Jubilant Syrians crowd squares for victory rallies
Syrians heeded the rebels’ call to celebrate victory over the Assad regime which collapsed on Sunday....
Month : December 2024
Prince Andrew says he ‘ceased all contact’ with alleged Chinese spy
Questions have been raised over the prince’s relationship with a Chinese businessman alleged to be a spy who was later banned from the UK....
McKinsey to pay $650m to settle opioid charges
Prosecutors said the company gave Purdue Pharma advice on how to “turbocharge” sales of OxyContin....
Baroness faces suspension over offensive racial remark
Baroness Meyer called a fellow peer of Indian origin “Lord Poppadom,” an investigation finds....
Council to ask government for up to £52m extra
The authority will ask government for exceptional financial support of up to £52m over two years....
Housing plans not war on rural England, says minister
Matthew Pennycook says development will be focused on areas where housing is least affordable....
Israeli army prepares to stay on border peak of Mt Hermon for winter
Israel seized control of a buffer zone between the Golan Heights and Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad....
Starmer and Badenoch’s lunchtime sandwich split
The Conservative leader says sandwiches are “not real food” while the PM says they are a British institution....
Trump says Syria is ‘not our fight’ – staying out may not be so easy
The incoming US president has vowed not to involve America in foreign conflicts, but Assad’s dramatic fall has upended the region’s balance of power....
Bolivia extradites former anti-drugs chief to US on drug trafficking charges
Maximiliano Dávila is accused of facilitating cocaine smuggling to the United States....