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Authorities have urged Israeli fans to skip Thursday’s (Nov 7) France-Israel football match in Paris, after violence in Amsterdam following a match between an Israeli team and a local one. The Paris fixture will take place one week after the clashes – condemned as “anti-Semitic” by Israeli, Dutch and European leaders – followed a game between Israeli…

The alleged plot against Donald Trump is a clear casus belli Since Donald Trump was re-elected as US president, the Left in the US and Europe have gone into meltdown. But nobody will feel a greater sense of foreboding than the leadership of the West’s enemies in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran. Most immediately, the return of Trump…

The cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.3 per cent to an unprecedented $79,771 on Sunday and remained near $79,000 as of 2:05 pm in Singapore. Smaller tokens like Cardano and meme-crowd favorite Dogecoin also rallied. Trump vowed on the campaign trail to put the US at the center of the digital-asset industry, including creating a strategic Bitcoin…

Russia and Ukraine both launched record drone attacks on each other overnight, as the Kremlin said it saw “positive signals” from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over his desire to strike a deal to end the conflict. Trump’s election to the White House has the potential to upend the almost three-year conflict and has thrown into question Washington’s…

The arrested individual goes by the name Inderjeet Gosal. He is reportedly ‘the coordinator for SFJ in Canada’. SFJ or Sikhs for Justice is a terrorist organisation which seeks to carve out Khalistan from Indian territory. Canada’s Peel Regional Police have made a fifth arrest in connection to the Brampton temple attack case that took place on…

Tourists in Rome won’t be allowed to toss coins over their shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, following tradition, though an elevated walkway now gives limited access to the monument during maintenance work. Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri inaugurated the steel walkway on Saturday, saying it will provide tourists with a close-up view of the fountain and calling it…

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million Americans have a stroke every year. But up…

Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s “Alabama Gang” and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86. NASCAR released a statement from Allison’s family that said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina. A cause of death wasn’t given, but Allison had been in declining health for years. Allison moved to fourth on NASCAR’s Cup…

An American nurse’s trip to her “happy place” turned to tragedy when she was killed this week by a man she met at a nightclub in Hungary, police said Friday. A manhunt erupted when Kenzie Michalski, 31, from Portland, Oregon, vanished from the Budapest night scene on Nov. 5, and police immediately suspected she had been murdered,…

Engineers have found a bottle with a 132-year-old message deep inside the walls of a lighthouse in the south of Scotland. The bottle was found inside the Corsewall Lighthouse at the most northerly point of the Rhins of Galloway. The “once in a lifetime” find is understood to be the first message in a bottle ever discovered…

A hologram of a young sex worker haunts Amsterdam’s red light district. Dressed in faded denim hotpants, a leopard-print bra, with a tattoo snaking up her stomach and across her chest, the 3D computer-generated image reaches out and appears to knock on the window to attract attention. She leans forward, breathes on the glass and writes the…

Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put high above Africa’s east coast to relay communications for British forces. When the spacecraft ceased working a few years later,…

Kate Middleton appeared in good spirits as she attended the Festival of Remembrance Saturday after completing her cancer treatment. The Princess of Wales, 42, joined her husband, Prince William, at the Royal Albert Hall, marking the first time she has appeared at a major event since announcing she had completed her chemo on Sept. 9. For the…

Kim Kardashian is reflecting on the “sad part about motherhood.” The SKIMS founder shared an emotional quote in her Instagram Stories Saturday, just two weeks after a report claimed Kanye West doesn’t spend very much time with their four children. “The sad part about motherhood is that you’re raising the one person you can’t live without… to…

Researchers have known for a while that spending too much time on social media can lead to unrealistic beauty standards and poor self-image. Among young men, platforms like TikTok and Instagram can pressure guys to keep working towards a more muscular physique, even if they are already fit. A recent study published in New Media & Society…

Chelsea right-back Lucy Bronze is taking on Liverpool on Sunday, followed by Manchester City next week. England footballer Lucy Bronze has told Sky News that 99.9% of female players couldn’t afford to retire and live off their earnings. The Chelsea player, 33, said that while she has been “smart with my money” and could afford to “retire…

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday over regional authorities’ handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in one of Europe’s worst natural disasters for decades. In the latest demonstration over the floods, protesters filled the centre of Valencia demanding the resignation of regional government leader…

