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A handful of influential Tory backbenchers have created an informal pressure group to push the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to cut the costs of childcare at next month’s budget, as experts … Read More
Key events Man dies of snake bite east of Brisbane A man in his 60s has died after a suspected snake bite east of Brisbane, AAP reports. It’s believed a … Read More
Warning: some viewers may find the following footage distressing The FBI has released new footage of the deadly 6 January US Capitol insurrection as it seeks to identify 10 suspects involved in … Read More
PARIS: The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the Red Planet, mission … Read More
Good morning! We’ve got a bit of everything today on Wednesday 10 March– an attempted spy recruitment, the government ignoring the disability royal commission, the Queen’s comments on the Meghan … Read More
France’s ranks of amateur astronomers have been urged to help find an apricot-size meteorite that fell to Earth last weekend in the south-west of the country. The rock, estimated to … Read More
Public Health England is facing a needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a person who tested positive for the “concerning” Brazilian Covid variant but did not leave their name and address with their … Read More
BRUSSELS — In vaccine-hungry, cash-rich Europe, the hunt for more doses has nations trading with each other, weighing purchases from Russia and China, and fielding offers from middlemen ranging from … Read More
An annual squirrel hunt in Germantown, a community of fewer than 2,000 residents in upstate New York, has sparked fury with the event leading to a barrage of death threats … Read More
West Australian police are hunting a man who had a swastika painted on his head when he allegedly attacked a woman with a makeshift flamethrower. Police say the 40-year-old woman … Read More
“> The two-page internal travel report is a summary of the WHO programme manager and mission leader Peter Ben Embarek’s trip to China between 10 July and 3 August 2020, … Read More
New Zealand’s prime minister launched a public appeal for help tracing the owners of a toy bunny after it was left behind at an airport. Jacinda Ardern urged her thousands … Read More
Diligent research, a counterfeit expert, an identical box and nerves as hard as the diamonds they stole helped a gang of audacious jewel thieves and con artists scam their way … Read More
French experts are combing the country’s forests for centuries-old oaks to rebuild the Notre Dame spire that was destroyed by fire. The ferocious blaze in April 2019 brought the cathedral’s … Read More
The hunt is on for the next cohort of European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts to take part in upcoming missions, including manned missions to the moon in the 2020s and … Read More
