Governments around the world are grappling with how to tackle false information and violent or extremist content online and on social media. Here’s a look at what some countries are doing. Singapore Singapore on April 1 proposed a law to combat online fake news. Under the draft law, those who spread online falsehoods with a […]

Judge will probe how three sisters all aged under 10 caught sexually-transmitted disease in family known to social workers for nearly a decade A High Court judge will investigate how three sisters under 10 developed an STI  Social service bosses responsible for them began litigation nearly a year ago  Abuse concerns over the sisters emerged […]

Help me, Angela! May will cancel Cabinet meeting and fly to Germany TOMORROW to meet Merkel – as Brexit talks with Labour stall and hardliner Macron threatens to push Britain out with No Deal at summit on Wednesday Prime Minister could make a customs union offer to Labour, who are split over holding second referendum  […]

‘Our bodies and minds bear amputations and scars, but none of us is alone’: President of Rwanda commemorates 25th anniversary of the genocide The mass killing of Rwanda’s Tutsi minority, during which 800,000 people were killed, started on April 6 1994  During the ceremony, president Paul Kagame said Rwandans would never turn against each other […]

Mother, 50, who claimed £2.5million compensation from the NHS saying operation left her disabled is caught partying on her daughter’s Ibiza hen do and jailed for five months Lesley Elder, 50, from Poole in Dorset said she needed £2.5m after an operation at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton hospital left her unable to work or […]

A BLOODY skull is all that remains of a Rhino poacher who was trampled to death by elephants and eaten by lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa. Police found the man's remains on Thursday, after four other poachers, who escaped, explained that a member of their gang had been killed while they were […]

DOZENS of stricken animals have been moved out of "terrible conditions" at a zoo in Gaza by shocked animal welfare campaigners. They say the 47 animals, including lions, monkeys, peacocks and porcupines, have been taken to safety from Rafah Zoo near the border with Egypt. They were sedated for the 190-mile journey to their new […]

It’s Monday, April 8, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. Homeland insecurity Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen stood next to President Donald Trump at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday. Two days later, she walked into the White House and quit. Trump confirmed her resignation on Twitter after a meeting about border security turned into […]

The Air Force veteran who makes a living from Mark Zuckerberg’s garbage: How this ‘treasure hunter’, 56, earns $40 a day by selling discarded iPads, designer jeans and vacuum cleaners he finds in trash cans of mega-rich San Francisco residents A New York Times article Sunday offers a unique glimpse into the life of Jake […]

Now THAT’S McValue! Friends score a free McDonald’s burger by tricking the self-serve computer using a little-known hack The friends select 10 hamburgers and then remove beef patties from them  This takes $1.10 taken off of each, leaving the whole order with a $0 balance The screen says ‘no payment required’ and a receipt with their […]