[ad_1] Harvey Weinstein’s high-profile criminal defence lawyer is leaving the movie producer’s rape case weeks after failing to get the charges dismissed. Benjamin Brafman filed court papers on Thursday asking to withdraw as Weinstein’s lawyer. The filing came after a week of speculation about his involvement in the case. A judge must still approve the…
[ad_1] At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured in a car bombing at a police academy in Colombia’s capital on Thursday, authorities say. Investigators identified the car’s driver as Jose Aldemar Rojas Rodriguez, who was among the dead, said Colombian Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez. Martinez said Rodriguez entered the police academy…
[ad_1] The death of Canadian Kirk Woodman, who was abducted in Burkina Faso this week and whose body was found late Wednesday with gunshot wounds, has highlighted the growing instability in the Sahel region of West Africa, where Islamist militancy is rapidly on the rise. Sandwiched between Niger to the east and Mali to the…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump is postponing what he’s calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “seven-day excursion” to Egypt, Afghanistan and Brussels in apparent payback for Pelosi asking him to reschedule his state of the union address because of the partial government shutdown. Trump wrote a letter to Pelosi on Thursday informing her that her trip…
[ad_1] Stone-throwing Sudanese demonstrators battled security forces in Khartoum on Thursday, witnesses said, and a child and a doctor were reported killed at the start of a fifth week of protests against President Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule. Protests also broke out in five other cities in some of the most widespread disturbances since unrest began…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: The kidnapping and killing of a Canadian mining executive in Burkina Faso highlights the rising political unrest in one of…
[ad_1] A former Liberal justice minister accused China of using “hostage diplomacy” because of its death penalty sentence of one Canadian man, the imprisonment of two more and the harassment of a Montreal woman and her infant daughter in Beijing. Irwin Cotler, the founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, took China to…
[ad_1] The State Department told all U.S. diplomats in Washington and at embassies abroad to return to work starting next week and that they will be paid despite the ongoing government shutdown. In a notice to staff, the department said it had found money to pay its employees beginning Monday for the next two-week pay…
[ad_1] Prince Philip was uninjured in a car crash on Thursday near the Royal Family’s Sandringham Estate in eastern England, according to Buckingham Palace. BBC reported that the 97-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was driving a Range Rover and that the vehicle landed on its side after a collision. It quoted a witness as saying Philip…
[ad_1] The explosion ripped through the General Santander Police School in the south of the capital at around 3pm, with initial reports suggesting five people were killed in the blast. He later updated the death toll to eight, although officials have not clarified whether the victims were police trainees or civilians. The city’s mayor Enrique…
[ad_1] Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler (Image: Pen News Limited) Thomas Lundmark, who has completed an authoritative biography of Braun’s life, said she likely suffered from Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. It’s a rare condition that occurs when an unborn baby fails to fully develop a reproductive system, leaving a woman with little or no uterus, and a vaginal…
[ad_1] A proposed 100-kilometre particle accelerator under Geneva has joined an international quest to develop the successor to the Large Hadron Collider to help unlock humankind’s knowledge of matter. The existing collider (LHC), which started up in 2008, smashes protons together in a 27-km circuit beneath the Swiss-French border. It helped scientists discover the long-sought…
[ad_1] Facebook said Thursday it removed hundreds of Russia-linked pages, groups and accounts that it says were part of two big disinformation operations, in its latest effort to fight fake news. The social media company said it took action after finding two networks “that engaged in co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour” on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.…
[ad_1] Dmitry Kiselyov has a unique distinction among Russian broadcasters. He’s the only Russian media personality among the 93 individuals named on Canada’s economic sanctions list, which targets Russians the Canadian government believes are engaging in “activities related to the violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine.” Kiselyov is hardly the only broadcaster spinning the…
[ad_1] Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data “at the direction of and for the sole benefit of” Trump. The Wall Street Journal reported that Cohen had paid the data firm Redfinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favour of Trump before the…
[ad_1] Workers around Tunisia went on strike Thursday to demand higher pay in a standoff with a government struggling to reduce unemployment, poverty and social tensions. All flights in and out of the North African country’s main airport were cancelled and schools across the country were closed. Ports, public transport, hospitals and other public services were…
[ad_1] A Canadian kidnapped in Burkina Faso has been found dead, says his family, two days after he was abducted. Kirk Woodman, originally from Halifax, was abducted Tuesday night by a dozen gunmen at a mining site owned by Vancouver-based Progress Minerals near the border with Niger, in an area the government says is under growing threat from armed jihadists. Woodman’s…
[ad_1] Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabujima erupted at 9.20am local time on Thursday. Dramatic pictures show thick smoke pouring from the volcano on the remote island in southern Japan. The eruption released pyroclastic flows, made up of super-heated ash and gas, but they did not reach residential areas. There were no reports of injuries or damage…
[ad_1] The world is seeing growing resistance against the abuses of autocrats as states, civic groups and popular movements all push back against populists seeking to curtail freedoms, according to a new global report released Thursday that also outlines where Canada is both advancing and falling short in its efforts. In its annual assessment of rights…
[ad_1] Born Free has said the tiger population has plummeted by 96 percent in the past 100 years. And in the next 10 years, the entire population of tigers – estimated to be 4,000 – could be wiped off the planet. The dramatic reduction in the population is down to poachers and habitat destruction, which…
[ad_1] It ends abruptly in the blockage of earth, sand and stones around three-quarters of the way down the 350ft well – believed to have been caused by a mini-landslide during the youngster’s plunge – which is preventing rescue teams reaching the youngster in the hope they can pull off a miracle and bring him…
[ad_1] The protests, only five months after six people were killed in post-election demonstrations last August, pose a challenge for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who promised to repair the struggling economy after he replaced long-time leader Robert Mugabe following a coup in November 2017. Three people died during the protests but rights groups, lawyers and witnesses said scores…
[ad_1] Shocked social media users shared on Twitter footage of the huge explosion which rocked the city of Lyon on Thursday. Local reports suggest the blast was caused by a fire which ripped through the science library of Lyon University’s Villeurbanne campus. Emergency services intervened after the fire erupted and have advised students and staff…
[ad_1] Growing fears of the economic repercussions of the U.S. government shutdown have led smug Canadians to scoff that it couldn’t happen here. But Britain’s descent into even greater economic chaos and uncertainty over whether or how to leave Europe offers a timely reminder that the parliamentary system Canada shares with the U.K. is no protection against the poisonous effects…
[ad_1] The Zika virus should remain a concern for some Canadians planning winter vacations in sunny climes, doctors say. Public health officials are reminding travellers to protect themselves because even a single mosquito bite can transmit a host of illnesses, including Zika. “This boils down to the likelihood of getting infected and the consequence —…
[ad_1] From their high-tech perch across the Potomac River, air-traffic control specialists at Reagan National Airport can easily peer down at the White House, the Capitol building and many of Washington’s centres of power. Yet, even in their elevated fishbowl, the men and women at the Washington, D.C., airport who direct the nation’s skies feel powerless while on the job these days.…
[ad_1] China’s economy czar, Vice-Premier Liu He, will visit Washington on Jan. 30-31 for talks aimed at ending a costly tariff war over U.S. complaints about Beijing’s technology ambitions. The announcement Thursday that the official in charge of the Chinese side of the negotiations will participate in person is a possible sign of progress following…
[ad_1] An excerpt from the book of Trump’s ousted White House transition team chairman, Chris Christie’s, makes the allegation. According to Mr Christie’s Let Me Finish book, which was obtained by The Guardian, Mr Kushner believed firing Comey would not cause “an enormous sh*t-storm”, while removing Flynn would end links between Trump and Russia during…
[ad_1] Taiwan held live-fire exercises along its east coast Thursday amid renewed threats from China to bring the island under its control by force if deemed necessary. Artillery and assault helicopters fired at targets off the west coast city of Taichung, while French-made Mirage fighter jets took off amid rainy conditions from the air base…
[ad_1] Consumer advocates and the data-hungry technology industry are drawing early battle lines in advance of an expected fight this year over what kind of federal privacy law the U.S. should have. On Thursday, more than a dozen privacy organizations unveiled a plan that would create a new federal data-protection agency focused on regulating the…
[ad_1] Two Canadian men detained in China face up to four hours of questioning each day and have no access to a lawyer, according to Canada’s top diplomat in Beijing. Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were both detained in China late last year. The men, who were arrested not long after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng…
[ad_1] The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Hasher Jallal Taheb, of Cumming, Georgia. Taheb is charged with “intent to destroy by fire or explosive a building owned, possessed or leased by the United States or any department or agency thereof, or any institution or organisation receiving federal financial assistance”. The suspect appeared in a federal…
[ad_1] Out of Melania’s ten-strong team, five are currently on unpaid leave. Only 21 of the 79 White House residence staff have been deemed essential. The shutdown, already the longest in US history, is about to enter its 27th day. Speaking to DailyMail.com Stephanie Grisham, Melania’s communications director, said: “We have no advance teams or…
[ad_1] Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov warned Washington that America has brought the world closer to conflict. Addressing an annual briefing designed to review Moscow’s foreign policy over the past year, Mr Lavrov blamed America and it’s allies for the ongoing frictions between them and Russia. He added that the “international situation remained complicated” and…
[ad_1] The 140-page report is titled “China Military Power: Modernising a Force to Fight and Win.” The paper was published on Tuesday. It notes ongoing tension over the status of Taiwan is a key factor in China’s huge investment in its military forces in recent years. Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, is a disputed…
[ad_1] Kenyan security forces have killed all the Somali militants who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 21 lives and forcing hundreds of people into terrifying escapes, the government said on Wednesday. Fifty people believed to have been in the complex remained unaccounted for on Wednesday afternoon, the Kenya Red Cross said, raising the…
[ad_1] A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed two U.S. soldiers and two civilians working for the U.S. military in northern Syria on Wednesday, weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump said the group had been defeated there and that he would pull out all American forces. The attack in Manbij appeared to be the…
[ad_1] Authorities in Georgia have arrested a man they say was planning to attack the White House. An FBI agent’s affidavit says 21-year-old Hasher Jallal Taheb of the Atlanta suburb of Cumming was arrested Wednesday in Gwinnett County in a sting after he traded his car for weapons. He’s charged with attempting to damage or destroy…
[ad_1] The remains of an Alberta man who went for a walk in Arizona on Christmas Eve in 2010 and never returned have been found. Hugh Turner, 85, left his Mesa home around noon that day. There was an exhaustive search for years, involving local police, search and rescue teams and even psychics, but no…
[ad_1] A hamburger a week, but no more — that’s about as much red meat people should eat to do what’s best for their health snd the planet, according to a report seeking to overhaul the world’s diet. Eggs should be limited to fewer than about four a week, the report says. Dairy foods should be about a…
[ad_1] He won 151 votes in Wednesday’s vote in the 300-seat parliament, securing a win that avoids an early election. The hard-left leader hailed Wednesday night’s result after the no-confidence vote was called in a row over Macedonia. Mr Tsipras said: ”Today the Greek parliament gave a vote of confidence in stability. “We received a vote of…
[ad_1] North Korea, Afghanistan and Pakistan remain in the top five places where it is hardest to be a Christian, according to new research by Christian charity OpenDoors. But the rise in attacks by Hindu extremists in India and tough new laws in China have seen believers in world’s two most populous countries face “extreme”…
[ad_1] Meanwhile he also indicated talks over denuclearising North Korea had stalled – and claimed the United States now faced a “wolf pack” of rogue states including Iran and Venezuela. Pence did not mention the attack in his address to 184 chiefs of US diplomatic missions who gather annually in Washington from around the world to…
[ad_1] In recent weeks, hardline Islamic extremists have carried out a spate of attacks against four churches in Egypt, persecution watchdog International Christian Concern (ICC) has reported. All four churches were in the midst of seeking official recognition from the state to carry out worship services. Following protestors’ demands, Egyptian authorities closed down the churches and denied…
[ad_1] Residents said soldiers and police were patrolling the streets of townships around the capital Harare and assaulting some people in their homes – a tactic used by Robert Mugabe’s security services during his almost four decades of increasingly repressive rule. Human rights activists say more than 100 people have been treated for serious injuries…
[ad_1] Hans-Olaf Henkel, an independent MEP as well as a former chairman of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) was speaking during a plenary debate with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez about the possibility of a new deal with the United Kingdom. During the course of his emotional speech, Mr Henkel said he was happy Germany…
[ad_1] Kenyan security forces have killed all the Somali militants who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel compound, taking at least 21 lives and forcing hundreds of people into terrifying escapes, the government said on Wednesday. The bloody bodies of five attackers were broadcast across social media as President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the end of a…
[ad_1] U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government won a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for her to attempt to forge a consensus among lawmakers on a Brexit divorce agreement. Lawmakers voted 325 to 306 that they have confidence in May’s government, just 24 hours after they handed her Brexit deal a…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: A three-day national strike in Zimbabwe, called after a 150 per cent hike in fuel prices, ended amidst a…
[ad_1] Tehran fired a rocket carrying the Payam satellite this week but it failed to reach orbit. The launch was condemned by the US, France and Israel who fear the ballistic missile technology used to propel the rocket could be adapted to deliver nuclear weapons. But despite warnings from the West, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani…
[ad_1] Kenya’s security forces have killed the Islamic militants whose assault on a luxury hotel and shopping complex took the lives of 14 people, the country’s president said Wednesday. “All the terrorists have been eliminated,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said in announcing an end to the operation to secure the complex in the capital, Nairobi. In…
[ad_1] At least 890 people are believed to have been killed over three days in December in ethnic violence in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Wednesday, and it warned that the toll could be higher still. This doubles an estimate provided on Monday by a local priest and a civil…
[ad_1] A Canadian national was kidnapped in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night in an area the government has warned is under growing threat from jihadist attacks, Security Minister Clement Sawadogo said on Wednesday. Sawadogo said the man was abducted by a dozen gunmen on a mining site near the border with Niger. In addition, another…
[ad_1] Firms will have access to a ’Brexit check’ service to help with contingency planning as well as direct aid from the Spanish government. Speaking ahead of yesterday’s historic Commons vote which saw Theresa May’s deal roundly defeated by MPs, Spain’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, said Madrid is now preparing for…
[ad_1] The French President was kicking off a national debate on reform policies – aimed to calm yellow vest protests who claim he is just a leader for the rich – when he blamed benefits claimants for “taking advantage of the system”. He told local officials in the northern French village of Gasny: “People who are…
[ad_1] Brexiteers have long bemoaned the apparent dominance of Germany within the EU. Even today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sparked fury as she waded in on the Brexit debate, dismissing hopes of extending Article 50 and saying she cannot see any renegotiation of Britain’s withdrawal agreement. However, the prospect of a strong German presence within the…
[ad_1] The Kremlin leader is due to make a state visit to Belgrade tomorrow. A man named as Armin Alibašić , 21, suspected of being an Islamic State “terrorist”, was detained in the Serbian city of Novi Pazar, according to reports today. The alleged jihadist possessed a cache of weapons and explosives, according to multiple reports…
[ad_1] The U.S. economy is taking a larger-than-expected hit from the partial government shutdown, White House estimates show, as contractors and even the Coast Guard go without pay, and talks to end the impasse seemed stalled. The longest such shutdown in U.S. history has dragged into its 26th day with neither President Donald Trump nor Democratic…
[ad_1] A blast struck near a U.S.-led coalition patrol in Syria’s northern city of Manbij on Wednesday, and a war monitor said two Americans were among the 14 people killed. An Islamic State in Iraq and Syria-affiliated website, Amaq, said an attacker with an explosive vest had struck a foreign military patrol in a suicide…
[ad_1] Mr Macron said: “This is a referendum that was manipulated, manipulated from the outside by what we now refer to as ‘fake news’. “People said everything and anything before turning around and saying: ‘Deal with it’. The people were lied to. What they voted for isn’t possible. “The pressure is on Britain.” The French President…
[ad_1] China said on Wednesday it’s “not worried in the slightest” by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to a Canadian for drug smuggling. Monday’s sentence for Robert Schellenberg for smuggling 222 kilograms of methamphetamines into China prompted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to accuse China of “arbitrarily” applying the death penalty. The United Nations…
[ad_1] Rusli Kusmin said he was out fishing with three others on March 8, 2014 when he saw the plane crash into the Strait of Malacca, which links the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. The claim has sparked hope that MH370 could finally be located after a desperate five-year search. Mr Kusmin said the plane…
[ad_1] A central government representative for the region said: “A little bit of hair was found in the well and the tests that have been carried out show it’s the little boy’s. “It gives us that a level of certainty that the boy is there, in that well.” Spanish government officials say Julen Rosello’s mother…
[ad_1] Kenya’s security forces have killed the Islamic extremist gunmen whose assault on a luxury hotel and shopping complex took 14 “innocent lives,” the country’s president said Wednesday. “All the terrorists have been eliminated,” President Uhuru Kenyatta said in announcing an end to the operation to secure the complex in the capital, Nairobi. In a…
[ad_1] British shares lagged Europe slightly on Wednesday after Prime Minister Theresa May’s resounding defeat in a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal, but in the face of continuing political uncertainty investors focused on results and M&A news. A defeat had largely been priced in already, though its magnitude came as a surprise. Analysts and…
[ad_1] The founder of China’s Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of network gear to phone and internet companies, says his company would not share secrets about its customers and their communication networks. Ren Zhengfei spoke in a rare meeting with foreign reporters as Huawei Technologies Ltd. tries to protect its access to global telecom carriers…
[ad_1] Yes, Theresa May’s Brexit defeat in Parliament was historic. Epic. It was worthy of labels like #brexitshambles and the Daily Telegraph’s take, which called the 430 to 202 loss “a complete humiliation.” But defeat usually implies there was a victor. So chalk one up for the disruptors who started all this. The restive Eurosceptic Tory…
[ad_1] Nearly two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump admitted telling Democrats that the partial shutdown of the U.S. government — now the longest in history — could go on for “months or even years” if they didn’t agree to $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall with Mexico. That was Day 13 of the shutdown. It’s…
[ad_1] The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC. Many of their impressive constructions can still be seen in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Archaeologists are constantly racing against time to get their hands on…
[ad_1] The explosive claim was made in an official Iranian Resistance paper, produced by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The NCRI document contains damning assertions which implicate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the production and concealment of nuclear-ready ballistic missiles. An NCRI representative has spoken to Express.co.uk about his group’s concerns.…
[ad_1] Kenyan police say there is still “an active security operation” Wednesday in and around the luxury hotel and shopping complex attacked by Islamic extremist gunmen. Sporadic gunfire could be heard from the scene in the morning after scores of people were rescued at daybreak as police continued what they called a mopping-up exercise. At…
