ShareA 38-year-old man has been killed by a 13ft (4m) shark in Western Australia. On Saturday, the man was bitten just before 10:00 (02:00 GMT) at Horseshoe Reef – north-west of the popular Rottnest Island near the city of Perth, local police said. Aerial footage showed the man being rushedContinue Reading
ShareA man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four seriously, officials say. They include a woman who reportedly had both her legs crushed. Passers-by gave chase and managed to detain the man, in his 30s, and hand him over toContinue Reading
ShareTaiwan has insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China. Trump’s remarks came after a two-day summit in Beijing, after which he said he had “made no commitment either way” about the self-governing island – which China claimsContinue Reading
ShareXi Jinping threw a grand welcome for Donald Trump on the first day of a visit that could reset ties between the rival superpowers. The military honour guard lined up outside the Great Hall of the People to welcome Trump, complete with a gun salute and a band playing theContinue Reading
ShareHundreds of people descended on a girls’ boarding school in the Indonesian village of Tlogosari, Central Java on 2 May, shouting chants and waving banners. “Women are not sexual objects” read one. Another said, simply, “The Predator”. The mob was there to accost and hurl insults at 58-year-old Kiai Ashari,Continue Reading
ShareA Filipino senator who oversaw former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs has taken refuge inside the country’s Senate, hours before the International Criminal Court unsealed a warrant for his arrest. Ronald Dela Rosa was pictured fleeing into the Senate on Monday as officers chased after him. He narrowlyContinue Reading
ShareUS President Donald Trump is expected to bring a host of top business and technology industry executives on his trip to China this week. Among those set to join the president on his official trip to Beijing are Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Larry FinkContinue Reading
ShareHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood is among a number of cabinet ministers calling for Sir Keir Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation, leading to splits at the top of government. It is understood Mahmood is in the minority in the cabinet over whether Sir Keir should set outContinue Reading
Share US President Donald Trump has said the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “massive life support”. He told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that while the ceasefire remained in place, it was “unbelievably weak”. Iran laid out its demands to end the war andContinue Reading
SharePresident Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war as “totally unacceptable”. President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war as “totally unacceptable”. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said Tehran’s proposal, sent via Pakistan, which has served as aContinue Reading