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof will miss the COP29 climate summit after clashes in Amsterdam this week between Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters as his government investigates if warning signs from Israel were missed. “I will not be going to Azerbaijan next week for the UN Climate Conference COP29. Due to the major social impact of…

A patch of snow in the Scottish Highlands typically lingers year-round. This year is only the 10th in more than three centuries that it has melted away. A patch of snow in the Scottish Highlands dubbed the Sphinx typically lingers year-round, staying frozen through the summer. But it has melted away for the fourth consecutive year —…

America’s military leaders are engaging in informal discussions about how they would respond if President-elect Donald Trump issued orders to use active-duty U.S. troops against civilians and aid his mass deportation plans, according to a report. Trump talked on the campaign trail about using military forces to quell protests in cities and said that one of his…

Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump’s United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants. The former and now future U.S. president swept to power this week in part on a promise to…

President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House announced on Saturday. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. local time, according to the statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Mr. Biden extended the invitation for the meeting. Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the…

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, revealing our strengths and weaknesses through their own clever behaviors, organ systems and genetic code. The bare-faced primates with expressive eyes…

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die. But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as…

South Korea’s military said North Korea disrupted GPS signals from border areas for the second-straight day on Saturday, affecting an unspecified number of flights and vessel operations. Tensions between the rival Koreas have escalated as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un flaunts his advancing nuclear and missile program and engages in electronic and psychological warfare, such as…

Smog starts slow. At first, you cannot see it but you can smell it. It smells like something is burning. And it intensifies as the temperature drops. Then the smoke and fog start to envelop you and the city around you. Now you can see it. You are walking through the smoke, a thick ceiling of it…

Tony Todd, an American actor known for leading the “Candyman” horror franchise as its eponymous hook-wielding ghost, died Wednesday at his home in Marina Del Rey, Calif. He was 69. Todd’s death was confirmed by a representative for the actor. A cause of death was not disclosed. A reliable presence in genre fare across four decades, Todd’s…

Beyoncé just earned herself another sash. As numbers go, she is easily the queen of the rodeo that is the 2025 Grammy nominations, racking up 11 nominations for her “Cowboy Carter” album and its attendant singles. That’s a personal high for her, besting the 10 nods she got back in 2009. But Beyoncé has to share the…

British supermodel Georgina Cooper — known for her iconic gapped-tooth Cool Britannia look — has died unexpectedly at age 46, according to her friends and multiple reports. According to the Daily Mail, Cooper was hospitalized after falling ill while vacationing with her husband of several months, Nigel, on the Greek island of Kos. They were reportedly staying…

Elon Musk knows how to stay in the news. He was extremely vocal about his support for Donald Trump in the run-up to the US presidential election, even joining him at a campaign rally. The election night saw him use his social media platform X extensively. And now that Trump has won, he is likely to make…

Video shows National Crime Agency officers flooding into Amanj Hasan Zada’s Preston terrace house and arresting him. A people smuggler who helped migrants cross the Channel on small boats and posted videos from successful customers has been jailed for 17 years for immigration offences. Amanj Hasan Zada, an Iranian national living in Preston, advertised on social media…

The retired all-rounder was on a fishing trip with his former nemesis when he tripped and fell from a boat into the Moyle River in northern Australia. England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham was rescued by a former Australian rival after he fell off a boat into water “infested” with sharks and crocodiles. The retired all-rounder was…

Many of the message recipients are university students, with the first texts sent the morning after the US presidential election. Dozens of black Americans have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation”. The messages invoking slavery were sent to university students from colleges including Ohio State University, Clemson…

Streaming site Mubi called the banning of Mubi Fest Istanbul 2024’s opening film Queer, just hours before it was due to start, “a direct restriction on art and freedom of expression”. A film festival in Istanbul has been scrapped in protest at a reported ban on their opening film, Queer, starring Daniel Craig. Streaming service Mubi say…

Internet users joked that Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has a personal “SID (Samosa Investigation Department)” at his disposal to look into his missing evening snack The “samosa mix-up” in Himachal Pradesh has got the internet laughing out loud. And after the CID in the Congress-ruled state responded to the controversy on Friday, social media has…

Superstar singer Beyonce topped the list of Grammy Award contenders unveiled on Friday, earning 11 nods including an album of the year nomination for her venture into country music, “Cowboy Carter.” Behind Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone tied with seven nominations each. Pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina…

