Australian police have announced a huge new reward for any new information that leads to the discovery of British backpacker Peter Falconio’s remains Bradley John Murdoch (C) surrounded by police arrives at Darwin airport from Adelaide 24 November 2003. (Image: AFP via Getty Images) Australian police have announced a huge new 500,000 Australian dollar (£238,670) … Read more
Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. It has stayed put … Read more
An Amazon warehouse in Warrington, England. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images LONDON — Amazon will invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the U.K. over the next three years, the e-commerce titan announced Tuesday. The company said it plans to spend the money on building four new fulfillment centers — large warehouses where it prepares orders … Read more
Sanjana Palkhiwala was one of at least 270 people who died when an Air India plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad on Saturday. Her father, Saurin Palkhiwala had previously lost a relative in a plane crash Sanjana Palkhiwala (Image: Supplied) Last week, tragedy struck when an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into the … Read more
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading Belarus opposition figure, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West. The 46-year-old was driven across the border into Lithuania for an emotional reunion with his wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, … Read more
When Alaina Beresford was 12, she committed her message to the sea in an empty bottle of Moray Cup fizzy pop and now decades later she has received the surprise of her life Alaina Beresford holds the postcard she was sent by Pia Brodtmann(Image: Highland News & Media / SWNS) When Alaina Beresford chucked a … Read more
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company’s corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years … Read more
Jordan Benoit, 34, and James Calder, 33, were arrested and charged with possession and supply after allegedly peddling MDMA, ketamine and ecstasy in Dhermi, Albania The two Brits were allegedly were dealing drugs at a music festival Two British men could each face up to 15 years in a hellhole Albanian prison after they were … Read more
Annie McCarrick disappeared in Dublin more than three decades ago. But this week, police arrested a respected businessman aged in his 60s in connection to her murder 15:49, 13 Jun 2025Updated 15:49, 13 Jun 2025 Annie McCarrick vanished in 1993 (Image: PA) New developments have emerged in a mystery cold case after police arrested a … Read more
General Motors said on Tuesday it is planning to invest about $4 billion USD over the next two years at three U.S. facilities in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee as it moves to boost production of gas-powered vehicles amid slowing electric vehicle demand. The company said it will begin production of gas-powered full-size SUVs and light-duty … Read more