13 m. ago Knocked up then locked up: Woman is caught smuggling drugs in fake baby bump

The 27-year-old suspect was arrested on board a bus in the city of Cali after police discovered that she was wearing a latex belly.

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24 m. ago Zelensky claims Trump diverted 20,000 missiles promised to Ukraine to the Middle East

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the missiles had been meant to counter Moscow’s Shahed drones

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29 m. ago Greta Thunberg Gaza flotilla – live: Israel vows to deport all activists on aid ship

Climate activist claims the group onboard the flotilla were ‘kidnapped’ while trying to delivery aid to the territory

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30 m. ago Trump's new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the United States by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is now in effect

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38 m. ago ‘It makes me sick!’ How the likes of the French impressionists went from ‘lunatics’ to luminaries

The National Gallery of Victoria’s new show, French Impressionism, celebrates the likes of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot and Pissarro, who painted in the face of public outrageGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“Five or six lunatics deranged by ambition – one of them a woman – have chosen to exhibit their works,” French critic Albert Wolff wrote in a review of an art exhibition in Paris in 1876. The lunatics in question were a group of up-and-coming artists: Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas.Almost 150 years later, we know now that those lunatics took over the asylum. The impressionists, who rebelled against the old masters by painting lighter, brighter, ephemeral scenes, are today’s old masters; what was so shocking then is now all over our calendars, coffee cups and phone cases. But back in 1876, those looking at their works “are content to laugh at such things,” Wolff wrote sniffily. “But it makes me sick ...

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86 m. ago Inmate in red dress and wig caught trying to break out prison disguised as 'visitor'

A prison inmate has attempted to escape from life behind bars after dressing in a makeshift disguise as a woman – the man adorned a wig and a dress smuggled in by a visitor

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1 hour ago The secret treatment that's better than blue pills and Botox: Middle

For decades, the tools of male anti-ageing were predictable: a discreet prescription for the little blue pill, a secret stash of Human Growth Hormone (HGH)...

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2 h. ago Jessie J breaks down as she admits 'worst day so far' since breast cancer diagnosis

The 37-year-old pop star went public with her health issues last week revealing she is battling an 'early' form of the disease

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2 h. ago Four people including woman, 21, and teenage boy, 16, are arrested over 'unexplained' death of baby

Police were called to an address in Middlesbrough on Saturday following the death of an infant.

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2 h. ago East 17's Terry Coldwell, 50, reveals he's turned to God as he is baptised by former Krays' henchman Chris Lambrianou

The singer surprised fans by making a public declaration of faith with a service at River Church in east London on Sunday.

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2 h. ago ‘Too many people lost work’: doubts in South Africa’s coal belt over ‘just energy transition’

The country wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions without destroying livelihoods, but progress is slow – and the residents of a small town are in the crosshairsCooling towers and smokestacks still loom over the single-storey houses of Komati, but the winter sky is clear: smoke hasn’t billowed from the vast concrete chimneys of the South African town’s power station since it stopped burning coal in 2022, 61 years after its inauguration.While the state power company Eskom didn’t fire any permanent employees, the end of coal generation and earlier job losses in nearby mines have fuelled doubts in the small town and wider coal belt that there are any benefits to South Africa’s “just energy transition” to renewable power. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘We are just sitting here’: South African coal belt town split over green transition

The country wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions without destroying livelihoods, but progress is slow – and the residents of a small town are in the crosshairsCooling towers and smokestacks still loom over the single-storey houses of Komati, but the winter sky is clear: smoke hasn’t billowed from the vast concrete chimneys of the South African town’s power station since it stopped burning coal in 2022, 61 years after its inauguration.While the state power company Eskom didn’t fire any permanent employees, the end of coal generation and earlier job losses in nearby mines have fuelled doubts in the small town and wider coal belt that there are any benefits to South Africa’s “just energy transition” to renewable power. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Lucy Letby's 'secret code' in diary and reason experts say she might be innocent

Serial killers Dennis Rader and Melvin Rees both recorded their horrific crimes against humanity in journals while the Zodiac Killer, who was never caught, opted for a series of cryptic notes

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3 h. ago Loose Women's Ruth Langsford shares 'embarrassing' moment in public as she declares 'karma'

The presenter recalled the moment she realised what had happened during her dog walk

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3 h. ago Moment man is chased across Heathrow tarmac near moving plane before being detained

Video footage shows the man running across the tarmac, as a Middle Eastern Airlines flight takes off along the runway

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3 h. ago NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research

Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission

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3 h. ago Warning to public over health condition whose symptoms are often seen on the toilet

Health officials have urged people, especially the over-65s, to act immediately if they spot any symptoms of this ailment

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4 h. ago Moment IDF hauls body of Hamas chief Mohammad Sinwar out of his underground lair near Gaza hospital after wiping him out in huge airstrike caught on CCTV

Sinwar's rotting corpse was discovered lying on a filthy mattress in one of several small annexes connected by a web of tunnels under the EU-funded European Hospital

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4 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer vows to overcome sceptical public on ‘harnessing power’ of AI

The Prime Minister said AI would cut through planning red tape to speed up housebuilding.

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5 h. ago Succession power struggles as Mall of the Emirates owners ordered to restructure

Authorities likely want to avoid any further infighting that could slow down the growth of a firm that long has made hiring Emiratis a key goal

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