Queen Elizabeth is delighted after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the birth of their second child, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, Buckingham Palace has said. The Prince of Wales…
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Australia: Media fined A$1.1m over Cardinal trial reports
A court has fined 12 Australian media groups a total of A$1.1m (£600,000; $840,000) for their coverage of Cardinal George Pell’s now-overturned conviction in a sexual abuse case. The outlets…
Turkey: President Erdogan vows to solve ‘sea snot’ outbreak
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to save the country’s shores from “sea snot” building up in its waters. A thick, slimy layer of the mucus-like matter is spreading…
USA: Judge overturns California assault weapons ban
A California judge has overturned the state’s ban on assault weapons, describing the popular AR-15 rifle as “good for both home and battle”. Federal judge Roger Benitez said the law…
Nigeria: Government orders prosecution of Twitter ban violators
Nigeria will prosecute anyone found to have breached the country’s ban on the social media firm Twitter. The government announced on Friday it was suspending Twitter’s operations in the country.…
USA: The millionaire tech inventor who was ‘thrown away’ as a baby
Freddie Figgers was given his first computer at the age of nine. It was old and didn’t work but it was the start of a love affair with technology that…
Burkina Faso: More than 130 killed in village raid
Armed men have killed over 132 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the country’s worst attack in recent years, the government says. Homes and the…
UK: G7 tax deal for multinational companies
A landmark deal struck by rich nations to make multinational companies pay more tax has been criticised by campaigners for not going far enough. G7 finance ministers meeting in London…
Denmark: Parliament approves giant artificial island off Copenhagen
Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs. The giant island, named Lynetteholm,…
UK: Drug dealers caught after undertaking police on M6 hard shoulder
Drug dealers were caught with cocaine with a street value of £500,000 after undertaking a police patrol car as they sped along a motorway hard shoulder. The two dealers used…