Advertisement New York City's luxury real estate market has been hit hard by the pandemic, with some properties selling for less than half their original asking prices. In the second quarter, the number of luxury co-op and condo closings in Manhattan was down 54 percent from last year, and the …...Read More
Coronavirus US: NYC luxury real estate hit 'harder than 9/11'
Ekaterina 'Katya' Alexandrovskaya heartbreaking note she left before plunging to death in Moscow
A figure skater who plunged six floors to her death from a Moscow balcony left a heartbreaking note to loved ones - as her mentor claims she didn't kill herself on purpose. Ekaterina 'Katya' Alexandrovskaya, a Russian-Australian Olympian, was found below the apartment building she lived in with her mother …...Read More
Coronavirus US: Death rate 'should start to fall next week'
Coronavirus deaths in the United States will hopefully start dropping by next week, according to CDC director Robert Redfield. Deaths across the country have been plateauing for the last three weeks with an average of 1,000 Americans dying per day. The average number of deaths was 1,027 on Thursday. The …...Read More
Son dedicates outstanding GCSE results to doctor father who died from Covid
A proud son has dedicated his GCSE results to his doctor dad who died from coronavirus while fighting the pandemic. Father-of-three Dr Nasir Khan paid the ultimate price for serving on the frontline in the battle against Covid-19. He had been working at Dewsbury and District Hospital in West Yorkshire …...Read More
Turkey's President Erdogan turns another ancient Istanbul church into a mosque
Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be converted back into a place of Muslim worship. The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion …...Read More
Father and son catch 251lb blue SHARK off Cornwall coast
They returned specimen to water but it must be brought to land and weighed But despite shark weighing over current record, they will not be able to claim it He spent 90 minutes fighting to bring shark to the surface after it took his bait arry Pardoe, 30, was fishing …...Read More
New Zealand man who hugged quarantining friend JAILED for six weeks for breaking coronavirus rules
A painter has been jailed in New Zealand after he broke lockdown rules by entering a coronavirus quarantine facility and hugging a friend who was isolating. Jesse Courtney Welsh, 33, from Morningside, Auckland, received a six week prison sentence after hugging a friend who was isolating after returning home from …...Read More
Luxury floating Bora Bora 'houseboat' has rooftop lounge
Advertisement Behold this spectacular luxury villa - that's also a boat. Eye-opening renderings have been released of the ultimate houseboat, a four-bedroom floating presidential suite with a 360-degree rooftop lounge that will take guests on tours of the dazzling turquoise lagoon of Bora Bora, a volcanic paradise island in French …...Read More
Labour suspends councillor over anti-Semitic conspiracy theory
A Labour councillor and candidate for the London Assembly has been suspended after the discovery of social media posts in which he supported an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. Preston Tabois is accused of voicing support for a Ukip election candidate suspended in 2013 for claiming Jews killed each other in the …...Read More
EasyJet plane hit by bird makes emergency return to Liverpool
An EastJet plane was forced into an emergency return to Liverpool this afternoon after a mid-air bird strike. The aircraft was travelling to Jersey when it was spotted making a diversion, and then heading back to John Lennon Airport. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene, with two ambulances called …...Read More
