2023

A victim paid just £2 an hour describes her ordeal as investigators make the care industry a “top priority”.

One year ahead of France hosting the Olympic Games, we went to meet athlete Margot Chevrier. At 23, she’s a pole vaulter for the French… Read More »Paris 2024 Olympics: Meet Margot, the medical student going for gold

Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month, according… Read More »Man-made climate change ‘overwhelming’ contributor to July heatwaves, scientists say

Israeli troops killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the latest deaths in a surge of violence in… Read More »Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in latest violence in occupied West Bank

Thousands of beauty parlours across Afghanistan were due to close permanently Tuesday following an order by Taliban authorities that cuts off one of the few… Read More »Thousands of beauty parlours to close in Afghanistan under new Taliban order

With their stated aim of halving the carbon footprint of previous Olympic Games in Rio and London, the organisers of Paris 2024 have promised “historic”… Read More »‘Greenest in history’: How Paris aims to halve the Olympics’ carbon footprint

Algeria said Monday it had summoned the Danish and Swedish envoys to condemn recent desecrations of the Koran in Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Russia launched its sixth air attack this month on Kyiv early on Tuesday, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said, with air raid alerts… Read More »🔴 Live: Russia launches sixth air attack on Kyiv this month

North Korea is planning a “grand” Korean War armistice anniversary celebration this week that will be attended by Chinese diplomats, the first known foreign visitors… Read More »Chinese delegation to travel to North Korea for first visit since pandemic

An accident at a sewage treatment plant in western Latvia has caused a large spill of untreated waste into the Baltic Sea, leading to the… Read More »Latvia beaches closed after spill into Baltic Sea from sewage treatment plant