By Jeremy Bowen The first time I crossed into Gaza through the Erez checkpoint in 1991 it was not much more than a few bored Israeli soldiers in a shed, checking IDs, before they let visitors drive their cars through an opening in the barbed wire and into Gaza. In the years since then, it […]
By Chris Vallance Instagram will start testing new tools within weeks to fight “sextortion”, a form of blackmail involving intimate pictures sent online. The tools include “nudity protection”, which blurs naked images in direct messages. It will be turned on by default for under-18s. Pop-ups directing potential victims to support will also be trialled. Governments […]
By Jonathan Head & Thu Bui It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh City, a 67-year-old Vietnamese property developer was sentenced to death on Thursday for looting […]
By Hannah Ritchie At least 17 Pakistani pilgrims have died in a bus crash while travelling to a shrine in Balochistan for Eid-al-Fitr celebrations. The accident occurred late on Wednesday officials say, when the vehicle lost control before falling into a ravine. More than 40 are also being treated for injuries in Karachi and police […]
By Paulin Kola Russian missile strikes have left seven people dead in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and Kharkiv in the north-east. A girl aged 10 was among four killed in Odesa late on Wednesday, in an attack coinciding with the city’s liberation from the Nazis during World War Two. Two women and a girl of […]
An arrest warrant is issued for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice after he was involved a hit-and-run crash that injured four people. Read Original Article
Archaeologists unearth significant new paintings in the ancient Roman town buried by a volcano in AD79. Read Original Article
Dramatic video shows a woman and her father jumping from 14,000ft (4,267m) as the sky begins to darken. Read Original Article
But it was announced on Wednesday that Robbie’s production company LuckyChap will produce it. Hasbro Entertainment, part of the American toy company, will also be a producer. Robbie’s company most recently worked on Saltburn and last year’s hit Barbie, which the Australian actress also starred in. Speaking to Variety in February, Robbie, 33, said: “We […]
By Jean Mackenzie In February, the price of a single apple in Korea hit $7 (£5.5), albeit at a fancy department store. Fruit is notoriously expensive here, but for voters, who have been struggling with punishing grocery price rises, this crossed a line. In a botched attempt to address their concerns, President Yoon Suk Yeol […]