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Reform UK reported Green Party leader Zack Polanski to the Metropolitan Police on Monday, July 27, 2026, after he shared an Instagram post featuring a guillotine … Read more
Travis Moore, 37, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court to 12-and-a-half years in prison after a unanimous jury convicted him of raping a teenage girl in … Read more
Approximately 325,000 people have been evacuated across France and Spain as large wildfires continue to spread through both countries, according to reports from ITV. The blazes … Read more
Aaron Strachan, 21, received an order of lifelong restriction at the High Court in Edinburgh after pleading guilty to the abduction and rape of a 15-year-old … Read more
Chilean police have captured Nelson Haase Mazzei, a retired army colonel and the last remaining fugitive convicted of the kidnapping and murder of folk singer Víctor … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act on July 14, 2026, in a 308-117 bipartisan vote to make daylight saving time permanent. While … Read more
A 15-year-old girl and her mother drowned off the Essex coast after being swept out by a “very strong” tide on Wednesday afternoon, according to family … Read more
A man and a woman died on Sunday, July 26, 2026, after being pulled from the sea at Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall. Emergency services responded … Read more
Sir Ian Wood, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist who transformed a family fishing business into the global energy giant Wood Group, has died at home in … Read more
South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC) faces a governance crisis as six non-executive directors are reported to have resigned, prompting Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to consider … Read more
Trump Pauses U.S. Airstrikes on Iran to Allow Diplomatic Talks The decision follows nearly two weeks of intensifying daily U.S. strikes and tit-for-tat attacks that had … Read more
The Parkway East will officially reopen Monday evening, July 27, 2026, after the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) successfully replaced the Commercial Street Bridge. The reopening … Read more