[ad_1] According to the South China Morning Post, General Li Zuocheng raised the issue with Admiral John Richardson on Monday as part of the latter’s three-day trip to China. Beijing has been flexing its muscles in the region but Taiwan still remains a flashpoint between the two superpowers. The state is still considered as part…
[ad_1] Putin made the incendiary comments during an interview with two Serbian newspapers. He also urged Trump not to withdraw from a major nuclear weapons treaty. The Russian President was speaking before a visit to Serbia, a traditional Moscow ally. Putin claimed: “The policy of the US and some other Western countries in the Balkans, who…
[ad_1] The US government has been partially “shut down” for the longest period in American history. The measure came into force shortly before Christmas because Trump could not secure funding for his controversial border wall project, which was a key campaign pledge. The economic damage from the shutdown is now estimated to be higher than…
[ad_1] The White House made the announcement on Tuesday. Ms Trump had previously been touted as a potential president of the global financial institution. But the White House confirmed on Tuesday she is not a contender for the post. Ms Trump, a senior White House adviser, was asked to participate in the search for a…
[ad_1] Beijing‘s Chang’e-4 mission has successfully planted cotton seeds on the far side of the moon, as part of an experiment to test biosphere conditions on the lunar surface. On 3 January, the probe took a variety of seeds in a bucket-like tin to the far side of the moon- including cotton, oilseed rape, potato, Arabidopsis…
[ad_1] A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million US bribe to the former president of Mexico so he would call off a manhunt for the notorious kingpin. Alex Cifuentes spoke about the alleged bribe to former president Enrique Pena Nieto while being cross-examined…
[ad_1] MPs had their say on Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Tuesday and rejected the negotiated agreement by 432 votes to 202. Some 118 Tories voted against the Government. And Westminster is now hunting for a Brexit Plan B. Exploring a “Norway-plus” model could now be the next step for a post-Brexit settlement. But Kari…
[ad_1] Washington previously warned Tehran earlier in the month to not carry out three planned rocket launches, as it said this would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution because they use ballistic missile technology. The United States was also concerned that the long-range ballistic technology, which was used to put satellites into orbit, could also…
[ad_1] A blazing heatwave has left people sizzling in areas of New South Wales – including Sydney – South Australia and Victoria for the last three days. Now officials warn the mercury is set to exceed a record-breaking 45C on Wednesday, with warnings the most vulnerable in society could be at risk of death. A…
[ad_1] The attack unfolded at 3pm local time (12pm GMT) on Tuesday. Terrified people were forced to hide under desks to escape as security forces fought gun battles with militant fighters. A British man and an American man are among the casualties, a mortuary worker said. The fundamentalist group al Shabaab have claimed responsibility for…
[ad_1] An infectious disease expert, Jeremy Farrar said there is “nothing to stop” the rising outbreak if political instability continues to plague the region, insisting the country will head towards a “worse case scenario”. Professor Farrar, who recently visited the DRC with a WHO leadership team, told the Daily Mail Online: “The worst case scenario is…
[ad_1] A rodeo cow named Betsy has evaded capture for six months as she wanders the trails of Alaska’s biggest city, the cow’s owner said. The 3-year-old cow “busted out” of a pen before participating in junior events at the Father’s Day Rodeo in Anchorage, rodeo promoter Frank Koloski told the Anchorage Daily News.…
[ad_1] Israel joined forces with the US in condemning the satellite launch from the Imam Khomeini Space Centre, though Iran also claimed it was a failure as it did not travel into orbit. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said: “The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Safir satellite carrier. “But the satellite unfortunately…
[ad_1] Google Earth is the perfect tool to explore and discover the physical remains of ancient cultures or unexplained anomalies found throughout this wonderful world. Believe it or not, some amazing discoveries have already been found using this program. And now a mysterious site spanning the Pisco Valley, Peru, has been highlighted by Google Earth. On…
[ad_1] Zimbabwe’s police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protests after the government more than doubled the price of fuel in the economically shattered country. Harare’s streets were quiet by the…
[ad_1] Venezuela’s opposition-run congress on Tuesday formally declared President Nicolas Maduro a “usurper” whose actions would be considered null and void, after he was sworn in last week for a disputed second term. Maduro was inaugurated on Jan. 10 under an avalanche of criticism that his leadership was illegitimate following a 2018 election widely viewed…
[ad_1] Cotton seeds carried by China’s Chang’e-4 moon probe have become the first biological matter to grow on the moon. A photograph taken on Jan. 7 and released on Tuesday by China’s National Space Administration showed the seeds sprouting on the far side of the moon. The experiment lays the foundation for a lunar base and long-term space…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: The numbers behind Brexit, deal or no deal. British Prime Minister Theresa May has a long night ahead, no matter which way…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, told lawmakers on Tuesday he would protect a federal probe into Russian election meddling from political pressure, stressing he would bring independence to the job and not shy away from breaking ranks with the administration. “I will not be bullied into doing anything that…
[ad_1] A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s plan to add a U.S. citizenship question to the 2020 census, the first ruling in a handful of lawsuits nationwide that claim the question will hurt immigrants. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross concealed his true motives in…
[ad_1] Rapid shifts in the Earth’s north magnetic pole are forcing researchers to make an unprecedented early update to a model that helps navigation by ships, planes and submarines in the Arctic, scientists said. Compass needles point towards the north magnetic pole, a point which has crept unpredictably from the coast of northern Canada a…
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday encouraged people to express their grievances and propose changes to the country’s economy during a “grand debate” aimed at appeasing the yellow vest movement, following weeks of anti-government protests. Macron formally launched a three-month national debate during a meeting with about 600 mayors and local officials in Grand Bourgtheroulde,…
[ad_1] British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crucial test on Tuesday as lawmakers in Parliament vote on her deeply contentious Brexit plan. On Monday, the embattled prime minister urged MPs to take a “second look” at the deal her team brokered with the European Union. “No it is not perfect. And yes it is a…
[ad_1] Delivering a stinging defeat to prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, judges on Tuesday acquitted former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and former youth minister Charles Ble Goude of responsibility for crimes committed following disputed elections in 2010, saying the prosecution failed to prove their case. Presiding Judge Cuno Tarfusser ordered the immediate release…
[ad_1] An upscale hotel complex in Kenya’s capital came under attack on Tuesday, with a blast and heavy gunfire. The complex in Nairobi’s Westlands neighborhood includes a large hotel known as DusitD2, banks and offices. Several vehicles burned. People were being rushed, even carried, from the scene. “It is terrible. What I have seen is terrible.…
[ad_1] World War 3 threats were sparked this week when Iran attempted to launch a satellite on a long-range ballistic missile. Defence expert Behnam Ben Taleblu said he fears US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops from the war-torn region of Syria will lead to an escalation of Iran’s military threat. Mr Taleblu,…
[ad_1] The Moscow delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov while the US delegation is headed by Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Andrea L Thompson. Mr Ryabkov said Russia was ready for serious work with the US at the behind-closed-doors talks and called on Washington to give up advancing any…
[ad_1] Deasy Tuwo, 44, is thought to have been feeding the Crocodile, named Merry, lumps of meat when the creature proceeded to drag the woman into a pool at the CV Yosiki Laboratory in North Sulawesi. The horrific incident happened on January 11 with shocked workers finding a “floating object” in the pool at around…
[ad_1] Veteran Republican Rep. Steve King will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after saying white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms. King, in his ninth term representing Iowa, will not be given committee assignments in the Congress that began this month, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday…
[ad_1] Benjamin Netanyahu issued the chilling warning, saying: “I’m telling you, get out of there fast. We won’t stop attacking.” The prime minister also stepped up his repeated warnings against an Iranian presence in war torn Syria, saying Israel will not allow for the regime to take hold there. He also mocked Iran for denying…
[ad_1] Specialist machinery has been brought in to “suck” away the earth preventing emergency service responders from confirming Julen is beneath the blockage – thought to have been caused by a mini-landslide as he fell – and is still alive. Overnight private sector experts began to install tubing in the uncased shaft on land near…
[ad_1] California’s search and rescue teams plan to patrol the Lost Coast Trail in search for any clues that may lead them to Waterloo hiker Rick Eastep. Eastep, 32, was reported missing Jan. 9. According to a release from the Humbolt County Sheriff’s Office, the person who made the report said Eastep sent a text message saying he may have suffered…
[ad_1] In theory, it should be up to China’s top court to decide whether a B.C. man should be sentenced to death after being found guilty of drug smuggling. But it’s in the political realm where his ultimate fate may be determined. And it’s the Chinese government that may also decide how long Robert Schellenberg’s case…
[ad_1] A Zimbabwean military helicopter has fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of protests after the government more than doubled the price of fuel. Soldiers have moved in to disperse crowds at the busy intersection and transport hub in the capital, Harare, amid Zimbabwe’s biggest unrest…
[ad_1] William Barr’s nomination to become the next U.S. attorney general brings fresh uncertainty to how the Trump-Russia investigation will be handled — even as Barr looks to tamp down fears he might suppress the probe’s findings. According to his prepared remarks, Barr is expected to tell the Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday that it’s “vitally…
[ad_1] Flights across Germany are facing disruption after security staff at eight airports went on strike over pay. The ver.di union on Tuesday called on staff at airports including Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover and Bremen to walk off the job between 2 a.m. and 8 p.m. local time. German news agency dpa is reporting that in…
[ad_1] The Tokyo District Court turned down a request by Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn for release on bail Tuesday, prolonging his detention by weeks and possibly months. Ghosn, 64, who was arrested on Nov. 19, has been charged with falsifying financial reports in underreporting his compensation, and with breach of trust in having Japanese…
[ad_1] Due to the US government shutdown, there aren’t any staff available and therefore the President resorted to buying takeaway food when the National College champions visited Washington. Trump was hosting Clemson’s University team following his quick trip to New Orleans where he spoke at the 100th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation…
[ad_1] A Saudi teen who arrived in Canada Saturday after fleeing her family says she needed to risk her life in order to live freely and be independent, and is very happy to be in Canada. “I felt that I was reborn, especially when I felt the love and the welcome.” Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18,…
[ad_1] The U.S. military is taking on a new and extended role on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pentagon said Monday. At the request of the Department of Homeland Security, the Pentagon agreed to provide personnel to operate security cameras and to lay about 240 kilometres of concertina wire between official ports of entry, officials said. The…
[ad_1] The Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping the girl after murdering her parents and holding her hostage for months, sometimes under his bed, told police he picked his victim after seeing her get on a school bus, prosecutors said on Monday. Wisconsin authorities said Jake Patterson, 21, had confessed to killing Jayme Closs’ father with…
[ad_1] Qian Qihu, 82, won the prestigious 2018 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award due to his contributions to national defence for the system which he described as the country’s “last national defence line”. The system is a series of elaborate defensive facilities located deep under the mountains and reduces the vulnerability of entrances and…
[ad_1] U.S. Sen. Rand Paul plans to undergo hernia surgery at a private hospital in Canada because of injuries he suffered when a neighbour tackled him while he was doing yard work at his Kentucky home. The Republican lawmaker is scheduled to cross the border for outpatient surgery scheduled sometime during the week of Jan.…
[ad_1] The victim has been named by local news reports and friends as marina owner and manager Robert Hathaway. It is understood he was found by a neighbour at around midday on Sunday. A police spokesman in Gros Islet said investigators were awaiting the outcome of a post-mortem examination. He said: “The body of a…
[ad_1] Chinese exports have recorded a shock fall, slumping by 4.4 percent in the last month of 2018, representing the largest fall for two years. Lowering demand in most of Beijing’s key export markets have been blamed on the fall while its stumbling domestic economy registered a massive 7.6 percent fall in imports due to…
[ad_1] Global health teams have issued the warning as they battle to contain what is already the world’s second largest Ebola epidemic. Infectious disease expert Jeremy Farrar said fostering confidence in health authorities is essential when fighting a disease that can spread furiously through communities where local services are scant and patients are often scared to…
[ad_1] The 70s musician turned activist said that while he believes Brexit is a “serious mistake” he “completely understands” frustrations Leave voters have with the bloc. Mr Geldof, who was a prominent Remain campaigner in the run up to the 2016 referendum, also praised the Irish government’s handling of negotiations as he slammed the current…
[ad_1] North Dakota officials have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the five-month closure of a section of highway during the large protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, saying they had both the authority and an obligation to do it. The federal lawsuit brought by two members of the Standing…
[ad_1] Chinese officials said they will conduct three successive missions to explore the moon’s surface and examine the conditions, prior to building homes using advanced 3D technology. Officials from China National Space Administration (CNSA) have also announced plans to return back to the moon this year with the Chang’e-5 mission. Beijing aims to upgrade its space exploration,…
[ad_1] Demonstrators carried placards calling for an end to violence while the capital of Warsaw was lit up with thousands of candles in memory of the Gdansk mayor, who died aged 53 after being stabbed on stage. Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski confirmed Mr Adamowicz had died today, a day after the much-loved politician was rushed…
[ad_1] A huge plague of locusts descended on Saudi Arabia’s third-biggest city of Macca this week. Saudis took to social media to post images and videos of the nightmare swarm as millions of the flying bugs landed. The city is Islam’s holiest site, where Muslim pilgrims travel every year. The insects swarmed around cleaners who…
[ad_1] Deasy Tuwo, 44, was unexpectedly attacked by the 17-ft beast during a routine feed on Friday morning, where she threw meat into the crocodile’s den at a research facility in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The animal, called Merry, is believed to have jumped on his hind legs up the 8-ft wall, grabbing Ms Tuwo’s body…
[ad_1] Eric Schweitzer, President of the German Association of Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Image: GETTY) The various concerns were outlined in a range of German media reports published the day before tomorrow’s crunch vote on Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, which she is widely predicted to lose. Eric Schweitzer, President of the German Association of Chambers…
[ad_1] A Wisconsin man has been charged with kidnapping, two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and armed burglary in the abduction of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and the slaying of her parents. Jake Thomas Patterson was arrested Thursday, after Jayme Closs escaped from a remote northwestern Wisconsin cabin where she says she was held. Investigators say the…
[ad_1] Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said the country is planning to put two homegrown satellites into orbit for domestic purposes. He stressed the satellites, which will be blasted with a Simorgh space launcher, will help to monitor weather forecasts and agricultural activities. But Washington officials fear the technology is being harnessed to launch intercontinental…
[ad_1] Stones were hurled at Israeli police who attempted to block furious Christian demonstrators forcing their way into the Haifa Museum of Art to destroy the sculpture they have blasted as “disrespectful”. The confrontations were the result of a flurry of complaints made in August about the artwork that depicts the McDonald’s clown mascot and…
[ad_1] On Saturday and Sunday, thousands of protestors ransacked streets across France in the ninth consecutive weekend of anger against Mr Macron’s programme of financial and tax policies. For nearly three months, cars have been set alight, speed cameras ripped down and streets vandalised by protestors wearing hi-vis jackets standing up to Macron’s government. In…
[ad_1] The video shows the French gendarmerie crashing through a glass floor on the pavement near the famous Parisian monument. After some furious wheel spinning, the truck manages to break free of its hole but leaves a large pane of smashed glass behind. The accident happened as the Yellow Vest protests entered their ninth week.…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr will pledge at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia and will let the public know about the probe’s findings, according to prepared testimony released Monday. “I believe it is vitally important that…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected a proposal from a Republican ally in the Senate that he temporarily reopen closed parts of the government to allow resumption of negotiations on a funding standoff. As he left the White House for a trip to Louisiana, Trump told reporters he did not agree with Republican Sen.…
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that Saudi leaders assured him everyone responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi would be held accountable, as Riyadh tries to resolve its biggest political crisis in a generation. Pompeo told reporters he had also raised a number of human rights issues with King…
[ad_1] Donald Trump is fond of airing his opinions via Twitter, and his latest set of tweets are no different. As the longest government shutdown in history continues, the US president is eager to point out that he has been “waiting all weekend” and that Democrats “must get to work now.” Here is a roundup…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Monday that Britain’s planned exit from the EU could be derailed, a last-ditch effort to win over Brexit-supporting lawmakers who have repeatedly said they will vote down her divorce deal. The fate of the United Kingdom’s March 29 exit from the EU is deeply uncertain as Parliament is…
[ad_1] Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz has died from stab wounds a day after he was attacked onstage by an ex-convict at a charity event, Poland’s health minister said Monday. Lukasz Szumowski said the doctors who were fighting to save Adamowicz’s life informed him the mayor had died. The Twitter account for the City of Gdansk also announced…
[ad_1] LGBT activists said Monday at least two people have died and about 40 have been detained in what has been described as a new crackdown on gay people in the Russian republic of Chechnya. The new allegations come after 2017 reports of more than 100 gay men arrested and subjected to torture, and some…
[ad_1] The drones, which are capable of triggering 300ft high tsunamis which would wipe coastal cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego, will be transport aboard Russia’s expanded submarine fleet. The Kremlin source said: “Two Poseidon-carrying submarines are expected to enter service with the Northern Fleet and the other two will join the Pacific…
[ad_1] Jayme Closs is the 13-year-old girl who was help captive for three months in northern Wisconsin after her parents were brutally murdered. Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, has been accused of kidnapping Closs and holding her in his home in the small town of Gordon, about 60 miles north of her home in Barron. He…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Turkey with economic devastation if it attacks a U.S.-allied Kurdish militia in Syria, weakening the Turkish lira and prompting sharp criticism from Ankara on Monday. Relations between the two NATO allies have been strained over U.S. backing for the Kurdish YPG, which Turkey views as an extension of the…
[ad_1] Mnangagwa’s announcement of a 150 percent increase in fuel prices was greeted with shock in Zimbabwe where unemployment is over 80 percent. The government sets fuel prices via the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Agency. Residents of Epworth, 22 miles south of the capital, protested after the main labour federation called for a three-day strike starting…
[ad_1] An Iranian Boeing 707 cargo plane coming from Kyrgyzstan crashed on Monday while trying to land west of Iran’s capital, state media reported, with an emergency official saying only one person of the 16 on board was known to have survived. Fire immediately engulfed the aircraft after it skidded off a runway and crashed…
[ad_1] It was a whirlwind affair that began with a Saudi teen barricaded in a Thai hotel room bravely defying the laws of her country and against long odds, refusing to return to her allegedly abusive family. Just days later, Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun was on Canadian soil flanked by smiling officials and local service providers amid…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last ditch effort to convince rebel lawmakers to back her Brexit divorce deal, warning them that Britain’s exit from the EU is now in peril from politicians seeking to thwart it. May will also set out new assurances from the EU that it does not aim to sever…
