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Australian leader says US-China war no longer inconceivable
Canberra has been strengthening its defence relationship with Washington in the past few months amid rising Sino-US acrimony.
Caroline Flack ‘was seriously let down by authorities and hounded by press’
Flack's sister said sections of the press were “hounding her” and had paid the neighbours to inform them on her movements.
Brits would hold the public responsible for a second wave of coronavirus
Last month LBC presenter James O'Brien pointed out that “the only way the government get away with this is by making it our fault”.
Maxwell has ‘a lot of information’ on Epstein connections
The British socialite is known to have been an ex-girlfriend of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Govt quarantine failures akin to ‘claiming dog has eaten homework’
“His instincts – to make excuses and blame others – are reminiscent of the schoolboy claiming his dog has eaten his homework. ”
Companies taking coronavirus bailouts cutting jobs and paying shareholders
Of the companies accessing emergency funding, some 30% have paid out an estimated total of £11.5 billion in dividends to shareholders and investors.
Beirut surveys devastation after dozens die in massive explosion
Drone pictures show a crater at the heart of a blast which struck with the force of an earthquake.
Huge explosion rocks Beirut with widespread damage and injuries
“It was like a nuclear explosion,” one witness said.
New Genoa bridge inaugurated despite boycott by victims’ families
A total of 43 people were killed when part of the Morandi Bridge collapsed.