The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Fears are growing that US and Chinese relations could escalate into an all-out AI conflict. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger suggested peaceful relations between the two superpowers could only continue if policies were carried out to restrain China's dominance in […]

Actress friend of Noel Clarke claims he’s being ‘vilified’ because ‘no one likes it when a man of colour gets to the top’ after 20 women accuse him of groping and bullying – but co-star Ashley Walters says he ‘CAN’T ignore allegations’ Bafta suspended hism and his outstanding British contribution to cinema award after allegations in Guardian 20 women have […]

UK’s Covid deaths fall by nearly two thirds in a week with 15 fatalities as cases stay flat at 2,381 – while separate data shows just one in 1,000 people in England now have Covid and R rate is still below 1 Britain’s daily deaths have fallen by nearly two thirds in a week as health chiefs recorded 15 fatalities […]

A teaching assistant has been jailed for having sex with three of her students in Texas, US. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, claimed it was the boys who pursued her and that she didn’t know sex with her students was wrong. One of them made her pregnant during the romps at her home in New Boston, a court heard. She pleaded […]

CASES of coronavirus are continuing to fall nationwide, lockdown restrictions are easing and life is beginning to get moving again. However, even though more than half the country has now had their first vaccination, the virus is still circulating.  Getting regular rapid Covid-19 tests is important, because they can identify those who have coronavirus but do not have symptoms, helping […]

Barclays says UK plc will grow at fastest rate since 1948 this year as consumers splurge £200BILLION saved during pandemic – but there will be a ‘price to pay’ later Barclays has delivered an upbeat take on the UK’s prospects for Covid recovery Chief executive Jes Staley said growth could be highest since 1948 this year Consumers have £200billion saved […]

India is being hit by ‘THREE MILLION’ Covid cases a day: Experts say daily infections are TEN TIMES higher than the official 386,452 a day – raising the terrifying prospect of 30,000 deaths a day India reported 386,452 news cases Friday, while Covid deaths jumped by 3,498 over the last 24 hours Medics believe actual numbers in world’s second-most populous […]

A snap meeting this afternoon between Queen St stakeholders and Auckland Council looks like it may resolve upcoming High Court legal action over pedestrianisation works on the CBD’s largest street. On Wednesday, the Save the Queen Street incorporated society served Auckland Council and Auckland Transport with judicial review proceedings to stop an ongoing Queen St pedestrian trial they argue is […]

India is the world’s leading producer of vaccines, but over the past week it has also been the global leader in Covid-19 deaths, and it is not at all clear that the country can vaccinate itself out of the crisis. The answer to that question is a matter of urgent interest in India, where a second wave of infection has […]