[ad_1] With canned vegetables, tuna, beans, pasta and sauces, Jo Elgarf’s cupboards are packed. There’s no room left. “It’s just my insurance policy in case everything goes wrong,” she said in her home in suburban London. Elgarf has been buying extra groceries since last June, fearing Britain will leave the European Union in a disorderly…
[ad_1] An Iranian emergency management official has told state TV that 16 people were on board a Boeing 707 cargo plane that crashed west of Tehran and that there is only one known survivor. Pirhossein Koulivand made the comment to state TV on Monday, shortly after the crash at Fath Airport west of Tehran. The…
[ad_1] The Islamic Republic will send the satellites into orbit using a Simorgh space launch vehicle from the Imam Khomeini Space Centre. The US fears Iran could potentially use this satellite system to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. Tehran has denied any such motive but US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has insisted Iran stop its…
[ad_1] The renewed religious persecution even involves the government writing a new state translation of the Bible to establish the “correct understanding” of scripture. The attack on Christianity comes amid ongoing reports of muslims being forced into internment camps, where they are made to renounce their faith or face punishment. Beijing’s religious crackdown has been…
[ad_1] A search effort has located the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, an Indonesian official said Monday. Ridwan Djamaluddin, a deputy maritime minister, told reporters that the agency investigating the crash that killed 189 people had informed the ministry about the discovery. “We got…
[ad_1] The black box is a cockpit voice recorder and is one of two boxes crucial for the investigation. Deputy chief of Indonesia’s transport safety committee (KNKT) Haryo Satmiko said: “It’s been found, but we have not received information of the location yet.” The Boeing Co 737 MAX jet crashed into the sea on October 29…
[ad_1] A convicted criminal with a knife rushed on to the stage during the finale of a charity event Sunday night and stabbed a Polish mayor in the heart and abdomen before shouting that he did it for political revenge, in an attack that left doctors fighting to save the politician’s life. Gdansk Mayor Pawel…
[ad_1] The President reportedly cut off Mr Mulvaney in the meeting, saying: “You just f***ed it all up, Mick.” The interaction came near the end of a meeting in the White House Situation Room on January 4, according to two sources who were in the room at the time. Trump had spent the meeting continuing…
[ad_1] Pawel Adamowicz was rushed to hospital after being knifed during the fundraiser organised by one of Poland’s biggest charities. The shocking attack took place in front of hundreds of onlookers at the open-air event. Local media quoted hospital staff as saying Mr Adamowicz’s condition was very serious and he was undergoing emergency surgery. Interior…
[ad_1] Ms Le Pen – defeated by Mr Macron in last year’s Presidential election – urged the tens of thousands of protesters who have staged weekly protests against him since November to punish Mr Macron in the Spring. Le Pen told an election rally for her National Rally (“Rassemblement National”) party, which was previously known…
[ad_1] ISIS has been driven back in recent months with the jihadis confined to an ever-shrinking enclave on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. SDF commanders have stepped up attacks over the past two days and taken control of the area between the ISIS territory enclave and the Iraqi border – cutting off their…
[ad_1] And the Center for the National Interest (CNI) has suggested attempts by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP) to portray the nation as “peaceful and defence-oriented” did not chime with reality, while urging the US to “integrate Taiwan’s military into its regional defense architecture”. The chilling possibilities are discussed in…
[ad_1] Regulators wanted to remove developmentally disabled patients from a Phoenix long-term care facility years before a woman in a vegetative state gave birth, Arizona’s largest newspaper reported Sunday. The Arizona Republic reported Hacienda HealthCare faced a 2016 criminal investigation for allegedly billing the state more than $4 million US for bogus 2014 charges for…
[ad_1] French far-right leader Marine Le Pen launched her campaign for the May 26 European Parliament election on Sunday with an appeal to the broad “yellow vest” protest movement that has rattled the government. Le Pen urged the tens of thousands of protesters who have staged weekly protests against President Emmanuel Macron since November to…
[ad_1] Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory called his comments “unsubstantiated and reckless” and said it was revoking the titles 12 years after the geneticist lost his job at the New York-based institution. In 2007 Dr Watson shocked the scientific world when told the Times newspaper that he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” as “all…
[ad_1] The request by the National Security Council, which is led by John Bolton, sparked deep concern among Pentagon and State Department officials, the newspaper reported, citing current and former US officials. The Pentagon complied with the request, but it is not known whether the options for an Iran strike were also provided to the…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump avoided directly answering when asked whether he “currently is or has ever worked for Russia” after a published report said law enforcement officials, concerned about his behaviour after he fired FBI director James Comey in 2017, had begun investigating that possibility. Trump said it was the “most insulting” question he’d…
[ad_1] The magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck close to Point MacKenzie to the north west of Anchorage at 4.45pm GMT (8.45am local time), according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Residents took to earthquake monitoring site EMSC to share their experiences. One said: “Long and big. Significant anxiety spike! Another added: “That was scary. Hard quake.”…
[ad_1] This morning, around 33 miles from Capetown, California a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck. It hit at 1.35am local time (9.35am GMT). Later a magnitude 5.1 quake rocked Alaska, one of many to hit the state since 2019 began. Hundreds have reported to have felt the earthquake in Alaska today. The Californian quake hit 33…
[ad_1] The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC. Many of their impressive constructions can still be seen in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Even to this day, archaeologists are constantly battling against local looters to get…
[ad_1] The sub was put into lockdown while crew waited for the 65st bear to lose interest in the vessel. The Delta IV class sub is believed to have been patrolling north of the Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen when it surfaced through thick ice to dump bags of rubbish. Its crew had no…
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that a rift between Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbours had gone on for too long and was threatening regional unity needed to counter Iran. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member Egypt cut diplomatic, transport and trade ties…
[ad_1] The Paris prosecutor’s office says rescuers have found a body under the rubble of a bakery in Paris that was blown apart by a powerful explosion, bringing the overall death toll to four. The blast Saturday morning in the Rue de Trevise in the 9th arrondissement of north-central Paris also injured dozens of people.…
[ad_1] The apocalypse is said to be the complete final destruction of the world, first described in the biblical book of Revelation. For decades, many have predicted the event, the most significant being on December 21, 2012, when conspiracy theorists claimed a mythical planet named Nibiru would smash into Earth. However, NASA disregarded the claims at the…
[ad_1] British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday that exiting the European Union without a deal would be “catastrophic” and he would prefer an agreement is reached than a second referendum held. He also said he would table a motion of no confidence in the government “soon” if Prime Minister Theresa May’s…
[ad_1] Israeli troops discovered the sixth and final tunnel dug by Hezbollah militants for cross-border attacks, the military announced Sunday, saying it was wrapping up its operation along the Lebanese border. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said the final tunnel was the largest one discovered so far, running hundreds of metres from under a Lebanese…
[ad_1] The ongoing government shutdown in the United States is now the longest in the country’s history. Federal workers whose offices are shuttered have now missed their first round of paycheques since the shutdown began on Dec. 22. Nearly a million people are affected — employees of government agencies ranging from the Food and Drug Administration to…
[ad_1] This year will see elections in the world’s most populous democracy, another that has already seen head-spinning leadership changes this century, and six countries in the G20 alliance, including Canada. Political observers will also be keeping an eye on countries that could have unscheduled elections arising from domestic disputes, such as the U.K. (due to Brexit…
[ad_1] Sail-throughs by the US Navy in the hotly sought-after South China Sea have forced a top US Navy Commander to meet with his Chinese counterpart for urgent talks to “reduce risk”. The dispute over the sovereignty of certain areas of the South China Sea include the Parcels and the Spratlys. The territory has been…
[ad_1] The couple attended a screening at a West Palm Beach theatre around Christmas. They had been staying at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort over the festive period. Both Ivanka and her husband work as senior aides to President Trump. An eyewitness told PEOPLE the couple left the showing early, accompanied by their Secret Service escort. The…
[ad_1] Mrs Clinton swiped at the US President via social media after the 22-day partial shutdown surpassed the previous 21-day record under her husband Bill Clinton’s presidency. The former Democrat nominee, who was defeated by Trump in 2016, sent an agitative tweet on Saturday saying “the costs are already high”. She said: “People are missing…
[ad_1] Authorities say at the time of the collapse 87 people were working in the mine, 66 of whom were lifted to safety. The incident happened in Shenmu, situated in China’s north-west Shaanxi province. Rescue workers are searching for the two missing miners. More to follow… [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Scientists have declared that it is a matter of “when, not if” a devastating earthquake strikes New Zealand, unleashing a mega-tsunami that could wreak havoc across large parts of the world. Geologists in New Zealand claim the Hikurangi Subduction Zone is one of the world’s biggest faultlines and there is evidence that it could…
[ad_1] A U.S. House of Representatives committee will look into a news media report that the FBI investigated whether President Donald Trump has been working on behalf of Russia, against U.S. interests, the panel’s Democratic chairman said on Saturday. The New York Times reported that the probe began in the days after Trump fired James…
[ad_1] Meanwhile a monitoring group said a Turkish convoy had crossed the frontier into northern Syria. Turkey’s military sent tanks and armoured vehicles to the border in the second day of reinforcements near the province of Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in Syria. On Friday, a Turkish security source said the Turkish army had…
[ad_1] Washington is engaged with Beijing on multiple fronts as Donald Trump’s administration attempts to force the Chinese into changing their trade practices while also competing for dominance in the South China Sea. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson will embark on a four-day visit to the Asian superpower tomorrow in a bid to…
[ad_1] The supervolcano, located in Yellowstone National Park, has erupted three times in history – 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. Volcanoes typically blow when molten rock, known as magma, rises to the surface following the Earth’s mantle melting due to tectonic plates shifting. However, geologists have revealed how Yellowstone’s…
[ad_1] Thousands also marched noisily but peacefully through the Grands Boulevards shopping area in northern Paris close to where a major gas explosion in a bakery killed two firefighters and injured nearly 50 people early on Saturday, with police saying this weekend’s protests were larger than last Saturday’s. Central Paris was in lockdown against another…
[ad_1] Mr Castro, 44, the grandson of a Mexican immigrant who would be the first Hispanic elected president, served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under former President Barack Obama and has long been viewed as a rising star in the party. He will seek to position himself as a political outsider with liberal…
[ad_1] Atiku Abubakar said trade deal with Nigeria unrealistic with country as poorest in the world (Image: getty) In August this year, Prime Minister Theresa May visited Nigeria. She spoke about increasing investment opportunities, a new trade deal and economic partnership, tackling human trafficking, and assistance to bolster the rule of law and the fight…
[ad_1] Fallout from the federal government shutdown is hurting Indigenous Americans as dwindling funds hamper access to health care and other services. The pain is especially deep in tribal communities with high rates of poverty and unemployment, where one person often supports an extended family. The effects were being felt far and wide. In New…
[ad_1] The Chinese tech company Huawei on Saturday announced it has fired a sales director who was arrested in Poland and charged with spying for China, saying he has brought the firm’s reputation “into disrepute.” The company said it has “decided to terminate the employment of Mr. Wang Weijing, who was arrested on suspicion of…
[ad_1] On Friday the US signalled it would not bow to the pressure from Brussels when it published negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstron told the US trade representative Robert Lighthizer that the bloc could not negotiate on agriculture in a new, more limited set…
[ad_1] The central United States is being bombarded by snow as a winter storm hits the area. Heavy snow and freezing rain began on Friday across Missouri and Kansas. Motorists found themselves stranded as snow-covered roads became impossible to pass. The storm could last for days and has the possibility to cause trees to snap…
[ad_1] NBC News announced its professional divorce agreement with Megyn Kelly late Friday, ending an association with the former Fox News Channel star whose attempt to become a network morning television star as part of the Today show floundered. Terms were not disclosed. Kelly was in the second of a three-year contract that reportedly paid her…
[ad_1] A lawyer for R. Kelly said Friday that the R&B star denies all allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls, including those made in a recent documentary, although he says neither he nor Kelly has watched the entire movie. Lawyer Steve Greenberg offered his most full-throated defence of the Grammy-winning recording artist…
[ad_1] Whatever the cause, the event resulted in a massive rockfall which has blocked the nearby Bureya river, and left several villages at risk of flooding. So much rock was shifted it would fill 13,600 Olympic-sized swimming pools, say experts. Meanwhile, the falling 34 million cubic metres of debris left a gash in a mountain…
[ad_1] A massive swarm of locusts has plagued Mecca this week, as officials struggle to remove the infestation at Islam’s holiest site. Shocking footage posted on social media showed how the locust swarms covered the Great Mosque in Saudi Arabia. The Makkah Municipality confirmed the phenomenon which residents claim has never been seen before. Authorities…
[ad_1] China and the US currently have a mutual political, economic and security interests, despite an ongoing dispute over several countries in the China Sea. Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have held military drills on land and water to boast new state-of-the-art technology in recent months as a show of power. However, Chinese military strategist…
[ad_1] Congo presidential runner-up Martin Fayulu has confirmed he has filed a court challenge to the election results, asking for a recount and alleging fraud. The constitutional court has seven days to consider the challenge. Fayulu has alleged a backroom deal between the declared winner, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi, and President Joseph Kabila. “You can’t manufacture results…
[ad_1] As the eastern European country grapples with ongoing political infighting and lawmakers’ abuses of power EU critics point to Romania’s appointment as current boss of the European Union to be indicative of the deep-seated problems facing the European Union as it struggles to run itself. As if predicting an embarrassment for Brussels down the…
[ad_1] More than 800,000 US federal workers are caught up in the escalating row between Donald Trump and Congress. President Trump is refusing to approve a funding budget unless his $5.7billion (£4.5billion) finance bill for a wall along the US-Mexico border is agreed. Building the wall was one of the US president’s key election pledges but Democrats…
[ad_1] The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC. Many of their impressive constructions can still be seen in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Even to this day, archaeologists are constantly battling against local looters to…
[ad_1] In a bizarre step, the EU’s competition commissioner Margarethe Vestager warned a deal between French and German rail giants Alstom and Siemens would not be done to compete with Beijing-backed firms because the bloc does not want to undermine other member states. She also warned the same with another merger on the cards between…
[ad_1] A massive explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted a the ground floor of a building in central Paris’s shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least nine people, French police said. Authorities were on high alert in the French capital for a ninth consecutive Saturday of “yellow vest” protests, with large parts…
[ad_1] Emergency services scrambled to the scene of the blast at the corner of Saint-Cecile and Rue de Trevise in Paris’s 9th District. Pictures shared on social media showed burnt-out cars and debris strewn across streets next to the explosion at a boulangerie, otherwise known as a French bakery. Firefighters are tackling a fire caused…
[ad_1] Emergency services are at the scene in central Paris following the explosion at a boulangerie – meaning bakery – shortly before 8am GMT (9am local time). Nine people have been seriously injured, according to police reports. Shocking images show people being carried out on stretchers and debris strewn across streets in front of buildings…
[ad_1] The blast was heard in the centre of the city as dawn broke over the French capital. French police have confirmed at least nine casualties and are advising people to stay away from the area. Emergency services, including police who had been securing nearby areas against the Yellow Vest protestors, rushed to Rue de…
[ad_1] The First Daughter is one of the names being considered, among several others, for a role as the head of the World Bank after its Obama-appointed head, Jim Yong Kim, suddenly resigned earlier this week. Donald Trump has already been accused of nepotism after appointing his daughter to the role of special adviser, making…
[ad_1] This beats the 21-day shutdown which took place in 1995-6 when Clinton was President. President Trump is refusing to sign a finance bill unless Congress provided him with $5.7billion (£4.5billion) for a wall along the US-Mexico border, which Democrats are resisting. Some 800,000 US Government employees are currently unpaid. On Friday workers missed out…
[ad_1] The FBI looked into whether Trump was either consciously or unwittingly promoting Russian interests. During the Presidential election campaign, the bureau held off opening an investigation. The FBI investigation has been combined into a larger inquiry into the Trump campaign’s links to Russia being led by Robert S. Mueller. More to follow… [ad_2] Source…
[ad_1] Foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll issued the demand after President Hassan Rouhani announced two satellites would be sent into space using Iran-made missiles. Ms von der Muhll said: “France recalls that the Iranian missile programme is not conform with UN Security Council Resolution 2231. It calls on Iran to immediately cease all…
[ad_1] The Malaysia Airlines jet, which had been travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on 8 March 2014 with 239 passengers on board. Dr John Cox, a top US plane crash investigator and CEO of Washington-based Safety Operating Systems, believes the plane was flown off course outside of radar coverage before it ran out…
[ad_1] Asteroids, which usually sit in the inner solar system, tend to orbit the Sun, but do not resemble the shape of a planet. There are millions of these rock formations flying around space and their collisions – known as impact events – have played a significant role in shaping many planets. Throughout history, hundreds have struck Earth, causing death,…
[ad_1] Mrs Buzyn, health and solidarity minister, said in a meeting with yellow vest activists in the southern French town of Lozère: “You have the feeling that we’re trying to bury your heads in the sand … when in fact, we’re just trying to help you. We want to act in your best interests, and…
[ad_1] Heavy snow paralyzed much of Europe for yet another day, cutting off mountain villages, sparking avalanches and killing at least four more people Friday. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to ditch the agreement struck with Moscow over the purchasing of S-400 air defence systems. Washington told Turkey in September 2018 the precondition for buying American-made Patriot air defence systems was refusing to buy Moscow’s S400s. But in a clear snub to the US, Turkey announced the deal…
[ad_1] For centuries, the purpose of the massive stone statues has remained one of ancient humanity’s best-kept secrets. The Easter Island moai heads have beguiled explorers, researchers, experts and travellers to the remote Chilean island in Polynesia. The gargantuan heads, dotted around the island, date back to the period 1100–1680 AD and are mostly carved…
[ad_1] Police say a Utah teenager crashed into another car when she covered her eyes as part of the so-called “Bird Box Challenge.” Layton police Lt. Travis Lyman said Friday that the 17-year-old drifted into oncoming traffic and hit another car after she pulled a hat over her eyes to emulate Bird Box, a Sandra Bullock…
[ad_1] The H-1B visa in the United States allows employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations, such as technology or medicine. The duration of stay is limited to three or six years, and the law limits the number which can be issued across the US each year. Holders are also eligible to be…
[ad_1] Jayme Closs had been missing since her parents were found shot dead in their rural Wisconsin home in October. Following a nationwide search, the girl managed to flee from a remote cabin where she was being held. Police have now charged Jake Patterson with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of kidnapping.…
[ad_1] Macedonia’s parliament passed an amendment to the constitution on Friday to rename the country Republic of North Macedonia, a move which formally ends a 27-year dispute with Greece. Eighty-one deputies in the 120-seat parliament voted in favour of the change. Representatives of the opposition conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, who said the agreement concedes too much to Greece, boycotted…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: The head of Japan’s Olympic Committee has been placed under formal criminal investigation by France over bribery allegations. The revamp…
