‘He would have been too scared to swim’: Heartbroken mother of boy, six, who was swept away after falling into Kent river says he would have been paralysed with fear as it emerges his father leaped into the water to try to save him Lucas Dobson fell into the River Stour in Kent on a family fishing trip on Saturday […]

COPENHAGEN — Greenland is not for sale and the idea of selling it to the United States is absurd, Denmark’s prime minister said on Sunday after an economic adviser to President Donald Trump confirmed the US interest in buying the world’s largest island. “Greenland is not for sale. Greenland is not Danish. Greenland belongs to Greenland. I strongly hope that […]

A waiter has been shot dead by a customer who was reportedly angry that he had to wait for a sandwich. A murder investigation has now been launched following the death of the 28-year-old server at a restaurant just outside Paris. The waiter was shot in the shoulder with a handgun in the Noisy-le-Grand suburb east of Paris on Friday […]

Portland: Hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon, at the weekend for a long-hyped rally that attracted President Donald Trump's attention and resulted in at least 13 arrests. Police seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons and closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. Members of the Proud Boys and […]

At least 63 people have died and another 182 have been injured following a suicide blast at a wedding party in Kabul. The interior ministry confirmed the attack at the reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night. The Taliban denied responsibility for the blast at a west Kabul wedding hall, in a minority Shi'ite neighbourhood, packed with people celebrating […]

Malaysian police have admitted 'inexperienced searchers' may have missed clues in the search for Nora Quoirin. Nora Quoirin's family are returning to the UK with her daughter's body after she went missing for 10 days and found dead near a waterfall. A postmortem showed the 15-year-old girl died from internal bleeding, possibly caused by stress and hunger. As questions around […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take SECOND private plane in two days as they ‘jet off to the South of France’ just 48 hours after Ibiza holiday – despite their long-running support for environmental causes Duke and Duchess of Sussex used the private jet for trip to Nice on Wednesday Would have made seven times more emissions per person than […]

Boris savages the saboteurs: Prime Minister accuses Philip Hammond and co of ‘gravely damaging’ Britain’s national interest Mr Johnson said Mr Hammond was undermining UK in negotiations with the EU  On Tuesday, Mr Hammond and 20 other Tory MPs warned PM against No Deal Mr Johnson’s slap-down came as he prepared to meet EU leaders for first time Boris Johnson […]

PEOPLE in Hong Kong facing freedom curbs under Chinese rule should be granted automatic UK citizenship, a think tank says. Experts said it could trigger a valuable flood of highly skilled and talented professionals from the former British colony. The influential Adam Smith Institute’s paper Doing Our Duty came as thousands of Chinese troops gathered at the border following ten […]

The state comptroller will audit conditions at the city’s special-education schools — after a series of Post articles exposed harrowing conditions at a Queens facility for disabled kids last month. State officials sent schools Chancellor Richard Carranza a letter Tuesday asking for the Department of Education’s compliance with the probe, slated to launch at the end of August. “The Office […]