Hong Kong police are handed power to raid people’s homes without a warrant

Hong Kong police have been granted permission to carry out warrant-less home searches under China‘s new national security law after the city’s government unveiled vastly expanded powers authorised by Beijing. Officers now also have the right to ban suspects from leaving the city, confiscate their assets, conduct secret surveillance and intercept communications, according to a … Read more

More F1 drivers NOT ‘take the knee’ as part of Black Lives Matter demonstration for second race

More Formula One drivers are expected to refuse to take the knee at this weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix in Austria as part of a Black Lives Matter anti-racism demonstration.  Six drivers, including Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, from the Netherlands, and 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen of Finland were among those who refused to kneel, … Read more

Case of HIV patient in remission raises hope

A 34-year-old male from Brazil with HIV has gone into long-term remission after treatment with drugs alone, boosting hope of a cure for millions living with the virus.  Doctors report that the patient was prescribed an intense multi-drug cocktail of AIDS medicines, including antiretroviral therapy, or ART. It was also supplemented with additional antiretrovirals, plus a … Read more

Meghan Markle is announced as a ‘special guest’ at Girl Up campaign’s online leadership summit

Good practise for the public speaking career! Meghan Markle is announced as a keynote speaker at the Girl Up campaign’s online leadership summit alongside Michelle Obama and Priyanka Chopra Duchess, 38, will be keynote speaker at the online leadership summit next week   The Girl Up campaign group’s motto is ‘uniting girls to change the world’ … Read more

Iraqi jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi killed

A prominent jihadism expert was shot dead in a ‘hail of bullets’ in Baghdad last night after receiving threats from Iran-backed militias.  Footage showed a gunman firing through the window of Hisham al-Hashemi’s car after pulling up on a motorcycle and ambushing him outside his home.   No-one has claimed responsibility for the killing, but Hashemi … Read more

Towns where buyers would benefit most from a stamp duty cut revealed

The places where homebuyers could benefit the most from a proposed stamp duty holiday have been revealed, with potential savings of up to £15,000. Rightmove looked at the stamp duty savings for areas in England where people would stand to benefit the most if the Chancellor delivers a stamp duty ‘holiday’ in his so-called mini-Budget … Read more