Tens of thousand protesters turned out in arctic temperature to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s top opposition figure. Protests took place in 38 cities across Russia, with an estimated 15,000 in Pushkin Square in Moscow alone. Navalny had called for protests in response to...
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Girl, 12, chained and raped for five months
The father of a young girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and forced to marry a middle-aged man has blasted authorities. The father of a Pakistani girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and forced to marry a middle-aged man who kept her chained up for...
Mutant strain up to 90pc more deadly
The new mutant strain of coronavirus is between 30 and 90 per cent more deadly than the old one but vaccines will still work, UK scientists say. The new mutant strain of coronavirus is between 30 and 90 per cent more deadly than the old...
Dad’s fury as girl is forced into marriage
The father of a Pakistani girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and forced to marry a middle-aged man who kept her chained up for five months has slammed the country’s authorities for doing nothing to save his daughter. Farah Shaheen was just 12 years old...
Russia arrests 2,100 protesters calling for Navalny’s release
Protests erupted in dozens of cities across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. Police arrested more than 2,100 people, some of whom took to the streets in temperatures as frigid as minus-50 Celsius (minus-58 Fahrenheit)....
Russia arrests 350 protesters calling for Navalny’s release
Russian police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus-50 C (minus-58 F) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country’s top opposition figure. Navalny, who is President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent and durable foe,...
Troubling sign in Joe Biden’s first days
Joe Biden won plenty of praise for a specific line in his inaugural address on Wednesday. “Recent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson. There is truth, and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit,” the new US President said....
Troubling sign in Joe Biden’s first days
Joe Biden won plenty of praise for a specific line in his speech at the inauguration. Already, the new US President has failed to live up to it. Joe Biden won plenty of praise for a specific line in his inaugural address on Wednesday. “Recent...
Mum killed five children in ‘evil crime’
Officials have confirmed that five children found dead after a house fire late last month were actually shot dead by their mother. A West Virginia mother gunned down her five young children before burning down her house and turning the gun on herself in December,...
Mum kills five children in murder-suicide
A West Virginia mother gunned down her five young children before burning down her house and turning the gun on herself in December, officials said this week. Oreanna Myers, 25 left a confessional suicide note in which she wrote she was not strong enough to...