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Offset Slapped With Assault Lawsuit By Security Guard
(MENAFN- IANS) Los Angeles, Nov 2 (IANS) American rapper Offset is drawn into legal trouble. The rapper is allegedly being sued for allegedly attacking a security guard. He is the subject of a lawsuit from Jim Sanchez, who has claimed the...
    
  Hillsborough Law will not be 'watered down'
ShareSave David Lammy joined Hillsborough campaigners, including northern mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham at the Anfield memorial Justice Secretary David Lammy has repeated assurances that the long-awaited "Hillsborough Law" - which will...
Trump says he feels ‘badly’ for Britain’s royal family over Andrew-Epstein saga
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - US President Donald Trump on Nov 2 said he felt “badly” for the British royal family after King Charles revoked his brother Andrew’s title of prince over his scandalous ties to late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I...
    
  My Kitchen Rules' Jacinta spotted looking VERY cosy with Big Brother UK star Sam Chaloner as pair spark romance rumours
My Kitchen Rules star Jacinta Radziejewski was spotted putting on a very cosy display with Big Brother UK's Sam Chaloner at FHM's Halloween bash in Sydney on Thursday. The brunette beauty, who appeared on the latest season of the hit cooking...
    
  A new book recounts British Governor Cornwallis’s attempts to remove Tipu Sultan
The main obstacle to the Company’s expansionist drive in southern India was the kingdom of Mysore. For Charles Cornwallis, success in an operation to check Tipu’s power might salvage his military reputation, which had been seriously damaged due to...
    
  UK train attack leaves people fighting for their lives
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Britain was shocked by a mass stabbing attack on a train Saturday evening, targeting passengers as they traveled through central England on their way to London in an incident Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described...
    
  Rachel Reeves’s housing scandal was a small administrative error, but a big political mistake
At first glance, the story might seem trivial: a bureaucratic slip-up with few tangible consequences which will soon recede from the headlines. To be sure, the scandal over Rachel Reeves’s housing situation is no Watergate. Her failure to get the...
    
  Surrogate Diplomacy: An Evolving Diplomatic Paradigm For New Era Geopolitics
Abstract: This paper illustrates the evolution of third-party intermediaries from crisis ad-hoc responders to credible systemic actors, i.e. diplomatic surrogates. The main argument is that surrogate diplomacy signifies a transition from...
    
  Chicken fillet rolls and fried breakfasts: What foreign diplomats really think of Irish food
Is there any better judge of a country’s food than a seasoned diplomat used to the fine lunches, dinners and cocktail parties that we imagine punctuate their rarefied world? We asked seven such experienced operators based in Ireland for their...
    
  Move over Brighton, this northern city is ready to snatch England’s queer crown
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
    
  Cambodian Tycoon’s Empire Crumbles Amid U.S. and UK Sanctions
The sprawling business empire of Chen Zhi, the China-born chairman of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group, is rapidly unraveling as U.S. and UK authorities crack down on alleged transnational criminal operations. Bloomberg reports that Chen, who...
    
  Campaigners issue rallying cry to stop 'largest onshore wind farm in England'
George Lythgoe Local democracy reporter 06:00, 03 Nov 2025 Campaigners issue rallying cry to stop 'largest onshore wind farm in England' Campaigners fighting to stop a windfarm being built on their doorstep have issued a rallying cry to back their...
    
  GTA Deputy CEO leads British High Commission delegation on courtesy visit to Aburihene
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Gilbert Aggrey, on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer, led a delegation from the British High Commission in Accra to pay a courtesy call on Otoobour Djan Kwasi II,...
    
  China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Damian GrammaticasPolitical correspondent ShareSave Professor Laura Murphy says her academic freedom was traded for access to the Chinese student market China waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at a UK university to get it to...
    
  Reeves must break Britain’s borrowing habit
If Rachel Reeves was being judged on her ability to come up with excuses, then she’d be top of her class. From Brexit to fourteen years of Tory government, from the Truss mini-Budget to the weather, the Chancellor has compiled a comprehensive list...
Former SA opposition leader David Speirs to make decision on political future by the end of year
Former South Australian opposition leader David Speirs says he will make a decision about his political future in the coming weeks as he launches his own plans for the algal bloom. The former Liberal leader has released a 29-page document...
    
  Beyond the Big Five cartel — a murky mix of taxi boss ‘Mswazi’, politicians and dodgy private security
Nearly 25 years ago, Pretoria taxi boss Jothan Zanemvula Msibi, who was popularly known as Mswazi, spoke about how certain figures in the industry were carrying out murders, thereby failing to respect lives. As if underscoring his words, there...
    
  Exit Prince Andrew: Could this be a new era of accountability for the British royals?
A tale about the defenestration of a prince stripped of his title and exiled from court by his elder brother might have echoes of a Shakespearean drama. But there was nothing fictional about the hard-headed realism on display from King Charles in...
    
  Việt Nam Jails Pastor, Restricts BBC Journalist as Leader Visits the UK
Key Events Human Rights Advocates Condemn Việt Nam’s Detention of BBC Journalist During Tô Lam’s UK Visit; Court in Lâm Đồng Jails Protestant Pastor Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng for Six Years; National Assembly Finalizes Key Appointments as Government Term...
    
  England Rugby says Man of the Match is offensive and gender-neutral 'player' should be used instead
By ED HOLT Published: 12:35 EDT, 2 November 2025 | Updated: 12:45 EDT, 2 November 2025 England Rugby has declared the term 'Man of the Match' offensive and recommends it should be changed to the gender-neutral 'Player of the Match' instead. The...