A young Russian comedian has fled the country after learning of a police probe into jokes from one of his stand-up shows, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. The comedian, 25-year-old Alexander Dolgopolov, will not return to Russia until “the situation becomes clearer,” lawyer Leonid Solovyov said. On Thursday, Dolgopolov posted a message on Instagram […]

Three people have died after a water tanker plane battling infernos in Australia crashed in New South Wales. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service confirmed the deaths on social media this morning. Every member on board the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker died in the crash after the aircraft lost contact in the Snowy […]

A Florida construction worker has been accused of killing his boss during an argument that may have been sparked by Donald Trump, authorities said. Mason Trever Toney, 28, was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office late Monday in the fatal stabbing of his friend and boss, William Steven Knight, 28, at a work site […]

Experts will meet again later to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency over the coronavirus crisis that has claimed 17 lives in China. The World Health Organisation (WHO) was expected to make the decision on Wednesday, but said they needed more information before deciding what to do, describing it as an ‘evolving […]

United States Democrats began laying out a detailed case on Wednesday for the removal of the nation’s President, Donald Trump, accusing him at his historic Senate impeachment trial of seeking to cheat to ensure re-election in November. Adam Schiff, the head of the prosecution team from the House of Representatives, took the floor of the […]