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The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in England has more than doubled to 56. The figure, released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Monday, increased from the previously confirmed 20 cases. Scotland confirmed its first case on Monday, and Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency said there are […]

New York City has agreed to pay seven million dollars (£5.6 million) to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. Grant Williams was exonerated last July in the 1996 shooting of Shdell Lewis outside a Staten Island public housing complex. Mr Williams, […]

Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that is not known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy youngsters. That virus was detected in the the blood […]

Slovenia’s president has formally appointed the leader of a liberal-green party that won last month’s election as the country’s new prime minister designate. President Borut Pahor’s announcement paves the way for the formation of a new government in Slovenia in the coming weeks. Slovenian politicians are set to vote on […]

UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the UK government of attempting to undermine Sue Gray and her report ahead of its publication. During a tour of a Sainsbury’s store in Nine Elms, south London on Monday, Mr Starmer urged for Ms Gray’s full report into partygate to be […]

Disgraced former Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Khan (48) was expelled from the Conservative Party and resigned, triggering a by-election in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, after he was found guilty last month following a trial. The jury heard how […]

The head of the UN’s World Food Programme told billionaires it is “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia’s war in Ukraine – saying he has seen encouraging signs from some of the world’s richest people, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Agency […]

There will be “zero tolerance” for sexual misconduct by members of French president Emmanuel Macron’s new government, but the judiciary, not the press, will decide the truth, a government spokeswoman said. It comes after press coverage of Monday’s first Cabinet meeting focused on a minister who has been accused of […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech to corporate executives, government officials and other elites on the first day of the World Economic Economic gathering in Davos. He said sanctions need to go further to stop Russia’s aggression, including an oil embargo, blocking […]

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has denied nine sexual offences against six young women. Mendy (27) stood in the dock at Chester Crown Court and repeated: “Not guilty,” as the charges were put to him and he entered pleas for the first time. The French international denies seven counts of […]