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Investigative authorities in the United States this week announced the arrest of six Ghanaians suspected to be involved in a cyber-fraud operation that saw them rip off victims to the tune of $50 million. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the defendants were …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government will not be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users. He described the move to “unfriend Australia” as arrogant and disappointing. Facebook is responding to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms. …

Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, causing much alarm over public access to key information. Australians woke up on Thursday to find the Facebook pages of all local and global news sites were unavailable. Several government health, emergency and other pages were …

Former President Donald Trump has launched a scathing personal attack on fellow Republican Mitch McConnell. “Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack,” said Mr Trump, “and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again.” Mr McConnell, who led the Senate for years, …

A Romeo put a steel nut on his manhood to make it bigger for a Valentine’s Day date but was rushed to hospital after it swelled dangerously for two days. Eye-watering pictures show doctors slicing off the DIY willy enlarger with a power tool and pliers in Bangkok, Thailand. Rescuers used a …

A winter storm in the US has brought deadly freezing winds, ice and snow to many regions that rarely see such frigid conditions. In Texas, a surge in demand for electricity has led to widespread power cuts. The state is bracing for another icy storm later on Tuesday. The National …

A criminal court in Saudi Arabia has handed the death sentence to a Saudi woman for killing her Bangladeshi maid in a ruling rights groups say was a rare example of an employer being found guilty of abusing a migrant worker in the Middle East country. Ayesha al-Jizani was sentenced …

The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection over the Capitol riot on 6 January. A majority of senators – 57 to 43, including seven Republicans – voted to convict Mr Trump, 10 votes …

Donald Trump’s defence lawyers are set to present evidence in the US Senate, denying charges he incited insurrection in the Capitol riots of 6 January. The team has indicated it may take up only four of its 16 hours, and so move the impeachment trial to a speedy end. Democrats …

The UK economy shrank by a record 9.9% last year as coronavirus restrictions hit output, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says. The contraction in 2020 “was more than twice as much as the previous largest annual fall on record,” said ONS deputy national statistician Jonathan Athow. In December, the …