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A man dressed in a unicorn onesie was caught on camera threatening a shopkeeper and demanding two bottles of Buckfast at 9am on a Sunday. Alarming CCTV footage shows the man with two bottles of the tonic wine under his Read more
A man who claims most of us have been straining pasta the wrong way all our lives has sparked a fierce debate after posting a video to show his alternative method. He begins by demonstrating the method most of us Read more
Many of the world’s leading certification standards are not only failing to improve the ethical conduct of large corporations but are serving to entrench abusive business practices, a damning new report argues. The study of 40 global voluntary initiatives, including Read more
The government has vowed to fight the decision to allow Shamima Begum, who left London as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in 2015, back into the UK. The family of Begum, 20, said they were heartened by the decision Read more
Three French police officers have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a delivery man who was pinned to the ground and put in a chokehold during an arrest in January. Cédric Chouviat, 42, died in hospital two days Read more
The dismembered body of 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh was found inside his luxury Manhattan condo where an electric saw was left behind, police in New York have said. Saleh was found at about 3.30pm on Tuesday inside his seventh-floor Read more
Asheville, a small city in western North Carolina, has voted to pay reparations to Black residents, as the US continues to grapple with stark racial inequality. The Asheville city council voted 7-0 in favor of issuing what the city considered Read more