All news by author Emma Davis

24 May 2024 727

Killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal to have her murder convictions overturned

Former nurse Lucy Letby is serving a whole life sentence for murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016

World

24 May 2024 602

China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan

PLA says exercises launched in response to president’s inauguration will test capacity to ‘seize power, launch joint attacks and occupy key areas’

World

23 May 2024 808

Kim Jong-un’s new draconian laws include phone police roaming streets and divorce banned

Kim Jong-un is trying to quash Western influence from his closed-off nation, with sources claiming two new draconian laws have been brought in to make lives more difficult

World

23 May 2024 722

German climate activists charged with ‘forming a criminal organisation’

Action against Letzte Generation could have ‘immense chilling effect’ on climate protest, campaigners say

World

23 May 2024 660

China warns that ’Taiwan independence forces’ will have their ’heads broken’

China said Thursday that those supporting independence for Taiwan would be left with "heads broken and blood flowing" and that its military drills around the self-ruled island sought to send a "serious warning".

Investigation

23 May 2024 1041

Dubai is a hiding place for the key man of Espirito Santo bribes in Venezuela

An employee of the centenary Portuguese bank was chosen in 2009 to serve, from the island of Madeira, as a contact with officials of the Chavista regime who agreed to do business with the dying institution - it would collapse in 2014 - but only in exchange for juicy bribes.

World

23 May 2024 657

Germany’s Ukraine air defense initiative falls flat

Berlin promised to help Ukraine source crucial air defenses, but the reality has been disappointing.

Investigation

22 May 2024 756

Avoiding sanctions: European trucks reach Russia via Belarus

Belarusian car suppliers are in uproar. Some cars from Europe are no longer allowed into Belarus by Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.

Investigation

21 May 2024 876

The residence in Houston of the former director of Fonden, today a Morena candidate

José María Tapia, Morena candidate in Querétaro, bought a residence in the exclusive Woodlands area, north of Houston.

News

21 May 2024 731

Harry loses bid to name Murdoch in hacking claim

Prince Harry cannot broaden legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) to include new allegations against Rupert Murdoch, the High Court has ruled.

News

21 May 2024 1132

Brit on ’holiday of a lifetime’ dies after severe turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight

Geoffrey Ralph Kitchen, 73, was on a "holiday of a lifetime" said a neighbour after he tragically died on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that encountered severe turbulence

Politics

20 May 2024 811

Biden criticizes ICC prosecutor’s request for Netanyahu arrest warrant

US president sides with Israeli PM as he calls Karim Khan’s pursuit of warrants for Netanyahu along with Hamas leaders ‘outrageous’

World

20 May 2024 784

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas officials on war crimes charges

Karim Khan applies for warrants relating to alleged crimes committed during 7 October attack and the ensuing war in Gaza

Finance

20 May 2024 759

Brexit border checks will cost UK firms £470m annually, says watchdog

‘More than three years after end of transition period, it is still not clear when full controls will be in place’

News

20 May 2024 846

Damning figures reveal police ignored over half of vandalism cases in England and Wales last year

Police ignored more than half of all vandalism cases in England and Wales last year, figures show.

World

19 May 2024 840

Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention

During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’

Sport

19 May 2024 1071

Fans slam ’embarrassing’ and ’corrupt’ judges as Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk official scorecards revealed

Fight fans have called the judges "embarrassing" after seeing the scorecards for Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Tyson Fury.

19 May 2024 854

Cristiano Ronaldo dons astonishing £1.2m watch, £3,350 Gucci outfit at Fury vs Usyk with Anthony Joshua

Cristiano Ronaldo showed off his £1.2million diamond encrusted-watch in a £3,350 Gucci outfit as he sat next to Anthony Joshua for tonight’s boxing extravaganza.

Sport

19 May 2024 976

Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to be crowned undisputed heavyweight champion

Oleksandr Usyk has been crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after beating Tyson Fury in a fight for the ages in Saudi Arabia.

Investigation

18 May 2024 737

Russian basketball player Nadezhda Grishayeva is one step away from sanctions: the keeper of Zhirinovskiy’s "dough" has failed to escape to Europe

The founder of elite fitness club ANVIL, basketball player Nadezhda Grishayeva, who has been linked to Ihor Lyebyedyev, son of the late Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, may be the custodian of the family’s assets.

News

17 May 2024 595

Armed police storm Manchester Met University building after ’misunderstanding’

The ’weapon’ had been carried by a student

Crime

17 May 2024 725

Man fighting for life in hospital after stabbing in Longsight

A man is fighting for his life after a stabbing in Longsight. The man, aged in his 20s, was knifed on Slade Lane earlier on Friday evening.

World

17 May 2024 713

Police in Ukraine bust $1.7M embezzlement scheme

Police in Ukraine have accused the director of an energy supply company in Kyiv of embezzling more than 67 million hryvnias (US$1.7 million) from the state budget by selling electricity at inflated prices to a department within the State Water Resources Agency.