New findings about the coronavirus’ Omicron variant made it clear that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their defences were up. Two distant nations announced their first cases and a third reported its presence before South African officials sounded the alarm. The Netherlands’ RIVM health institute found Omicron in samples dating from November 19 […]

Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan is freed after four months in ‘horrible’ prison for blog posts that could have identified Alex Salmond’s sex assault accusers Craig Murray, 63, was jailed for blog posts about Alex Salmond’s sex accusers  Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan was sentenced to eight months in jail   But Murray was released today […]

Jeffrey Epstein was like a “21st-century James Bond” who turned into a “sexual predator”, a court has heard. Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, painted the portrait of the disgraced billionaire Epstein for the jury, the Daily Mirror reports. She said: “I said before Epstein was a manipulator, but he was also a mysterious man without […]

CAN you spot the camouflaged snakes lurking in the grass in this image? The slippery snakes left social media users scratching their heads after it was shared online by Aussie snake catchers. Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers, a professional snake-catching service based in Queensland, Australia, uploaded the brainteaser to their Facebook page. The snake specialists explained […]

Jim Bob Duggar testified in an evidentiary hearing on Monday, one day before son Josh Duggar's child pornography trial is set to begin. Josh, the eldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's 19 children, is charged with receiving and possessing material depicting the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12. He pleaded not […]

Nearly 20,000 homes spend FOURTH night without power after Storm Arwen damage as Britain faces mild 12C for ONE day before big freeze returns Nearly 20,000 homes in the UK were without power for a fourth night yesterday after Storm Arwen Energy provider SSEN remains at red-alert status for its north of Scotland network amid […]

OPINION: Christopher Luxon will be hoping his timing in politics is as good as it was at Air New Zealand. The new National Party leader took up the top job at the airline at the start of 2013 just as the air travel was about to boom. He left it in September 2019, just three […]

Eight reasons we should still have a great Christmas: ELEANOR HAYWARD analyses why, despite these new Covid restrictions, this festive season carries more hope than the last It has all felt depressingly familiar: with Christmas around the corner, a mutant variant has emerged and alarmist voices are calling for the return of Covid restrictions. But […]

Movies using the n-word are to get at least a 12A rating after it was deemed the ‘most contentious’ language in a study and sparked the ‘strongest response’ among participants British Board of Film Classification has conducted research on discrimination It found the n-word was ‘the most contentious’ and sparked ‘strongest response’ It will take […]

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! A family of a woman who was found unconscious outside of a hospital have revealed that she is now brain dead as they speak on their heartbreak. Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26, was dumped outside of Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles […]