Violent protests erupt in Chinese city in rare show of dissent against Beijing’s brutal zero-covid lockdown Footage circulating on social media showed dozens of people in protest Chanted ‘lift the lockdown’ as new ‘control measures’ announced in Shenzhen Protest got violent as…
A HOLLYOAKS actor has appeared in court charged with rape and child cruelty. Rizwan Khan, 37, is accused of a string of sexual offences. He appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court yesterday for a brief hearing. The actor, who wore a black…
The ending of mandatory isolation for COVID-19 – if that is what happens at national cabinet on Friday – is a milestone worth marking. After two years and 10 months of the pandemic, the most onerous restrictions are essentially gone. Australia’s borders…
Jailed former state Labor MP Eddie Obeid and three of his five sons have agreed to pay $5.25 million to the corruption watchdog and a raft of creditors, including the state of NSW, or face bankruptcy orders over unpaid legal costs. In…
House sales COLLAPSE as banks pull mortgage offers in response to mini-budget while homeowners ‘sell up because they can’t afford repayments’: First-time buyers must PROVE they can afford 7% interest rates as £58,000 could be wiped off average home Estate agents have…
A FOURTH gas leak on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines has been discovered by the Swedish coast guard. The suspected sabotage was a "premeditated act using underwater explosives" aiming to cripple Europe's gas supply, a defence source has claimed. It comes as…
Self-proclaimed incel, 25, who ‘filmed himself harassing women before pepper spraying them and posting the footage online’ is charged for multiple Southern California hate crimes Johnny Deven Young, 25, a self-described ‘incel’ named is the suspect in a series of pepper-spray attacks…
Washington: Countries from around the world have virtually no appetite to send troops or weapons to Taiwan if China invades, in apparent contrast to US President Joe Biden’s recent pledge to intervene militarily if the island nation was attacked. A new report…
Hurricane Ian has brought utter destruction to Florida as several buildings are now submerged underwater and vehicles – including planes – are wrecked. The hurricane brought with it 155mph winds, torrential rain and a treacherous sea surge, leaving the US state battered,…
CAROLYN STRACHAN, 1946-2022 Carolyn Strachan, co-director of the groundbreaking Australian documentary Two Laws (1981), has died in New York after a long battle with cancer. Strachan was born in 1946, and raised in Earlwood, the eldest of three children. The family home…