All news by author: Ryan Fahey

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Probe into death of mum and boy falling off Stena Line ferry takes chilling turn
Initial reports said the seven-year-old boy fell overboard off the Stena Spirit passenger ferry in the Baltic Sea, with his mum diving in to save him - but eyewitnesses suggest an alternative sequence of events
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Vladimir Putin humiliated as Russia cancels air show over 'security concerns'
The British Ministry of Defence shared a statement detailing how the Kremlin has chosen to cancel its premier "MAKS" airshow, which is designed to show off the best of Russia's civil and military aircraft to drum up exports
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Cops 'electrified' by new evidence Madeleine McCann suspect 'had lock pick kit'
A former friend of Christian Brueckner, Helge B, has shared everything he knows about the paedophile and violent sex offender, including that he blurted out Madeleine McCann "didn't scream"
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Gran facing life in Filipino jail for trying to smuggle 7kg of drugs in truffles
Wendy Jane Marais was headed to Narita, Japan on a long-haul flight from Mexico, but was stopped when she arrived on a stopover in Manila
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Woman woke up after routine knee surgery to find her leg had been amputated
Nontobeko Shongwe, 21, from South Africa went into leg surgery went into her leg surgery like an independent, carefree woman but woke up with one of her legs missing.
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British war hero 'Rambo' heading back to Ukraine after nearly losing his limbs
Bristol-born Shareef Amin, who goes by the nickname "Rambo", escaped with his life after being pummelled by Russian gunfire - but need extensive surgery to save his arm and leg
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Vladimir Putin gives kill order against chief mutineer Prigozhin, Ukraine claims
The Kremlin had previously given Yevgeny Prigozhin a pass, likely due to his service in Ukraine, but Kyiv now believes the FSB has been ordered to kill the chief mutineer
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Brit vandal who scrawled on ancient walls of Colosseum begs for forgiveness
The British tourist Ivan Dimitrov, 27, went viral when he was caught on camera scratching his name and that of his girlfriend into the 2,000-year-old Colosseum in Rome
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Angry dad drags his son into car to take him home during riots across France
French police have been on the frontlines of a gruelling running battle with rioters setting the streets of Paris ablaze in protest against the killing of 17-year-old Nahel M
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Coffee shop sparks uproar by refusing cash and adding surcharge to card payments
A customer made his order at Puzzle Coffee in Melbourne, Australia, but was shocked to learn that his items cost more than had been displayed on the menu due to a 1.2 per cent surcharge for the only available method of payment
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Virgin Galactic's first ever tourist flight into space blasts off - watch live
The first-ever commercial spaceflight chartered by Virgin Atlantic will spend 90 minutes touring the atmosphere while the astronauts on board conduct experiments in suborbital conditions
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Russian bank executive, 28, dies in mystery plunge from window of her apartment
Kristina Baikova, who was the vice-president of Loko Bank at the age of just 28, fell out of the apartment window on in Moscow on the evening of June 23
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Incest dad murdered his seven newborn babies conceived by his own daughter
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: The man, who has been pictured but identified only as R, has confessed to dispatching of seven babies that her daughter gave birth to as a result of his incestuous abuse
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Woman's leg swallowed by airport travelator as she gets wedged in conveyor belt
The tourist , who hasn't been identified, jumped on the moving travelator while on her way to catch a domestic flight from Bangkok's international airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat when her left leg was swallowed up by the walkway
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Key piece of recovered Titanic sub will provide answer to what happened on board
After days of combing the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, the US Coast Guard involved in the Titanic submarine search confirmed they had found several pieces of wreckage. Last night they revealed that human remains were among the find
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Teacher's eight-word reply after she was sacked for calling in sick for 20 years
Cinzio Paolina De Lio had been employed to teach literature and philosophy and spent 24 years in the role but only worked four of them - spending the rest avoiding teaching lessons
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Terrifying moment 50 sharks tear humpback whale to shreds in ‘feeding frenzy’
GRAPHIC IMAGES AND FOOTAGE A horde of tiger sharks were seen ripping into the carcass of a humpback whale to shreds in a "feeding frenzy" off the coast of Hervey Bay in Queensland, Australia in drone footage of the incident
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Humiliated Putin in countdown to end as Wagner coup shows he 'can't be saved'
Though the Wagner coup over the weekend was over in a matter of hours, it was the strongest challenge against Vladimir Putin and his leadership in his 20 years in office - and it's a challenge that he will be unable to ride out, according to senior Ukrainian officials
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Wagner chief holed up in windowless hotel to avoid being assassinated by Putin
Mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, who was a convict and hot dog seller in a previous life, is staying in a hotel in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, where he has been exiled after calling off his brief uprising
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Swedish police 'riot' warning as Quran burning protest to go ahead by mosque
A member of public has applied to be allowed to burn Islam's holiest book, the Quran, outside a mosque in Stockholm which will have a large number of worshippers there for an Eid celebration at 1.30pm today
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Public pools in Spain must let women to swim topless in major win for feminists
The Catalan government rolled out an equality law in 2020 which enshrined a woman's right to sunbathe topless in public - and now any local authority found to be breaching the statute can be fined £430,000
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Baby dies from injuries after being cared for by pals as murder enquiry launched
Little Ronan Davies was just 17 months old when he sustained "unsurvivable" head and internal injuries while being looked after by friends of his parents in Adelaide - with cops now launching a murder enquiry
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Schoolboys' heroic words before they die in shootout with Russian soldiers
Tihran Ohannisian cried 'Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!' as he gripped the Kalashnikov he had used to gun down two Russian soldiers before being shot and killed in an apparent exchange of bullets
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Moment before child plunges 10 metres from zip line into lake - and survives
Heart-stopping footage shows the six-year-old child crossing the zipline high above a canopy with an adult as people filming can be heard laughing lightheartedly and applauding the child's courage in Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Mexico
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Putin reveals vulnerability as he admits 'extreme danger' of Wagner mutiny
Vladimir Putin paid tribute to fallen Russian service people in a speech today, in which he acknowledged the "extremely dangerous" mutiny on Saturday when Yevgeny Prigozhin amassed 25,000 Wagner troops in a southern Russian town