[ad_1] Irreconcilable differences over these issues will provide the catalyst for a major shakeup in Brussels as voters in member states begin to back “anti-migration forces”, Bill Ravotti said. The political commentator, who was a Republican nominee for US Congress in 1996 and 1998, claimed a new political group championed by Italy and supported by…
[ad_1] Mexican authorities said Friday that five attackers have died in a clash with soldiers the northern border state of Tamaulipas, bringing the state’s death toll in two days of presumed gang-related violence to 29. A group of armed assailants attacked a military patrol Thursday on a highway near the Rio Grande, wounding one soldier,…
[ad_1] The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria has begun the process of withdrawing troops from Syria, says a spokesperson for the coalition fighting ISIS, amid conflicting reports over the status of troops. U.S. military Col. Sean Ryan spoke Friday of the withdrawal process, but declined to comment on specific timetables or movements. Ryan said the U.S.…
[ad_1] A 21-year-old man is jailed in the deaths of a Wisconsin couple he killed because he wanted to kidnap their teenage daughter, investigators said Friday, a day after the girl approached a stranger along a rural road saying she’d been abducted in October and held against her will. Jake Thomas Patterson was taken into…
[ad_1] The EU’s “centralism” could cost the bloc one of its most important members if the AfD, Germany’s biggest opposition party, gain enough traction within the country to raise the question of “Gexit”, the German version of Brexit. Party members have gathered at the Erdgas Arena in Riesa, a city in the western state of…
[ad_1] The protests, now in their eighth week, started as a peaceful backlash against planned carbon taxes but quickly spiralled into a wider rebellion against the government’s economic policies. Mr Le Drian told the French television channel CNews: “What we need is a Republican jolt. We need those with a voice – be they trade…
[ad_1] Many Congolese struggled to vote in the much-awaited election due to a deadly Ebola virus outbreak – the second-biggest ever recorded – as well as an armed conflict and logistical problems. Maja Kocijancic, the spokeswoman of the EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, acknowledged the result, but said the bloc was awaiting clarification from…
[ad_1] Seven people died and five were in critical condition after a bus carrying tourists and local travellers in eastern Cuba crashed. State media reported the bus was carrying 18 Cubans and 22 tourists from Holland, Great Britain, France, Mexico and Canada when it crashed Thursday afternoon on a road between the cities of Baracoa…
[ad_1] Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu asserts he won 61 per cent of the presidential vote, citing Catholic Church election observers, and says he will file a court challenge to the official vote results on Saturday morning. Fayulu accuses outgoing President Joseph Kabila of making a backroom deal with the declared winner, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi.…
[ad_1] A top European Union official said Friday the bloc wants to help Britain’s prime minister avoid a no-deal departure from the EU, but insisted there can’t be any renegotiation of the Brexit divorce deal. Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president, said that despite Prime Minister Theresa May’s struggles to get the deal through Parliament, he…
[ad_1] Four months after the Swedish general election, four parties have agreed on who will run the country, according to Swedish media. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported on Friday morning it is the leaders of the Social Democrats, Green Party, Centre Party and Liberals who have reached the agreement. However, the party leaders must now discuss…
[ad_1] Poland’s Internal Security Agency has charged a Chinese manager at tech giant Huawei in Poland and one of its own former officers with espionage against Poland on behalf of China, Polish state television reported on Friday. The two men were arrested on Tuesday. Polish security agents also searched the offices of Huawei and Orange,…
[ad_1] Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would allow diplomats from Canada, Britain and Ireland to visit Paul Whelan, but dismissed suggestions that the Canadian-born American arrested in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be used in a prisoner swap for a Russian held in the United States. Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who holds four…
[ad_1] The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria has begun the process of withdrawing troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements. Col. Sean Ryan, spokesperson for the coalition fighting the Islamic State group, said the U.S. started “the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria.” “Out…
[ad_1] Donald Trump wanted a wall. Now, as he’s poised to preside over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, he might need a political escape hatch. So woeful has the stalemate in Washington become, as 800,000 federal workers woke up on Friday with no expectation that they’ll get their usual paycheques. By Saturday, the…
[ad_1] Whether you consider the beginning of the U.S. presidential campaign the date of the first campaign launch, the Iowa caucuses or the first candidates debate, it is a staggeringly long process. Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Julian Castro have already announced presidential exploratory committees, and Warren made a series of well-attended appearances last week in Iowa, the site of…
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brought the Trump administration’s anti-Iran message to Gulf Arab states on Friday as he continued a nine-nation tour of the Middle East aimed at reassuring America’s partners that withdrawing troops from Syria does not mean Washington is abandoning the region. Pompeo was travelling to Bahrain and the United…
[ad_1] Mr Orban, whose right-wing government has presided over a crackdown on immigration, said his issue with Mr Macron was “nothing personal” but that he had a duty to oppose him on the issue. Speaking at a press conference earlier today, the Hungarian firebrand said: “There is no denying that Emmanuel Macron is an important…
[ad_1] Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has urged the Polish populist Government to join forces with Italy and Hungary against plans for further European integration. Mr Mayer appeared supportive of the proposal as he suggested a populist alliance across Europe could help bring change to European Union institutions. He insisted a major changing point…
[ad_1] Fox News host Chris Wallace had Sarah Sanders at a loss for words as he repeatedly fact-checked the Press Secretary and President Donald Trump on their claims about the proposed border wall with Mexico. President Trump suggested terrorist cells could exploit the vulnerabilities of the border to enter the US illegally despite no official…
[ad_1] A court in Myanmar has rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists convicted of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act, and maintained the seven-year prison terms they were sentenced to last year. Judge Aung Naing said Friday that lawyers for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo failed to submit enough evidence to prove their…
[ad_1] So far in 2019, there have been 98 earthquakes magnitude 2.5 or higher in the state of Alaska. Of these, seven have been measured at a magnitude of 4.5 or higher according to the USGS (United States Geological Survey). The highest occurred on January 5, 57km south of Tananga Volcano, measuring a magnitude of…
[ad_1] The Philippines is looking to alter its 1951 Mutual Defence Treaty (MDT) with the US to include its South China Sea claims. However, it is very unlikely America will agree to those terms. China has been involved in multiple disputes with the Philippines, Brunai, Vietnam and Malaysia over the South China Sea but could…
[ad_1] The study was produced by UK banking firm Standard Chartered. Britain, France, Italy and Canada are all predicted to fall out of the world’s top 10 economies. They will be overtaken by Turkey, Brazil and Egypt which are forecast to enjoy meteoric rises. Standard Chartered predicts the size of countries economies will become closer…
[ad_1] A 13-year-old northwest Wisconsin girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed has been found alive, authorities said Thursday. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department said on its Facebook page that Jayme Closs has been located and that a suspect was taken into custody. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said the sheriff’s office in…
[ad_1] Known for playing Henry Ramsey in the soap in the 80s, the 53-year old has now been charged with the crimes by police in Victoria. Mr McLachlan was accused of sexual harassment by several actresses during his career. The actor will face court next month with 10 criminal charges – one count of common…
[ad_1] Germany is on the brink of a recession after a shock plunge in industrial output. Industrial production in Europe’s financial powerhouse dropped by 1.9 percent in November and by -4.6 percent year-on-year – the biggest drop since the 2008 crisis. And Germany’s exports fell by -0.4 percent month over month in November, the government…
[ad_1] Two shareholder lawsuits filed this week accuse the board of Google parent Alphabet of playing a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two former executives over the last five years. The company declined to comment. Both of the lawsuits seek to force Google to change its governance and oversight to stop future workplace…
[ad_1] Congo appeared on the cusp of its first peaceful transfer of power with the surprise victory Thursday of opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi, despite clear signs that a rival opposition leader actually won in a landslide. With no major protests in the capital Kinshasa and limited violence elsewhere in the vast Central African country, the…
[ad_1] The coalition which brought to power a populist and eurosceptic force could crumble over the latest migrant crisis faced by Rome. Mr Di Maio and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte have accepted to take in some of the asylum-seekers rescued by two German NGOs ships Sea Eye and Sea Watch, despite Mr Salvini had…
[ad_1] Larry Woetzel is chairman of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission but formally worked as a CIA agent. He revealed how the CIA was on the verge of purchasing 16,000 computers from a Chinese company, that may have been infected with a virus. Mr Woetzel revealed other US government departments were attacked by computers…
[ad_1] An Arizona woman in a vegetative state who was sexually assaulted and had a baby received a medical exam nearly nine months before giving birth, according to court documents. The woman’s mother, who is her legal guardian, submitted an annual report as required by state law that included results of a physical done April…
[ad_1] Ursula Von der Leyen said Europe “needs to improve its ability to act on behalf of its own security” at a time of global uncertainty, adding major progress has been made towards realising a joint defence force. Like the development of the EU’s single market and free movement principle, developing a European army will…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen will testify in Congress on Feb. 7, according to a schedule released Thursday by the House of Representatives oversight and government reform committee, now led by Democrats. “I look forward to having the privilege of being afforded a platform with which to give a full and…
[ad_1] Alaska is no stranger to earthquakes, and just over a month ago experienced a magnitude 7.0 quake which triggered a tsunami alert along the coast. The earthquakes which have shaken Alaska in 2019 have ranged from magnitude 2.5 to magnitude 5.9. The latest quake to shake the US state occurred Thursday, January 10 and…
[ad_1] The world’s oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world’s growing climate-changing emissions, scientists said Thursday. Ocean heat — recorded by thousands of floating robots — has been setting records repeatedly over the last decade, with 2018 expected to be the hottest year yet, displacing the 2017 record,…
[ad_1] Israel inaugurated a new highway in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that features a large concrete wall segregating Israeli and Palestinian traffic. One side of Route 4370 — located northeast of Jerusalem — will be open to Israeli vehicles only, while the other half will only be open to Palestinian traffic. The highway…
[ad_1] Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday apologized to women who have shared experiences of harassment by male supervisors while working on his 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. The Vermont independent said on Capitol Hill that the alleged misconduct by male aides “was absolutely unacceptable and certainly not what a progressive campaign or any campaign should be…
[ad_1] Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is returning to a Florida port a day early and giving passengers full refunds of their fare after 277 guests and crew members were hit with an outbreak of Norovirus as it sailed to Jamaica. Cruise line spokesperson Owen Torres told The Associated Press “we think the right thing…
[ad_1] Three flight attendants onboard flight 1987 from Philadelphia also became sick on the approach to Florida, according to NBC Miami. American Airlines said the five crew members had complained of an odour before landing. They were rushed to hospital from the airport after the plane landed safely at Fort Lauderdale’s Hollywood International Airport at around…
[ad_1] Police fired tear gas at demonstrators who carried flags and banners against Mrs Merkel’s visit to Greece. The German Chancellor has travelled to Athens for talks with Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Mr Tsipras said the visit marked “the end of a difficult cycle between our two countries”. Germany is seen as one of…
[ad_1] Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a second term Thursday amid international calls for him to step down and a devastating economic crisis, but with some long-time friends in attendance both from abroad and at home. A dozen Latin American governments and Canada have rejected the legitimacy of Maduro’s next term, and Washington…
[ad_1] People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media site than younger adults, moderates and super liberals during the 2016 U.S. election season, the first study of its kind indicates. The first major study to look at who is sharing links from debunked…
[ad_1] GOP and Democrat lawmakers are currently at loggerheads over the establishment of Donald Trump’s border wall, prompting a lengthy government shutdown. Beginning late last year, members of Congress were deliberating over funding for President Trump’s core campaign promise – a fortified border wall with Mexico. With no agreement in place by the deadline set…
[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope’s premier camera has shut down because of a hardware problem. NASA said the camera stopped working Tuesday. Hubble’s three other science instruments are still working fine, with celestial observations continuing. At 17:23 universal time, the Wide Field Camera 3 suspended operations due to a hardware problem. Hubble will continue to…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday it’s likely he would declare a national emergency to secure funds for his long-sought wall along the U.S. southern border if an agreement with Democrats in Congress to provide the money isn’t reached. Trump spoke to reporters at the White House as he prepared to depart to visit…
[ad_1] Congo’s powerful Catholic church challenged the surprise win of opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi in the presidential election, saying the official results do not match the outcome compiled by its 40,000 observers at all polling stations across the country. The church, which has long pressed for a fair election in the largely Catholic country, refused…
[ad_1] Mr Salvini, who leads the nationalist, anti-immigrant League party, pledged to create a “new European spring” ahead of the European Parliament elections in May and to work with Poland’s ruling populists. He pledged to rally Eurosceptic allies to take on the likes of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and forge…
[ad_1] Alaska notoriously experiences a lot of seismic activity, and in the first nine days of 2019 has been shaken by 81 earthquakes of a magnitude 2.5 or higher according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The five highest of these have been magnitude 4.5 or higher, with one even reaching magnitude 6.1. This…
[ad_1] Adolf Hitler found refuge from his father’s violent rages in the world of fantasy where he dreamed of becoming a great artist. The Nazi leader was fanatical about film, even delaying meetings in order to watch new movies. Royal biographer Andrew Morton claims: “Disney cartoons were his favourite, he endlessly watched the antics of…
[ad_1] A lawyer acting for a Canadian-born former U.S. marine detained in Russia on espionage charges has filed an appeal with a Moscow court seeking to have his client released on bail, Russian news agencies cited the court as saying on Thursday. Paul Whelan, who holds multiple citizenships, was detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service on…
[ad_1] The British government would accept a demand by Parliament to set out its Plan B within days if Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal is rejected next week, Andrea Leadsom, leader of the House of Commons, said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Parliament voted for an amendment calling on the government to set out its Plan…
[ad_1] As U.S. President Donald Trump travels to the border in Texas to make the case for his $5.7 billion wall, landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play out if the White House gets its way. The federal government has started surveying land along the border in Texas and announced…
[ad_1] Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the long-delayed presidential election, the electoral commission announced early Thursday to the surprise of many, as the vast country braced for possible protests over alleged rigging. Tshisekedi, who received more than 7 million votes, or 38 per cent, had not been widely considered…
[ad_1] As U.S. President Donald Trump travels to the border in Texas to make the case for his $5.7 billion wall, landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play out if the White House gets its way. The federal government has started surveying land along the border in Texas and announced…
[ad_1] The United States says talks in Beijing on ending a bruising trade war focused on Chinese promises to buy more American goods. But it gave no indication of progress on resolving disputes over Beijing’s technology ambitions and other thorny issues. China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday the two sides would “maintain close contact.” But…
[ad_1] 2018 is behind us. Good riddance. It was a year of relentless news, much of it not good. World leaders hurled insults and threats at each other over social media. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, either by war or extreme weather. People were killed as a result of anger and intolerance. Given…
[ad_1] Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano could erupt and destroy up to 100 cubic kilometres (62 miles) of land surrounding the volcano, warned Dr Christopher Kilburn, a professor at University College London and expert in volcanic hazard. Dr Kilburn said there is “absolutely no evidence” of a large scale caldera-forming eruption “any time soon” but warned the Campi…
[ad_1] World War 3 fears were sparked at the start of the year when Kim Jong-un delivered a stern message to the US following President Donald Trump’s effort to shut down North Korea’s ruthless regime. Retired general Jack Keane told Fox News that relations between the two countries are ultimately “stalemated” after the US failed…
[ad_1] On what is now the 19th day of a partial government shutdown caused by disagreement over the wall, President Trump told reporters at the White House he may move forward in a “different manner” if Republicans and Democrats cannot work together to resolve the funding standoff. However, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her…
[ad_1] The UK has announced plans to establish a new Asian naval base. The base will likely be in Brunei or Singapore. It is a move Taiwan has welcomed but China is likely to lament. Responding to news of the plan, Xu Liping, a professor at the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies under the Chinese Academy…
[ad_1] An unclassified Defence Science Board (DSB) report claims America’s, military logistics require rapid modernisation. The 29-page report concluded that major taxpayer funding is required if Washington intends to go to war.US Generals Paul Kern and Duncan McNabb said: “The Task Force found significant shortfalls that, if left unaddressed, will put at risk US ability…
[ad_1] Mira Ricardel lost her job as deputy national security advisor in November. It came shortly after very public criticism from the First Lady. Melania is believed to have clashed with Ms Ricardel over plane seating arrangements for a trip. Ms Ricardel now being considered for another high level government job, this time at the…
[ad_1] Mrs Obama’s memoir, ‘Becoming’, sold 3.4million copies worldwide despite only being released in November. The former First Lady was joined by political books ‘Fire and Fury’ by Michael Wolff and Bob Woodward’s ‘Fear’. NPD Bookscan, which tracks the majority of the retail market reported that Obama’s book had sold 2million copies by late November.…
[ad_1] Pipped only by Israel, Russia is the second most self-assured, with 63 percent believing they are prepared for a major cyber attack. Meanwhile, in the US only 53 percent believe they can hold their ground in a cyber war and in the UK just 46 believe the country is ready. The poll data, released…
[ad_1] A federal judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday dismissed actress Ashley Judd’s sexual harassment claim against movie producer Harvey Weinstein but said she could proceed with a defamation claim against him. Judd had accused Weinstein of defaming her in 1998 after she refused what she said were his sexual advances a year earlier. In…
[ad_1] The commission declared opposition leader, Felix Tshisekedi, the official winner early on Thursday in what could lead to Congo’s first democratic transfer of power. But an observer mission from the Church’s bishops conference (CENCO) told diplomats that its own tallies showed another opposition leader, Martin Fayulu, winning. The contradictory views could lead to a…
[ad_1] Congo’s electoral commission says opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has won the presidential election as the vast country braces for possible protests over alleged rigging. Tshisekedi, who received more than 7 million votes, had not been widely considered the leading candidate. Some observers have suggested that President Joseph Kabila’s government sought to make a deal…
[ad_1] The people of Congo continued to wait early Thursday morning to learn who their new president will be, as anti-riot police with water cannons and armoured vehicles surrounded the electoral commission office in the capital, Kinshasa. After a delay of about three hours, the country’s electoral commission began announcing results from the December elections, starting with the names of hundreds…
