Sao Paulo: Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. The ruling by Judge Marcelo Bretas became public on Thursday (Sao Paulo time), Friday […]

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! A rift between the Royal Family and the BBC which saw Prince William reportedly ban them from showing this year's Christmas televised carol service may not heal anytime soon, sources have claimed. Rival channel ITV have now been given the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Santa is back this year, but he pleads caution as he continues to tiptoe through the pandemic. “Be smart. Be caring. If you have the tiniest tickle in your throat, the tiniest feeling, worry about yourself and worry about everybody else, and know Santa will always be there next year,” said […]

TWO people died after a car and a train collided on Thanksgiving. Both of the victims were in the car, Miami County, Kansas Captain Matthew Kelly told The Sun. Luckily, no one inside the train was injured, Kelly said. The devastating crash happened around 6:30 p.m., and it's too early to tell what happened. "It […]

A bridge too far: Boris Johnson’s dream of a crossing to Northern Ireland is set to be shelved amid rumours it could cost £24bn Boris Johnson’s cherished dream of a bridge or tunnel from Scotland to Northern Ireland looks set to be shelved. A review due out today concludes it would be too costly and […]

A deaf man was assaulted in a brazen, unprovoked broad daylight attack in Auckland’s CBD this week and his family are urging the public to help identify his attacker. Police have echoed that appeal and said that they are increasing foot patrols in the area aftergrowing concerns about the safety of the CBD following a […]

A PATIENT yesterday became the first person in the world to have a 3D printed eyeball. Steve Varze was given the high-tech replacement for his current false one. Surgeons were confident the new version will be more realistic than traditional acrylic prosthetics, which also need an uncomfortable moulding of the eye socket beforehand. That process […]

By TED SHAFFREY and JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned Thursday in full, though with precautions. Balloons, floats, marching bands, clowns and performers — and, of course, Santa Claus — once again wended though 2 1/2 miles (4 kilometers) of Manhattan streets, […]

A THANKSGIVING celebration turned into a family slaughter after a privileged son butchered his parents and boiled them in a "diabolical" stew to get rid of their bodies. Joel Guy Jr, 33, was found guilty of killing his mother Lisa, 55, and father Joel Snr, 61, in order to cash in on their $500,000 life insurance […]

The world’s largest migrant camp: More than a MILLION Rohingya refugees live in makeshift homes spread across five square miles in Bangladesh after fleeing oppression in Myanmar Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic group, more than 700,000 of whom fled persecution and violence in Myanmar Bangladesh has been sheltering 1.1 million refugees in crowded camps near […]