Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia on what he, his employer and the U.S. government deem phony espionage charges since March, had an appeal for his release denied by a Moscow court Tuesday. The court rejected
Angela Rayner has refused to commit to Labour keeping the state pensions triple lock if the party takes power at the next general election. The deputy Labour leader insisted the Opposition would not make unfunded spending commitments. Asked on the BBC if
A Houston woman celebrated her 114th birthday last month, making her the oldest living person in Texas, the second-oldest person in the U.S. and the seventh-oldest person in the world, according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRC), based in Los Angeles. Elizabeth
Spiders are set to invade homes in less than a month as Brits gear up to try and prevent them from coming inside. The eight-legged insects are regularly spotted in September with sightings reported on floors, along skirting boards and up walls.
A 59-year-old mother who won a BBC TV show more than two decades ago is gearing up to celebrate her 60th birthday by completing a 125-mile trek. Gill Watson, from Chellaston, Derbyshire, has spent years maintaining her fitness, competing in a 36-hour
All-Star center Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly agreed on a three-year, $186 million maximum contract extension, the richest annual extension in NBA history, per ESPN. Davis will average $62 million per season, and he will remain with the
A cheating wife and her lover who enslaved her “vulnerable” disabled husband leaving him to live in squalor have been jailed for 11 years. Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and George Webb, 40, were found guilty of holding Tom Somerset-How in slavery/servitude and three
A disgruntled man rang 999 to complain about a police helicopter that was reportedly keeping him awake in the early hours of the morning. The Metropolitan Police shared a video of the exchange on social media, explaining the National Police Air Service
An RAF fighter jet hasintercepted a Russian aircraft in the Baltic Sea in a further indication of simmering tensions between the West and Moscow. A tweet by the BlueSky account claimed the Typhoon jet was shadowing a TU-214SR bomber – sometimes dubbed “the
A German woman was convicted Wednesday of keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave during her time with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, and sentenced to nine years and three months in prison. The state court in the western