[ad_1] The news comes after the Kingdom commissioned an outside assessment of its reserves. The independent audit not only showed the wealth of reserves held, but should help assuage scepticism over the Kingdom’s oil and gas wealth. It also shows national oil giant Saudi Aramco is taking strides towards transparency as it continues to consider…
[ad_1] A majority of Donald Trump’s administration does not want to achieve a peace agreement with North Korea, as they wish to keep troops in South Korea and form a “strategic encirclement” of China, contends a former US diplomat. Jim Jatras also claimed that what President Trump and what his administration want are not “necessarily…
[ad_1] Mateusz Morawiecki cited energy and fiscal policy as examples on how the bloc unfairly treats various countries, in an interview with CNBC in Warsaw. The country’s leader who is from the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) used a recent dispute between Brussels and Rome over the EU’s demand for Italy to lower its budget…
[ad_1] CHINESE President Xi Jinping has told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is currently visiting China, he hopes North Korea and the US will “meet each other halfway” in their next round of talks. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Deep and low-frequency earthquakes have been detected for the first time under the dormant Eifel volcano in North Rhine-Westphalia, a new paper show. As similar tremors are commonly regarded as indicators of the movement of magma at great depths, this discovery suggests magmatic fluids from the upper mantle of the Earth could rise into…
[ad_1] Donald Trump has said he had the right to declare a national emergency as the US goes into the 19th day of a partial government shutdown, caused by disagreement over funding for the Mexico wall. President Trump is demanding $5.7bn (£4.5bn) funding for the border wall, but no deal can reached for funding on…
[ad_1] Talks to try to end a partial U.S. government shutdown came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday afternoon after President Donald Trump walked out of a meeting with congressional Democrat leaders at the White House. Calling the meeting “total waste of time” on Twitter, Trump said he left after asking Democrat House Speaker Nancy…
[ad_1] Iran confirmed Wednesday it is holding U.S. navy veteran Michael R. White in a prison, making him the first American known to be detained in that country under President Donald Trump’s administration. White’s detention adds new pressure to the rising tension between Iran and the U.S., which under Trump has pursued a maximalist campaign…
[ad_1] U.S. authorities are seeking witnesses and evidence in connection to longstanding sexual abuse allegations against R. Kelly, which were revived this month in the blistering new documentary series Surviving R. Kelly. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she watched the program and found its content “deeply, deeply disturbing.” Late Tuesday afternoon in Chicago, the hometown…
[ad_1] The man accused of being California’s Golden State Killer has been cleared of involvement in the 1975 murder of a 14-year-old girl in the Central Valley, prosecutors said Tuesday. DNA testing excluded Joseph DeAngelo as a suspect in the murder of Donna Jo Richmond and — along with other evidence — indicates that another…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Kidnappings where ransoms are demanded in cryptocurrency are rising around the world. Having safe drinking water on tap is taken…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump nominated acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler Wednesday to run the agency permanently, the White House said, keeping the former energy lobbyist at the helm. The widely anticipated nomination provides Trump with another avid supporter of his deregulatory and pro-fossil fuels agenda, but without the constant criticism over alleged mismanagement…
[ad_1] Phoenix police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility where a patient who was in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and putting a spotlight on safety concerns for severely disabled or incapacitated patients. Hacienda HealthCare, the company…
[ad_1] Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced he was divorcing his wife, MacKenzie, on Twitter on Wednesday. The billionaire executive made the announcement just three days before his 55th birthday. He said the couple will remain “cherished friends” and said they were “incredibly lucky to have found each other.” In a joint statement released on Twitter…
[ad_1] Groundhog Dog happens every year on February 2, and has been celebrated in the US since the 1800s. The celebration focuses on a groundhog – Punxsutawney Phil – coming out of its home to predict either six more weeks of winter weather or an early spring. Visitors meet at Gobbler’s Knob on February 2…
[ad_1] Billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, and his wife MacKenzie Bezos are divorcing after 25 years of marriage, the couple said in a joint statement on Twitter Wednesday. Jeff Bezos, 54, is the world’s richest person, with a fortune that has soared to more than $160 billion US thanks to his…
[ad_1] The new Treaty of Aachen will build on the 1963 Elysee Treaty, which has become the driving force behind the European Union’s most powerful internal relationship. The French President and German Chancellor will concluded during a symbolic ceremony in the town hall of German border city of Aachen. Both countries have pledged to “deepen…
[ad_1] An Iranian intelligence service and two of its staff have been penalised after Iran was accused of being behind plots to assassinate regime dissidents on Dutch, French and Danish soil, and of orchestrating other terror plots in Europe. The two employees hit by the EU sanctions have been named as the deputy minister and director…
[ad_1] The yellow vest crisis – which started as a protest against fuel tax hikes and morphed into an anti-Macron rebellion – could mark a shift towards the extremes and boost populism. Asked to comment on France’s yellow vest crisis, Mr Weber, the leader of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament, told AFP Mr…
[ad_1] Britain’s government and its lawmakers clashed Wednesday as Prime Minister Theresa May brought her little-loved Brexit deal back to Parliament, a month after postponing a vote on the agreement to stave off near-certain defeat. The House of Commons opened five days of debate on an agreement with the European Union setting out the terms of…
[ad_1] Australia’s government said Wednesday it will assess the resettlement case of a Saudi woman who fled from her family now that a UN agency has deemed her a refugee, taking the woman’s high-profile quest for asylum a step forward. The Department of Home Affairs confirmed in a statement that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees had referred…
[ad_1] On December 9, 2018, several protesters wore yellow vests during the “Brexit Betrayal” march in London led by Tommy Robinson and UKIP leader Gerard Batten. But the first official yellow vest protest occurred on December 14, after being organised on Facebook. The protesters blocked several bridges in London and were mainly made up by…
[ad_1] Berne and Brussels finally came up with a draft deal on future bilateral relations just before Christmas after four years of intense and occasionally bad-natured negotiations. But Mr Maurer insists the text of the framework needs “substantial renegotiations” despite receiving a letter from Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker declaring the agreement “final”. When asked…
[ad_1] Mr Macron’s government passed a controversial asylum and immigration bill last August, despite widespread opposition. The senate had rejected the bill, but the lower house passed the text as President Macron’s La Republique En Marche party holds a large majority. Last month, the President pledged to review the policy in the hope of appeasing…
[ad_1] Bible news: Experts say the home of the Ark of the Covenant has been found (Image: GETTY•MICHAEL HAVIS) Scripture says the Ark was built by the Israelites according to God’s instructions and dealt disaster to their enemies as they conquered the Holy Land. It would later be captured by the Philistines, but after afflicting…
[ad_1] EU officials yesterday discovered the US State Department had lowered the diplomatic importance of their ambassador to Washington without any warning. Brussels diplomats only learnt of the stinging rebuke after they noticed their ambassador, David O’Sullivan, had not been invited to a number of high-profile events. The Brussels delegation believes the downgrade must have…
[ad_1] The magnitude of an address from the Oval Office once looked like John F. Kennedy’s appeal for calm in 1962 amid the Cuban missile crisis. Or Harry Truman explaining the deployment of U.S. troops to fight in the Korean War in 1950. Or George W. Bush’s entreaty to Americans in 2001 to strengthen their resolve in the wake of the Sept.…
[ad_1] The British government is bringing its little-loved Brexit deal back to Parliament, a month after postponing a vote on the agreement to stave off near-certain defeat. Lawmakers are beginning five days of debate Wednesday on the agreement with the European Union setting out the terms of Britain’s departure from the bloc on March 29.…
[ad_1] When Sherbrooke, Que., resident Edith Blais set out on her last known journey in Burkina Faso, she and her Italian companion Luca Tacchetto would have been travelling through one of the few parts of the country that was not covered by a high-alert Canadian travel advisory. Leaving the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in the country’s…
[ad_1] The vow comes days after Italy and Germany also confirmed UK citizens will be allowed to remain even if Britain crashes out of the EU with no deal. Any British person with the right to live in the Netherlands on March 29 would still be able to live there after. The British people would…
[ad_1] The man suddenly jumped out of the third floor window and “broke his spine” when he hit the ground, according to reports. He had been seeking to escape from police, said law enforcement sources. The suspect – described as an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan – was admitted to hospital with serious spinal injuries. He remains…
[ad_1] In his prime-time speech to the nation, U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border security and ignored the reality of how illicit drugs come into the country as he pitched his wall as a solution to trafficking. The president said in his speech that a barrier is key to tackling…
[ad_1] The organisation’s report has forecasted a slowdown of growth to 2.9 percent this year and 2.8 percent next year, but the chances of a recession will skyrocket if the US economy takes a negative hit. Spiralling tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping now affect 2.5 percent of global…
[ad_1] Mr Obama staged the intervention in Hawaii over the weekend. His comments came amid mounting calls for his wife, the former First Lady, to run for the role of President in 2020. Mrs Obama would trounce Donald Trump in a contest, a recent poll has shown. But her husband appeared to refuse to endorse…
[ad_1] In his prime-time speech to the nation, U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border security and ignored the reality of how illicit drugs come into the country as he pitched his wall as a solution to trafficking. The president said in his speech that a barrier is key to tackling…
[ad_1] The 3M-54 Kalibr cruise missile can transport a nuclear or convention warhead up to 2,000 kilometres. However, it is believed Russia is looking to boost the range to over 4,500 kilometres. Kalibr missiles can be fired from either submarines or surface ships. A military source told the state-linked Tass Russian News Agency: “The newest…
[ad_1] The packages are being investigated after “hazardous material” was reported. Emergency services are at the scene on St Kilda Road and the city. Those believed to be targeted include the US, Italian, German, Korean, Indian and Swiss consulates. Area is reportedly in lockdown and containment orders in place. The investigation has been described as…
[ad_1] Trump speaking from the Oval Office for the first time in 2019 (Image: WHITEHOUSE ) Trump used the address to justify his controversial border barrier, which he says the Democrats have asked to be made of steel. He addressed the nation, saying the government shutdown could be resolved in a “45-minute meeting”. But the…
[ad_1] Mr Schemer was responding to an Oval Office address from the President on the current US government shutdown. During his address Trump said: “To every member of Congress, pass a bill that ends this crisis. “This is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice.” The President described the border situation as a…
[ad_1] Trump was forced to enact the shutdown after he failed to secure funding for his controversial border wall. He wanted $5.6billion (£4.4billion) to fund the wall. But his Democratic foes have refused to yield, spearheaded by the formidable Nancy Pelosi, the new speaker in the Lower House, who branded the project “immoral”. Trump’s address…
[ad_1] The 65-year-old was bitten on the hand by a stray puppy during her holiday trip in India, and did not seek urgent medical attention for her wound. Four days later, she started feeling extreme pain and burning sensations on her hand, and went to hospital back at her home in the US state of Virginia,…
[ad_1] France’s former education minister, Luc Ferry, made the comments. Mr Ferry served in Jacques Chirac’s government. He is now a philosophiser. Speaking during an interview with Classic Radio, Mr Ferry suggested the French authorities should be permitted to fire weapons at protesters. He said: “What I don’t understand is that we don’t give the…
[ad_1] The Supreme leader turned 36 today, celebrating with a visit to China to meet President Xi Jinping. Over the years, Kim has come under attack for the conditions inside North Korea, as well as the treatment of his people. One area that has received particular focus has always been the prisons and their apparent inhumane…
[ad_1] Around three thousand Apulian farmers and 150 tractors rallied in Bari in protest against the governments lack of measures for farmers and are appealing for support from regional and national authorities. Damaging frosts from last year and the plant pathogen xylella has caused a significant loss of crops for farmers. Protesters were calling for…
[ad_1] A Canadian tech firm says it has been inaccurately portrayed in a controversial new TV movie about the highly political campaign that led to Britain’s planned exit from the European Union. Brexit: The Uncivil War premiered Monday on the U.K.’s Channel 4, with a North American release set for HBO on Jan. 19. The…
[ad_1] Paul Manafort, former campaign chairman for U.S. President Donald Trump, shared polling data during the 2016 presidential campaign with an associate accused of having ties to Russian intelligence and lied to federal investigators about it, according to a court filing Tuesday. The allegation is the first time prosecutors have accused Trump’s chief campaign aide of…
[ad_1] Both the US and China are constantly competing to become the global superpower, regularly flexing their military and economic muscles. Though they have not come to blows yet, the pair regularly uses their strengths to show off their power. However, Wang Xiangsui, a military strategist for the People’s Liberation Army, claims things have taken a…
[ad_1] French police cleared the camp near the port on Tuesday where migrants had pitched tents. It comes amid a surge in the number of asylum seekers attempting to cross the English Channel. But Home Secretary Sajid Javid urged migrants to “think twice” if they planned to travel to the UK from France or another…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump will make his case to Americans tonight that a wall is urgently needed to resolve what he calls a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, as he tries to make good on a campaign promise in a dispute that has sparked an 18-day partial government shutdown. Trump’s prime-time address, scheduled for…
[ad_1] The disease could potentially obliterate herds of animals, with recent figures showing there are currently 87 outbreaks worldwide. Figures from the World Organisation for Animal Health confirmed 87 outbreaks are happening in eight countries worldwide. In China at least 200,000 pigs have been culled with 100 farms suffering outbreaks of the disease since August…
[ad_1] A second day of trade dispute talks between the U.S. and China ended Tuesday without word of any progress, as an official newspaper warned not to push Beijing too hard. China is strong and has its own needs, said the Global Times, published by the ruling Communist Party. Washington “cannot push China too far”…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: With the vote on the Brexit deal just a week away, the warnings for “Leave” hardliners were dire at the year’s…
[ad_1] Flights from London’s Heathrow airport were halted on Tuesday after the airport said there had been sightings of a drone flown near Britain’s busiest air hub. “We are responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow,” the airport said. “As a precautionary measure, we have stopped departures while we investigate. We apologize to passengers for…
[ad_1] A Russian lawyer who attended a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower under scrutiny in the U.S. special counsel’s Russia probe was charged with obstruction of justice in a money laundering case, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan said on Tuesday. According to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Natalia Veselnitskaya was charged with obstructing…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has lowered the status of the European Union’s diplomats in Washington without notifying Brussels, EU officials said on Tuesday. The change in protocol for a close U.S. ally means the bloc’s Washington-based diplomats are less likely to be invited to high-profile events and have a lower importance than under…
[ad_1] Thailand’s immigration police chief met Tuesday with officials from the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok, as Saudi Arabia tried to distance itself from accusations that it attempted to block a young woman’s effort to flee from her family and seek asylum abroad. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, arrived in Bangkok from Kuwait late Saturday after slipping…
[ad_1] The protest movement started as a backlash against planned fuel tax hikes and high living costs, but has since morphed into a wider revolt against the government’s economic policies. “The government’s political response [to the crisis] is a repressive one. I’m very worried,” far-left lawmaker Éric Coquerel told the news channel BFM TV shortly after…
[ad_1] France’s leading nationalist movement is currently poised to win the most French seats in May’s parliamentary vote, reflecting an EU-wide shift towards the radical, populist right. Right-wingers Thierry Mariani and Jean-Paul Garraud are to announce their imminent adherence to the ultra-nationalist RN during a press conference in Paris on Wednesday, Le Figaro added. They are…
[ad_1] Britain plans to hold a vote in Parliament on Jan. 15 on the government’s deal to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesperson said Tuesday after a meeting of senior ministers. May again told her cabinet it was not government policy to delay Brexit by extending the so-called Article 50 notice, the…
[ad_1] A senior U.S. official trying to negotiate the safety of Kurdish allies in northeastern Syria was apparently rebuffed by Turkey’s president, who said Tuesday there would be “no concession” in Ankara’s push against what he describes as terror groups in the war-torn country. White House national security adviser John Bolton met for roughly two…
[ad_1] A 49-year-old man attacked children with a hammer inside a primary school in China’s capital, injuring 20, officials say. Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account, adding that the attack took place at 11:17 a.m. local time. The suspect, with the surname Jia,…
[ad_1] A German man detained for obtaining and publishing online private information belonging to hundreds of politicians and celebrities has confessed and says he acted alone, authorities alleged Tuesday. Officials said the 20-year-old’s apartment in the central state of Hesse was searched on Sunday evening. The man was detained, questioned and then released on Monday for…
[ad_1] Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun ran away from her family during a trip to Kuwait and is now hoping she can flee to Australia. The 18-year-old Saudi Arabian woman is hoping to seek asylum abroad and barricaded herself inside a hotel in Bangkok to prevent being expelled by Thai authorities. But who is Rahaf al-Qunun and…
[ad_1] Ebola outbreaks have claimed tens of thousands of lives during the last six years, with continuous major outbreaks in the African heartland. This has been particularly concerning for health officials on the continent, who are struggling to contain the disease at its borders and prevent spread towards Europe. There is now a new currently…
[ad_1] A website set up to raise funds for the light heavyweight champion boxer Christophe Dettinger showed on Tuesday that it had received pledges of more than €114,000 (£102,308.07) to help Mr Dettinger. Numerous Facebook pages entitled “Support for Christophe Dettinger” have also been set up, with one such page showing it had more than…
[ad_1] France’s Yellow Vest movement began in November in protest against the rising fuel prices and planned fuel tax and have descended into mass protests against Macron’s presidency. The rioters have caused chaos across the country, looting and destroying banks, shops and buildings, wearing the iconic bright neon vests. Writing in a blog post for…
[ad_1] Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are expected to have another summit (Image: Getty) The visit, confirmed by North Korean and Chinese state media, will likely lead to Chairman Kim’s fourth summit with President Xi in the past year and comes amid plans for a second summit with US President Donald Trump aimed at denuclearising…
[ad_1] The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29 and is not looking to extend the Article 50 exit process, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay said on Tuesday. The Daily Telegraph reported that British and European officials are discussing the possibility of extending Britain’s formal notice to withdraw from the EU amid fears…
[ad_1] Mexico won’t pay for it. It won’t necessarily be made of concrete. And Donald Trump now says he won’t even need congressional approval to get his $5.6 billion to fund construction of a southern border wall — not if he declares a “national emergency” to do it. The U.S. president may do so at his…
[ad_1] A male attacker injured 20 children Tuesday inside a primary school in China’s capital, officials said. Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account, adding that the attack took place at 11:17 a.m. local time. The suspect was apprehended at the scene and…
[ad_1] An official Chinese newspaper warned Washington not to demand too much from Beijing as talks on ending their tariff war entered a second day Tuesday with no word on possible progress. The Trump administration is dealing with an increasingly strong China that has its own pressing needs, said the Global Times, which is published…
[ad_1] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to start of a four-day visit, in what’s likely an effort to co-ordinate with his only major ally ahead of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that could happen early this year. A long motorcade including motorcycle outriders reserved for state leaders left…
[ad_1] Chinese state media claimed the plan had been approved by eight Islamic associations. Beijing is attempting to increase its authority over the restive Xinjiang region in western China where many Muslims live. The ruling Communist Party is deeply suspicious of strong religious observance. According to Chinese officials the Islamic Associations “agreed to guide Islam to…