An investigation by India’s antitrust body found food delivery giants Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy (SWIG.NS), opens new tab breached competition laws, with their business practices favouring select restaurants listed on their platforms, documents show. Zomato (ZOMT.NS), opens new tab entered into “exclusivity contracts” with partners in return for lower commissions, while Swiggy guaranteed business growth to certain…

A plumber’s truck exploded on a quiet residential street in Queens Friday morning – damaging several homes and nearby cars, according to fire officials and sources. Wild videos showed the unoccupied Infiniti QX56 exploding into bright orange flames while parked on 133 Street in South Ozone Park around 6:45 a.m.. Shocked residents were seen gawking at the…

In a surprising twist that challenges popular climate solutions, scientists have discovered that planting trees in the Arctic and northern boreal regions could actually accelerate global warming rather than help combat it. In other words, researchers have a simple message: stop messing with the landscape of the Arctic, it’s making things worse. The findings, published in Nature…

CORRECTS final sale price in headline and paras 1-2. Sotheby’s revised its figure A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing became the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction, fetching more than $1.0 million on Thursday. The 2.2-metre (7.5-foot) portrait “A.I. God” by “Ai-Da”, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, went for $1,084,800,…

A sick newly proposed age of consent law would allow old men in Iraq to marry children as young as nine years old, and “legalise child rape” activists claim. Ultra-conservative Shia Muslim parties have launched a bid to pass a new law that would slash the existing age of consent in the pariah nation in half from…

Beyoncé made Grammys history Friday by becoming the most nominated artist. The music icon, who released her debut country album, “Cowboy Carter,” this year, received 11 nods, bringing her career total to 99. From Sabrina Carpenter to Chappell Roan, female artists behind some of this year’s biggest hits also received industrywide recognition from the Recording Academy, which…

Donald Trump’s got a new pack watching his back … ’cause new video shows robot dogs keeping a close eye on the president-elect. New video taken at Mar-a-Lago shows the robotic rovers prancing across the lawn … check it out, they’re patrolling outside the club, looking for danger. No need for the dogs to go feral on…

Amsterdam has banned demonstrations for three days after Israeli soccer fans were beaten and injured in violent clashes in the city overnight, which Dutch authorities condemned Friday as antisemitic. Dutch police said they had launched a major investigation into multiple incidents following the Europa League soccer game Thursday night between Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch side…

Around 50 European leaders on Thursday called for a stronger defense posture across the continent that no longer necessitates a fundamental dependence on Washington as they gave a guarded welcome to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spoke to Trump after the election result, also had warm words to say about him. However, he…

Football analyst Kirk Herbstreit announced Thursday that his beloved dog, Ben, died at age 10. Ben was a golden retriever who gained fame for regularly accompanying Herbstreit to games and even appearing on set and the sideline. Herbstreit, who calls college football on ESPN and NFL games on Amazon Prime Video, posted on X that cancer had…

South Korea’s president has apologised for a string of controversies surrounding his wife that included allegedly accepting a luxury Dior handbag and stock manipulation. Addressing the nation on television, Yoon Suk Yeol said his wife, Kim Keon Hee, should have conducted herself better, but her portrayal had been excessively “demonised”, adding that some of the claims against…

A 17-year-old girl in China hailed as a genius in a mathematics contest cheated, competition organisers have said – ending months of scepticism over her stellar results. Jiang Ping, a fashion design student from a rural town in Jiangsu province, made headlines in June when she came 12th in the qualifiers of an international maths contest run…

Madonna is mending her broken heart with cake. After Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election, the “Vogue” hitmaker took to her Instagram Story Thursday to show off her “f–k Trump” cake. “Stuffed my face with this cake last night!” she penned atop the snapshot. The circular sweet treat was decorated with orange,…

Musk, who has previously said his daughter was “killed by the woke mind virus,” has been estranged from Wilson since 2022. That year, she legally changed her name and gender to distance herself from her father. Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, plans to leave the United States following President-elect Donald Trump’s recent victory. Wilson, 20,…

Jimmy Kimmel has exposed how little Americans actually know about their Presidential elections in a series of bizarre interviews. The US talk show host was left tearful after it was declared that Donald Trump was victorious over Kamala Harris and won the 2024 US election. After gaining a conclusive lead overnight, Trump passed the threshold of 270…

Mary Surratt, the building’s owner, would become the first woman executed by the US federal government Geri Roth, a substitute teacher from North Carolina, was unaware she’d been chowing down on egg rolls in the same place conspirators planned Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. “I feel like I should have known that,” said Roth, adding she makes…

