Brooke George, a 23-year-old former John Lewis worker from Gravesend, Kent, has been charged in Dubai with the premeditated murder of a 26-year-old British man she met online, and if convicted she could be executed by firing squad. [1] That
A man flew to Cambodia to become a professional scammer, was so bad at it that the criminals fired him after three days, and got 16 months and two weeks in jail anyway. Yip Chee Ming, 30, a Malaysian, joined
Buckingham Palace is finishing a 10-year, £369 million ($487 million) renovation, and the King has decided he won't live there. [1] After the work wraps next year, Charles and Queen Camilla will stay where they already are: Clarence
A family YouTube channel with 14.8 million subscribers just stopped, and not because it was failing. Luke Nichols, the dad behind Outdoor Boys, walked away near the top. The channel built its audience on fishing, camping, magnet fishing and
A duck wearing a green Mexico jersey was driven to the Estadio Azteca in a transport crate, cleared the security perimeter, filmed a television segment, and was then told he could not watch the game. Merlín, a two-year-old duck the
Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee that Jeffrey Epstein appeared to spend time rehearsing — in emails written to himself — how he might blackmail Gates over extramarital affairs, and that none of those messages were ever sent to him. The
A cat has now outlasted six British prime ministers, and he did it without standing for a single election. Larry, the official Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, has lived at 10 Downing Street since 2011. With Keir Starmer'
The London School of Economics scheduled a panel called "Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world." It was cancelled because of extreme heat. The Met Office had issued a rare red weather warning for Greater
Shawn Nunley handed over evidence that helped put Kevin Mitnick, once the most wanted hacker in America, in prison. Years later the two became friends, and when Mitnick died he left Nunley enough money to buy his dream car: a
A food-delivery robot called "Dot" rolled into an active SWAT operation in Phoenix, parked itself in the middle of it, and stayed put until a DoorDash technician showed up to physically retrieve it. [1] That part is actually