[ad_1] The former chairman of Japan’s Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, appeared in court on Tuesday and asserted his innocence while demanding the reason for his prolonged detention. The hearing was Ghosn’s first public appearance since his Nov. 19 arrest. Ghosn, appearing in a dark suit without a tie and wearing plastic slippers and looking thinner than…
[ad_1] The House of Cards actor was seen talking to officers next to his car. He was spared a ticket and let off with a verbal warning, according to TMZ sources. Mr Spacey is believed to have arrived at the airport after flying from Massachusetts, where he appeared in court earlier in the day. The…
[ad_1] Now 30-years-old, Cyntoia Brown was convicted aged just 15 for the murder of a man who solicited her for sex. She was tried as an adult and found guilty. Now 15-years later, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has granted Ms Brown clemency. What does clemency mean in law? To be granted clemency means to be…
[ad_1] Dr Auer of the University of Hong Kong warned the European Union will need to “rethink” its strategic interest and put to bed French President Emmanuel Macron’s dreams of further EU integration. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Dr Auer said: “I certainly hope that the European Union will survive all of its current problems. But what…
[ad_1] France wants to clamp down on violent demonstrations after last weekend saw protesters descend on Paris for the eight time in less than two months. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the decision on Monday, saying: “We need to preserve the right to demonstrate in France and we must sanction those who break the law.…
[ad_1] Robert Smith is a leading lecturer at the University of Utah, who has years of experience in natural disasters, including his study into Yellowstone. The supervolcano, located in Yellowstone National Park, has erupted three times in history, 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. However, a fourth eruption could have dire…
[ad_1] The visit, reported today by Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua, is the fourth summit between the two leaders. Last year, Kim travelled to China three times to speak with Mr Xi before and after summits with Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Kim is expected to be in China from today until January…
[ad_1] The figure includes 13 murderers, around 100 paedophiles and 34 rapists and sexual offenders, according to 2018 statistics released by the Australian government. Also deported were 53 domestic abusers, 56 armed robbers and 125 offenders who had committed an assault. The deportations were down to more stringent laws introduced by Home Affairs minister Peter…
[ad_1] While many Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25, there are some Orthodox Christians who celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in January. Orthodox Christians in central and eastern Europe celebrate Christmas on January 7. Celebrations begin on Christmas Eve, which is January 6 in Orthodox countries. The reason the date varies is because of…
[ad_1] France plans to introduce legislation to toughen sanctions on undeclared protests in response to violent “yellow-vest” demonstrations, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Monday in a hardening of the government’s stance on the unrest. He spoke after rioters torched motorbikes and set barricades ablaze on Paris’s upmarket Boulevard Saint-Germain on Saturday, underscoring how protests…
[ad_1] Britain will extend a drone exclusion zone five-fold and give police new powers against lawbreaking operators, the government said on Monday, after sightings last month paralyzed the nation’s second busiest airport. The changes, announced in Parliament by Transport Minister Chris Grayling, followed pre-Christmas disruption at Gatwick Airport where drone flyovers led to 1,000 flight cancellations affecting…
[ad_1] A woman who says she was a 16-year-old sex-trafficking victim when she killed a man in 2004 was granted clemency Monday by Tennessee’s governor and will be released from prison. Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency Monday to Cyntoia Brown, who had been serving a life sentence. She will be released on parole Aug. 7.…
[ad_1] Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio wrote on his Five Star Movement party blog that the protesters should not weaken their stance. Showing his support for the movement, Mr Di Maio said: “Yellow vests, do not weaken! His co-Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini also said: “I support honest citizens protesting against…
[ad_1] Animal slaughter without pre-stunning was banned in the region of Flanders, in the north of Belgium, on January 1. And Wallonia, the French-speaking region of southern Belgium, is set to introduce a ban in September. Brussels is the only region which has not adopted the controversial measure. Under the new law animals must be…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: A look at what the partial U.S. government shutdown could cost Americans as it drags on into another week.…
[ad_1] A Venezuelan Supreme Court justice who has been a longtime government loyalist has fled to the United States, saying he’s protesting President Nicolas Maduro’s upcoming second term. Christian Zerpa said Sunday that Venezuela’s high court has become an appendage of Maduro’s inner circle since he and a group of ruling party members were appointed…
[ad_1] The speculation of a sonic attack gained momentum when US personnel in Cuba recorded a high-pitched drone, and then released the audio to the Associated Press. Exams of the diplomats revealed signs of concussions and other brain injuries, which was thought to have been caused by a weapon that released microwaves. On Friday, scientists…
[ad_1] A man charged with fatally shooting six strangers between picking up rides for Uber has pleaded guilty to murder in Michigan. Jason Dalton’s surprise guilty pleas occurred as lawyers and a judge planned to pick a jury Monday in Kalamazoo County court. Dalton was charged with murder and attempted murder. He admits shooting eight…
[ad_1] With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, U.S. President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. Trump showed no signs of budging on his demand for…
[ad_1] The former House of Cards actor is accused of assaulting the 18-year-old male after plying him with alcohol in a Nantucket bar more than two years ago. Mr Spacey was arraigned on Monday after being charged with one count of felony, indecent assault and battery in December. The next hearing date has been set…
[ad_1] Six earthquakes at magnitude 6 to 7 occur in Alaska every year, as well as forty five magnitude 5 to 6 earthquakes per year. The area also sees about 300 earthquakes at magnitude 4 to 5 per year. And an average of a 1,000 earthquakes are located in Alaska each month. A huge earthquake…
[ad_1] The chaos, which has claimed 10 lives since mid-November, has continued despite the government’s pledge to increase the minimum wage by €100 and reduce taxes. The 41-year-old leader has allegedly asked Christophe Castaner, his interior minister and close ally, to remove Mr Delpuech, 65, who has headed the capital’s police force since April 2017, the…
[ad_1] The Work and Pensions Minister of Italy reiterated co-Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini‘s message Italian ports will be shut for any more migrant ships travelling from Africa via the Mediterranean Sea. He claimed the two ships currently waiting to be accepted by a European member state should dock in Malta where the migrants can…
[ad_1] Gabon’s government has retained control of the West African country after an attempted military coup early Monday, officials say. Five army officers who took over state radio in the coup attempt have been arrested, government spokesperson Guy-Betrand Mapangou told Radio France International. Authorities have regained control of the state broadcasting offices and a major thoroughfare…
[ad_1] Kevin Spacey is due in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday to answer accusations that he groped a young man in a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016. The multiple Oscar winner has said he will plead not guilty to a charge of felony indecent assault and battery. The court appearance is expected…
[ad_1] An 18-year-old Saudi woman who said her family wants to kill her barricaded herself inside an airport hotel in Bangkok to prevent being expelled by Thai immigration authorities who on Monday halted a plan to put her on a plane to Kuwait. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has been at the international airport since Saturday following her…
[ad_1] U.S. troops won’t leave northeastern Syria until ISIS militants are defeated and American-allied Kurdish fighters are protected, a top White House aide said Sunday, marking the first public confirmation that the troop drawdown abruptly announced last month by President Donald Trump has been slowed. During a visit to Israel, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said…
[ad_1] The Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, was found in a 4,900-year-old Swedish tomb. The discovery is what scientists describe as the “oldest discovered DNA of the bacteria”. The Black Plague is considered one of the deadliest pandemics in the history of times. The bacteria was found in the tests of a woman’s…
[ad_1] Flight FR8582 left Stansted Aiport almost on time and was just a hundred miles from its destination at Thessaloniki when fog triggered a diversion. So it was that the flight overflew two relatively near contingency airports at Skopje and Sofia and instead landed at Timisoara. The catch being that Timisoara is in northwestern Romania…
[ad_1] Jacek Czaputowicz, Polish foreign minister, hit out at the French President for bowing down and abandoning tax reforms after weeks of protests wreaked havoc in Paris and the rest of the country. Last month, Paris forecast a 2019 deficit of 3.2 percent of GDP, which violates the EU-set limit of three percent. The increased…
[ad_1] He said four of five Gabon military officers had been arrested at the radio station they briefly took control of. But a fifth officer fled and is being searched for. Sporadic gunfire was heard in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Monday after the radio station was seized by military officers, who claimed they had seized…
[ad_1] US Pacific Fleet spokeswoman Rachel McMarr said the visit was intended to “preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law”. She said the operation was not about any one country or to make a political statement. China has significantly upgraded its military presence in the Parcel Islands over the past few years. Recent…
[ad_1] The apparent coup was staged early Monday morning when Gabon military officers occupied the state radio station declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo. A New Year’s Eve address by President Bongo “reinforced doubts about the president’s ability to continue to carry out of the responsibilities of his office,” said Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang, the…
[ad_1] Military officers in Gabon staged an apparent coup early Monday morning, seizing the state radio station and declaring their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo, who is recovering from a stroke in Morocco. A New Year’s address by Bongo “reinforced doubts about the president’s ability to continue to carry out of the responsibilities of his…
[ad_1] Guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell patrolled near the Parcel Islands challenging China’s claim to the region. The Parcel Islands have been controlled by China since its forces seized them from Vietnam in 1974. Both Vietnam and Taiwan maintain rival claims to the islands. The USS McCampbell sailed within 12 miles of the islands of Tree,…
[ad_1] Footage of the test was released last week. The bomb was produced by a state owned Chinese company. It is nearly two years since the US deployed its own ‘Mother of All Bombs’ for the first time. During the test the bomb was dropped by a Xian H-6K strategic bomber. According to The Global…
[ad_1] The former Vice President told a senior Democratic official he is likely to run and his aides have said he must move quickly in the Democratic primary, insiders told the New York Times. Mr Biden is said to be under pressure from party donors to make up his mind no later than the end…
[ad_1] China has revealed its latest military spy drone that could patrol “hostile environments” without detection. The eerie saucer-like stealth drone has been spotted previously but this is the first official footage of the Sky Hawk drone flying in the air. Leading military experts claim technologies mastered by Chinese developers will allow the drone to fly…
[ad_1] The anti-government Yellow Vest protesters sang the Marseillaise as they took to the streets of the capital and disrupted traffic.The female marchers assembled at the Opera Bastille clutching yellow balloons and wearing the movement’s customary yellow vests. The gilets jaunes protesters against Emmanuel Macron’s fuel tax rises have been marred with violence. Mobs again…
[ad_1] An offensive by Mexico’s new government against fuel theft at one of the country’s main refineries has led to shortages at gas stations across several central states, as authorities move more fuel by tankers and less by vulnerable pipelines. A Reuters witness said many gas stations in the city of Guadalajara in Jalisco state…
[ad_1] Skywatchers in the north Pacific and northeast Asia were treated to dazzling luminous views in which the moon appeared to bite a chunk out of the sun. Alluring views of the phenomenon were snapped in Beijing, China, and Tokyo, Japan, some of the few places aside from Siberia where it could be watched. Tokyo…
[ad_1] Tony Castro’s Instagram account shows him jet-setting around the globe, partying with friends and relaxing in Cuidad del Carmen, a hip resort in Mexico. In one snap, the aspiring model who is in his 20s plays the tourist and poses in front of the famous La Sagrada Familia church in Madrid holding a map.…
[ad_1] Epiphany is the religious feast day celebrated by millions of Christians around the world on January 6. As is usual on the holy day, Pope Francis gave a mass to 60,000 people in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome. But the Catholic leader also used his platform to wade into an international diplomatic row about migrants…
[ad_1] Women in Saudi Arabia will be notified by text message if their husband divorces them under a new law designed to protect them from having their marriage ended without their knowledge, the government said on Sunday. The new law, that came into effect on Sunday, was seen as a way to end secret divorces and…
[ad_1] The caravan is believed to be preparing to leave Honduras from the city of San Pedro Sula on January 15. It is more than double the size of the previous caravan, which left Honduras in October. Despite only a few hundred migrants starting the long walk, by the time they reached the border in…
[ad_1] Iran’s central bank, which is owned by the country’s regime, have contemplated removing four zeros from the currency since 2008. But the idea has recently gained ground as the rial has lost more than 60 percent of its value in 2018. The central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said: “A bill to remove four zeros…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump sounded pessimistic of making much progress Sunday toward ending the partial U.S. government shutdown, even hinting again that he may declare a national emergency to get funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the issue behind the stalement. Trump is prepared to bypass Congress if necessary by declaring the emergency if he…
[ad_1] US officials are set to meet their Chinese counterparts in Beijing this week for face-to-face talks. It is the first time the two sides have met since Mr Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping agreed to a 90-day truce in their bitter trade war in December. The trade war has seen Mr Trump impose…
[ad_1] Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, is being held in Bangkok by Saudi officials after running away from her abusive family. Ms Qunun, who denounced her faith in Islam, escaped from her family while on a trip in Kuwait two days ago. The teenager’s relative reported her travelling without a male guardian, and she is now being held…
[ad_1] Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has been quoted by semi-official news agency Mehr as saying the two countries are planning “war games” that will be implemented in the “near future”. Iran and Russia have held several naval drills in the Caspian Sea, including in 2015 and 2017, with the Iranian commander saying cooperation between both…
[ad_1] Benjamin Griveaux escaped through a back door of the compound after about a dozen people – some wearing yellow vests and others dressed in black – breached the barriers and began smashing up cars and windows. The 41-year-old father-of-two and his staff sought refuge in a hotel nearby after being evacuated. On Friday Mr…
[ad_1] Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne. The palace said in a statement that the 49-year-old ruler had resigned as Malaysia’s 15th king with immediate effect, cutting short his five-year term. No reason was given in the statement. It marked the first…
[ad_1] Roosevelt served as 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909 and has been immortalised with his face featuring alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore. He is considered a national icon and the hero of many US politicians since his death in 1919. However, his actions in Cuba…
[ad_1] Mustafa Abid, a highly trained specialist in mine clearance, died while detonating the bomb hidden in a bag on a roof by a church in Nasr City, just outside Cairo, on Saturday. The bomb was laid at the site just two days before Egypt’s Christmas celebrations. Egyptian Christians – known as Copts – celebrate Coptic Christmas…
[ad_1] A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead in his death-row prison cell from an apparent hanging, officials said Saturday. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison in Ely, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Santina…
[ad_1] At least 30 gold mine workers were killed in a landslide in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province on Sunday, a police spokesperson said. Sanaullah Rohani, a provincial police official in Badakhshan, also said seven were injured while they were working inside the mine in Kohistan district. Landslides are frequent in the northern mountainous provinces of Afghanistan. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Congo’s top electoral official says the announcement of the results of the presidential election has been postponed. Corneille Nangaa told The Associated Press that the results of the Dec. 30 election will not be made public Sunday as expected. He said the official electoral commission will confirm the delay later Sunday. The postponement in…
[ad_1] The incident highlights the difficulty in clamping down on the illicit trade and on stopping migrants crossing the English Channel. This is despite a new “action plan” which will involve Britain paying millions to try to secure France’s northern coast with technology including drones. The eight Iranians were spotted at Sangatte beach, to the…
[ad_1] China has revealed shocking footage of the test launch of one of the world’s most powerful bombs – putting US security officials on edge. China’s defence industry giant NORINCO released a video of the country’s largest non-nuclear bomb – a rival to the US-built ‘Mother of All Bombs’. The footage is the world’s first…
[ad_1] World War 3: China could be gearing up to wage ‘space warfare’ the US has warned (Image: GETTY) China made a huge leap forward in space exploration on Thursday by successfully landing an unmanned probe on the Moon’s far side. But numerous experts have warned of the dangers of China’s space exploration programme. They…
[ad_1] The soldiers were attacked in Deir al-Zour, the BBC reports, while other media said the incident took place in Al-Shafah, a town near Syria’s border with Iraq. The two soldiers have been airlifted to hospital by a US helicopter. It is believed the attack, which also injured several coalition fighters, took place this morning. …
[ad_1] Beijing’s historic lunar mission should serve as a wake up call to the US and other global powers according to Edward Lucas, a writer specialising in Russian foreign and security policy and information warfare. He fears that the Communist state is secretly building an “economic empire” while stockpiling a huge military arsenal to exert…
[ad_1] The demonstrators took to the capital’s streets to demand media freedoms from his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). They also called for an end to attacks on journalists and opposition figures. In a frozen Belgrade city centre marchers held banners declaring Stop the Treason, Defend the Constitution and Back the People. The Alliance for Serbia, a…
[ad_1] A woman said to have been in a vegetative state for at least a decade at a private health care facility in Phoenix, Ariz., reportedly gave birth recently, triggering a police investigation and reviews by state agencies in a situation that the state governor’s office called “deeply troubling.”‘ Azfamily.com, a news website for television…
[ad_1] An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Saturday, formalizing a split with the Russian church it had been tied to since 1686. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, signed the “Tomos” in Istanbul in front of clerics and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, forming the Orthodox Church…
[ad_1] The Italian government confirmed that UK citizens will be allowed to remain even if Britain crashes out of the EU with no deal. It is the first time an EU country has guaranteed Britons’ post-Brexit residency rights. Government officials told the British in Italy campaign group they “would continue to be legally resident with…
[ad_1] According to members of the government-approved Three Self church, on November 1, around 30 officials from the central “patrol inspection team” for religious supervision arrived at the church in Dongcun village in Henan Province’s Luoning county to conduct an inspection. An official rigorously searched the church before pointing to the first of the Ten…
[ad_1] Russia’s deputy foreign minister brushed back suggestions Saturday that a man being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian citizen. Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who holds U.S., Canadian, British and Irish citizenship, was detained in Moscow in late December. His arrest has led to speculation that Russia…
[ad_1] The study led by Luca Dal Zilio, a researcher at ETH Zurich, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, found groundbreaking new insight into how earthquakes are triggered and what catastrophic disasters lie ahead. There are a total of seven large tectonic plates and several smaller ones in the earth’s lithosphere, which is…
[ad_1] Cedomir Nestorovic of ESSEC Business School admitted Brexit was a concern but insisted there was a bigger danger for Europeans this year. He said the biggest problem facing investors was the imminent downfall of the European Union. The business professor claimed that the European Parliament elections in May 2019 was the “biggest fear” in…
[ad_1] Indonesian police in Magelang are carrying out investigations after 11 Christian tombs were desecrated at a public cemetery in Giriloyo, in a perceived attack against the religious group. The graveyard’s local gatekeeper informed the police after noticing several tombs were damaged in the final days of 2018. Wooden crosses were removed from burial stones, and burial…
[ad_1] A two-story warehouse in a zone known for crime and prostitution near the US border was closed on Friday, with Tijuana officials citing sanitation as the reason why. Isain Venegas, a supervisor in Mexico’s public health system, said the shelter was overcrowded, poorly lit and lacked proper facilities for food preparation. Officials told migrants,…
