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At least five dead and dozens more trapped after multi-storey apartment building collapses

At least five people have died and dozens more are believed to be trapped under rubble after a multi-storey apartment building under construction in South Africa collapsed.

2024-05-07T06:19:42Z

Russian speedboat hit in Crimea, new Patriot missiles delivered to Ukraine - Monday brief

Yesterday, on May 6, 2024, Ukrainian soldiers hit a Russian boat in Crimea. And Spain has already delivered missiles for the Patriot system to Ukraine. Read more about what happened on Monday, May 6. Russia's war against Ukraine: Latest ・Russians sink barges to protect remaining ships in Sevastopol Bay ・Russia attempts to advance towards Kurakhove ...

2024-05-07T13:04:13Z

Game Of Thrones star Ian Gelder dies aged 74

Game Of Thrones star Ian Gelder dies aged 74 - The British actor was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December.

2024-05-07T22:42:16Z

Disney to cut production of Marvel films and TV shows amid superhero fatigue

Disney will cut production of Marvel films and TV series amid concerns that so-called superhero fatigue is exhausting demand for the studio’s work. Bob Iger, Disney’s chief executive, said the company would “reduce output and focus more on quality” particularly when it came to Marvel, known for franchises such as The Avengers and Black Panther. It ...

2024-05-07T17:56:46Z

Daughter looks to avenge Shinde losses as BJP eyes hat-trick in Maharashtra's Solapur

BJP trying to counter Congress’s ‘No-Development’ salvo by highlighting Centre’s funding in last 10 years

2024-05-07T02:29:40Z

Brazil's football giants rally to help victims of deadly flooding

Brazil's football giants -- including Neymar, Vinicius Junior and Ronaldinho -- are rallying behind a fundraising effort for victims of devastating floods that have killed at least 85 people in the south of the country. Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul was hit by deadly flooding last week after days of heavy rains, forcing more than 150,000 people from their homes and cutting off many from drinking water and electricity.

2024-05-07T16:52:49Z

Shooting at rapper's mansion leaves security guard with life-threatening injuries

Police are investigating a shooting at the Toronto mansion of Canadian rapper Drake.

2024-05-07T17:58:49Z

Double European weightlifting champion Pielieshenko killed in Ukraine war

Oleksandr Pielieshenko joined Ukraine’s armed forces in the first days of Russia’s invasion, authorities said.

2024-05-06T19:22:48Z

Urgent warning over WhatsApp group scam targeting family and friends

Report anything that could be a scam.

2024-05-07T10:07:41Z

Yousaf officially steps down as first minister as King accepts resignation

Yousaf officially steps down as first minister as King accepts resignation - Mr Yousaf thanked the King for his ‘counsel and kindness’.

2024-05-07T15:36:28Z

Netflix is removing all of these movies and TV shows this month

Netflix is removing all of these movies and TV shows this month - Catch them before they vanish from your watchlist

2024-04-30T10:26:24Z

PM Modi: Congress gave clean chit to Pakistan terrorists, June 4 will be ‘expiry date’ of Opposition alliance

During his speech, Modi also said that the third phase of Lok Sabha elections has made it clear that June 4, the day of counting votes, is the expiry date of the Opposition INDI alliance.

2024-05-08T00:19:14Z

Swimming-Olympic champion Hafnaoui to miss Paris Games

(Reuters) - Olympic 400 metres freestyle champion Ahmed Hafnaoui will miss the Paris Games, Africa Aquatics (AA) said on Tuesday. The continental governing body said on its website the 21-year-old Tunisian had confirmed Tunisian media reports that he would not swim at the July 26-Aug. 11 Games. AA's report said Hafnaoui had declined to resume training in the United States where he was previously

2024-05-08T00:32:46Z

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of May 7

Ukrаinian soldiers repelled attacks by Russian forces on the left bank of the Dnipro River and near the village of Nevske in the Luhansk region, as well as damaged an enemy mortar Tulip, according to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian shelling of Ukraine During the past day, there were 64 recorded instances of comba...

2024-05-07T21:50:40Z

2024-05-07T14:10:01Z

Read between the lines for Biden’s changing position on Israel, US official says

Read between the lines for Biden’s changing position on Israel, US official says - Netanyahu is determined to attack Rafah, despite US warnings. Andrew Feinberg speaks to Israeli and American officials about what the consequences might be

2024-05-06T16:25:30Z

Classifications Giro d'Italia 2024: Uijtdebroeks moves up in the rankings, Milan takes control in battle for purple

For 21 days straight, this article from In de Leiderstrui gives you daily updates on the different classifications in the Giro d'Italia 2024. That covers the fight for the pink, purple, blue and white jerseys, along with the team rankings. Pink jersey: General classification Giro d'Italia 2024 1. Tadej Pogacar2. Geraint Thomas + 0.463. Daniel Felipe Martínez + 0.474. Cian Uijtdebroeks + 0.555. Einer Rubio + 0.566. Lorenzo Fortunato + 1.077....

