A Ukrainian teenager and his father spied on a Russian convoy on the outskirts of Kyiv using a small drone and passed on information to Ukraine’s military. They took bird’s-eye pictures of the Russian tanks and trucks as they moved closer to their village and pinpointed the convoy’s coordinates, before sending the intelligence to the … Read more
McDonald’s has reopened its doors under a new name in Russia after the fast food giant pulled out of the country over its invasion of Ukraine. Fifteen branches in and around Moscow reopened on Sunday with their new name Vkusno & tochka, which translates as “Tasty and that’s it”. Businessman Alexander Govor, who already owns … Read more
Nine people have been arrested in China on suspicion of violently assaulting several women at a restaurant. Surveillance footage from a barbeque restaurant in Tangshan in northern Hebei province, time-stamped 2.40am on Friday, showed one of the men approaching a table where a party of four women were seated and placing his hand on a … Read more
The disappearance of a British journalist in Brazil has been linked to an international network that pays poor fishermen to illegally fish in the country’s second-largest indigenous territory, authorities said. Journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous official Bruno Pereira were last seen on 5 June near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which sits near the borders … Read more
Thousands of people have rallied in Washington DC and across the US to demand politicians tighten gun controls. It comes after 19 children and two teachers were killed last month at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, but there have been many other examples of mass shootings. In Washington DC, Martin Luther King Jr’s granddaughter … Read more
A Russian car manufacturer has created a new “sanction-proof” car to bypass international boycotts over the war in Ukraine. Lada is launching its new Granta Classic Sedan with all Russian-made components – but no anti-lock braking system, modern seatbelts or satellite navigation. Following Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine in February, Russia’s heavily import-reliant car industry … Read more
Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel has banked $4.75m (£3.86m) after winning the world’s richest golf tournament. Schwartzel had to resign his membership of the PGA Tour to play in the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf event, as it is an unsanctioned series. But the move paid off financially – the $4m for his individual victory and … Read more
Maryna Berlizova is sitting on her low bed, a photo of her youngest daughter taped to the wardrobe and a pram in the corner, overflowing with baby clothes. She is absent-mindedly stroking her tummy and looking out the window of her mother-in-law’s small three-bedroom house she now shares with her children. In a few weeks’ … Read more
Screaming overhead and flying low to avoid detection, we watch as Ukrainian jets head to the frontline battle in Severodonetsk. In recent days it feels like there’s been a change of atmosphere here in the Donbas – a sense of urgency, a sense that the Russians have momentum. Driving through towns and villages here in … Read more
A US judge has dismissed the Las Vegas rape lawsuit against football star Cristiano Ronaldo. The Manchester United player had paid a woman $375,000 in hush money after she claimed he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. The lawsuit sought a further payout, which might have run into millions of dollars, but US District … Read more