Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s former first lady Rosmah Mansor was convicted Thursday of soliciting and receiving bribes during her husband’s corruption-tainted administration, a week after her husband was imprisoned over the massive looting of the 1MDB state fund. Rosmah was found guilty on three charges of soliciting bribes and receiving 6.5 million ringgit ($2.14 million) between 2016 and 2017 to help […]

A BAGGAGE handler has died after her hair got trapped on an airport conveyor belt. Jermani Thompson, 26, an employee at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, was caught up in the horror moment on Tuesday night. Thompson was offloading a Frontier Airlines plane that landed at around 10pm when her hair suddenly got caught in a belt loader. GAT […]

BBC Weather: Gales and heavy rain forecast for UK We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Its long range forecast shows a stark contrast to the gloriously […]

Sao Paulo: The Brazilian Amazon rainforest has recorded the worst fires in the month of August in more than a decade, government data showed, surpassing blazes that drew global attention in 2019. Experts blame President Jair Bolsonaro for rolling back environmental protections, opening the way for loggers and farmers to illegally clear more of the rainforest. National space research agency […]

Joe Biden interrupts First Lady's meeting with secretaries We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The US President also emphasised the importance of concluding maritime boundary negotiations […]

Stay out of our politics, Bernie! Hard-left US senator Sanders rants about class war at RMT-organised rally attended by Labour MPs and militant union bosses – after rail barons turned on Keir Starmer by targeting party conference with fresh strikes In a furious rant, the US senator spoke at a rally in London organised by the RMT rail union last […]

British landscape gardener, 48, killed by Russian forces in Ukraine while volunteering as a medic: Father-of-four was ‘shot in the neck’ while helping an injured comrade in Kharkiv Volunteer medic Craig Mackintosh, 48, was shot dead on Wednesday in Kharkiv The landscape gardener, from Thetford, Norfolk, volunteered to support Ukraine  Mr Mackintosh was a father of two daughters and also […]

Pornhub legend Mia Khalifa has doubled down on a claim that the Lego Batman is "cuter" than Ben Affleck's incarnation of the Marvel hero. Back in March, the OnlyFans star tweeted that the plastic version was better, saying: "Lego Batman > Affleck Batman." After an argument about whether Batman should have a gun, Khalifa told a Twitter user "maybe you […]