The Bronx and Manhattan rank the lowest on a mayoral scorecard for the cleanliness of city streets, as garbage has piled up in the boroughs following $100 million in cuts to the Sanitation Department. “This isn’t a surprise. Every day, Bronxites see and live with the results of City Hall’s divestment in the sanitation and […]

President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden squared off this week in a debate that was hectic, halting, and bitter. Many topics were on the table, from how to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court to COVID-19 to the economy — but few of these topics were talked about at length […]

A young dad was senselessly killed by a mum after a roadside row escalated into a fist fight and knife attack. Kelly Gray, 32, has been jailed for 10 years after she fatally stabbed 23-year-old David Gavin in the neck in Rochdale, Manchester. A court was told Gray believed her family was in “grave danger” […]

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Widespread reopening of schools after lockdowns and vacations is generally not linked to rising COVID-19 rates, a study of 191 countries has found, but lockdown closures will leave a 2020 “pandemic learning debt” of 300 billion missed school days. The analysis, by the Zurich-based independent educational foundation Insights for Education, […]

A fraudster who faked being a plastic surgeon and left women maimed has been struck off the medical register. Leslie Blackstock was convicted in July 2019 of criminal offences for carrying out breast augmentation surgeries in an unlicensed health clinic. On Wednesday a tribunal ruled that Blackstock was “guilty of professional misconduct and that his […]

TOPPLED! Oxford-educated museum curator who sparked fury for posting guide on vandalising statues is ‘forced out of job’ after independent review Museum curator Madeline Odent posted guide about vandalising ‘racist’ statues  Her comments led to calls for her to be sacked from her taxpayer-funded job Royston and District Museum’s website now lists the curator role […]

Nadia Lloyd started planning her family’s annual Thanksgiving get-together months ago when COVID-19 case numbers were under control across the country. The gathering was supposed to be a big deal, marking the first time her family — split between Toronto and Montreal — could spend a holiday together in nearly a year after missing Christmas […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – On Aug. 12, Ivan Kolos posted a video denouncing Belarus’s veteran leader, Alexander Lukashenko, and urging fellow police officers to stop using violence against demonstrators and to side with the people.Belarusian police officer Ivan Kolos poses for a picture in Gomel, Belarus, May 9, 2018. Courtesy of Ivan Kolos/Handout via REUTERS Hours […]

What a way to croak! Massive huntsman spider eats FROG in stomach-churning footage Sujay Shah, 25, found a spider eating a frog in his bathroom in Jalpaiguri, India Gruesome footage shows the huge arachnid devouring the green frog whole Scientists said it was from the genus that also includes the world’s largest spider This is the […]

Residents in Madrid will be banned from leaving the city, except on essential trips, under strict new coronavirus restrictions imposed by the Spanish government. Currently a hotspot for infection, the Madrid region accounts for more than a third of the 133,604 cases diagnosed in Spain over the past two weeks. Madrid has 735 cases of […]