[ad_1] Pabuk packed winds of 45 mph as it battered Thailand’s southern regions, causing widespread flooding and storm surges. One fisherman died in the Pattani province and a crew member remains missing. About 200,000 people were left without power as electricity lines were downed by winds and fallen trees. Tens of thousands of tourists fled…
[ad_1] The world’s most populous country must now draw up policies to try to cope with a declining labour force and a rapidly ageing population, according to the summary of the latest edition of the ‘Green Book of Population and Labor’ published by the China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Growth in the working population…
[ad_1] The Yellow Vest protest movement, known as the Gilets Jaunes in France, has protested for the last two months against a raft of Emmanuel Macron’s policies. The French President has been forced to concede on key election pledges, as the protests coincided with record-low approval ratings among voters. However, experts are now predicting that…
[ad_1] Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday the US had detained Dmitry Makarenko on Saipan, an island on the Northern Mariana Islands, with his wife, children and parents when they landed at the airport on December 29. He has since been moved to Florida. Vladimir Putin’s superstate is waiting for Washington to explain why they…
[ad_1] White House officials and congressional staffers will continue negotiations Saturday over the government shutdown, even after U.S. President Donald Trump declared he could keep it going for “months or even years.” Trump met Friday with congressional leaders from both parties as the shutdown hit the two-week mark amid an impasse over his demand for…
[ad_1] President Xi Jinping told a meeting of top brass China’s armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can to prepare for battle. The news comes amidst escalating tensions between China and the US as well as American-backed Taiwan, with disputes between the two superpowers ranging from trade to the…
[ad_1] The movement made up largely of working and lower middle-class citizens has won widespread public approval as it is seen by many as a means of making the voices of ordinary men and women heard. But after months of unrest in Paris and other French cities, Benjamin Griveaux said the gilets jaunes are not…
[ad_1] Thailand continues to struggle with the aftermath of storm Pabuk, the country’s first tropical storm in nearly 30 years, which made landfall yesterday. Torrential rain and flash floods destroyed homes, while winds of up to 47mph (75kmh) uprooted trees, and downed power networks across the country. Officials are still warning of further high waves and storm…
[ad_1] An American airstrike earlier this week targeted an al-Qaeda operative accused of involvement in the attack nearly two decades ago on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday. The man targeted, Jamal al-Badawi, is wanted in the United States for his role in the Cole attack on Oct.…
[ad_1] Police say three people were killed and four people were injured in a shooting late Friday night at a bowling alley in Torrance, Calif. The Torrance Police Department says officers responded to calls of “shots fired” at the Gable House Bowl shortly before midnight. Multiple victims were found with gunshot wounds inside Gable House…
[ad_1] His partner has told police the unnamed Brit, who lives in Lanzarote, had left upmarket Marina Rubicon port in Playa Blanca on the island’s southern coast alone around 7.30am yesterday. A wallet with his ID inside was found floating near the burnt wreckage of his small motorboat after the blaze was put out. The…
[ad_1] Tropical cyclone Pabuk packed winds of 45 mph (75km) and brought flooding and storm surges to part of the tropical kingdom. The entire south was lashed by the storm, downing power cables and forcing thousands into shelters. Thousands of tourists were stranded on popular islands in the region, but seem to have been spared…
[ad_1] Police have reported multiple victims were injured after shots were fired at Gable House Bowl in Torrance on Saturday morning. Officers have urged people to “stay away from the area”. In a tweet today, Torrance Police Department said: “Reports of shots fired with multiple victims down. T P D is on scene. Investigation is ongoing. Please…
[ad_1] A number of defence experts believe Beijing has been testing a railgun mounted on one of its military vessels after analysing pictures appeared on social media. The rumours sparked after a series of photos of what was believed to be landing ship Haiyang Shan had been posted on Weibo, China’s most used social media.…
[ad_1] European policy expert Rem Korteweg identified migration from non-EU countries as a key risk factor for the unity of the European Union. Brussels has been facing increasing pressure to completely reform the current migration policy within the bloc, with countries such as Italy threatening to cut payments to the bloc unless cooperation in processing arrivals…
[ad_1] The dangers posed by such cutting edge armaments were highlighted after President Vladimir Putin said Russia had successfully tested its Avangard missile at 20,700mph (33,313kph) making it invulnerable to any form of attack. The issue was also referred to in by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in the think tank’s Strategic Survey 2018,…
[ad_1] Iranian Rear-Admiral Touraj Hassani Moqaddam staged the intervention. He spoke to the official Islamic Republic News Agency in an interview on Friday. He pledged a new Sahand destroyer would be sent West following the Persian new year in March. The Iranian military chief said: “The Atlantic is a far route, and it is likely…
[ad_1] Footage has emerged of a dust cloud engulfing Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, turning the sky from a bright blue to completely grey. The time-lapse video shows the wall of dust creep its way towards the capital, eventually covering the whole city. Visibility also becomes worse as Riyadh is completely covered by the dust cloud.…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron is faced with the eighth weekend of unrest as yellow vests protesters will march once again against the French President‘s policies. French citizens interviewed by Euronews in the streets of Paris blame the europhile President for their “suffering”, warning a “civil war” could soon spark from the continuing tensions. One man told Euronews: ‘We…
[ad_1] Around 32 migrants are currently on Dutch-flagged NGO rescue boat Sea-Watch 3, which is currently moored off the coast of Malta after being rescued in late December near the Libyan coast. The Dutch offer has has once again fuelled the fire of bitter argument amongst EU countries about the shared burden of rehousing rescued…
[ad_1] Treasure seekers claim it hides the untold riches of Marie Antoinette. Others are adamant jewels plundered by ruthless pirate Blackbeard lie buried at the site off the coast of Canada. Others still believe a hoard buried by Captain Kidd is at the bottom of the island’s Money Pit. Whatever the truth, the curse of…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday military personnel had deployed to Gabon in response to possible violent demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a disputed presidential election there. In a letter to congressional leaders, Trump said the first of about 80 military personnel arrived in Gabon on Wednesday in case they are…
[ad_1] The global hotel chain discovered a total of 5.25million unencrypted passport numbers were obtained. A further 20.3million encrypted passport numbers are also believed to have been obtained. Marriott also estimates about 8.6million payment cards were obtained. The hack hit the reservation system of the Starwood’s portfolio in 2014, but came to light for years…
[ad_1] Police have launched a sex abuse investigation at Hacienda Healthcare after the patient, who had spent years in a vegetative state, began “moaning” in her bed. Healthcare staff flocked to her hospital bed after hearing the noises, but had no idea she was pregnant or in labour until the baby was born. The condition…
[ad_1] A man was seriously injured by the fire but survived. The inferno broke out at 5pm local time (4pm GMT) at a party attraction known as an escape room. In escape rooms, users are locked in a room and must answer puzzles and complete tasks to get out. Five teenagers were locked in the…
[ad_1] The Neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) has launched the so-called neighbourhood defence groups in Amberg, according to local newspaper Mittelbayerische Zeitung. The groups have reportedly been seen wearing yellow vests in the small Bavarian town. Local mayor Michael Cerny condemned the NPD after news of the patrols by the alleged Neo-Nazi group was reported.…
[ad_1] During an interview with one of Mr Macron’s MPs, Alexandre Holroyd, host Tim Sebastian ferociously attacked the French President for “kicking the media out of the press room” and representing an undemocratic regime. The strong remarks come amid one of the sternest challenge of Mr Macron’s 20-month long presidency – the yellow vest movements. Mr…
[ad_1] Canada and a dozen Latin American governments have urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to abstain from being sworn in for a second term next week and cede power until new elections can be held that they say is the only way to restore democracy in the South American nation. The strong rebuke came following a…
[ad_1] Australian bushfires near Hobart turned the sky a frightening blood red above Tasmania this morning. Eerie footage shows how the sky has darkened to a brown-reddish colour over the whole of Tasmania’s Constitution Docks. The apocalyptic red sky can also be seen reflected in the water below. One Twitter user posted: “Hobart’s sky turns…
[ad_1] Britain cautioned Russia on Friday that individual citizens should not be used as pawns in a diplomatic chess game after Paul Whelan, who was born in Canada and holds U.S., British and Irish citizenship, was detained in Moscow on espionage charges. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he was extremely worried about Whelan, who was…
[ad_1] Personal data and documents on hundreds of German politicians and others have been posted online, and German cyber-defence experts were trying to figure out Friday how the information was obtained. The data breach hit politicians at all levels, including the European, German and state parliaments as well as those in city governments, said Martina Fietz,…
[ad_1] World stock markets soared on Friday, continuing a topsy-turvy ride that has lacked sustained direction in recent weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by more than 800 points, or almost four per cent, around midday, an almost reversal of the large loss the day before, on hopes for progress in the trade dispute between…
[ad_1] Footage has emerged of the Islamic’s State potential last stand in Syria, as they battle Kurdish militia and Arab tribes. Donald Trump recently defended his decision to withdraw American troops from the conflict, describing Syria as just “sand and death”. The video, recovered from a dead ISIS commander and obtained by the BBC, shows…
[ad_1] Demonstrations saw more than 1,000 people arrested after a women of “menstruating age” entered the Sabarimala temple on the south-west coast of India to offer prayers, sparking a terrifying spate of violence. The UK Foreign Office said in a statement: “There have been violent protests in some towns and cities in Kerala over the…
[ad_1] The group were believed to be on their way to Disney World in Orlando. Two large lorries and three cars collided near Gainesville yesterday, sparking a raging inferno in the middle of the road. The incident occurred at 3:40pm local time on Interstate 75. Six to eight people were also injured in the horrific…
[ad_1] Five children heading to Disney World in a church van from Louisiana died along with two truck drivers in a crash Thursday on Interstate 75 in north Florida, officials said Friday. The passenger van was from Avoyelles Parish, Lt. Patrick Riordan said during a news conference in Alachua south of Gainesville. On Thursday, a big rig and…
[ad_1] A 46-year-old woman became the third to enter the Sabarimala Hindu temple in south India in defiance of an ancient ban on females of menstruating age, the office of the chief minister of Kerala state said on Friday. It was not immediately clear how the woman, a Sri Lankan, had got in, and the…
[ad_1] The new U.S. Congress is like no other. There are more women than ever before, and a new generation of Muslims, Latinos, Native Americans and African-Americans is creating a House more aligned with the population of the United States. However, the Republican side in the House is still made up mostly of white men,…
[ad_1] British tourists make more than one million trips to Thailand each year as they visit popular destinations such as Koh Phangnan, Koh Samui and Koh Tao. Storm Pabuk made landfall at 5.45am GMT on Friday over Pak Phanang, a district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province in the south of the country. Visitor numbers increase…
[ad_1] The Fox News hosts appeared shocked after playing a clip showing House of Representatives member Ms Tlaib retelling how she had told her son she would help “impeach that mother*****r” after she was elected in November. Jedediah Bila said she was “impressed” by the uncivil language Ms Tlaib had used as she cautioned the…
[ad_1] Death row inmate Zachary Holly, 34, wants to be released from prison and spared the death penalty.He was found guilty of killing Jersey Bridgeman in Arkansas three years ago and received a death sentence for capital murder, two life sentences for rape and kidnapping, and a 20-year sentence for residential burglary.But the child killer…
[ad_1] The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) commited to delivering “Dexit” unless the EU can undertake its “fundamental reform approaches” in the next legislative period between 2019-2024. While a German exit from the EU should only be seen as a “last option”, the growing eurosceptic movement is attempting to implement a number of radical EU…
[ad_1] The German Chancellor is the most prominent politician to have fallen victim of the cyber attack. Mrs Merkel, who has led the country since 2005, has seen her email address and several letters she sent and received published. Data started to be released last month on a Twitter account followed by 17,000 people in the…
[ad_1] The tropical storm made landfall over Pak Phanang, a district of Nakhon Si Thammarat at Friday lunchtime and is expected to hit the popular islands of Koh Phangan, Koh Samui and Koh Tao as well as Phuket on Friday evening, local time. The Foreign Office has advised British nationals against all but essential travel…
[ad_1] European Central Bank supervisors were this week ordered to take charge of an Italian bank, Banca Carige. BBC’s economics correspondent Andrew Walker warned that some banks in Italy were at risk of following similar patterns which filled the eurozone crisis five or six years ago. He said: “We have had news that a bank,…
[ad_1] Akhenaten, known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV, was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty who ruled for 17 years and died in 1336 BC. He is noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centred on the Aten, or sun disk. Akhenaten tried to shift the culture from Egypt’s traditional religion and…
[ad_1] Rain, winds and surging seawater buffeted coastal villages and world-famous tourist resorts Friday, as tropical storm Pabuk made landfall on southern Thailand’s east coast. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 70 km/h, hit the shore of Nakhon Si Thammarat province Friday afternoon and was roaring westward at 20 km/h, said Phuwieng Prakhammintara, director-general…
[ad_1] The Northern Irish party that props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Friday that it would not support her Brexit deal but that businesses should be relaxed about leaving the EU without an agreement. “In fact we’re more alarmed about what is coming out from the EU and especially the Irish government,”…
[ad_1] The Jewish National Fund of Canada, one of the country’s long-established charities, has been the subject of a Canada Revenue Agency audit over a complaint that it used charitable donations to build infrastructure for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), in violation of Canada’s tax rules. The JNF funds numerous projects in Israel, such as reforestation…
[ad_1] The Northern Irish party that props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Friday that it would not support her Brexit deal but that businesses should be relaxed about leaving the EU without an agreement. “In fact we’re more alarmed about what is coming out from the EU and especially the Irish government,”…
[ad_1] Residents in southern Thailand have been urged to head inland as the first tropical storm outside of the monsoon season in nearly 30 years makes landfall. Many tourists fled the popular destinations of Koh Phangan, Koh Tao and Koh Samui, with the storm set to make landfall on Friday. Krikkrai Songthanee, Koh Phangnan district…
[ad_1] The news was delivered by Turkish state media. The outlet claimed Turkish defence and foreign affairs ministries are in talks with the US over the purchase of US Patriot missiles. They were holding the talks with officials from a US delegation, according to the reports. Turkey had initially planned to buy an S-400 anti-aircraft…
[ad_1] As former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke exits Washington amid a cloud of unresolved investigations and criticism of his actions favouring industry, he told The Associated Press that he has lived up to the conservation ideals of Teddy Roosevelt and insisted that the myriad allegations against him will be proven untrue. The former Montana…
[ad_1] Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades, packing winds of up to 80 km/h, is expected to make landfall on Friday evening, sending thousands of people flocking to shelter inland and shutting down two major airports. The winds accompanying tropical storm Pabuk churned up high waves and gusts in the Gulf of Thailand, ahead…
[ad_1] US Air Force General David Goldfein made the comments. General Goldfein is a four-star general in the United States Air Force who currently serves as the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. He previously served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. General Goldfein told Foreign Policy in a November 2018…
[ad_1] Millions of Indians will go to the poll between March and May 2019 to decide the next lower house of India’s Parliament, Lok Sabha. Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Mr Modi, has been popular with voters since its 2014 Indian general election win. But the Hindu nationalist party’s power has lessened in…
[ad_1] The couple had both been planning to make a 16 day visit to the resort. However Melania left for Mar-a-Lago without her husband on December 21. She returned to Washington D.C. for Christmas day. According to Politico during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday Trump complained: “I was in the White House all by myself…
[ad_1] The impasse over the border wall funding row remains in the Senate. US President Donald Trump enforced the partial government shutdown because he couldn’t get funding for his controversial wall along the border between the US and Mexico. Trump wanted $5billion (£4billion) to fund the wall. The President “cannot accept legislation that provides unnecessary…
[ad_1] A man lashed out at a McDonalds employee after becoming upset over there being no plastic straws at the condiment station, due to a law that came into effect on Tuesday where customers must ask for straws, under a new city ordinance. A video shows the man lunging across the counter and grabbing a…
[ad_1] Mike Pompeo staged the intervention on Thursday. He claimed Iran’s so-called “space launch vehicles” (SLVs) were in direct violation of a key United Nations (UN) resolution. The Iranian regime has launched ballistic missiles numerous times since United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (UNSCR 2231) was adopted and continues to do so, Mr Pompeo alleged.…
[ad_1] Early on Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Tehran not to go ahead with a series of rocket launches which he said violated international law. The pre-emptive warning was shot down by Iranian foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif who denied Tehran’s three planned space rocket launches were banned by United Nations Security…
[ad_1] The China National Space Administration confirmed in pictures that their spacecraft had touched down on the dark side of the Moon, which was the first successful attempt made by any nation. Images showed the first ever close up from the planet’s surface, which proved miraculous on their own because of the complexities of the…
[ad_1] London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports have ordered military-grade anti-drone defences worth “several million pounds” after drones caused three days of disruption at Gatwick last month, the airports confirmed Thursday. “While I can’t go into detail about exactly what we have, I can confirm this was an investment of several million pounds to ensure we are at an equivalent level to…
[ad_1] Luas admitted that the details of at least 3,226 people could have been breached in the attack. In a statement, the company said: “We have identified 3,226 user records at this point of the investigation which may have been compromised. “These are the records of where people signed up to a Luas newsletter. Luas…
[ad_1] Gina Maria Schumacher is the only daughter of former F1 record-breaker Michael Schumacher. The F1 champion has not been seen in public for five years but his family continue to honour his legacy. So what did Gina say about her father in a recent post on social media? The 21-year-old posted a touching message…
[ad_1] Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as they manoeuvred to pass legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government shutdown while ignoring President Donald Trump’s demand for $5 billion for a border wall. Thursday marked the first day of…
[ad_1] The anti-ship missile, Hsuing Feng-3, can be seen being launched from a corvette. The projectile has a range of anywhere from 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) to 400 kilometers (248.5 miles), Asia Times notes, adding that the weapon is the latest variant of a missile family whose lineage in Taiwan traces back to the 1970s.…
[ad_1] Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Kratochvil claimed the failed attempt of the European Commission to submit all member states to a migration distribution quota should have served as a lesson to be more cautious on migration issues in the future. The Czech Republic professor argued despite some voices in the European Union calling for more correlation…
[ad_1] Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has formally asked the United States government for a thorough investigation into a Jan. 1 incident in which U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop crossing migrants. In a statement Thursday, the ministry said it lamented any violent acts along its border. It reiterated its commitment to the…
[ad_1] Mr Schumacher dressed up for parties and made sure his chassis always had odd numbers, team and technical director Ross Brawn revealed. Speaking on Formula 1 podcast Beyond the Grid, Mr Brawn said the record-breaking racing driver loved fancy dress. Mr Brawn said: “He loved to dress up, he was always dressed up, fine…
[ad_1] The DW News reporter argued the May 2019 European Parliament elections could see the further rise of populists across the continent, causing Angela Merkel to suffer the consequences at home. Ms Kufner argued the German eastern election this autumn could also put a strain on the German Chancellor’s future as a significant loss of…
