President Joe Biden’s $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has cleared its final hurdle in Congress. The House of Representatives approved…
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China: Trader gets painted stones instead of $36m of copper
A commodities trader was given painted stones instead of $36m (£26m) of copper from a Turkish supplier in a fraudulent deal last summer. Geneva-based Mercuria Energy Group says it’s been…
Russia: Twitter slowed down over ‘banned content’
Russia’s media watchdog has said it is slowing down the speed of Twitter, accusing the US social media company of failing to remove 3,000 posts relating to suicide, drugs and…
USA: Ohio student dies after college fraternity’s initiation ceremony
A university student in the US state of Ohio has died after alleged hazing at a college fraternity’s initiation ceremony. Stone Foltz, 20, was made to drink a “copious amount…
UK: Met Police officer arrested on suspicion of the murder of missing Sarah Everard
A serving Met police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the disappearance of Sarah Everard. Ms Everard, 33, was last seen a week ago in Clapham, south…
France: Paris teenagers arrested after body of girl, 14, found in Seine
Two teenagers have been arrested near Paris after the body of a 14-year-old girl was found in the Seine river. The girl was found on Monday at about 20:30 local…
Greece: Police Officers injured in police brutality protests
Police in Greece say three officers have been injured in clashes at a protest in Athens about police brutality. One of the officers was seriously injured, police confirmed. Some 5,000…
Poland: Logging to resume in primeval Bialowieza forest
Poland is to resume logging in the primeval Bialowieza forest. The forest, a Unesco World Heritage Site shared with Belarus, was the centre of discord between the EU and Poland…
France: Nuclear tests contaminated 110,000 in Pacific, says study
France concealed the true impact of its nuclear tests in the Pacific from the 1960s to the 1990s, a study has said. Researchers used declassified French military documents, calculations and…
UK: Piers Morgan leaves ITV’s Good Morning Britain after row over Meghan remarks
Piers Morgan has left ITV’s Good Morning Britain following a row over comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex. It brings the controversial host’s time on the show to…