It’s easy to assume Tate’s sudden interest in relocating has everything to do with Donald Trump Andrew Tate has thrown down the gauntlet. The internet has not had a moment to breathe since Donald Trump was announced President of the United States— again. The “self-proclaimed misogynist” could not hide his giddiness when he took to X and…

Speaking about how the King and the Princess of Wales have coped, he said: “I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done.” Prince William has described the past year as “brutal” and probably “the hardest year in my life” following his father and wife being diagnosed…

Three people were charged in relation with the death of singer Liam Payne, Argentina’s public prosecutor said Thursday. The prosecutor’s statement said that during the investigation, “illicit conduct was discovered from which three people were charged with the crimes of abandonment of a person followed by death, supply and facilitation of narcotics.” Payne, a former member of…

Students awoke to a somber campus following Donald Trump’s reelection to the presidency early Wednesday morning. “My heart dropped a little bit,” one student said. At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Sophia R. Mammucari ’28 woke up to a phone call from her mom — and the news that Donald Trump had been officially reelected. “I still had some…

Elwood Edwards, the iconic voice of AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” audio message, has died after a long illness. Elwood died Tuesday, the day before his 75th birthday. His former employer, WKYC-TV Studios in Cleveland, confirmed the sad news. The details of the illness remain unclear. Elwood was a staple at the Ohio station for years, working as…

Anyone who finds a monkey should not interact with it but instead call 911, authorities said. A police search is underway after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night. Police in Yemassee, Beaufort County, said the Rhesus macaque primates escaped from Alpha Genesis, a business that provides “nonhuman primate products and…

The Kremlin has also spoken out on how Trump may help them to end the Ukraine war VLADIMIR Putin has congratulated “real man” Donald Trump after the Republican’s seismic election win. The Russian dictator says he is now ready to speak with America’s President-elect over the future of both nations amid grave concerns over what a Trump…

Making America Great Again may not work out so great for some American men in the bedroom. A number of feminists are going on a sex strike in retaliation for Donald Trump’s presidential victory. According to videos and social-media posts compiled and cited by the Daily Telegraph, liberal women are drawing inspiration from the South Korean “4B”…

There will be no exemptions for children who have parental consent, or who already have accounts. Australia’s government has pledged to introduce what it described as “world-leading” legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from social media. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony…

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Wilmore’s health conditions deteriorated after six months in space, health experts raised concern Recent images of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore from the International Space Station (ISS) showed that both the astronauts are witnessing serious decline in their health. Williams and Wilmore were in space for an eight-day mission…

In a meeting with one of America’s most powerful unions in September at its Washington headquarters, Vice President Kamala Harris said she’d protect union jobs and workers’ livelihoods better than Donald Trump. But leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, long staunchly allied with her Democratic Party, appeared unconvinced. When Harris argued that her Republican rival was…

Elon Musk’s backing of Donald Trump’s decisive victory for a second presidency gives the billionaire entrepreneur extraordinary influence to help his companies secure favorable government treatment. Musk contributed at least $119 million to a pro-Trump spending group, federal records show, and tirelessly touted the former president at the critical late stage of his campaign. Musk’s politicking reflects…

Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok’s business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks, but added the government was not blocking Canadians’ access to the short-video app or their ability to create content. “The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd’s operations in Canada through the establishment…

World number two Iga Swiatek will play Daria Kasatkina on Thursday in her must-win match to stay in the hunt for a spot in the WTA Finals semi-finals after Jessica Pegula withdrew from the tournament with a knee injury. The sixth-seeded American pulled out, the WTA said on Wednesday, after a 6-3 6-3 defeat by Wimbledon champion…

Following his win over Kamala Harris, Donald Trump will now set to work on assembling the administration for his second term in the White House. As the dust settles on Donald Trump’s historic US election win, the president-elect will begin the process of choosing who will be in his administration for his second stint in the White…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz claimed Christian Lindner had broken his trust and dismissed him as finance minister. It increases the prospect of snap elections. Germany’s ruling coalition is on the brink of collapse, triggering potential political chaos in Europe’s largest economy. It means Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SDP) face heading a minority government after…

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged fire for over a year in parallel with the Gaza war but fighting has escalated since late…

