Meta’s Instagram and Facebook social networks appeared to suffer some outages on Sunday, with users reporting issues with the app and website. According to Downdetector, there were 4,808 reports filed by Facebook users in the United States as of 0746 GMT, with 63 per cent of users facing issues accessing the website. Another 2,829 reports […]
Continue ReadingRescue crews used excavators to comb through rubble in search of survivors from a landslide in the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing. Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and buried more than 10 residential buildings early on Friday in Pengshui […]
Continue ReadingEngland claimed third place at the World Cup by beating France 6-4 on Saturday, while Les Bleus’ captain Kylian Mbappe became the tournament’s all-time top scorer with 22 goals on coach Didier Deschamps’ last game after 14 years in charge. England scored four in the first half through Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and a Bukayo […]
Continue ReadingThe US military said on Saturday it had launched new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one more missing and four needing hospital treatment. US Central Command said the strikes were designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to restrict […]
Continue ReadingFilm fans have been flocking to cinemas on Friday to be among the first to take in Christopher Nolan’s latest film The Odyssey, with one viewer describing it as “unlike anything I expected”. The blockbuster is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, with Matt Damon starring as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, as […]
Continue ReadingAs Andy Burnham prepares to become UK prime minister on Monday, his Conservative predecessors have lined up to give him their advice on succeeding in the job. While Keir Starmer has said he will not give his successor advice in public, other recent occupants of No 10 have been more forthcoming, stressing the pressures of […]
Continue ReadingRapper Drake has placed a $1.5 million (€1.3 million) bet on Argentina beating Spain in the 2026 Fifa World Cup final. The God’s Plan rapper, born Aubrey Drake Graham, shared a screenshot of the online bet he placed on Stake ahead of the final at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday. The 39-year-old put […]
Continue ReadingNigel Farage will face a record 33 rival candidates in the by-election he triggered in protest at media and parliamentary scrutiny of his finances and backers. The main Westminster parties are boycotting the Clacton by-election, dismissing it as a stunt by the Reform UK leader, leaving joke candidate Count Binface and actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox as […]
Continue ReadingAndy Burnham will spend the weekend preparing to become British prime minister with allies saying he intends to make a “dynamic start” with measures to ease the cost-of-living squeeze. The Labour leader will become prime minister on Monday but will begin the process of moving into Downing Street over the weekend. He said he is […]
Continue ReadingA landslide on Friday on the outskirts of the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing killed at least eight people and left 34 missing, burying residential buildings and forcing more than 1,100 people to leave, according to local officials and state media reports. The landslide occurred at about 9.08am in Pengshui county on the outer edge […]
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