Child received care in Indiana in case cited by Biden in condemning supreme court decision An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion, a case that Joe Biden highlighted in criticizing a US supreme court decision eliminating a […]
Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude The Metropolitan police has launched an investigation into claims by Sir Mo Farah that he was trafficked into the UK and forced into domestic servitude. The four-time Olympic champion told a BBC documentary […]
Former Radio 1 star faces new claims of sexual abuse and misconduct from multiple women; he has previously denied wrongdoing The DJ Tim Westwood is facing allegations from a woman who says he first had sex with her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s. The woman […]
French president vows to ‘do it again tomorrow’ after leaks he told Uber executives he had brokered secret ‘deal’ Emmanuel Macron has said he was proud of supporting the US cab-hailing company Uber and would “do it again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow”, after revelations of his efforts to […]
Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held town in Kherson; death toll in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, rises to at least 45 See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…
‘Unhinged’ December 2020 meeting saw outside advisers to Trump shouting insults at officials, according to testimony In a bizarre, angry and “unhinged” White House meeting on 18 December 2020, outside advisers to Donald Trump screamed insults at presidential aides who were resisting their plan to seize voting machines and name […]
Scientists ‘thrilled and relieved’ to get first images from most powerful space-based observatory ever built Astronomers have hailed the beginning of a new era of space observation after Nasa unveiled a flurry of full-colour images from the James Webb space telescope, the largest and most powerful space-based observatory ever built. […]
The eight candidates who got through to the first round come from across the party, with Rishi Sunak the early favourite UK politics: live updates Conservative divisions were laid bare on Tuesday as a wide-open field of eight MPs made it through to the first round of the fractious contest […]
Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show Uber courted leading media barons across Europe and India with the aim of using their clout to secure more favourable treatment from governments, leaked documents reveal. It asked existing media investors […]
Leak shows firm made effort to court several billionaires and state officials allegedly aligned with Vladimir Putin Uber secretly hired a political operative linked to Russian oligarchs in an attempt to buy influence in the country, despite concerns that paying the lobbyist risked bribes being paid to “grease the skids”. […]