US shock: ‘We are powerless’
Russia has just revealed a freakishly powerful arsenal of hypersonic missiles. The US has been forced to admit it can’t do anything about them.
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Cop’s emotional plea goes viral
A police officer has been praised online for an emotional plea urging trolls not to “penalise the police for having feelings” after difficult jobs.
Royal speed bump hints at early birth
Meghan and Harry’s baby isn’t due until April, but the Duchess’s burgeoning bump has made some suggest the bub might arrive early.
Happiest primary school ‘Light Up’ Christmas
A tiny UK primary school have made an adorable Christmas carol that has surpassed Mariah Carey and Wham in the charts.
Model arrested over nude Vatican shoot
A Playboy model and an Aussie photographer are in hot water again, this time for a series of X-rated photos controversially taken at the Vatican. WARNING: Explicit content
Outrage over ‘bloody’ vegan protest
Radical vegan activists have stormed a supermarket to hassle customers and protest against the sale of Christmas turkeys.
Russia and China’s secret test
No GPS? No satellite TV? No radar? Russia and China say they have found ways to boost their own signals — and jam others.
Eighth person dead in ‘yellow vest’ chaos
Eight people are now dead as France’s violent “yellow vest” protests entered their fifth weekend, with angry crowds facing tear gas and pepper spray.
UK set for ultimate humiliation
Things just keep getting worse for Theresa May, who is accused of leading the UK into a “national crisis”. Now she’s facing total humiliation.
Sad end for town that held Jesus’ foreskin
The former hometown of Jesus’ Holy Foreskin could soon be impossible to visit. Yup, it’s not a typo. You read it right.
Boy blinded by Nerf gun pellet
A schoolboy has had to have his eye removed after being shot by toy weapons in two freak accidents.
Hero Strasbourg attack victim dies
A man that tried to stop a suspected terrorist armed with a knife and gun from attacking shoppers at a Christmas market has died.
Tear gas, water cannons fired on protesters
There have been ugly scenes in Brussels where more than 5000 anti-immigration protesters clashed with heavily-armed police outside the EU’s headquarters.
School teaches ‘boys can have periods too’
Primary school students at a school in the UK will be taught that boys can have periods too, as a part of its new non-gendered sex education.
May, Blair in war of words over Brexit
In an extraordinary public stoush over Brexit, the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Theresa May of being “irresponsible”.
UN climate change talks end with deal
Almost 200 countries have put aside their political differences to agree on the rules for a landmark climate deal to prevent the impact of global warming.
Who’s to blame for global crisis?
Sorry, you can’t blame Trump. There’s someone else to blame for the current state of US and Australian politics, and the chaos in Europe.
Putin wants to censor rap music in Russia
Reminiscent of a Soviet-era censorship of the arts, Russian president Vladimir Putin wants to control rap music, saying it is a path to the “degradation of the nation”.
Fears of violence over 500km border
Memories of murder, harassment, xenophobia and outright war are being stirred up by a poisonous border debate which could tear a continent apart.
The horror of Lockerbie
The horror of the Lockerbie explosion, when Pan Am Flight 103 blew up in the UK’s deadliest ever terror attack, lingers on 30 years later.
The royal family’s hidden hottie
With Prince Harry happily married, it’s time to search for the next in line for the title of His Royal Hotness. And we think we’ve found him.
One word causing international furore
Brexit negotiations are at a standstill and a single word has caused massive upset as the two major powerbrokers publicly argue.
Royals’ secret wedding photo revealed
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have released a never-before-seen photo from their wedding, on their first Christmas card as a married couple.
May shoots down EU boss in fiery clash
UK Prime Minister Theresa May hangs European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker out to dry for publicly humiliating her over her Brexit plans.
‘Fraud machine’ behind $875k con
Tony Muldowney-Colston used this bizarre-looking, homemade machine to rob people of about $875,500. Here’s how he pulled it off.
MP’s humiliating walk of shame
An MP has faced the ultimate humiliation – enduring a walk of shame – after his sick sexual fetishes were laid bare in front of the public.
$9300 bill for ‘polishing door handles’
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla spent just one night in this city — but the final bill for putting them up was in the hundreds of thousands.
Dramatic end to mass shooter manhunt
Over 700 cops spent days looking for a gunman who killed three people in a horrific Christmas market shooting. Now they’ve found him.
Kate visits Queen amid ‘Meghan feud’
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, drove herself to see the Queen after reports of a falling out with her sister-in-law, Meghan.
Seven dead in high-speed train crash
Seven people have died and 46 others are injured after a high-speed train crashed into an overpass in the Turkish capital Ankara.
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