VLAD THE TWITCHER 11:00, 17 May 2022 Updated: 11:01, 17 May 2022 VLADIMIR Putin appeared fidgety and twitchy in his latest video appearance, amid fierce rumours about the Russian president's health. In a meeting with one of his allies, the 69-year-old slouched over and tightly gripped the arm of his chair, following speculation that he is suffering from cancer. 3 Vladimir Putin has sparked concern with his latest TV appearance Credit: ...read more

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defence Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country's largest formula manufacturing plant. The Defence Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfil orders from those companies before other customers, in an effort to eliminate production ...read more

Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old accused of killing 10 people in Buffalo on May 14, was first questioned by police last May. It was the end of Gendron’s senior year of high school, a time marked by pandemic isolation and boredom during which he had begun obsessively browsing extremist, violent, white supremacist forums. Asked in an economics class assignment, “What do you plan to do when you retire?” he had written, “murder/suicide,” triggering a mental health evaluation and an inter ...read more

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in the US, has announced the H6 programme to develop GPS-independent clocks that can maintain accurate timing to improve mission success. Certain military systems depend on global positioning system (GPS) timing updates. GPS capabilities can deteriorate underground or underwater and may also become unavailable due to jamming by adversaries. In turn, this may jeopardise the success of the mission. The H6 programme seeks to address this issue ...read more

Putin's Russian army has 'already lost' the war says Ukrainian MP Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info In its latest intelligence update this morning, the MoD said as many as 1,700 Ukrainians have like ...read more

Recent cases of the monkeypox have researchers in Canada and elsewhere in the world trying to figure out just how widespread the virus is. Monkeypox is rarely found outside of Africa, but potential cases in Europe and North America, including 17 in Montreal, have caught health officials’ attention. How contagious can it be, and why is it called monkeypox in the first place? Here’s what we know so far. Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus that causes disease, typically transmitted to humans from a ...read more

Britain's Metropolitan Police told Prime Minister Boris Johnson he faced no further action over lockdown-breaching gatherings at his official residence and other government sites, after the force said Thursday it has concluded its investigation into politicians' parties that violated the country's coronavirus restrictions. Police said they issued a total of 126 fixed-penalty notices to 83 people for gatherings that took place on eight dates between May 2020 — at the height of the first wave o ...read more

The proportion of military equipment and technologies companies hiring for cybersecurity related positions rose in April 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 72.2% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position. This latest figure was higher than the 70% of companies who were hiring for cybersecurity related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 73.5% in March 2022. When it came to the rate of all job openings that ...read more

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Showbiz TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Entertainment Life Style UK Politics World Royal Science Weather Weird History Obituaries Nature Sunday TERRIFYING video footage of the Ukrainian "Stugna" Volunteer Battalion laying deadly land mines circulates social media. Ukraine: Footage appears to show Russian BTR in flames Sign up for our news brief ...read more

WEB OF LIES 21:08, 16 May 2022 Updated: 22:35, 16 May 2022 CAROLINE Crouch’s monster husband brazenly played the part of a grieving widower before he eventually admitted killing her. The lies of Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, eventually caught up with him after chilling clues emerged that have now led to him being jailed for life for murdering Brit wife Caroline. 5 Caroline Crouch was suffocated by her husband Credit: Tim Stewart 5 Durin ...read more