Chess player Hans Niemann sues for $100m after being accused of cheating
The teenage chess player at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, has launched a $100 million (£89m) libel suit...
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Kherson residents evacuate by boat as Putin declares martial law in four occupied regions of Ukraine
Kherson residents have been boarding boats in an apparent evacuation as Russia claimed Ukraine is planning a major attack and...
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi who competed without hijab says it was ‘completely unintentional’
An Iranian climber who took part in an international competition without wearing a hijab has insisted it was "completely unintentional".Wearing...
World’s second-richest man Bernard Arnault sells private jet so climate activists can’t track him
The world's second-richest man has said he has sold his private jet so "no one can see where I go"...
The ‘green code’ app: How China’s Zero COVID policy is turning cities, parks, restaurants and shops into digitised fortresses
In China, seemingly simple things still pose barriers and blocks.Catching a train from Shanghai to Beijing used to be a...
Ukraine war: Paramedics treat woman in battered Bakhmut during intense aerial attack
There are days in Bakhmut that are more difficult than others - although no day is easy in this battered...
Ukraine war: Mysterious Ben Wallace trip to Washington amid fears of Russian escalation
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is on a hastily-arranged visit to Washington to talk with his counterpart and White House officials...
‘Powerful explosions’ behind two Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks in Baltic Sea
A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea...
Warplane crashes into Russian apartment block killing at least 13 people
At least 13 people have died after a Russian warplane crashed into an apartment block in a Russian city.A Su-34...
China’s armed forces recruiting dozens of British ex military pilots in ‘threat to UK interests’
China has recruited dozens of former British military pilots to teach the Chinese armed forces how to defeat western warplanes...
More than 100 Ukrainian women released in one of the war’s biggest prisoner swaps
More than 100 Ukrainian women have been released from Russian captivity as part of what is thought to be one...
Inside the world’s first nuclear waste tomb in Finland
The world's first geological tomb for nuclear waste is rapidly taking shape more than 400 metres below the forests of...
Floods threaten thousands homes in Australia as rainfall forecast to be record-breaking
Around 34,000 homes may be inundated because of extreme flooding in southeast Australia, according to an official comment made on...
NATO begins nuclear exercises amid tensions with Russia
NATO has begun its annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe amid tensions over the war in Ukraine and President Vladimir...
Marina Ovsyannikova: Former Russian TV journalist who staged on-air protest has fled country after escaping house arrest, lawyer says
Former Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has fled the country after escaping from house arrest, her lawyer said.Ms Ovsyannikova...
BTS: K-pop band members to do military service in South Korea
Members of K-pop band BTS are to fulfil their requirement to do military service in South Korea, their representatives say.Label...
Evin prison fire in Iran sees at least eight prisoners killed
At least eight prisoners have been killed after a fire broke out at a notorious prison in Tehran, Iran's judiciary...
Elon Musk pledges to keep Starlink internet running in Ukraine ‘for free’
Elon Musk has indicated that his SpaceX company will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after...
Jair Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva trade ‘liar’ insults in heated Brazilian election debate
Brazil's incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro and election challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have called each other a liar during...
China will never renounce right to use force over Taiwan, President Xi Jinping declares
China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan, President Xi Jinping has declared at the opening of...