A baby boy has been found alive after 35 hours spent in freezing cold in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion, emergency officials reported, calling it a miracle. The blast, thought to have been caused by a gas leak, damaged 48 apartments in a 10-storey building in the […]

ROME (AFP) – Four of Italy’s braver souls continued a seven-decade-old New Year’s tradition on Tuesday (Jan 2), leaping off a bridge in Rome into the river Tiber. The divers braved the cold but sunny weather in nothing but a swimming costume, jumping off the Cavour bridge in the centre of the Italian capital into […]

In a sensational start to 2019, the lucky Briton has become the fourth-largest lottery winner in the country. A further 10 UK players won £1m in a special draw held on Tuesday night. Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, has urged players to check their tickets “to see if they are a […]

BERLIN — Targeting foreigners, a man repeatedly drove his car at pedestrians celebrating New Year’s Eve in western Germany, injuring four people before being arrested, the police and prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect made comments disparaging of foreigners when the police detained and questioned him, Herbert Reul, interior minister for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, […]

CHERNYTSYA, Ukraine — Ukraine is on the verge of opening the biggest schism in Christianity in centuries, as it breaks from the authority of a Moscow-based patriarch and this week expects to formally gain recognition for its own church, taking tens of millions of followers. Intensifying a millennium-old religious struggle freighted with 21st-century geopolitical baggage, […]

Budget cuts have led to an “unacceptable degradation” of army barracks, according to the Defence Safety Authority (DSA) document obtained by The Sun newspaper. The DSA has warned that the likelihood of a fire resulting in “significant loss of life, loss of capability and damage to defence’s reputation will remain high” without investment in safety. […]

Police and ambulances were called to the property at around 5.30am on Tuesday in response to reports of violence. The victim is believed to be in his early 30s but has not yet been identified. Two other men aged 37 and 29 and a 29-year-old woman were also found with stab injuries and treated at […]

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian rescuers have been forced to temporarily halt the search for dozens of missing people in the rubble of a collapsed high-rise apartment block as the building risked crumbling further, officials said on Tuesday (Jan 1), with the incident claiming at least seven lives. Part of the 10-storey building collapsed following a […]

The organisation wants to promote “meaningful discussion” around the future of women within the profession. Latest statistics show that while there is an almost equal split of male and female pupils studying to be barristers, just 14.8% of QCs were female as of December 2017. That figure shows a rise of just over 1% compared […]

Over the last three months, at least 1500 migrants have embarked on a dangerous journey over the Alps, crossing from Italy into France, defying freezing temperatures and heavy snow. Over the last three months, at least 1500 migrants have embarked on a dangerous journey over the Alps, crossing from Italy into France, defying freezing temperatures […]