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Russia shutters its mission to NATO
Communication will be further reduced now with Russia pulling out all of its diplomats from NATO’s headquarters and revoking the accreditations for NATO’s delegation in Moscow.
- by Isabelle Khurshudyan and Reis Thebault
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Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’
The metaverse essentially is a massive virtual world that can be accessed in real time by millions of people using avatars.
- by Kelvin Chan and Matt O'Brien
UK fears more terror attacks from ‘bedroom radicals’ bred in lockdown
Britain’s counter-terrorism police believe David Amess was not targeted by his alleged terrorist killer but picked at random as part of a plot to murder any MP.
- by Martin Evans, Ben Riley-Smith, Robert Mendick and Henry Yorke
Russia’s COVID deaths hit new peak but real numbers are twice as high, say whistleblowers
The nation that once boasted about its handling of the pandemic compared to the West is facing a crisis due to “unacceptably low” vaccination rates.
- by Robyn Dixon
A woman won a $1.5m literary prize. It turned out ‘she’ was actually three men
The series of gripping detective novels starring strong female protagonists were said to be written by a mother of three children. Now the real authors are accused of being “scammers”.
- by Miriam Berger
‘We are at the mercy of the volcano’: No end in sight for La Palma eruption
The volcano has so far destroyed more than 1800 buildings – mostly homes – and lava now covers more than 750 hectares of the island.
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Crime
Suspect accused of killing British MP named as Ali Harbi Ali
Authorities say they are treating the killing as terrorism, potentially motivated by Islamist extremism.
- by Karla Adam and William Booth
Dan Tehan opens door to British workers to fill pandemic hole
British migrants could help plug a feared worker shortage as the Australian economy bounces back from the pandemic.
- by Bevan Shields
Prince Andrew says sex abuse claims invalid over secret Epstein ‘royalty’ deal
The accused royal has formulated a defence after seeing the long-sealed confidential agreement between Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein.
- by Victoria Ward
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UK
Murder of MP sends shockwaves through Britain and beyond
Conservative Party MP Sir David Amess was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery in the English town of Leigh-on-Sea. The incident is being treated as terrorism.
- by Bevan Shields
British MPs may need police protection when meeting constituents
Home Secretary Priti Patel ordered police forces to review security arrangements for MPs with immediate effect, her spokesman said.
- by Latika Bourke