Russian Ground Forces General Alexander Dvornikov, who over a 44-year military career was best-known for scorched-earth tactics in campaigns he led in Syria and Chechnya, was named overall operational commander of the war in Ukraine in April. He lasted about seven weeks before being dismissed as part of a wider shake-up in response to heavy […]

First published in The Age on October 12, 1982 Guns roar salute as Mary Rose comes up LONDON, 11 Oct. — Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose came to the surface in the Solent, near Southampton, today after 437 years on the sea bed. Cannons fired and sirens sounded as the ancient oak vessel was […]

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — One person was killed and four people seriously injured after a man intentionally drove a pickup truck through a crowd gathered outside a Colorado bar following an altercation early Sunday morning, authorities said. The 29-year-old driver and a 25-year-old passenger were arrested after the attack around 1:40 a.m. Sunday in the […]

More than 500 emergency call handlers to go on strike in row over pay The 999-call operators were previously exempt from the CWU industrial action The strike comes in amid an ‘incredibly low’ flat-rate pay rise offer of £1,500 BT stressed that it will not be reopening its 2022 pay review More than 500 emergency […]

The Miami Dolphins are down to third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson against the New York Jets. Backup Teddy Bridgewater sustained an elbow injury and head injury following a hit on Miami's opening drive on Sunday. He left the game, and the Dolphins initially listed him as questionable to return. He was later downgraded to out in […]

Bizarre moment Colombian nursing home residents are grinded on by STRIPPERS… before one of them ‘suffers a heart attack’ and is whisked away on a stretcher Video posted online shows the moment an elderly woman seems to suffer a heart attack after grinding up against three half-naked men The incident occurred at a strip party […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind Spain’s far-right in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that also featured messages by the leading stars of Europe's populist right like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orban. In a recording that lasted under 40 seconds made while […]

Murder investigation launched after man is found dead following ‘assault’ in County Durham – as police arrest man in his 40s Police were called to Tenters Street in Bishop Auckland shortly after 5am today Paramedics rushed to the scene by the 40-year-old was pronounced dead  A police cordon remains in place and people are being […]

Harvey Weinstein accuser warns #MeToo movement is at stake if sex pest producer’s LA trial fails to convict him – and he wins NY appeal and walks free Harvey Weinstein, 70, will face 11 counts of sexual assault during his trial in Los Angeles, set to begin tomorrow The LA trial comes just two months […]

Not such a smart phone! Ohio cops are called to theme park after 39-year-old dentist’s iPhone 14 Pro alerted them to ‘severe car crash’… when she was on a rollercoaster Sara White, a 39-year-old dentist, was riding the Mystic Timbers rollercoaster at Kings Island last month when her phone’s crash detection software went off It […]