2024-05-07T22:56:49Z

2024-05-07T04:04:22Z

Sabrina Wittmann becomes first female coach in German men's professional game

Sabrina Wittmann earned a point in her debut as interim coach of German third-division side Ingolstadt. The former Bundesliga club has not ruled out handing her the job on a more permanent basis.

2024-05-06T12:57:18Z

Naoya Inoue boosts claim as world’s best boxer with destruction of Luis Nery

Naoya Inoue bolstered his claim as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter on Monday when he came off the floor to retain his undisputed junior featherweight championship with a technical knockout of Luis Nery. A sold-out crowd of around 50,000 spectators at the Tokyo Dome was stunned into silence near the end of the opening round when a heavy left hook dumped Inoue to the canvas for the first time in his 12-year professional career. But a...

2024-05-06T14:13:46Z

Superman first look: James Gunn unveils David Corenswet as Man of Steel

Superman first look: James Gunn unveils David Corenswet as Man of Steel - The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director teased the forthcoming film with the message: ‘Get ready’

2024-05-06T17:10:51Z

Republicans doubt Greene will call for vote on Johnson's resignation, media reports

Republican lawmakers are increasingly doubtful that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene will dare to initiate a vote on the resignation of House Speaker Mike Johnson, Axios reports. According to the agency, today, May 7, Johnson will meet again with Greene and Republican Thomas Massie. The last meeting, according to the Speaker of the House of Rep...

2024-05-07T10:48:49Z

Data of 270,000 service personnel ‘exposed in Chinese MoD hack’

Around 270,000 service personnel may have been hit by China’s hack on the Ministry of Defence, it has emerged. The hackers gained access to payroll information including names, bank details and some addresses of serving personnel, reservists and veterans in the data breach. The Telegraph understands that a personal data protection service has been ...

2024-05-07T11:50:41Z

Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk’s X

The Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the board of Bluesky, the decentralised social network he helped start, and encouraged users to remain on his first site, now owned by Elon Musk and called X. Dorsey confirmed he had cut ties with Bluesky on Sunday, telling a user on X that he was no longer on the social network’s board. The announcement was apparently unexpected, since Bluesky still listed him as a board member until late on Sunday...

2024-05-07T15:04:42Z

Trump deletes post raging that his lawyers had ‘no time to prepare’ for Stormy Daniels

Trump deletes post raging that his lawyers had ‘no time to prepare’ for Stormy Daniels - His now-deleted post came just hours before Stormy Daniels took the stand to testify on Tuesday

2024-05-07T14:48:42Z

Gary Barlow’s home burgled while he was away filming for Ant and Dec show

Burglars raided Gary Barlow’s mansion while he was away for the weekend filming with Take That for Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. The singer’s £6 million country home was broken into the day after the band performed on the penultimate episode of the show’s latest series. Barlow, 53, lives in the property with his wife, Dawn, also 53, and thei...

2024-05-06T13:37:32Z

Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date

No new trial date has been set.

2024-05-07T21:41:38Z

AstraZeneca says it will withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria's marketing authorizations within Europe. "As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated

2024-05-08T00:12:59Z

Kyren Wilson’s hard-earned World Championship glory is a win for snooker’s lost generation

Kyren Wilson’s hard-earned World Championship glory is a win for snooker’s lost generation - The 32-year-old won his first snooker world title after resisting the spirited comeback of Welshman Jak Jones at the Crucible Theatre

2024-05-06T21:46:18Z

Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego

Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego - The mother of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico has delivered a moving tribute to her sons at a beach in San Diego

2024-05-07T23:05:36Z

Ukraine arrests two colonels over plot to kill Zelensky as 'gift' to Putin

The SBU secret service said the two men were colonels recruited by their counterparts in Moscow, the FSB.

2024-05-07T16:08:44Z

Dmitry Khoroshev named as alleged leader of ransomware gang LockBit

The alleged leader of what was once the world’s largest ransomware outfit, LockBit, has been named as Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), after the seizure of the criminal gang’s infrastructure. Khoroshev, who lived his online life under the name LockBitSupp, has been sanctioned by the UK, US and Australia as a result of the unmasking. He was so certain of his anonymity that he once offered a $10m (£8m)...

2024-05-07T17:35:07Z

Red Bull’s immediate Adrian Newey action, Verstappen damage discovered – F1 news round-up

With a memorable Miami Grand Prix in the books, here is your fresh batch of key Formula 1 headlines...

2024-05-06T21:40:38Z

West Ham issue statement over David Moyes exit

'The recruitment process for David’s successor has begun.'

