Gordon Chang: China is ‘all in for Putin’ Beijing remains “all in” for Vladimir Putin, warned a China expert who said the countries’ foreign policies have been “highly coordinated” throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  “Russia and China, they are bad actors,” Gordon Chang told Fox News. “They’re working together, their militaries drill together, their foreign […]

A MIND-BOGGLING optical illusion has left online users scratching their heads after flowers appear to move in a stationary image. The optical illusion was posted on popular social media site reddit by a user called Einstein and is captioned "flowers appear to expand". It shows rows of purple and yellow flowers in a kaleidoscope style […]

Incredibly, this year marks the 20th — yes, twentieth! — anniversary of when Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol. The series has since launched many other superstars, including Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Chris Daughtry, Jordin Sparks, and most recently Gabby Barrett. But when Kenedi Anderson auditioned this Sunday, Luke […]

Princess Charlotte paved the way for a groundbreaking rule change which has since benefited her cousins who are born into the royal family. The daughter of Kate Middleton and Prince William became the first female royal to benefit from The Succession to the Crown Act (2013), which prevents younger brothers from overtaking their older sisters. […]

TERMINALLY ill Russian children have been made to stand in the snow in a giant "Z" shape to show support for Putin's troops. The kids stood in formation outside their hospice in the shocking pro-war stunt with the letter "Z" commonly known as a powerful symbol for Russian invasion. In the last month, the letter […]

Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter Stunning Russian super spy Anna Chapman, 40, first hit headlines in 2010 when she was exposed as a sleeper agent by the FBI. After being deported to Russia that year as part of a Russian-American spy swap, the red-headed bombshell has worked in a […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of using a green screen to fake his latest TV appearance after viewers believed they saw his hand 'go through a microphone.' Reddit users set the debate underway on the forum last night (March 5) as they posted a clip of Putin's latest TV appearance with the caption […]

BBC World News is taken OFF AIR in Russia – two days after Putin approved law that could lock up journalists for 15 years for spreading ‘fake information’ It comes two days after BBC said it was ‘temporarily suspending’ work in Russia Russian parliament passed law cracking down on foreign news outlets on Friday  Foreign […]

Labour’s Keir Starmer calls for political ‘unity’ amid Ukraine crisis after demanding Boris Johnson resign over Partygate police investigation The Labour leader demanded the PM stand down in January over Partygate Starmer accused Johnson of having ‘lost the moral authority’ to lead the country But asked about that call today, Sir Keir would not repeat […]

Shane Warne had just finished an ‘extreme and ridiculous’ 14-day liquid-only diet when he died – after declaring he was ‘getting shredded’ to regain his younger figure Shane Warne completed a 14-day liquid diet just days before his tragic death Long-time manager said he’d completed ‘ridiculous’ diet on several occasions  He was determined to get […]