Newsweek was the biggest-growing news website in the world in March, according to Press Gazette’s updated ranking. The news magazine saw visits to its website more than double in March, up 128% year-on-year to 104.1 million, according to data from digital intelligence platform Similarweb. Newsweek has seen a recent run of strong growth, and was...
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Top 50 UK news websites: Most brands report audience dip in February
None of the ten biggest news websites in the UK saw a bigger audience in February than in January, according to Press Gazette’s latest monthly ranking. ITV saw the biggest fall among the top sites by audience size, down 7% compared to January (14.4 million) according to data from Ipsos iris. It was followed by...
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Iran promises ‘harsh’ response to strike on consulate in Syria – with top commanders among seven killed
Iran has blamed Israel for a deadly air strike on its consulate in Syria, in which two of its senior military commanders were killed. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, died in the explosion, which destroyed the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital, Damascus....
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UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording
The British government has received advice from its own lawyers stating that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in Gaza but has failed to make it public, according to a leaked recording obtained by the Observer. The comments, made by the Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, Alicia Kearns,...
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Sex reassignment in minors may be medical history’s ‘greatest ethical scandal’, French report says
Sex reassignment surgery could also be banned for minors. Reacting to the report, Ypomoni, a French parents’ group, said: “We welcome this return to reason.” Maud Vasselle, a mother whose daughter underwent gender transition treatment, told Le Figaro: “A child is not old enough to ask to have her body altered. “My daughter just needed...
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Sinn Fein calls for elections after Leo Varadkar’s surprise resignation
In the last elections in 2020, Fine Gael finished behind Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail. His predecessor, Micheál Martin, the leader of Fianna Fail and deputy prime minister, said: “I was surprised. I didn’t expect it at all.” The announcement took a lot of courage, he added. Mr Varadkar suffered a defeat in a referendum...
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Kosovo PM: Britain should send more troops to protect us from Serbian invasion
Today, 45 British troops are involved in the 4,443-strong Nato contingent in Kosovo. In comparison, Hungary has provided 365 troops, America 572 and Italy 1,322. Mr Kurti conceded that while the presence of troops was “substantial” in the ethnic-Serbian majority north, overall it had not been increased “by much” and was “generally symbolic”. Mr Kurti...
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Canada’s top court criticised after referring to female rape victim as ‘person with a vagina’
The case involved Christopher James Kruk, a 41-year-old from Maple Ridge, a city in British Columbia, who was convicted of sexual assault in March 2020. The woman testified at the trial that she woke up in Kruk’s home in May 2017 to find him having sex with her and attempted, unsuccessfully, to push him off....
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The UK is the second most miserable place in the world – with one central Asian country taking top spot
8 March 2024, 16:54 | Updated: 8 March 2024, 23:09 The report found that UK mental wellbeing levels in 2023 had not recovered from pre-pandemic levels. Picture: Alamy By Jasmine Moody The UK has earned second place for being the most miserable country in the world, a “worrying” new mental wellbeing report has found out....
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Sandler is Hollywood’s best-paid actor thanks to Netflix hits
Adam Sandler has become Hollywood’s highest-paid actor as a result of his deal with Netflix. Sandler made $73 million (£57 million) last year, according to Forbes magazine. Murder Mystery 2, in which he starred opposite Jennifer Aniston, was one of the streamer’s biggest comedy hits. The Forbes list has traditionally been dominated by stars of...
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The UK is officially the world’s second-most miserable country
Brits aren’t united by much. This country is so divided that millions denounce their Britishness – and perhaps they’re right to turn their backs on these isles, as it turns out that the UK is apparently quite literally the most miserable place on Earth (almost). Sapien Labs, a not-for-profit neuroscience research body, started publishing its...
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The World Today with Maryam Moshiri launches on the BBC News Channel
The World Today with Maryam Moshiri, a new weekday evening news programme on the BBC News Channel, begins to air today. From 18:00 to 20:00 GMT for international audiences, and 19:00-20:00 GMT for UK audiences, Maryam Moshiri will anchor a news show dedicated to international news – bringing the best of the BBC’s global journalism...
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