China has warned Liz Truss that her speech in Taiwan will cause “harm” to the UK, describing the move as a “dangerous political show”. The former prime minister on Wednesday spoke in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei City to discuss the sovereignty of the island nation and the need for the West to help defend it against China’s expansionists interests. […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Back in 2010, rugby league commentator Paul Kent penned a strident column about an actor who attacked his girlfriend, and was then rushed to rehab. “Beating up a woman is not the action of an addict,” he wrote. “It is a sign of […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: US President Joe Biden has met with the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress to try to resolve a months-long stand-off over the government’s debt ceiling that has brought the nation close to the brink of default and economic crisis. President Joe […]

Trans row engulfs Oxford University as 40 top dons including Richard Dawkins pen letter in support of appearance by gender-critical feminist Kathleen Stock after students tried to block talk Prof Kathleen Stock allegedly said it is fiction to claim ‘transwomen are women’ Read more: Professor will never teach in UK again due to lack of free speech A trans row has […]

Scottish ministers vow to press on with construction of island ferry despite it being five years behind schedule and costing FOUR TIMES the original £97million price tag – while admitting it would be cheaper to scrap it altogether and build a new one Work on ‘hull 802’ will continue despite it being cheaper to start from scratch Neil Gray said […]

Russian woman on ‘terrible suffering’ in Ukraine Vladimir Putin yesterday lashed out again, as Russian forces launched an “exceptionally” heavy air attack on Kyiv – the eighth this month. One resident of Ukraine’s capital compared the intensity of the night-time assault to a Star Wars film. Video footage posted on social media appeared to show air defence systems shooting down […]

A Playboy model who was banned from streaming platform Twitch after filming risqué 'a**-shaking' footage of herself has received another penalty. Jessica Cowan, who self styles as 'OmgJessica', has been banned for the fourth time, according to Twitter page Streamer Bans, which is an automated service that tracks what creators have got themselves into hot water. However, it doesn't say […]

Now Tesco slashes cost of own-brand pasta and cooking oil after cutting price of bread, butter and milk in boon for cash-trapped Britons The UK’s biggest supermarket is dropping the price off a whopping 30 products Read more: Cost of making sandwiches falls at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Lidl and Aldi Tesco has announced another round of price cuts on its own-brand pasta […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s not yet officially winter. But Mother Nature insists it is. Melbourne began the month with its coldest May weekend in 23 years. There was widespread rain, hail and snow. It seems like we skipped autumn altogether. The single-digit temperatures have arrived. It […]