A contestant on the renowned ITV game show Tipping Point passed away before her episode aired. It was stated that a retired school bus driver from Bolton had passed away. On Wednesday, May 4, just before the show aired, it was announced that one of the participants, Cath, had died. The Bolton woman competed against … Read more
Griping about who the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame left out is almost as entertaining as watching who goes in. If Sheryl Crow wasn’t already on your wish list, she will be after watching a new documentary about her arduous journey to stardom. The nine-time Grammy winner celebrates a career that is still going … Read more
Congratulations on cracking today’s Wordle if you’re reading this article. If you haven’t already, click away immediately because spoilers are on the way. The Wordle craze has been running strong for months, with individuals all around the world attempting to guess the five-letter word every day. The New York Times just purchased the game, which … Read more
Taiwan has decided not to buy anti-submarine helicopters from the United States because they are too expensive, according to the country’s defense minister. The island was planning to buy up to 12 Seahawk choppers but the deal has been scrapped as Taipei prioritizes lower cost, more mobile weaponry to counter any threat from China. Local … Read more
As conflicting reports emerged about efforts to evacuate citizens from a besieged steel mill in the ruined city of Mariupol, Russia warned on Thursday that Western aid to Kyiv had slowed its offensive in Ukraine but would not prevent victory. Nearly 10 weeks into a war that has left thousands of people dead, flattened Ukrainian cities … Read more
A sandstorm killed one person in Iraq on Thursday, while more than 5,000 people were treated in hospitals for respiratory illnesses, the health ministry reported. In a statement, health ministry spokesperson Seif al-Badr said that “one death has been recorded in Baghdad” and that hospitals “had received no less than 5,000 cases so far,” … Read more
The death toll from a building collapse in China has grown to 26, according to state media, about a week after the complex comprising apartments, a hotel, and a theatre fell in. The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province — which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema — collapsed on Friday, sparking a … Read more
Chechen refugees in Europe still live in fear of Russia’s long arm twenty years after Vladimir Putin devastated their capital Grozny in the same way that his forces are now demolishing Mariupol. Tens of thousands fled the small Muslim-majority republic in the North Caucasus in the aftermath of two bloody wars with Moscow, the last … Read more
The Kremlin said on Thursday that the West is preventing Russia from ending its military campaign in Ukraine “quick” by supplying weaponry to the pro-Western country. Asked about a New York Times report that US intelligence helped Ukraine kill a number of Russian generals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “The United States, Britain, NATO as … Read more
Amber Heard, star of “Aquaman,” testified on Wednesday that the defamation suit filed against her by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, is the “most painful and difficult thing” she has ever gone through. “I struggle to find the words for how painful this is,” the 36-year-old Heard told the jury hearing the defamation suit in Fairfax … Read more
Rafael Nadal won his first match since returning from a six-week injury layoff on Wednesday, defeating Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 7-6(7/4) in Madrid. The Spanish star had been sidelined with a rib injury since his Indian Wells final defeat in March but showed little sign of rust as he skipped into the third round. Nadal … Read more
On Wednesday, a landmark trial in Sweden against a former Iranian prison administrator accused of war crimes during a 1988 purge of dissidents concluded, with a verdict expected in July. The proceedings marked the first time an Iranian official has gone on trial for the purge. Hamid Noury, 61, faces charges including crimes against humanity … Read more
“Tonight, justice was served,” Missouri Governor Mike Parson said, adding that James and Zelma Long were “victims of Carman Deck’s heinous violence.” In Missouri, a man was executed for murdering an elderly couple during a robbery at their rural home almost 26 years ago. Carman Deck, 56, was put to death by lethal injection at … Read more
Keir Starmer has said that Durham police had not approached him regarding a beer and takeout with staff in a constituency office last year, claiming that he was always “very careful” to follow lockdown guidelines. After days of coverage in the Daily Mail and Conservative MPs requesting authorities to look into the event, the Labour … Read more
The decomposed body discovered in a metal barrel along Lake Mead’s retreating shoreline was a male who died from a gunshot wound sometime between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, according to Las Vegas police. The man’s body was wearing sneakers made and manufactured by Kmart in the middle to late 1970s, according to Homicide Lt. … Read more
Susanna Reid, the show’s host, said Boris Johnson’s response to a 77-year-old woman who eats only one meal a day and travels by bus during the day to keep her home expenditures down was “disappointed” with the response to her plight in an interview with Good Morning Britain. On the ITV show, Reid questioned the … Read more
The new Elizabeth line, which is expected to open in time for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, has been given an official map by Transport for London. The Elizabeth line will reopen on May 24, 2022, after years of delays, according to London Transport. The new Tube and Crossrail will open in time for the Queen’s … Read more
In a strong rhetorical escalation before of important elections, President Joe Biden described his Republican predecessor Donald Trump’s supporters as a “extreme” group on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters about the Supreme Court’s potential scrapping of nationwide abortion rights, Biden warned that Trump’s Make America Great Again or MAGA movement poses a danger to US values in the … Read more
