Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan soars through the air during a men's World Cup ski jumping event in Ruka, Finland, on Nov.... Kobayashi beat Slovenian Anze Lanisek after racking up a total of 324.5 points on a first jump of 138.5 meters that put him 1.4 points behind Lanisek and a second of 143 meters to claim his first win of the season.... " My second jump was really good....

A man has been charged with murder in Australia after allegedly using a saw to amputate a 66-year-old man’s leg as part of a suspected “ arrangement ” between the pair. The accused and deceased are alleged to have driven together to a park in far north Queensland, where they exited the car and sat under a tree. About twenty minutes later, at around 4am on Saturday, the 36-year-old man from Innisfail used a battery-powered circular saw to cut the other man’s leg off below the knee, police alleged

Long live Bulgaria, Hungary, Orbán, Fidesz and the Europe of nation states, ” Mr Dzhambazki had earlier told parliament.He faces a possible sanction over the gesture and reportedly later told colleagues it was not a fascist salute and that it was subject to “ a small misunderstanding ”.... Recommended EU slams plan to expand water use near Spain’s Do？... That gesture is from the darkest chapter of our history and must be left there." Mr Dzhambazki’s office did not respond to a request for comm

Boris Johnson has said the UK cannot do away with all existing Covid measures, despite" evidence that Omicron causes less severe disease than previous variants" The prime minister told MPs the Cabinet had agreed this morning the government would be sticking to existing" plan B" measures-as he announced on Tuesday. The measures, which include mandatory face masks on public transport and limited immunity passports for some mass events, would last for at least three weeks, he said. Extolling the pr

Ireland has launched a" once-in-a-generation" amnesty for undocumented migrants that will grant many people in the country legal residency for the first time. People who have been living in Ireland illegally for at least four years, including those with an existing deportation order, will be allowed to apply for the scheme and become regularised residents, with full access to jobs and a pathway to becoming Irish citizens. And it will be easier for families with children under 18 and asylum seeke

Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain will “ not flinch ” and will continue to offer “ unconditional and immovable ” support to Nato, amid continued fears that Russia could be preparing to invade Ukraine. Moscow continues to add military might to its army amassed near the Ukrainian border, following a series of demands to Nato – which were formally rejected last month – including that Ukraine will not be allowed to join the western military alliance. Echoing comments by defence secretary Ben W

Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain will “ not flinch ” and will continue to offer “ unconditional and immovable ” support to Nato, amid continued fears that Russia could be preparing to invade Ukraine. Moscow continues to add military might to its army amassed near the Ukrainian border, following a series of demands to Nato – which were formally rejected last month – including that Ukraine will not be allowed to join the western military alliance. Echoing comments by defence secretary Ben W

He is considered a dogmatic Thatcherite and Tories who want the government to be more radically right-wing on economic policy trust him.Mr Rees-Mogg has long said he wants to use Brexit to get rid of EU standards and regulations.... There’s nothing to stop that.“ We could take it a very long way.... But there’s a very long way you can go.” Recommended Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘doesn’t recall’ feeding Boris Johnson the Savile smear Jacob Rees-Mogg: I don’t recall feeding PM the Jimmy Savile attack on St

More bones were reportedly found two weeks later at a park. The 42-year-old maths and science teacher was sentenced to life in prison this week, after Berlin state court convicted him of murder and disturbing the peace of the dead.... “ What you did was inhuman, ” presiding judge Matthias Schertz was reported as saying by local media. Recommended ‘A fire in their kitchen’: In Turkey, dreams are shattered by economic realities ‘Does Australia have a soul?... While prosecutors said the victim ha

A vast data leak is reported to have revealed details of the accounts and hidden wealth of more than 18, 000 foreign clients of the banking giant Credit Suisse, allegedly including “ corrupt autocrats, suspected war criminals and human traffickers ”.... The 166-year-old Swiss firm has said it “ strongly rejects the allegations and insinuations about the bank’s purported business practices ”, after dozens of media outlets across five continents published the results of coordinated, Panama Papers