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Jess Phillips has noted that Britain has become “fat” thanks to women’s free labour. The UK’s minister for women and girls has said the country has relied on women for charity for decades. She stressed that this was a “fundamentally…

Several protesters were arrested by police after conflicting groups gathered to demonstrate against the use of a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers. The Metropolitan Police have set up conditions for a protest and counter-protest outside the Thistle City Barbican hotel…

Jeannie Seely, the iconic country singer behind hits such as “Don’t Touch Me,” has died at the age of 85. Her spokesman, Dawn Merry Grubbs, said she died Friday from complications from an intestinal infection. Known as “Miss Country Soul”…

A group of elderly people trapped in a flooded nursing home were among at least 70 people killed in severe storms that battered Beijing and its neighboring provinces, according to Chinese officials. Thirty-one people died at a care facility for…

Movie memorabilia up for auction includes the lightsaber used by Darth Vader in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and the Batman suit worn by Michael Keaton in the 1989 film of the same name. The Propstore auction will…

At least 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday while waiting for food at a checkpoint, a local hospital said. The latest wave of violence over the distribution of humanitarian aid came as the…

One of the most powerful earthquakes in history has struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East, triggering tsunami waves that reached Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. Several people were slightly injured, but no one was seriously…

Israeli attacks and gunfire in the Gaza Strip overnight and Wednesday killed at least 46 Palestinians, most of them in crowds seeking food supplies, health officials said. Israel continues to deal daily blows as its military intervention and blockade have…

Airlines are scrambling to get their flights back on track after an air traffic control (ATC) system failure caused significant disruption to UK air travel on Wednesday afternoon. Thousands of passengers have been affected and many will likely continue to…

NASA and India have teamed up to launch a satellite that will map the Earth and track even the smallest changes in the land surface and ice. The $1.3 billion (£980 million) mission will help forecasters and rescue workers prepare…