Sales rose 1.2% on back of demand for items such as fans and paddling pools, says Office for National StatisticsRetail sales bounced back to growth in May as record hot weather spurred sales of fans and paddling pools, while online purchases also soare…
Shipping giants Bahri and Cosco move tankers out of Gulf with AIS signals on
Three Saudi Arabian VLCCs exit Strait of Hormuz for first time since war began
Hip hop producer Tay Keith dead at 29
He worked with musicians including Travis Scott and Megan Thee Stallion.
Israeli military strikes southern Lebanon amid intense fighting
The strikes threaten the agreement between Iran and the US to end their conflict.
How a Spanish Civil War child, now 97, fled Franco for new life in the UK
Carmen Cid was just eight when in 1937 she boarded a ship with 4,000 other children bound for Britain to escape the Spanish Civil War. She was among those who never returned home.
Hormuz relief may not ease the economic toll that’s already ‘baked in,’ analysts warn
Early signs of reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have lifted the most acute threat to global energy supplies but economic damages from the war will take months to unwind.
Teacher, 25, ‘had sex with six students & was blackmailed by teens for better grades who knew about OnlyFans account’
A TEACHER accused of having sex with six students was blackmailed by teens who knew about her OnlyFans account, according to court documents. The bombshell claims were detailed in search warrants as cops probe 25-year-old Maris Nichols, a former biolog…
Could Burnham’s win mean Starmer’s days as British Prime Minister are numbered?
Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster could result in Keir Starmer being forced out of Downing Street.
Inside the city of grief hit hardest by Israel strikes on southern Lebanon
People in Nabatieh mourn the recent dead in religious ceremony held amid empty streets and shattered buildingsAs the procession wound its way through mounds of rubble, the crowd chanted and beat their chests, their lamentations echoed by the dull thud …
Zimbabwe MPs pass bill to extend president’s time in power
The proposal would extend Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years and scrap direct presidential elections.