Watch: Massive crowd greets Pope at Catholic youth event
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world poured into Rome for the special Jubilee holy year event.
Pope greeted by vast crowd at Catholic youth event
Hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world poured into Rome for the special Jubilee holy year event.
Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned
Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities
Ministers are to outlaw social media adverts promoting journeys on small boats across the Channel to asylum seekers.
The government will create a UK-wide criminal offence that could lead to perpetrators being sentenced for up to five years in prison and a hefty fine.
Continue reading...Pope Leo brings youth jubilee to a close with mass for more than a million
Pontiff presides over culmination of ‘Catholic Woodstock’ that drew young people from 146 countries
Pope Leo XIV presided over a mass in Rome for more than a million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.
“Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less,” the pope told the crowd.
Continue reading...How the mystery of Winston Churchill’s dead platypus was finally solved – BBC
The mystery of Winston Churchill’s dead platypus was unsolved – until now
The question of who, or what, really killed the puggle has eluded the world since 1943.
Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts in US
Blazes across several Canadian provinces and territories pose health risks to Canadians and their southern neighbours.
How South Korea’s K-beauty industry is being hit by Trump tariffs
Buyers and sellers of South Korean beauty products are stocking up as the 15% US tariff rolls out.
Rescuers race to save Chile miners after collapse kills at least one – BBC
- Rescuers race to save Chile miners after collapse kills at least one BBC
- Three More Workers Found Dead in Collapsed Chilean Mine The New York Times
- Chile's Codelco says two more trapped workers at El Teniente mine found dead Yahoo Home
- Body found as Chile rescue workers search for missing miners CNN
- Body found in collapsed Chile mine as search continues for trapped miners The Guardian
Rescuers search for two trapped Chilean miners after four found dead
The state-owned Codelco company announced on Sunday that four workers are known to have died.
Police continue to search for Montana gunman who killed four people in a bar
Law enforcement were looking for 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, a US army veteran who lived in Anaconda
Authorities continued to search Saturday afternoon for the man accused of killing four people at a Montana bar.
Local, state and federal law enforcement were looking for 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, a US army veteran who lived in a small town, Anaconda, next to The Owl Bar, where on Friday morning he allegedly opened fire and killed a bartender and three patrons.
Continue reading...UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips
Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to
Labour MP Jess Phillips has said the UK has got “fat” from the free labour of women for decades.
The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said the country has relied on women providing charity, adding it was a “fundamentally sexist” practice that meant the government was less willing to provide the service itself.
Continue reading...US authorities investigating ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith
Without evidence, Trump and his allies accuse former US special prosecutor of illegal political activity.
Police find getaway car of army veteran suspected of deadly Montana bar shooting
The suspect, named as Michael Paul Brown, is believed to be "armed and dangerous", police say.
Hamas official boasts Oct. 7 ‘resistance’ revived Palestinian statehood push around the globe – The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas official boasts Oct. 7 'resistance' revived Palestinian statehood push around the globe The Jerusalem Post
- The 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State The New York Times
- Palestinians are prisoners of geography, but statehood is possible The Times
- Why it is a mistake to recognize a Palestinian state The Globe and Mail
- Hamas leader: Nations are recognizing Palestinian state due to ‘fruits of October 7’ The Times of Israel
Family condemns Hamas video showing emaciated Israeli hostage
Evyatar David's family says Hamas is starving him, as the group shows a video of him being kept in a tunnel.
Online shoppers warned of ‘dangerous’ weight-loss scam as ‘ghost stores’ impersonate real people to sell Ozempic-like treatments
Dietitian Lyndi Cohen says her likeness is being ‘abused and misrepresented’ as websites posing as Australian businesses claim to offer GLP-1 substances
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Online “ghost stores” masquerading as Australian businesses have expanded into advertising Ozempic-like weight loss treatments, and are impersonating real people, including a well-known dietitian, to recommend their products.
After uncovering more than 140 sites falsely claiming to be Australian fashion retailers that prompted a public warning from the consumer regulator, Guardian Australia has identified a new scam that targets people trying to lose weight.
Continue reading...Sportsbet advertises multi-bets on AFL website after pulling TV ads due to ‘community sentiment’
Ads encouraging sport fans to ‘bet now’ do not breach any rules but gambling reform advocates say it shows industry attempts to self-regulate have failed
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The gambling giant Sportsbet has splashed ads for its expanded same-game multi-bets on the AFL’s website, months after pulling them from free-to-air broadcasts due to “strong community sentiment”.
The ads, which reveal Sportsbet now accepts same-game multi-bets on how many possessions a player acquires during a match, encouraged people to “bet now” and surrounded the AFL homepage.
Continue reading...Dua Lipa ‘feeling grateful’ after Kosovan president grants her citizenship
Singer of hits such as Houdini, One Kiss and Training Season was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents
Singer Dua Lipa has said she is “feeling grateful” after being awarded citizenship of Kosovo by the country’s president.
The 29-year-old was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents, Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa, and moved to the country’s capital of Pristina aged 11, when her family returned after Kosovo gained its independence in 2008, before moving back to London aged 15.
Continue reading...Siraj strikes after Jaiswal helps India set England daunting target
Yashasvi Jaiswal makes sparkling hundred with Mohammed Siraj striking with last ball of day as India look to tie series.