Beijing: The vast scale of China’s evolving social credit system has been detailed by the government, with officials revealing on Wednesday that 3.59 million people had been forced to repay debts after being “restricted everywhere”. Academics at universities who have plagiarised others' work have been blocked from promotions or receiving awards, and an actress was prevented from boarding a plane at […]

(Reuters) – Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised her headscarf in the air and waved it above her head. A crowd formed. People shouted at her to come down. She knew all along she was going to be arrested. But she did it […]

After Donald Trump wrote a condescending tweet towards Hillary Clinton when she announced she won’t run for president in 2020, she hit back in grand style with an epic ‘Mean Girls’ meme. You’ve got to love Hillary Clinton‘s sense of humor. She confirmed on March 4 that she would not be entering the 2020 presidential race and Donald Trump, who […]

Measles: What to know A Wisconsin man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly defied health officials' orders to stay away from the public because he had the measles. Jeffery Murawski, 57, was ordered by the Waukesha County Health Department to stay home in May 2018 because he was seemingly infected by the highly contagious disease, Fox affiliate WITI reported on […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian military has mounted air strikes against Islamic State militants and clashed with the jihadists in central Syria, the pro-Damascus al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday. The flare-up in the area of al-Sukhna, between Palymra and Deir al-Zor, on Monday points to the foothold the ultra-hardline Islamist group still has west of the Euphrates even as U.S.-backed […]

Hundreds of dissidents are feared to have signed up to a new Republican terror group amid mounting anger over Brexit . One source told the Mirror that groups including the New IRA have up to 200 active members, including some paramilitaries with years of experience during the Troubles. Concerns over a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea has restored part of a missile launch site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last year, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency and a U.S. think tank reported on Tuesday. Yonhap quoted lawmakers briefed by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) as saying that […]

Italian company buys iconic British sports car maker Morgan after 109 years of family ownership Majority stake in Morgan being sold to Italian company Investindustrial Morgan’s founding family will keep a small holding in their company No changes are expected at firm’s factory in Malvern, Worcestershire It makes 700 handcrafted sports cars a year with sales of £34million One of […]

Revealed: Labour only let Militant leader Derek Hatton back into the party after top brass intervened Jennie Formby discussed letting Derek Hatton rejoin party with Jeremy Corbyn General secretary overruled official who urged her to block bid to rejoin Labour Leaked emails showed that she said she would discuss move with party leader Derek Hatton (pictured in 2016) is the former […]

The body of Michal Prasek, 34, was found in the lion's cage this morning before cops shot the nine-year-old animal and two-year-old cub. Mr Prasek had kept the lion and lioness in a separate man-made cages at his home in eastern Czech Republic since 2016. Local media reported that the male lion attacked Prasek when he entered the pen in […]