‘Massive fight’ breaks out in Dubai Mall as Apple fans try to get their hands on the new iPhone 15 – while thousands more queue outside stores across the world

It is an eagerly-anticipated event that sees thousands of Apple fans queue outside stores across the world to be the first to get their hands on a new iPhone. But the official launch of the iPhone 15 descended into chaos in Dubai when a ‘massive fight’ broke out and security guards were forced to intervene.  … Read more

China is accused of trying to spy on a civil servant at the British embassy in Beijing by hiding a listening device in a teapot

China is accused of trying to spy on a civil servant at the British embassy in Beijing by hiding a listening device in a teapot The bug was allegedly only found in the teapot when it smashed on the floor  By Katherine Lawton Published: 07:31 BST, 19 September 2023 | Updated: 09:04 BST, 19 September … Read more

Foreign Minister James Cleverly faces backlash from senior Tories over the perceived ‘appeasement’ of Chinese ‘autocracy’ amid first trip to Beijing in five years for talks with CCP officials

Foreign Minister James Cleverly faces backlash from senior Tories over the perceived ‘appeasement’ of Chinese ‘autocracy’ amid first trip to Beijing in five years for talks with CCP officials Ex-Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith warned the visit ‘smells’ of  ‘appeasement’ By Jason Groves Political Editor For The Daily Mail Updated: 23:24 BST, 30 August … Read more

Scott Morrison reemerges from the backbench to call out China

Former prime minister Scott Morrison reemerges from the backbench to call out China and praise himself for standing up to ‘bullying’ from the communist superpower By Maeve Bannister For Australian Associated Press Published: 02:11 GMT, 17 February 2023 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 17 February 2023 Former prime minister Scott Morrison is demanding Australia step up … Read more

Winter Paralympics: Team GB curler David Melrose taken to hospital after falling out of wheelchair

Team GB paralympic curler David Melrose is taken to hospital with a shoulder injury after the former firefighter fell out of his wheelchair and off the ice during a match against Canada at the Beijing Games David Melrose was playing for Team GB against Canada at Winter Paralympics His wheelchair became caught on edge of … Read more

Winter Olympics: Alpine Skiing event rescheduled for final day after high winds forced postponement

Olympic organisers face a race against time to squeeze in Alpine Skiing mixed event before the closing ceremony after winds of 27 miles per hour forced the race to be rescheduled… but it risks being CANCELLED with just one day of the games left The Alpine skiing mixed event was due to take place on … Read more

Britain’s Cornelius Kersten misses out on historic speed skating medal by THREE tenths of a second

Britain’s Cornelius Kersten misses out on historic speed skating medal by THREE tenths of a second… But his ninth place finish is best result by a British Olympic skater in 58 years Cornelius Kersten finished ninth in the men’s 1,000 metres on Friday He was just 0.31 seconds behind bronze medallist Haavard Lorentzen of Norway … Read more

Winter Olympics: Russian silver-medallist Alexandra Trusova, 17, vows to ‘never skate again’

‘Everyone has a gold medal, but not me. I hate skating. I hate it’: Distraught Russian silver-medallist Alexandra Trusova, 17, vows to ‘never skate again’ in extraordinary rant after missing out on victory at Beijing Winter Olympics Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova missed out on the Gold by 4.22 points The 17-year-old attempted five quadruple … Read more

Jackie Narracott gives Australia best Winter Olympic result EVER in Beijing

Jackie Narracott has made Australian Olympic history by winning a shock silver medal in the women’s skeleton at the Beijing Winter Games. The 31-year-old Queenslander scorched to second spot behind German Hannah Neise to capture Australia’s most unlikely Olympic medal at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre on Saturday night. Australia has never medalled in any … Read more

Team GB to return without a Winter Olympics medal in the skeleton for the first time since 1998

‘An awful lot of thinking to do’: Team GB’s skeleton team set to return WITHOUT a medal for the first time since 1998 as athletes claim their ‘speed is being haemorraged by the kit’ they’ve been provided with Team GB are yet to win a single medal at this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing Their … Read more