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An 18-year-old white man has shot dead 10 people in a black neighbourhood of New York state in what authorities are calling a racially motivated attack. The man, named as Payton Gendron in court papers, was arrested after a stand-off at the scene – a supermarket in the city of …

One of the richest monarchs in the world, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, has died at the age of 73. Sheikh Khalifa was president of the UAE since 2004, but his role had been largely ceremonial since he suffered a stroke in 2014. His …

Calling a man ‘bald’ is sex harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled after an employee complained about being called a ‘bald c***’. Tony Finn had worked for the West Yorkshire-based British Bung Company for almost 24 years when he was fired in May last year. He took them to the …

US Senate Democrats have failed to pass a bill to make the right to abortion a federal law, as the nation’s top court is poised to curtail it. The move, meant to counter the Supreme Court’s expected ruling that abortions can be banned, was seen as doomed from the start. …

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 66-year-old tech giant wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is “following the experts’ advice” by isolating himself until he’s healthy. “I’m fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to …

Billionaire and world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has stated that he will reinstate former United States president Donald Trump to Twitter. Musk is in line to take over as Twitter’s temporary CEO after recently closing a US$44 billion deal for the micro-blogging site. Musk has publicly stated his resolve to …

A woman thought to have been murdered by her ex-boyfriend actually died during a sex act in the shower, an inquest heard. Police launched a murder investigation after Sandra Moore, 40, was found dead at her flat in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. A man was seen leaving the property not long before her body …

Queen Elizabeth faced a security scare after a man who masqueraded as a priest managed to spend the night at a barracks located less than 500 yards from Windsor Castle with soldiers who guard the British royal. The guardsmen were reportedly so swayed by the so-called man of the cloth that …

Emmanuel Macron narrowly missed being hit by a bag of tomatoes during a surprise visit to a working-class area north of Paris, as he promised a new style of “listening to people” after his re-election as president. In his first public appearance since Sunday’s vote, Macron strolled around a food market in …

At least 10 people have been killed after a tourist boast went missing off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard says. They say the search is continuing in frigid waters for 16 others who were on board the Kazu 1 vessel. Contact with the boat was …