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British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal trial is underway in New York. She is accused of child trafficking, as well as grooming and recruiting underage girls for the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to exploit.

The new Covid variant has sparked panic since it was first detected in South Africa. Countries reimposed travel restrictions in an attempt to limit the spread – despite this, the strain has begun to conquer the globe.

A scolding expose based on a trove of internal CIA documents indicates an apparent pattern of failure by the federal government to prosecute CIA employees and contractors suspected of child sex abuse crimes.

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has stepped up its demands for China to fully investigate the sexual assault scandal involving former doubles world number one Peng Shuai. We look at the battle lines which have been drawn.

A virtual yacht non-fungible token (NFT) has been sold for an eye-popping $650,000, but that pales in comparison to the tens of millions paid for the opportunity to claim ownership of more expensive pieces of digital property.

Italian giants Juventus are suspected of making payments to Cristiano Ronaldo at the height of the pandemic while other players had theirs frozen, according to a report. But what is behind the potential scandal?

The delivery of Russian natural gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is likely to be delayed for another six months, Germany’s ambassador to Ukraine said on Monday.

Scientists have raised the alarm about the new Omicron Covid-19 variant, first identified in Botswana, which has an “extremely high number” of mutations that may drive new waves of infection. So, how dangerous is it?

A newly identified, heavily-mutated coronavirus strain dubbed ‘Omicron’ is triggering alarm across much of the globe, prompting a rash of travel restrictions amid fears that existing vaccines will be unable to stop the variant.