Yakutsk, built on permafrost in eastern Russia and with winter temperatures nudging minus -76F, was also hotter than Yemen on the Arabian peninsula.

Obama, 57, granted clemency to Danielle Metz back in 2016 after she spent more than two decades behind bars for her role in a cocaine trafficking ring run by her husband.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been criticized for being out of town campaigning in Iowa while Manhattan was plunged into darkness by a blackout on Saturday evening.

Chloe Haines, 25, has been hit with a bill for £85,000 by Jet2 over her 'extremely disruptive behaviour' on a flight from Stansted to Turkey when she allegedly tried to 'storm the cockpit'.

The Queen guitarist told fans the damage to his gluteus maximus left him in constant agony and unable to walk. May broke the news on Instagram yesterday with a selfie of him in a surgical mask.

GCHQ historian Tony Comer said: 'These transcripts give us a small insight into the real people behind the machinery of war.

The curious case of former Adelaide cleaner Negar Ghodskani began in Iran 11 years ago, moved to Malaysia, then Australia and will this week be sentenced in a US courtroom.

Manodh Marks, the first person in Australia to be jailed for attempting to take control of an aircraft, could now be released from prison in two-and-a-half years.

Flight MH145 from Kuala Lumpur to Auckland was cancelled about 8.45pm on New Year's Day after passengers sat in the plane on the tarmac for hours.

The 34-year-old, who won the World Cup with Germany back in 2014, currently plies his trade in Japan at Vissel Kobe. The official Twitter account of Johor Darul Ta'zim posted photos of Podolski.

Fed up with the relentless stream of waste being offloaded by nations such as Britain and the US, Malaysia's government today ordered 3,737 metric tonnes of trash be returned.

Lukas Podolski has embarked on the latest chapter of his career by joining Turkish side Antalyaspor on a free transfer.

Families of victims and the Malaysian government are currently looking to send Ocean Infinity on a new quest to find the missing flight, with talks it could happen within months.

The 83-year-old woman and her husband were among 145 passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship who flew to Malaysia on February 14, Malaysia's health ministry said in a statement.

Oksana Voevodina, 27, revealed the astonishing messages during a TV interview with presenter and politician Ksenia Sobchak. She claims they were sent by the Sultan's 'hidden Czech wife'.

Airlines are refusing to check in passengers trying to get on flights out of Australia if they are headed to locked down countries, as more and more close their borders against coronavirus.

Grant Harrold, who was a royal butler between 2004 and 2011, and lives in Gloucestershire, told Us Weekly magazine that his former employer Prince Charles, 71, had a great sense of humour,

The Duchess of Cornwall took to Twitter to send a message to victims of domestic abuse during coronavirus lockdown, saying she's aware that home is not a safe place for many people.

The TV host was inundated with complaints from British and American viewers alike after laughing and stifling giggles while presenting a segment about the young royal.

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 37, have delighted royal fans by sending a thank you note to those who sent their best wishes on Prince George's sixth birthday in July.

Housekeeper Antonella Fresolone, 48, who is originally from Italy received her medal at Buckingham Palace yesterday, after working for Prince William and Kate Middleton for six years.

Prince William, 37, revealed his son Prince George, six, had sent a list to Father Christmas ahead of this year's holiday and asked for something related to football or drawing.

An Australian traveller quarantined in a hotel for 14 days of isolation has sparked fury on social media after claiming she was told by staff sanitary pads and tampons are 'not essential'.

The man, who died in Royal Perth Hospital, was one of the nearly 3,000 passengers who disembarked the ship in Sydney on March 19.

Julie Lamrock contracted coronavirus after she drove a passenger named Helen from Circular Quay to Campbelltown, in Sydney's western suburbs, on March 19.

Kiri-Lee Ryder, 44, attended a medical appointment onboard the cruise just hours before she disembarked in Sydney on March 19.

The outbreak triggered an abrupt stop to rock lobster exports in January when China scrambled to lockdown its borders

A Wesley College teacher in Western Australia, has been suspended for two years after sending 'inappropriate' text messages to two Year 6 students.

A man who stabbed a Tony Abbott volunteer with a corkscrew as he was putting up campaign posters in Sydney has been revealed as a senior partner at global tax firm KPMG. 

There are 117 nationals from Wuhan in Bangkok, Thailand, and a further 100 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, who are understood to be desperate to get back to the coronavirus-stricken city 'as soon as possible'.

Tests have revealed that Mark Rumble (pictured, with boxer Ricky Hatton) and another prisoner at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire do not have coronavirus.

Prime Minister Hun Sen presented red roses and embraced hundreds as they joyously poured from the vessel at the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville on Thursday.

The Costa Fortuna (file photo) was denied permission to dock on the island of Phuket because 64 people on board had been in Italy in the last 14 days, Thai media said.

Perth man Luke Cook, 36, was charged with attempting to sneak 500 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Thailand and onto Australia in 2015.

Anan Sahoh, 56, was found slumped on the passenger train on Monday after he was earlier seen 'coughing and vomiting'. CCTV footage from Bangkok showed him spitting in a man's face.

The Austrian said that having secured the both championships this season, he would stay in Europe to attend to other matters, with Mercedes set to make its Formula E debut on November 22.

A popular Australian radio presenter has conducted an exit interview with his ex-girlfriend of 10 years, asking her questions about what he could improve on and whether he was good in bed.

Deontay Wilder became just the third American heavyweight to have an audience with the Pope on Friday. Following the meeting, Wilder fuelled further talk of a potential fight with Anthony Joshua.

The new laws, which went into effect on Sunday, the day after at least seven people were killed in a mass shooting in West Texas, gives Texans more opportunities to have firearms in public places.

The stubborn pooch was filmed in a car park in Walmart in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. The recorder is heard saying 'What's up!' and 'I can see you!' but the dog continues to ignore him.

Stop & Shop welcomed seniors to its first seniors-only shopping hour on Thursday morning as Walmart added its name to the list of stores offering designated shopping hours to people over 60.

Filmed by a passenger and posted on Facebook, the dramatic footage shows the brawl breaking out while the train waits at the platform at Highbury & Islington station in North London.

Londoners are getting riled up about the latest TfL announcements which inform travellers that their bus is about to move, but often only once the bus is already travelling away from the stop.

Police are investigating a hate crime after a commuter on the Tube was filmed hurling racist abuse at another passenger.

The mother, in her thirties, was targeted after getting on an eastbound Central line train from Oxford Circus with her two children, aged between two and five.

The altercation is believed to have broken out after two people got into an argument on a train, before it spilled out onto the platform at London Bridge.

Amit Patel, 37, who suddenly lost his sight five years ago from a haemorrhage behind his eyes, was confronted by an irate commuter on an escalator at London Bridge on Tuesday (pictured).

The shocking footage shows the two men grappling with each other just inches away from the tracks at London's Green Park station at around 1am on Sunday.

A witness began recording the vile race rant when a suited passenger, who admitted he had previously been drinking, began ranting a foreign man for drinking a beer on the train to Essex from London.

Police are hunting a woman who allegedly launched a verbal attack on a mother with a pram and threatened her - because her young child accidentally kicked her on the Central Line.