Ex-Arsenal footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and PSG star are dragged into streamer death row after encouraging him to keep up his 'stay awake' humiliation - 237 hours into it - before he died on live stream
Former Arsenal footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and PSG star Bradley Barcola are among high-profile figures to be dragged into a row following the death of a French streamer.
Israel furiously condemns 'Hamas lies' after UN report officially declared famine in Gaza
The famine was declared by experts at the Rome-based IPC, who said it affected 500,000 people in the Gaza governorate, which covers about a fifth of the Palestinian territory including Gaza City.
Everything is 'different on Windows': Zed port delays highlight dev friction
Graphics API, crash reporting and more: Making low-level code cross-platform for Windows is a challenge
Zed co-founder Max Brunsfeld has explained why the Windows port of the Rust-based editor is taking so long – illustrating the friction facing developers of cross-platform applications when including Microsoft's operating system.…
Keir Starmer will APPEAL over ruling to close Epping migrant hotel after it throws Labour asylum policy into chaos by triggering wave of cases across Britain
Security minister Dan Jarvis revealed the Government will appeal against a refusal to allow the Home Office to intervene in the case.
Stunning photos show decrepit castle taken over by nature that once housed family of Hollywood royalty
Stunning pictures show the remains of a ruined castle that was once the home of a Prime Minister and a Hollywood actress' family.
Lucy Connolly's jail torment revealed: Truth about the middle-class mother's 377 days in prison - and how one officer said she was the most petrified inmate they'd ever seen
Roughly handcuffed, she was bundled to another wing housing violent inmates and treated so forcefully that she was left in agony.
Further appeals to find missing Essex man, 82, not seen for a week
Police are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare
Primark's 'amazing' £34 tracksuit that fans 'love'
It is set to be the loungewear of the Autumnal season
I thought I had a puffy face because of hay fever for years - until my mother had to give me one of her kidneys to save my life
Ellen Swarbrick, from Cheshire, had started to experience waking up with a 'puffy' face in spring 2022, but had always assumed it was just the result of hay fever.
Masked robbers get a dose of instant justice as they are caught red-handed stealing phones worth £19,000 by plain-clothes officers
This is the moment two teenaged thugs get a taste of instant justice, as they are caught red-handed by plain-clothes while stealing mobile phones worth £19,000.
The Beatles to release new album with previously unheard of tracks ahead of Disney+ documentary and biopics of the Fab Four
It comes following days of speculation after the legendary rock band's official social media channels teased an announcement earlier this week.
Mystery as body of 'gentle' man found near major road after vanishing as police probe 'unexplained' death
Shahab Uddin was first reported missing from the Loughborough area in the early hours of Wednesday, August 13.
Killed for clicks? Autopsy results released for streamer who died on live stream as Drake now distances himself from controversial website Kick
Raphael Graven, better known online as Jean Pormanove, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice, on Monday.
Doctors discover alarming new risk of contraceptive used by millions: 'It's silently reshaping the brain'
American researchers have warned that oral contraceptives can alter the brain's functioning, making them less unique.
Tourist shocked by response of London hotel after they found someone else's blood on their bedsheets
It's every holidaymakers worst nightmare - spending a night away and waking up to discover they had slept in dirty bedsheets.
Meghan and Harry's Netflix deal is the 'best possible outcome' ahead of part two of With Love, Meghan, says ALISON BOSHOFF on PALACE CONFIDENTIAL
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 's new Netflix deal is the 'best outcome' the Sussexes could have hoped for, according to experts on the latest episode of Palace Confidential.
North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un weeps as he embraces families of troops he sent to die on Putin's meatgrinder frontline
The tyrant oversaw a ceremony where he decorated returning soldiers and consoled children of the bereaved with hugs, state media said on Friday.
Locals say this UK city is 'overrun' with tourists - and that there's 'nothing else nice to say'
Cobbled streets, a prestigious university and picturesque river views, it's not surprising that this city has around eight million tourists flocking to it every year.
Explosions planned on Essex beach next week as MoD carries out 'scheduled activities'
A schedule of planned activities has been shared
Denmark To Abolish VAT On Books To Get More People Reading
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Denmark is to stop charging VAT on books in an attempt to get more people reading. At 25%, the country's tax rate on books is the highest in the world, a policy the government believes is contributing to a growing "reading crisis." The culture minister, Jakob Engel-Schmidt, announced on Wednesday that the government would propose in its budget bill that the tax on books be removed. The move is expected to cost 330 million kroner ($51 million) a year.
"This is something that I, as minister of culture, have worked for, because I believe that we must put everything at stake if we are to end the reading crisis that has unfortunately been spreading in recent years," Engel-Schmidt told the Ritzau news agency . "I am incredibly proud. It is not every day that one succeeds in convincing colleagues that such massive money should be spent on investing in the consumption and culture of the Danes." [...]
"It is also about getting literature out there," said Engel-Schmidt. "That is why we have already allocated money for strengthened cooperation between the country's public libraries and schools, so that more children can be introduced to good literature." [...] If prices do not fall as a result of the measure, Engel-Schmidt said he would reconsider whether it was the right course of action. "I will of course monitor how prices develop. If it turns out that abolishing VAT only means that publishers' profits grow and prices do not fall, then we must consider whether it was the right thing to do," he said. Further reading: Denmark Ending Letter Deliveries Is a Sign of the Digital Times
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