The official response from Xi Jinping’s communist China to President-elect Trump’s victory was formulaic. “Our policy towards the U.S. is consistent,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters Wednesday afternoon. “We will continue to view and handle China-U.S. relations in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful co-existence and win-win cooperation.” National Taiwan University Department of…

The price of bitcoin hit a new high Wednesday and crypto-related shares rallied as investors bet that former President Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election will be a boon for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin jumped nearly 8% in early trading, climbing above $75,000 and smashing its previous record set in March. Other cryptocurrencies also soared, including ether,…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees ahead of Election Day to make sure “the products we build” are “a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief.” “As with other elections, the outcome will be a major topic of conversation in living rooms and other places around the world,” Pichai said in an internal…

All poultry on the farm near Hornsea in East Riding of Yorkshire will be culled, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said. A mass cull of poultry has been ordered after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in Yorkshire. A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place…

The two candidates were neck and neck in the polls after a dramatic campaign that saw two assassination attempts against Donald Trump and the shock withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the race. Donald Trump is projected to have won North Carolina, one of the key battleground states that could decide the US election. Millions of Americans…

After all the drama of a campaign like no other, US election day is here. It’s been an ultra-close race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and more twists and turns are guaranteed after polls close on 5 November. So settle in, and buckle up. Our election night guide includes the key things to watch out for…

A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain’s perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday, after he and his climbing partner ascended the Langtang Lirung mountain in the Himalayas – the 99th-highest peak in the world. The…

In a small corner of rural Taiwan, set amongst other dye houses and small factories, the start-up Alchemie Technology is in the final phase of rolling out a project it claims will upend the global apparel industry and slash its carbon footprint. The UK-based start-up has targeted one of the dirtiest parts of the apparel industry –…

A court in Kenyan has sentenced two men to 35 years each for the murder of Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat at the end of last year. The Olympic steeplechaser was stabbed to death on New Year’s Eve in the town of Eldoret, known as a top training centre for athletes. “Your actions were cruel to a defenceless…

  The professionals on Variety’s Women’s Impact Report navigated Hollywood’s turbulent 2023 only to find more rocky roads in 2024. Layoffs, a production downturn and other woes dogged the entertainment business – but those were offset by the creation of blockbuster movies, series and music that captivated global audiences, alongside memorable characters, not to mention the women…

Liam and Noel Gallagher will begin their tour of the continent with two shows in Argentina, then play a gig in Chile before travelling to Sao Paulo in Brazil for two more dates. Oasis have added five dates in South America to their 2025 reunion tour. Liam and Noel Gallagher will begin their tour of the continent…

The new weapon inspired by Star Wars can be used to target military satellites in orbit CHINESE scientists claim to have built a giant weapon inspired by Star Wars that can wipe out enemy satellites in orbit. The terrifying real life “Death Star” is capable of focusing multiple microwave beams onto a single target. The weapon system…

To paraphrase Wesley Snipes as Blade in this summer’s blockbuster “Deadpool & Wolverine”: There’s only one “Barbenheimer.” There’s only ever gonna be one “Barbenheimer.” Hollywood might never replicate the je ne sais quoi that prompted the explosion of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” double features, turning the box office battle between two very different films into a once-in-a-generation cinematic…

Bangladesh is ramping up payments to Adani Power after the Indian conglomerate cut electricity supplies by half, reportedly over an unpaid $800m bill. Two senior government officials told the BBC they are already processing partial payments to Adani, which supplies 10% of the electricity used by Bangladesh. “We have addressed payment glitches and already issued a $170…

North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, its neighbors said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U.S. presidential election. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at least seven North Korean missiles flew as far as 400 kilometers (250 miles) with a maximum altitude of 100 kilometers (60…

Kamala Harris’ maternal grandfather, PV Gopalan, was born over a century ago in the village of Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu. As voting for the US presidential election 2024 is set to take place on November 5, prayers were held in her native village of Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu for Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris’s success. Kamala Harris’…

As communities continue to reel from the catastrophic floods in the Valencia region – and mourn their losses – more torrential rain has hit parts of Spain on Monday. Severe flooding has hit Barcelona, with a red alert warning of “extreme danger” from torrential rain issued. Mobile phones received a message forecasting “extreme and continued rainfall” on…

Football “is a party and you can celebrate when things are going well”, Carlo Ancelotti said at a news conference, adding: “But when they’re not going well there’s no celebration to be had.” Football matches in Spain should not have been played at the weekend following last Tuesday’s devastating flooding that killed at least 217 people, the…