[ad_1] Denmark has announced $4.2bn (£3.2bn) of extra defence spending to boost security in Greenland and the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. It will also spend $4.5bn buying 16 more F-35 fighter jets from the…
Liam Payne’s friend sues singer’s father for defamation
[ad_1] The father of late One Direction star Liam Payne, Geoff Payne, has been named in a US defamation case by the singer's friend Roger Nores.Payne died, aged 31, from "multiple trauma" and "internal and…
Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95
[ad_1] She was one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier. [ad_2] BBC News
Suitcases of suspected cocaine found in embassy vehicle
[ad_1] Sierra Leone has recalled its ambassador from neighbouring Guinea after seven suitcases containing suspected cocaine were found in an embassy vehicle. On Monday, Guinean authorities impounded a vehicle belonging to Sierra Leone's embassy and…
Russia jails lawyers who acted for late opposition…
[ad_1] Three lawyers who acted for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been given jail terms of up to five-and-a-half years on charges of taking part in an "extremist organisation".Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and…
SpaceX loses Starship on test flight
[ad_1] SpaceX lost communication with its Starship spacecraft as it was heading into space during its seventh test flight on Thursday.According to SpaceX, the Starship experienced "a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" after…
Apple to halt AI-generated news alerts after errors
[ad_1] Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines. The tech giant had been facing mounting pressure to withdraw…
Joy as wild boar facing death allowed to…
[ad_1] Wild boar can stay with owner after campaign, French court rulesAnimal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a tamed wild boar facing the threat of death was allowed to stay with its owner.The…
Man detained over knife attack on Bollywood actor
[ad_1] ReutersKhan has undergone surgery and doctors say he is now out of dangerPolice in the Indian city of Mumbai have detained a man in connection with the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali…