Andy Biggs attacks Democrats over Uvalde schoolgirl giving victim testimony
Firefighters are battling to contain a forest fire near the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. The blaze started close to Llamakancham, part of the Machu Picchu archaeological park in the Cusco region of southern Peru, Ernesto Escalante Valencia, head of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, told Peruvian news agency Andina. The fire started on Monday and its remoteness and the ruggedness of the terrain has hindered firefighters' efforts, according to Roberto Abarca, director of the Cusco risk management and security office.
Woodside’s North West Shelf gas development would release more than eight times Australia’s annual emissions if it continues to operate until 2070
The housing market has retained a surprising amount of momentum given the mounting pressure on household budgets, Nationwide Building Society said.
A driver pulled over for an expired MOT was found to have drugs in his system and subsequently arrested.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn into the United States Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30, making her the first black female justice to serve on the nation’s highest court.Jackson is replacing Justice Stephen Breyer, who retired after nearly 28 years of service. Jackson joins Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor as a liberal member of the court.This footage, taken in the West Conference Room of the United States Supreme Court, shows Jackson being sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer during a brief ceremony. Credit: Supreme Court of the United States via Storyful
The number for June - the highest monthly total this year - appears to cast doubt on government claims that its Rwanda scheme will lead to fewer people risking their lives in dinghies. Nearly 7,000 people have made the perilous crossing since Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the policy on 14 April, according to data collected and analysed by Sky News. The scheme has been criticised as "cruel and nasty" by charities but defended by the government as "the morally right thing to do".
Mr Ecclestone, speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, described the Russian president as a ‘first-class person’.
Even accepting the government’s argument that the process was above board, it doesn’t pass the pub test
Collaboration between national water agency and craft brewer described as ‘highly quaffable’
A Conservative MP believes his Nokia phone is the reason why the Education Secretary is not answering his pleas to repair a school. Sir Charles Walker waved his mobile device in the Commons chamber as he jokingly questioned why “nothing happens” when he messages Nadhim Zahawi. The MP for Broxbourne said: “Can we have an urgent debate about the Secretary of State for Education’s mobile telephone?"
French police are holding 10 people suspected to be involved in the November 2021 English Channel drowning, a judicial source claims
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Jos Buttler said he had been given the "greatest honour" after being named as England's new white-ball captain in succession to "inspirational" World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan.
Oleksandra has wanted to leave Ukraine since her home was bombed. But she can't, because her passport says she is a man, and can therefore be drafted into the army.
In his 40-year career, Tom Cruise has never had a movie make a billion dollars... until now.
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Two men who forced their way into a Dartford home and carried out a violent knife attack have been jailed for a total of more than 20 years.
Earlier in the year, The Independent revealed that Akshata Murty, wife of Rishi Sunak, was using non-dom status to save millions of pounds on her UK tax bill. Non-dom status applies to someone who was born overseas, and spends much of their time in the UK but still considers another country to be their permanent residence or “domicile”. The Independent’s economics editor Anna Isaac goes Behind The Headlines to explore, non-doms, ghost-doms, tax-havens and other tactics used by the UK elite.
At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded Friday in missile strikes on Ukraine's Odessa region, a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a strategic island in a major setback to the Kremlin's invasion.
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