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Britain braces for big Christmas getaway amid weather warning
Britain’s biggest festive getaway in years was set to start on Friday, as millions of people took to road, rail and skies to see thei loved ones over Christmas.
Airports, train operators and motoring organisations have all forecast traveller numbers unseen since before the pandemic.
With warnings of a seasonal …
Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has urged the gambling hub of Macau to diversify away from casinos, as he addressed the Chinese territory at the inauguration of its new leader.
Xi was in Macau to mark the 25th anniversary of its return from Portuguese to Chinese rule on 20 December 1999. …
Living with lions: the New Zealand city where humans and sea lions co-exist
If a neighbourhood cat padded into your garden it would barely register a passing glance. But what if it was a whiskery, 300kg male sea lion, with a mouth full of teeth, seeking love on your doorstep, or a heavily pregnant sea lion lounging among the flowers?
For those living …
NSW health system ‘not capable’ of providing abortions at all public hospitals, advocates say
String of UK peers accepted free trips to authoritarian Azerbaijan
In years gone by, the two members of the House of Lords had been political enemies, running the headquarters of rival parties during hotly contested general election battles. In October, however, they stood side by side to pay their respects to the former president of Azerbaijan.
A wreath laid at …
‘How many more Gisèles are out there?’: Pelicot trial jolts fight against sexual violence
It was during a workshop on macramé near Barcelona, between bouts of tugging on ropes and tying knots, that the conversation turned to the mass rape trial taking place in neighbouring France. After one woman at the table said she was considering travelling to Avignon for a rally in support …
Russia bombards Kyiv with ballistic missiles, with debris falling in several districts
Russia has hit Kyiv with eight powerful ballistic missiles, a day after Vladimir Putin claimed
his troops were winning on the battlefield
and that his maximalist goals to seize more territory in Ukraine were unchanged.Several explosions were reported in Kyiv on Friday around 7am local time. …
High profile, high risk: could Mandelson help tame Donald Trump?
Starbucks workers’ strike could reach hundreds of stores by Christmas Eve
The walkouts will start in Los Angeles, …
‘My kind of case’: intense focus falls on Lucy Letby trial expert witness
In the account Dr Dewi Evans gives of the work he did for the police and prosecution cases against Lucy Letby, he says he suspected “foul play” within 10 minutes of reading the first medical records of a baby that he saw.
Evans, then 67, a retired consultant paediatrician, says …