AN URGENT UK travel warning has been issued over an invasion of venomous creatures on famous beaches – this is how to avoid getting hurt. Holidaymakers are urged to avoid the Cornish beach of Gunwalloe after dozens were found after high tide. The Compass jellyfish was spotted on the shore in the Lizard Peninsular, where […]

Missy Sims carefully picked her way through a field of ruined tombs in central Puerto Rico, in a cemetery where walls of water from Hurricane Maria had smashed open some coffins and sent others careering into a nearby stream. Six years later, the burial place in Lares, where more than 1,700 graves were damaged, is […]

Wagner Group military member teaches Belarusian soldiers Vladimir Putin is facing a serious challenge in his bid to conquer Ukraine as nearly 250,000 Russian soldiers have perished so far in the war. According to Ukraine’s defence forces, 239,480 Russian invaders were killed between February 24, 2022, and July 19, 2023, including 480 over the past […]

The Wagner Group has reportedly been spotted gathering military resources in a camp in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border. Satellite imagery appears to show military hardware being gathered at the site in the town of Osipovichi. The images show the town both when it was nearly empty and before Wagner began setting up operations there. […]

North Korea is currently holding a US soldier that made an authorised journey into the country from South Korea, the US military has confirmed. The unexpected crossing comes during a particularly volatile period between the US and North Korea after a US nuclear missile submarine arrived in the South Korean port of Busan, angering the […]

John Betjeman discounted as a ‘lightweight’ by government as they looked for new Poet Laureate in 1967 – five years before he secured the title Beloved poet John Betjeman missed out on the Poet Laureate to Cecil Day-Lewis Five years later, when Ted Heath was in No 10,  Betjeman was finally picked John Betjeman was discounted as […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. While most of Victoria slept, the Andrews government quietly killed the Commonwealth Games. The death knell came a little after 2am (AEST) when state government lawyers informed their gobsmacked counterparts at the Commonwealth Games Federation in London that […]

TWO cruise ships intended to hold more small boat migrants have been refused permission to dock. Deals for them to hold up to 1,000 more asylum seekers as they wait for their decisions to be made have been put on ice. Ministers had acquired them on top of the Bibby Stockholm, which arrived in Dorset […]

By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANITA SNOW (Associated Press) PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix’s relentless streak of dangerously hot days was finally poised to smash a record for major U.S. cities on Tuesday, the 19th straight day the desert city was to see the temperature soar to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 C) or more. Nighttime has offered […]

EXCLUSIVE Family theme park apologises for drag queen act that left parents ‘horrified’: Boss confirms it will not take part in any future Pride celebrations after Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK star used angle grinder on crotch during show Clip was filmed at Adventure Island in Southend on Sea, Essex, on Saturday Shows drag queen […]