Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Ukraine war: 102-year-old fundraiser observes a moment of silence for Ukrainian refugees

Ukraine war

Dabirul Islam Choudhury received an OBE for raising £420,000 by walking laps of his lawn in Bow, east London while fasting for Ramadan. A 102-year-old man who contributed thousands of pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic observed a moment of silence with refugees from Ukraine and other countries at his home. Dabirul Islam Choudhury received an … Read more

Toronto: Scarborough mosque drive-by shooting: five men killed

Toronto

Police in Toronto says a group of men who had just completed midnight prayers was “randomly attacked” in a drive-by shooting early Saturday morning in Scarborough. Around 1 a.m., a group of individuals celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan gathered in a parking lot near Markham Road and Lawrence Avenue East to discuss where … Read more

Boris will survive despite losing 800 council seats, poll suggests

President Boris Johnson

BORIS Johnson, pollsters believe, will avoid a damaging public reaction over the Partygate scandal in next month’s municipal elections. However, on May 5, the Conservatives are anticipated to suffer a series of crushing setbacks, losing 800 seats across the country. If accurate, this would imply a 5% Labour swing, sufficient to place Sir Keir Starmer … Read more

Have Your Say: MP blasts EU red tape for “continued impediment” to Britain – or is it?

Britain

BRITAIN voted in 2016 to leave Brussels’ bureaucracy behind, but it appears as though the UK is still being held down by red tape. Sammy Wilson of the Democratic Unionist Party says that certain provisions of the UK’s withdrawal agreement from the EU – particularly the Northern Ireland Protocol – mean we are still ensnared … Read more

Le Pen may be on the approach of a surprising victory, despite Macron’s horrifying undecided stats

Le Pen

MARINE Le Pen may be on the verge of startling the world by winning the French presidential election, according to an exclusive poll conducted for the Sunday Express. With less than a week until the election, the Democracy Institute’s poll of French voters indicated that Emmanuel Macron leads his rightwing competitor by two points, 43 … Read more

M4 emergency: Huge cloud of smoke descends near RAF Welford

RAF Welford

A massive fire has erupted near the M4 in Berkshire, sending billowing plumes of smoke into the air. Firefighters are on the scene of an industrial fire in Westbrook, Newbury. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service warned residents to avoid the area because the fire may involve fireworks and pyrotechnics. The M4 was temporarily … Read more

Gibraltar: Hours after Putin’s threat, Britain’s powerful nuclear submarine

nuclear submarine

HMS Audacious is one of the UK’s newest submarines and is widely regarded as one of the most lethal underwater vehicles in the world. The Astute class submarine is a hunter-killer submarine capable of torpedoing and sinking enemy submarines and surface ships, as well as attacking land targets with its Tomahawk cruise missiles. The 97-meter-long … Read more

Shanghai crackdown evictions spark clashes

Shanghai

Conflicts between police and residents being evicted from their houses in Shanghai have been captured on video as the city enters its third week of Covid lockdown. Certain residential complexes have been converted into quarantine centers. As Shanghai confronts a new epidemic of the illness, millions are confined to their homes. Individuals who test positive … Read more

Poor flight planning may have killed an Auckland skydiver.

Auckland skydiver

An investigation determined that the death of an experienced skydiver following a solo landing in Auckland may have been caused by “poor flight planning and decision-making.” John (Jack) Creane, 27, died on March 16, 2019, following a skydive in North Auckland’s Parakai. He had completed more than 260 leaps at the time of his death. Mr … Read more

Skier caught in crevasse is saved by an iPhone secret feature

iPhone

A snowboarder from New Zealand has revealed his dramatic rescue after falling through a five-meter crevasse and signaling for aid using a little-known iPhone trick. Tim Blakey was snowboarding alone in Switzerland when he crashed through a hole in the ice, with no witnesses to his demise. He declared on Instagram that he would never … Read more

Thousands flock to Gold Coast for Easter long weekend

Easter

The Gold Coast is witnessing its most significant increase in tourism in two years, as Easter tourists flock to one of the Sunshine State’s most popular tourist spots. This holiday weekend, the coastal city received a boost comparable to pre-pandemic levels, with resorts and hotels nearing capacity. The city’s hotels are currently at or near … Read more

Zelensky pledges to punish Russians’responsible’ for ‘6,000 war crimes

Zelensky

In Ukraine, almost 6,000 ‘crimes against humanity will be examined. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, pledged to hold Russians ‘accountable’ for atrocities such as rape and torture. War crimes investigations have thus far concentrated on the Kyiv suburbs of Bucha, Makarov, and Borodyanka. However, Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office stated that it will now investigate incidents … Read more

North Korean hackers steal $615 million from gamers – US

North Korean

The US has linked North Korean-backed hackers to a $615 million (£469 million) cryptocurrency robbery last month from gamers of the popular online game Axie Infinity. Players can earn cryptocurrency by participating in games or trading their avatars. The hack is possibly one of the largest to have occurred in the crypto world’s history. According … Read more

Inside Zelensky’s new HQ

Zelensky

Our passports were inspected at the checkpoint, and then we were waved through. We were on the grounds of the structure that served as the resistance’s headquarters against Russia’s assault. The building is surrounded by barbed wire, mines, and machine-gun mounts. Soldiers armed to the teeth were around – the individual I was about to … Read more

Students in France picket schools to oppose the president’s choice

Students in France

Hundreds of French students blocked or commandeered buildings at different institutions around Paris on Thursday to demonstrate their outrage over the forthcoming presidential election in France. Their primary beef is with what they consider to be a limited field of candidates in the presidential run-off later this month, between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right … Read more

Protest in Tallinn over reported rapes of women during the Ukraine war

Tallinn

Wednesday was the third day of demonstrations in Tallinn against alleged Russian aggression in Ukraine. A small group of women gathered in front of the Russian embassy building on Pikk tänav on Wednesday to call attention to Russian soldiers’ maltreatment of women and children in Ukraine. The message of the protest organizers was this: “Russian … Read more

‘More hunger’ and ‘social instability’, says IMF head

IMF

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) chief has warned that the Ukraine crisis is jeopardizing the global food supply, despite historically high inflation. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, said the consequences of Russia’s invasion were adding to rising food prices globally, and risking food shortages in the Middle East and Africa. “Grain … Read more

41 poster incidents recorded to police in Northern Ireland’s 2022 election

Northern Ireland

According to authorities, 41 occurrences involving election posters being damaged, removed, or destroyed have been reported in the last month. Numerous candidates from a variety of political parties have had difficulties with election campaign material. Police stated that they were thoroughly investigating all of the events. Additionally, officers are investigating a Monday attack on SDLP … Read more