North Korea fires gunshots towards South Korea

BREAKING NEWS: North Korea fires gunshots towards South Korea South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement that North Korea had fired a series of gunshots towards the country early Sunday  The shots were fired towards a guard post in South Korea South Korea said it responded by firing two shots back towards North … Read more

No refunds for Sykes Holiday Cottages booked in lockdown

Holidaymakers who booked a stay through Sykes Holiday Cottages that coincides with coronavirus crisis being told they will not get a full refund By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 Holidaymakers who booked a stay through Sykes Holiday Cottages that coincides with … Read more

Big Brother 2020: Housemate Mat Garrick reveals why he’s doing the Channel Seven show

‘I’ve been born and bred in the country’: Outback tradie Mat Garrick, 30, reveals the emotional reason he’s signed up to Big Brother Australia By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:04 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 05:04 BST, 3 May 2020 Outback tradie Mat Garrick is set to star on the Big … Read more

The life-saving violin of Auschwitz – the cherished instrument was Rosa’s only chance of survival

As a young girl, Natalie Cumming listened to her aunt’s harrowing accounts of surviving unimaginable horrors in brutal Nazi death camps – and how her most cherished possession became her only chance of survival That violin means everything to me. My family survived only because of it Pulling her thin top around her for warmth, … Read more

Former US President George W. Bush issues a rousing call to unite against the ‘invisible enemy’

Former US President George W. Bush has issued a rousing call to Americans to unite during the coronavirus pandemic, while current President Donald Trump continues to lock horns with Democrats over the nation’s response.  Bush, whose own White House tenure saw the US ravaged by the September 11 terrorist attacks, sent a message to the American people … Read more

HAMISH MCRAE: Dividends are vital to economic demand

The dividend drought has begun. For people who rely on dividends for their income, either directly or indirectly through their pensions, the past three or four weeks have been a catastrophe.  Share prices may have clambered back some 20 per cent from their lows of March 23, when the FTSE100 index dipped below 5,000 – … Read more

Ariana Grande wins Favorite Female Artist at home during first-ever virtual Kids’ Choice Awards

Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards were briefly cancelled amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. But the stars aligned Saturday to give young viewers an entertaining awards show, broadcasted remotely for the first time ever. Ariana Grande accepted the award for Favorite Female Artist from the comfort of her home as she isolated apart from her fellow nominees. … Read more

Elizabeth Day: Help, I’m caught in the wheel of Zoom!

Elizabeth Day: Help, I’m caught in the wheel of Zoom! By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 3 May 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Blouse, Lisou. Trousers, Roland Mouret. Jewellery, Alighieri  We used to live in an era when quarantine was … Read more

Czech billionaire launches raid on Royal Mail

Czech billionaire launches raid on Royal Mail, buying more than 5% of postal service By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 A Czech billionaire who owns Sparta Prague football club has launched a raid on Royal Mail, buying more than 5 per … Read more