Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify invasion
US accuses Russia of planning fake attack to blame on Ukrainian forces, including corpses, actors posing as mourners, as pretext for invasion.
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Daring mission, but big boost for Joe Biden is unlikely
Presidents Bush and Obama enjoyed ratings surges after the capture and killing of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Biden can’t count on the same from his dismal level of support.
Orban freezes prices to beat inflation and election rivals
Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces the stiffest challenge to his grip on power since he returned to office in 2010.
IOC president yet to honour ‘missing’ Peng promise
He’s been in Beijing for almost a fortnight, but Thomas Bach still hasn’t had his face-to-face meeting with Peng Shuai.
Bezos million dollar superyacht is a bridge too far
Rotterdam will dismantle a renowned harbour bridge to allow a giant pleasure yacht being built for the Amazon boss to leave a local shipyard.
Bitcoin credibility slumps with its price
The digital currency was touted as a rival to gold as a long-term store of value at the end of last year. That prediction has not survived its first contact with economic reality.
Calls for Johnson to quit grow louder
The backbenchers from different generations and wings of the party took the number publicly demanding his departure to 13.
CNN boss quits over affair with colleague
Jeff Zucker resigned after telling staff that he had failed to disclose a romantic relationship with another senior executive at the company.
Summit fuels West’s fears of a new axis of autocrats
The Russian troop build-up around Ukraine has forced Russia and China into a sticky embrace.
Pope tells nuns to fight back against sexist priests
Push back when you’re treated like ‘servants’, Pope says as he warns many nuns are ‘reduced to servitude’ | WATCH
Putin, Xi alliance to defeat Ukraine sanctions
China will formally pledge its support for Russia in its dispute with the West as Presidents Putin and Xi meet face-to-face, the Kremlin says.
Joe Rogan is no fool but he’s still dangerous
Spotify’s decision to choose the controversial podcast host over Neil Young will please vaccine conspiracy theorists.
Booster hesitancy linked to higher US Covid deaths
The US death rate is exacerbated by risk factors such as obesity and a lower take-up of vaccinations, especially among older people.
Trump ripped up documents linked to siege
Staff at the National Archives have to tape back together several pages torn up by the president before he left office.
Beijing blocks gay dating app
Despite the removal of Grindr, competitors in China such as Blued remained available for download.
Tally of Johnson parties now six
Boris Johnson’s former senior adviser says investigators have pictures of the prime minister at lockdown-breaking parties.
Record catches long-playing fugitive
Roberto Vivaldi, 69, a financier, went on the run in 1997 after he was given a 20-year jail sentence for a series of financial crimes.
It’s dangerous to pretend Boris Johnson is a president
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that replacing Boris Johnson would require an election undermines parliament’s supremacy.
Million-dollar inventor has Wordle at his feet
UK software engineer Josh Wardle is reeling from the sale of the wildly popular game he created for his girlfriend.
Tesla recalls cars over safety risk
The electric carmaker has recalled over 50,000 cars as concerns mount the ‘rolling stop’ in self-driving software could allow some cars to travel without coming to a halt.
Putin’s lesson from Syria is that bombing works
It is the ability of Russia’s military to present creative, brutal solutions, rather than Vladimir Putin’s overrated rat-like cunning, that gives it the edge. Ukraine should expect the unexpected.
Poland on alert for flood of Ukraine refugees
Poland preparing to take in up to a million “real refugees” from Ukraine if Russia invades.
City of the Dead makes way for new life
One of the world’s most spectacular cemeteries faces the bulldozers.
Hostage demand opens door for Afghan aid
Joe Biden appeared to offer the Taliban a path towards legitimacy if they freed the last US hostage in Afghanistan.
Australia’s AG asked to help in case against Prince Andrew
Judge in civil case against royal asks for Australian help obtaining testimony from accuser’s husband, psychologist.
Boris and Carrie: ‘It’s self-preservation’
As political and personal lines blur, Carrie Johnson is either the queen bee of No 10, or the spider at the centre of the Downing Street web, depending on how you look at it.
Woody’s affairs flick may be his worst flop
Rifkin’s Festival — Woody Allen’s 49th film — suffers one of the worst US opening weekends of his career.
New York sliding back to the bad old days of violence
A gun-violence crisis has shaken New York City in the first weeks of this year, turning Eric Adams, its new Mayor, into something like a wartime leader.
Waikiki all washed up, say surfers
Defences installed to save one of Hawaii’s most famous beaches from vanishing beneath rising seas have upset surfers who fear they will ruin the waves.
Man U star Greenwood arrested over rape claim
Photographs and videos posted online show injuries a woman had allegedly suffered to her face and other parts of her body.
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