Rebecca Kiessling says it was ‘disgusting’ of the president to mock the death of her sons
Family wins settlement in claim over teacher’s asbestos cancer death
Exclusive: Rochdale council settled case after it was revealed the school Hazel Healey worked in contained asbestosThe family of a teacher who died of cancer due to asbestos exposure at her school has won a settlement, prompting warnings that staff and…
Germany’s Scholz Visits Washington Amid Worries Over Ukraine War
Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives Friday for a quiet working visit with President Biden, sparking speculation that they will discuss tough questions on how to end the war.
Public Anger Rises As Iranian Currency Hits New Lows
A currency dealer poses for a photo with a U.S dollar bill and the amount being given when converting it into Iranian rials in an exchange shop in Tehran in December 2022. Reuters: Iran rial plunges to new lows amid unrest, international isolati…
Pentagon Papers leaker Ellsberg announces terminal cancer
Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, has announced he has terminal cancer and months to live.
US agency assessment backing Covid lab leak theory raises more questions than answers — and backlash from China
The US Department of Energy’s assessment that Covid-19 most likely emerged due to a laboratory accident in China has reignited fierce debate and attention on the question of how the pandemic began.
US readies $400 million new arms aid for Ukraine
Ukraine is fighting for control of the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk province against Russian forces. The city has become one of the bloodiest battles of the war, with Russian forces taking no account of their losses in trying to take the city by assault….
Russia’s Andrey Kelin: Ukraine invasion can be called ‘civil war’
The Russian ambassador to the UK discusses the conflict in Ukraine, year on.
Bomb threat, obscene gestures, jury upheaval and a GoFundMe: How Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial became a circus
During a dramatic six weeks in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testimony was sidelined by a bomb threat, bad behaviour from the Murdaugh family, a controversial GoFundMe account, a Covid outbreak and a misbehaving juror. Rachel Sharp reports