2024-05-06T17:18:05Z

Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard hits back at Erik ten Hag’s comments ahead of Premier League clash

Manchester United welcome a title-chasing Arsenal side to Old Trafford in the Premier League this weekend – but first we’ve got to get Crystal Palace out of the way, with a Monday night trip to Selhurst Park.

2024-05-06T17:06:03Z

Former NUS president settles with union over antisemitism claims

A former president of the National Union of Students is said to have accepted accepted a “substantial” settlement to end her legal action against the union following her dismissal over allegations of antisemitism. Shaima Dallali was ousted as NUS UK president in November 2022 after an investigation claimed she had made “significant breaches” of the union’s antisemitism policies. But shortly before Dallali’s legal challenge was to be heard by an...

2024-05-07T16:10:48Z

US revokes some export licenses for firms supplying China's Huawei

By Alexandra Alper and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Tuesday said it revoked some licenses that allow companies to ship goods, such as chips, to sanctioned Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies . Some companies were notified on Tuesday that their licenses were revoked effective immediately, according to one person familiar with the matter. The move

2024-05-08T00:01:38Z

Russia threatens to strike British military sites over Cameron’s Ukraine weapons pledge

Russia threatens to strike British military sites over Cameron’s Ukraine weapons pledge - British ambassador called to the foreign ministry in Moscow

2024-05-06T20:06:06Z

‘I will keep fighting’: Ten Hag sends defiant message after 18th defeat – the most since 1977-78

Erik ten Hag oversaw Manchester United’s 18th defeat of the season tonight – their most in a campaign since 1977/78. The 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Crystal Palace perhaps doesn’t even reflect the affairs of the game all that accurately, given that it easily could’ve been over seven from the hosts.

2024-05-06T22:21:42Z

Carpetright to axe over 25% of head office staff

One of Britain's biggest carpet retailers is axing more than 25% of its head office staff as it grapples with a protracted downturn in trading.

2024-05-07T09:35:19Z

Kate Winslet stars as war photographer who washed in Hitler’s bath

Looking every inch the battle-hardened foreign correspondent, this is Kate Winslet as World War Two photographer Lee Miller. These are the first images of the Oscar-winning British actress in Lee, the upcoming biopic of the courageous Miller, whose celebrated escapades included bathing in Hitler’s bath in the last days of the war. The film is based...

2024-05-04T15:25:14Z

KTM Is Finally Bringing Back a Street Superbike With the 990 RC R

This is not a drill, people!

2024-05-07T17:30:54Z

No, ‘hundreds’ of bodies of NATO soldiers were not repatriated from Ukraine

Misinformation regarding NATO and Ukrainian allies have seen a spike in recent months on social media, following Emmanuel Macron’s comments on sending western ground troops to fight in Ukraine. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

2024-05-06T20:41:40Z

Winner of £10,000-per-month lottery prize urged to come forward

Winner of £10,000-per-month lottery prize urged to come forward - Players should check their tickets for the Set For Life draw-based game.

2024-05-06T20:58:24Z

Gary Neville says Man Utd have 'real problem' ahead of Arsenal clash and FA Cup final

The problems are piling up for Erik ten Hag.

2024-05-06T14:47:43Z

Fact Check: Viral Ad Campaign On Election In The Name Of Amul Is Fake

CLAIMThe viral image shows Amul’s ad campaign on polling. An X user @SHEKARSUSHEEL posted the viral image and wrote, “Very topical , as always Jiyo Amul. The true taste of India”. (Archive Link)(Image: Newschecker)FACTAn investigation shows us that Amul disowned the advertisement and called it Fake on May 6, 2024. Taking their X handle India’s largest dairy products manufacturing company issued a notice and wrote, “We wish to inform you a fake...

2024-05-07T11:14:28Z

Full extent of Max Verstappen car damage comes to light after two Miami GP incidents

It was certainly an eventful outing for Max Verstappen in Miami...

2024-05-06T15:39:47Z

Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala. But AI-generated images still fooled fans

NEW YORK (AP) — No, Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala this year. But that didn't stop AI-generated images from tricking some fans into thinking the stars made appearances on the steps of fashion's biggest night. Deepfake images depicting a handful of big names at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fundraiser quickly spread online Monday and early Tuesday. Some eagle-eyed social media users spotted discrepancies — and...

2024-05-07T22:04:13Z

Midges are bringing new strain of horrible disease from Europe

It can be fatal.

2024-05-07T09:22:35Z

David Beckham says documentary director was ‘angry’ over viral ‘be honest’ scene

David Beckham said the director of his Netflix documentary was supposedly “very angry” after he interrupted his wife Victoria during filming, which led to the viral “be honest” moment. The British football star, 49, appeared alongside filmmaker Fisher Stevens, producer Josh Battsek and editor Michael Harte at an Emmys For Your Consideration event a...

2024-05-07T13:36:04Z