I lay there blinking. The room came into focus. Light glowed behind the curtains. I was home. It was morning. I wasn't in Paul's garden after all. No, it was just another day in the life of Rona Lockdown. Week what? Day what? I'd lost count. The days blurred. But now it was time to […]

PARIS (Reuters) – While most of the French capital was still asleep, Emilie Rabaron was sitting on the front step of a clinic, in the pre-dawn darkness, trying to beat the queues for a COVID-19 test.FILE PHOTO: A man queues to take a PCR test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France, August 8, […]

Hard line Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko is suddenly sworn in for a new term in unannounced inauguration after six weeks of mass protests against his election victory Ceremony was conducted earlier today in Minsk with no prior announcement The 66-year-old was sworn in in front of several hundred government officials He claimed a landslide victory […]

A WOMAN was allegedly gang-raped after being kidnapped while waiting for a bus in Pakistan, days after the country's Prime Minister called for sex attackers to be castrated. The 22-year-old was kidnapped in Karachi's Clifton, Pakistan yesterday at 9.30pm and was taken to an apartment where she was assaulted, police said. She is reported to […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for September 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The last of three convicted Black Revolutionary Army members behind bars for murdering two NYPD cops nearly 50 years ago is set to be freed on parole in October, police union officials said Tuesday. […]

LOCKDOWN-free Sweden may impose new Covid-19 restrictions in Stockholm after a worrying spike in infections, warn health experts. About 1,200 new cases and five deaths have been reported in the country since last Friday – a jump from the previous weeks’ average of 200 cases per day. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the […]

A GAMBLING addict who defrauded her Tinder dates out of £450k to fund her addiction has been jailed. Using blackmail and extortion, Jocelyn Zakhour, 41, managed to persuade dates into coughing up large amounts of money for a fake blueberry farm, according to court documents. As her sentence was read out, the gambler, who lives […]

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox A young builder died in agony after he took diet pills containing a lethal chemical, an inquest has heard. Vaidotas Gerbutavicius, 21, swallowed several of the illegal tablets which contain a chemical used in explosives. He took […]

Berlin: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been discharged from the Berlin hospital where he has been treated for poisoning after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia last month and then being airlifted while still in a coma. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny walks downstairs in a hospital in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday.Credit:Instagram/AP "The […]

The most woke Time 100 yet? BLM founders, Dr. Fauci and Gabrielle Union dominate annual list along with COVID-19 heroes TIME released its list of the 100 most influential people of 2020 on Tuesday night Dr Anthony Fauci, frontline nurse Amy O’Sullivan and rapper Megan Thee Stallion were among the eight cover stars for this […]