to avoid regular trips to job centre Therese Coffey suggested they […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east. Associated Press journalists in Kyiv saw rescue services battling flames and rescuing civilians. Klitschko said four people were […]

Turkey has threatened to reintroduce the death sentence for those who intentionally start forest fires. The country has been fighting a vicious forest fire since it started near the Aegean coastal resort of Marmaris on Tuesday. The blaze destroyed 11,119 acres of forest in the three days it took to be contained. A suspect admitted […]

A YOUNG soldier who died at an Army base was found hanged, an inquest heard. Sophie Madden, 23, was discovered at the Overhill Training Centre at St Martin's Plain Camp near Folkestone on June 10. Tragically she couldn't be saved and was declared dead at the scene. An inquest into her death heard how the […]

An off-duty Rhode Island police officer who was running for state Senate was arrested on an assault charge after allegedly attacking his female opponent during an abortion rights protest Friday night. Providence police patrolman Jeann Lugo, 35, was arrested on charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct, state police said Saturday. Lugo turned himself in, […]

At least 17 found dead in South African nightclub: Police probe deaths at Cape Town venue amid claims victims were ‘poisoned’ or killed in stampede’ At least 17 people have been found dead inside a nightclub in South Africa amid claims they were poisoned or killed in a stampede. South African authorities said police were alerted […]

Author Frank Moorhouse died early on Sunday morning at a hospital in Sydney, his publisher Penguin Random House has confirmed. He was 83. One of Australia’s most celebrated but also most controversial writers, Moorhouse lived and wrote about the good life – in both senses of the phrase, sometimes paradoxically. A bisexual with a passion […]