23 m. ago US woman who fatally stabbed a man 'after he sexually harassed her in German subway station' is spared jail

Judges agreed Fallyn Ball, 21, had 'acted in self-defence but then deliberately advanced' on Alem Tekeste, 64, 'shifting from defence to attack' in the incident killing him within seconds.

Events

24 m. ago Elon Musk wants a ‘legion’ of children to fend off apocalypse, says baby mama

The Space Karen wants to populate the world a legion of "high IQ" babies to stave off an "apocalypse" caused by falling birth rates, the mother of his latest offspring has claimed

Politics

41 m. ago ‘Calculated’ carer stole £17,000 from elderly residents at York care home ‘to spend on gambling and takeaways’

‘Pratt knew which residents would be the most vulnerable to financial exploitation, and these were the people she targeted’, North Yorkshire Police said

Economics

46 m. ago UEFA make statement after VAR overturn in Real Madrid vs Arsenal amid Declan Rice fury

Real Madrid thought they had a golden chance to reduce their deficit to Arsenal on Wednesday evening as Kylian Mbappe was awarded a controversial penalty after a challenge from Declan Rice

Sport

72 m. ago Nearly 900,000 fewer people traveled from Canada to the U.S. in March

More people traveled from Canada to the U.S. in March 2022 when pandemic travel restrictions were still in place

Politics

91 m. ago In Sweden, I got paid time off to settle my child at school. Here’s why I want US families to have the same right

Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American abroad, this was a foreign concept. But here’s what the US could learnAbout a month ago, I sat on a tiny wooden chair, hand-embroidering a thick cotton pillowcase in dim candlelight. Eight Swedish children softly sang a good morning song over tiny cups of peach-colored herbal tea.This is not a tale of a tradwife textile artist living off the grid in the Swedish countryside or the opening of some eerie Midsommar-style folk horror scene. It was the first day of my three-year-old’s inskolning, the introductory period to her new daycare/preschool. Continue reading...

Society

1 hour ago Coachella influencer faces backlash for showing off $1,000 spend on dinner

The influencer’s TikTok received over one million views

Economics

2 h. ago Sunburnt cavemen saved by using 'prehistoric sunscreen' more than 40,000 years ago

Clever cavemen like Fred Flintstone protected themselves from dangerous ultraviolet light from the sun by living in caves, wearing protective clothes and using pre-historic sunscreen. Yabba dabba doo!

Events

2 h. ago Holly Willoughby's media company owes £377,000 in tax, High Court hears

Roxy Media, the media company set up by Holly Willoughby, 44, and her husband Dan Baldwin, 50, was issued with a winding-up order this year, according to court filings.

Economics

3 h. ago RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes

Robert F Kennedy Jr claimed that autistic children will never pay taxes nor go on dates during a press conference on Wednesday, 16 April.

Economics

3 h. ago Mickey Rourke's 'vile' homophobic comments to JoJo Siwa becomes ITV's most complained about Big Brother episode EVER

The 72-year-old actor's actions sparked a huge backlash, ahead of his axe from the house, with a whopping 1,000 people complaining to media watchdog Ofcom .

Politics

3 h. ago Boxing icon bravely completes 'miracle mile' with help from emotional pal Chris Eubank

Organisers say the challenge has helped raise more than £100,000 for The Brain & Spine Foundation, now known as i-Neuro

Politics

3 h. ago Spotify running again after users around world report problems

Audio streaming app confirms service restored following more than five hours of disruptionTens of thousands of Spotify users around the world reported being unable to stream music on the app, which was hit by several hours of technical problems on Wednesday.Downdetector, which tracks platforms, showed more than 48,000 outage reports for Spotify worldwide on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago New hope as surprising Parkinson’s treatment deemed safe in clinical trials

More than 150,000 people in the UK are living with Parkinson’s disease

Politics

3 h. ago More children in northern cities getting places at preferred school – study

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out which primary school their child will be joining this September.

Politics

4 h. ago Eddie Hearn says Joshua vs Fury can still happen: ‘This gets made over a DM’

Tyson Fury retired in January of this year after two consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk

Events

4 h. ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'enjoy sunsoaked holiday' with Archie and Lilibet to 'celebrate' their new business success

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have whisked their children away on a celebratory Spring holiday. 

Politics

4 h. ago Musk asked influencer Tiffany Fong to have his baby and she worried saying ‘no’ would hurt her X earnings, report says

The world’s richest man has at least 14 children with four women

Technology

4 h. ago Despair for parents as more than one in four children miss out on their first choice primary school place in some areas... but it's great news for families in the North

Early survey results on National Offer Day reveals parents in London had a worse chance of getting their top school than those in other parts of the country.

Society

4 h. ago Eddie Hearn hopeful Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury could still meet in the ring

There have been suggestions the two former world champions could face each other for several years but nothing has ever come to fruition.

Sport