Facebook apologises to users struggling to access picture feeds and send messagesFacebook has said that issues that blocked access to its apps and services for some users have been fixed.The problems, which lasted around two hours on Friday, came days …
China orders coalmines to raise production to address power crunch
Record high prices and shortages of electricity have crippled industrial outputChinese officials have ordered more than 70 mines in Inner Mongolia to increase coal production by almost 100m tonnes, with the country battling its worst power crunch and c…
Prince Andrew allowed to review settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein
A court in New York has granted the royal’s lawyers permission to see the confidential agreeement between his accuser and the late financierPrince Andrew will have a chance to review a 2009 settlement agreement that he hopes will shield him from a civi…
Israel accuses Iran of attack attempt against Israelis in Cyprus
Nicosia says an armed individual was arrested after crossing from Turkish-controlled northIsrael has accused Iran of orchestrating an attempted attack against Israelis in Cyprus after police on the Mediterranean island said an armed individual had been…
Park Ji-sung urges Manchester United fans not to sing chant with ‘racial insult’
United fans reprised chant for Hwang Hee-chan at Wolves gamePark tells club podcast the song still causes him ‘discomfort’The former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung has urged the club’s fans to stop singing a song about him that contains a ne…
European roundup: Rennes hand toothless PSG first defeat of season
Neymar hauled off as PSG fail to register shot on targetAaron Hickey helps Bologna to victory over Sarri’s LazioParis Saint-Germain suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-0 at Rennes on Sunday to drop their first Ligue 1 poin…
China flies record 39 planes over Taiwan defence zone in national day show of force
Taipei says Chinese jets and bombers crossed zone as Beijing marked the anniversary of the founding of the People’s RepublicA record 39 Chinese military jets crossed into Taiwan’s defence zone as Beijing marked the founding of the People’s Republic of …
UK to slash international travel ‘red list’ to just nine countries
Quarantine will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers from 45 other countries from later in OctoberThe prime minister, Boris Johnson, will open up more countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, the Sunday Telegraph rep…
Balloons fill sky over New Mexico as fiesta returns after Covid hiatus
Hundreds of hot air balloons are launched over Albuquerque as part of annual nine-day festivalHundreds of hot air balloons launched into the skies over Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the US on Saturday for the first time in two years, as the city’s balloo…
Man shot dead by Belarusian KGB worked for US software firm
Victim of raid on flat in Minsk in which one officer also killed named locally as Andrei Zeltser, age 31A 31-year-old man shot dead by Belarusian security forces this week in a raid on an apartment block in the capital Minsk was an employee of the US-b…