When police forces in Western Europe cracked an encrypted phone app popular with narco-traffickers, the messages they deciphered from the Balkan nation of Montenegro provided shocking evidence of a state captured by crime. A Montenegrin police officer discussed cocaine shipments with a notorious crime boss, and the son of the head of the country’s supreme […]
Maya Angelou famously said ‘when people show you who they are, believe them.’ But even though I know what type of man Rishi Sunak is, I was still outraged at my latest discovery. It seems the jet-setting Prime Minister is continuing his preference for helicopter travel, taking an RAF chopper from London to Dover on […]
Three men had to be rescued after drifting out to sea… on a giant inflatable duck. They pumped up ‘Quackers’ at Westward Ho! beach in Devon, before setting sail with a friend on an inflatable kayak. After five minutes, they had floated 75 metres from the beach and the friend in the kayak was unsuccessfully […]
Sarah Ferguson calls Prince Andrew a ‘good, kind man’ Sarah Ferguson, affectionately known as Fergie, shared the unusual way she bonded with her only granddaughter Sienna, describing the moment as “very sweet”. Fergie, who had children Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie with her ex-husband Prince Andrew, has enjoyed a monumental week, as she became a […]
The smoke from wildfires in Canada that has blanketed large parts of North America this week and created hazardous breathing conditions was expected to shift over Norway on Thursday but not cause trouble for people there, environmental officials said. Scientists at the Climate and Environmental Research Institute in Norway used forecast models to predict how […]
An engineer claims that Instagram could be getting its very own AI chatbot with multiple personalities to choose from. While most big tech companies have wasted no time in rolling out AI features on popular apps like Spotify, Slack, Zoom etc., we’ve had no such announcement from Instagram. This week, mobile developer Alessandro Paluzzi claims […]
Two baby beavers have been born in the Forest of Dean – and can be seen testing out their swimming skills at night. The two kits arrived in April, but spent the first months of life in their lodge so have only recently been spotted by Forestry England staff. Next month marks five years since […]
Ukrainian forces intensified attacks overnight in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine, days into what Russian officials have called the start of a counteroffensive, a long-anticipated operation that carries high stakes for Kyiv and its Western allies. Russia’s state-run Tass news agency, citing Russian military officials, reported on Thursday that Moscow’s forces had repelled a […]
Residents in a popular seaside town have said it is being ruined by newbuild homes after claiming it is ruining the picturesque area. Wells-next-to-the-Sea, in north Norfolk, is going to host 51 new houses that are being built in the area to keep up with the demand for properties. But furious locals have said the […]
Amazon Prime Video could be the latest streaming service to get a new subscription tier with advertisements. The tech giant has been discussing the ad tier for ‘several weeks’, as reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news follows recent launches of similar cheaper subscription plans with adverts by […]