MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian journalist known for investigating corruption among Moscow city officials has been detained by police and accused of drug offenses which he denies, his lawyer and employer said on Friday. The journalist, Ivan Golunov, was detained in central Moscow on Thursday on his way to a meeting with a source and […]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ninety-four people from Taiwan landed in Beijing on Friday after being deported from Spain as part of a joint operation against telecom fraud launched three years ago, the Chinese police ministry said in a statement. The suspects were picked up in December 2016 in joint raids, dubbed “Operation Great Wall”, across Spain […]

Officers discovered the drugs in vacuum-sealed packages hidden inside stereo speakers shipped from Thailand. Police in Australia say they have seized almost 1.6 tonnes of illicit methylamphetamine hidden in stereo speakers shipped from Thailand, in the biggest ever onshore seizure of the drug commonly known as “ice”.  The Australian Border Force (ABF) said in a statement […]

He told The Sun: “My clients have been very open and upfront about their upbringing in care homes and hard struggles in life, including previous substance misuse problems, which both have tried really hard to overcome.  “Camelot is in effect holding my clients’ ransom to their past.  “My clients consider Camelot are behaving in a […]

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s interim President Abdelkader Bensalah called on Thursday for all parties to launch an “inclusive dialogue” to prepare for presidential elections, following the constitutional council’s scrapping of a vote set for July 4. Bensalah, in a speech broadcast on state television, did not set a date for the new contest. The constitutional […]

J.M. Smucker Sees Healthy Profits but Slim Top-Line Growth in Fiscal 2020 J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) ended its fiscal 2019 year with flattish organic growth and lower profits due to a fourth-quarter goodwill impairment charge. In results released Thursday, the company also issued its fiscal 2020 outlook, which envisions fairly decent profitability following its acquisition […]

Megan Davison wore a denim top at the Estádio Afonso Henriques stadium. Earlier, she shared a snap of herself wearing an England top in an Instagram selfie. She checked in at the ground in Guimaraes, where England will play the Netherlands tonight at 7.45pm UK-time. Megan is an ever-supportive figure of the Everton shot-stopper, whose heroics led […]

Fatality Reported In ‘Chaotic’ West Point Military Vehicle Crash At least one person was killed and several more were injured when a military vehicle carrying 20 cadets and three active duty soldiers overturned in West Point, New York, according to reports. The U.S. Military Academy in West Point issued an alert after 8 a.m. confirming […]

Sandy Chugg – who led Rangers’ terrifying Inter City Firm in the 80s and 90s – described use of the class-A drug among trouble-seeking football fans as “rife”. He spoke to Daily Star Online in hospital, where he was receiving treatment for addiction to the powder, weeks before England fans clashed with police in Porto […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s relationship with Russia can only change when Moscow changes its behavior, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman said on Thursday, after President Vladimir Putin said he hoped for better relations under her successor. Putin said he hoped a new British prime minister would work toward improving bilateral relations, badly soured last year […]