[ad_1] The Dutch Defence Ministry said the loss of 270 containers from the freighter MSC Zoe on Wednesday was one of the biggest of its time. Some of the containers are thought to have been carrying dangerous chemicals after a 55-pound (25-kilo) bag of organic peroxide washed up ashore. It is a strong bleach that…
[ad_1] US authorities in some states want to introduce the registries to warn local residents the ex-prisoners had moved into their areas. Dozens of inmates convicted of terror-related offences are set to be released from jail over the next five years. Florida House of Representatives’ Republican Mike Hill is now introducing legislation to launch the new terrorist…
[ad_1] Five women and three men died in Wednesday’s train accident on a bridge linking two of Denmark’s major islands, and they were probably all Danes, police said on Thursday. Very severe injuries made the identification difficult, but the authorities said they are reasonably confident about the identities of four victims and have a good idea of who the other…
[ad_1] Thai authorities suspended ferry services and began evacuations Thursday ahead of a powerful tropical storm that is expected to pound the southeast Asian country’s famed southern beach resorts during a peak tourism season. Rain was already falling around the Gulf of Thailand and officials warned that torrential downpours, strong winds and rough seas were…
[ad_1] The United States government is entering the thirteenth day of a government shutdown that some predict will last for weeks. President Trump is demanding money for a border wall between the United States and Mexico, while the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is strongly opposed. So how does this end? CBC correspondent Paul Hunter warns we are…
[ad_1] Nancy Pelosi is poised to be elected Thursday as U.S. House Speaker, the only woman who has held the office and now one of the few elected officials who will be returning to it. The last time a Speaker regained the gavel was more than a half-century ago. With President Donald Trump in the…
[ad_1] Seldom does a new Congress arrive in Washington so confident that its two-year term will be of historic consequence. Democrats won back the House in November by talking about everything but Donald Trump. That’s over now. A veritable tsunami of events since the election guarantees that the ongoing investigations of the Justice Department and…
[ad_1] The death toll from the partial collapse of a Russian apartment building rose to 38 Thursday after more bodies were discovered by crews searching a huge pile of concrete rubble for a fourth day. Three people who lived in the fallen section of the 10-storey building in the city of Magnitorgorsk remained unaccounted for,…
[ad_1] The CNN host was temporarily reduced to silence as the senior Republican politician furiously shut down suggestions US President Donald Trump could “bear responsibility” for the return of the Islamic State (ISIS). President Trump unexpectedly announced US troops will be completely withdrawn from Syria – a move American allies have warned will potentially help…
[ad_1] Conservative Hindu groups forced India’s southern state of Kerala to a standstill on Thursday as they protested against the state government for allowing two women to defy an ancient ban and enter a Hindu temple. About 400 protesters, including some women, took to the streets of Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, in the…
[ad_1] Dr Tejas Patel performing the operation via a robotic arm (Image: NC) But because Dr Patel works in India, his groundbreaking achievement has been largely overlooked, by a Western-focused medical profession. Last month he operated on Hema Thakar, a 52-year-old heart attack victim, while he was 20 miles away in a Hindu temple using…
[ad_1] Pabuk marks southern Thailand’s first tropical storm outside monsoon season for about 30 years. The hugely popular islands of Koh Phangan, Koh Tao and Koh Samui are emptying quickly as the storm is set to make landfall between January 3 and 5. No official evacuation has been ordered, but swimming has been banned and…
[ad_1] North Korea’s acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song-gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday. A high-profile defection by one of North Korea’s elite would be a huge embarrassment for leader Kim Jong-un as he pursues diplomacy with Seoul and Washington and seeks…
[ad_1] Mrs Schumacher released a rare and emotional statement on the eve of her husband’s birthday, where she urged fans to respect the German driver’s privacy and insisted the family are doing “everything humanly possible to help him”. It comes as former team mates and friends of the F1 star claim they have been left…
[ad_1] Saudi prosecutors will seek the death penalty for at least five people in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom’s state media reported on Thursday as 11 suspects attended their first court hearing. The state-run Saudi Press Agency and state television gave few details about the hearing and did not name…
[ad_1] With tension mounting after Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about having successfully tested an “invulnerable” hypersonic weapon, and attempts to denuclearise Kim Jong-un’s rogue regime seemingly stalled, the stark warnings issued today make for grim reading. The site monitors potential threats which may effect the United States’ defence readiness condition, commonly referred to as…
[ad_1] Just days before he was to be sworn in as the junior Republican senator for Utah, Mitt Romney’s broadside against U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked questions about the former governor’s timing, his motives and his presidential ambitions for 2020. “I think he’s gearing up to run a primary challenge against Trump,” said Republican strategist John Ferry. “Getting on the wrong side of…
[ad_1] Seldom does a new Congress arrive in Washington so confident that its two-year term will be of historic consequence. Democrats won back the House in November by talking about everything but Donald Trump. That’s over now. A veritable tsunami of events since the election guarantees that the ongoing investigations of the Justice Department and…
[ad_1] Britain is more likely to end up leaving the European Union without a deal if Parliament rejects the agreement Prime Minister Theresa May has negotiated with Brussels, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Thursday. With less than three months until Brexit lawmakers will make a pivotal decision later this month: accept May’s plans for…
[ad_1] Detectives in the Italian city of Naples are investigating whether Giuseppe Matarazzo, 45, was murdered in a contract killing. Matarazzo served an 11 year sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing two sisters while he was working as a priest in Italy. One of the victims later hanged herself from a tree aged 15…
[ad_1] Lion Air said on Thursday it had ended its search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from its Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October but Indonesian investigators plan to launch their own as soon as possible. The crash, the world’s first of a Boeing Co. 737 MAX jet…
[ad_1] Danish police said on Thursday the death toll from a train accident on Wednesday has risen to eight from six people. Five women and three men were killed in the accident on a bridge linking Denmark’s two main islands. The bodies have yet to be identified, a spokesperson told journalists. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Last August, it was reported by the BBC that NASA believes the “most viable solution” to the possibility of the Yellowstone supervolcano having a catastrophic eruption would be to drill several miles down into the volcano’s magma pool to pump down water at a high pressure. The drill would not touch the magma due…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s partial government shutdown has caused the formal launch of the First Daughter’s scheme to be delayed. It was originally planned to take place next week. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton were scheduled to speak at the event. Officials from various US government agencies…
[ad_1] The successful landing has raised questions about Beijing’s desire to build a fully manned lunar base. Space probe Chang’e-4 was loaded with more than a ton of scientific equipment when it made the historic landing on Thursday morning, Chinese state media said. At 10.26am local time (2.26am GMT), the unmanned Chang’e-4 probe touched down…
[ad_1] A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said. The lunar explorer Chang’e 4 touched down at 10:26 a.m., China Central Television said in a brief announcement at the top of its noon news broadcast. The far side of the moon faces away from…
[ad_1] A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon. The official China Central Television says Thursday the lunar explorer Chang’e 4 had touched down at 10:26 a.m. The far side of the moon faces away from Earth and is relatively unexplored. It is also known as the dark…
[ad_1] The revolutionary new weapon can fire shells at several times the speed of sound. It is feared China could have the new weapons ready for 2025. The US is also working on developing its own electromagnetic railguns. Images posted on social media last week appear to show the Haiyan Shan, a Chinese naval vessel…
[ad_1] Police were called to the scene on Greville Street, in the Chatswood district after at least two people were stabbed outside the complex. One of the hospitalised victims is thought to be in a serious condition. The emergency services were alerted to the situation in deny’s north just after 12.30pm (1.30am GMT) local time…
[ad_1] A government shut down occurs in the US when Congress and the US President fail to reach an agreement on legislation. Donald Trump’s administration enforced a partial government shutdown at midnight on December 22 over his demands for more funding to build a wall on the border of Mexico. The shutdown was initially meant…
[ad_1] Greenland, known as the world’s largest island, has a nature entirely contradictory to its name and currently has a massive crater sitting at the bottom of a thick layer of ice. More than 80 percent of the island’s surface is ice, meaning there are huge amounts of yet undiscovered details underneath. The latest discovery…
[ad_1] The 68-year-old had her left lung replaced in 2017 because she had emphysema, which is a condition that causes permanent damage. The day before she was due to go home she started to struggle to breathe and felt a tightness in her chest. Doctors were baffled because she was reportedly recovering well from her…
[ad_1] In California, prison inmates typically are granted parole by doing good deeds or showing they have been rehabilitated by becoming pastors, drug counsellors or youth advocates. For Walter (Earlonne) Woods, the path to freedom was podcasting. Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after Gov. Jerry Brown commuted his 31-years-to-life sentence for…
[ad_1] Little has been revealed about the condition of Michael Schumacher since he suffered a devastating brain injury in a skiing accident in 2013. The German racing legend was initially put into a medically-induced coma but was later moved to his home in Switzerland where he remains. Updates about Michael’s condition have been sparse but his wife…
[ad_1] On his first working day in charge of the Pentagon, Pat Shanahan declared his focus to be “China, China, China.” But he also got a taste of President Donald Trump’s more scattershot way of looking at the world. As Shanahan sat to Trump’s left at a cabinet meeting at the White House, the president…
[ad_1] A meeting Wednesday afternoon between White House officials and congressional leaders has wrapped up with no progress made on border security funding or reopening the federal government. U.S. President Donald Trump has asked congressional leaders to return to the White House on Friday for more talks aimed at ending the partial government shutdown, House Republican leader…
[ad_1] With little resistance from a friendly White House, Israel has launched a new settlement push in the West Bank since President Donald Trump took office, laying the groundwork for what could be the largest construction binge in years, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. The figures, gathered from official government sources by…
[ad_1] Walking across Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday, Ralph Snake kept stopping to pick up pieces of garbage, which have littered the grassy corridor since a budget showdown closed one-quarter of the federal government almost two weeks ago. “I decided to clean up this one section, because that’s what Americans will do,” said Snake, a 64-year-old member of the Indigenous…
[ad_1] Six people were killed on a bridge linking Denmark’s two main islands on Wednesday when a passenger train hit a trailer that had blown off a freight wagon coming the other way, officials said. The train with 131 passengers on board was heading toward the capital, Copenhagen, when it hit the trailer. Apart from…
[ad_1] The U.S. ambassador to Russia has met with Paul Whelan, a Michigan man arrested by Russian authorities on spying charges, according to the State Department. Whelan, who was arrested during what Russian Federal Security Service called “an espionage operation,” was allowed to see Ambassador Jon Huntsman and U.S. consular officials on Wednesday. The meeting was Whelan’s first…
[ad_1] Eugene “Mean Gene” Okerlund, who interviewed pro wrestling superstars “Macho Man” Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan and became a ring fixture in his own right, has died. He was 76. World Wrestling Entertainment announced Okerlund’s death on its website Wednesday. No details were given, but Okerlund’s daughter-in-law, Patricia Okerlund, confirmed his…
[ad_1] European stocks are lower on the first day of the trading year and have made a “negative start” to 2019, reports CNBC. France have been labelled as one of Europe’s “weak points”, with the yellow vest movement impacting data from December. CNBC’s Julianna Tatelbum explained: “It’s been a negative start to 2019 here in…
[ad_1] The Dark Overlord hacker group posted a link to an encrypted archive of documents related to the attack in New York in 2001 that saw more than 2,900 people killed. The group threatened to reveal “many answers” about the attack by releasing the encryption code if their demands were not met. To show how…
[ad_1] Busses carrying 200 school children were hijacked by radicals claiming the youngsters were being forcefully converted to the Christian faith and abused by pastors, religious watchdog International Christian Concern (ICC) said. The mob, which numbered roughly 30 Hindu extremists, also pressured local police into arresting the Hindu teacher, Sandeep Kashyap, who had escorted the…
[ad_1] Search crews have pulled more bodies from a huge pile of rubble at a partially collapsed Russian apartment building, bringing the known death toll to 21. The bodies found on Wednesday in the city of Magnitogorsk included a three-year-old girl, Russian news agencies cited the Emergencies Ninistry as saying. An 11-month-old boy who was…
[ad_1] The new Brazilian president has issued an executive order to make the agriculture ministry responsible for deciding on lands claimed by indigenous people. Mr Bolsonaro’s move comes as a huge boost for Brazil’s agricultural businesses but has already enraged environmentalists in the process. Mr Verhofstadt, who leads a group of liberals in the EU…
[ad_1] The truck, which was carrying nearly 10,000 gallons of oil, was involved in a collision with another vehicle on Route 27 at 1010 Augusta Road. A spokesman for Maine Department of Public Safety said: “Smoke from the crash site can be seen for miles. “The two drivers were both injured and taken to the…
[ad_1] The 4.5-magnitude earthquake hit 99km west of Nikolskoye in Kamchatka peninsula at a depth of 10km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The scientific agency said the tremor hit at 1.03pm GMT on Tuesday, equivalent to 3.47am local time on January 3. A USGS map shows the shockwaves being felt as far away…
[ad_1] Sahra Wagenknecht has called upon members of her Aufstehen movement, which was founded to mobilise Germany’s left-wing, to use the deadly protests against the raising cost of living in France as encouragement to force change. The movement has almost 170,000 signed-up members and is modelled on the Jeremy Corbyn-supporting Momentum group, which has become…
[ad_1] Japanese Emperor Akihito has made his last new year appearance before his abdication later in the year. Thousands of tearful supporters flocked to see Emperor Akihito make his final appearance before his abdication on April 30. More than 72,000 stood below the baclony at Imperial Palace in Tokyo for the momentous occasion, waving flags…
[ad_1] Netflix pulled an episode of the comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj from its internet streaming service in Saudi Arabia after kingdom officials complained, multiple media outlets have reported. The episode of the news-comedy program in question criticized the country over the slaying of Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi last year at the…
[ad_1] The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities. Most of the casualties, including young children, were killed when their homes collapsed in landslides after days of heavy…
[ad_1] Brazil’s newly inaugurated president issued an executive order on Wednesday making the Ministry of Agriculture responsible for deciding on lands claimed by Indigenous peoples, in a victory for agribusiness that will likely enrage environmentalists. During his presidential campaign, far-right Jair Bolsonaro said he was considering placing Indigenous affairs under the Ministry of Agriculture, alleging…
[ad_1] Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieck claims France has received beneficial treatment from Brussels after deploying tens of thousands of police officers to quash the growing movement. Paris suffered weeks of violence as protesters clashed with police during demonstrations against Mr Macron’s proposed fuel tax increases and the growing cost of living across the country. And…
[ad_1] The former F1 legend has not been seen in public since the accident. The family statement said: “You can be sure that he is in the very best of hands and that we are doing everything humanely possible to him. “Please understand if we are following Michael’s wishes and jeeping such a sensitive subject…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on border security as the partial government shutdown dragged on over funding for a border wall, with Trump tweeting, “Let’s make a deal?” The briefing is expected to happen at 3 p.m. ET Wednesday, the day before the Democrats take control…
[ad_1] Days away from joining the Senate’s Republican majority, Sen.-elect Mitt Romney broadly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies and character and argued that the president “has not risen to the mantle of the office.” “With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is indispensable,” the Utah Republican and…
[ad_1] Six people were killed in a train accident early Wednesday on a Danish bridge linking the central islands of Zealand and Funen, police and the rail operator said. Authorities said 16 others were injured. Danish Railways told Denmark’s TV2 that the six were passengers on a train from the city of Odense, on the…
[ad_1] The teenager was hit on the road that runs from Ibiza to Portinax. The tragedy happened around 10.30pm yesterday. The driver of the Ford Fiesta that run him over tested negative for alcohol and drugs. Police sources said the youngster, who has not been named, was in the middle of the road when he…
[ad_1] Europe’s single currency turned 20 after launching on January 1, 1999, and has played a key role in the European Union’s policy ever since – as the centrepiece of the daily lives of 340 million people across 19 countries. The EU’s most senior officials celebrated the euro as a bastion of “stability and prosperity”…
[ad_1] Police say a German man who drove into crowds and injured eight people in what appear to have been intentional attacks against foreigners has been ordered kept in detention pending possible formal charges. The attacks began shortly after midnight on Jan.1, first in Bottrop in western Germany and later in Essen. The 50-year-old suspect,…
[ad_1] Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generations. No one or no party can stop the trend toward unification, the Chinese leader said Wednesday in a policy speech devoted to Taiwan.…
[ad_1] The comments came as part of an interview that Sky News re-aired this afternoon as a reminder of its salience as tensions in Ukraine continue to escalate. Sir Richard Dearlove told Sky’s Sophy Ridge in October: “It’s deeply embedded in Russia’s DNA to use the capabilities that it has to disrupt our nations, to…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on border security as the partial government shutdown dragged on over funding for a border wall, with Trump tweeting, “Let’s make a deal?” The briefing is expected to happen at 3 p.m. ET Wednesday, the day before the Democrats take control…
[ad_1] Ms Trump and Mr Kushner were both high-profile business people before Donald Trump came to power. After the Republican firebrand was sworn in as President they were installed as his advisors. But how did the White House fixtures come into their eye-watering fortune? Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are worth an estimated $1.1billion (£864million)…
[ad_1] The First Lady (FLOTUS) shared the snap with the caption: “Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year!” But eagle-eyed Twitter users were quick to notice Mrs Trump had cropped someone out of the image, leading them to speculate who the individual was. At first glance, the image appears to show the…
[ad_1] China has the ability to control the South China Sea and the US could be forced to retreat as Beijing prepares for war. China, along with several of its neighbours including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have been involved in a decades-long dispute over who controls the South China Sea. Xi Jinping’s…
[ad_1] U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement later Tuesday that the gas was used to target rock throwers apart from the migrants who…
[ad_1] The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets in the prior year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group. Dutch aviation consulting firm To70 and the Aviation Safety Network both reported on Tuesday there were more than 500…
[ad_1] Desperate times lie ahead for the Eurozone – which is EU member states who use the Euro as their main currency – as economic growth slows, particularly in countries such as Italy where debt levels are already astronomically high at £2.2trillion. The Centre for Economic and Business Research said in its annual predictions for…
[ad_1] The Formula 1 legend could be a “complex human being”, Sabine Kehm said. The 49-year-old suffered life-changing head injuries in a skiing accident during a family holiday in the French Alps on December 29, 2013. the seven-time champion has not been in public and the family has only released a few details about his…
[ad_1] The far-right leader vowed to respect democracy and to carry out difficult economic reforms adding “we have a great nation to rebuild” and he will “restore order” in Brazil. Mr Bolsonaro, dubbed Tropical Trump, was elected as the country’s first far-right president in October since a military dictatorship gave way to civilian rule three…
[ad_1] Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil’s president Tuesday, giving him control of Latin America’s largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and put an end to business-as-usual governing. For the far-right former army captain, the New Year’s Day inauguration was the culmination of a journey from a marginalized…
[ad_1] Rear Admiral Lou Yuan told an audience in Shenzhen that “what the United States fears the most is taking casualties” before declaring that destroying one of its supercarriers would kill 5,000 navy personnel. Bragging about China’s anti-shop missile capabilities, Lou added that sinking two carriers would double that figure, the New York-based Epoch Times…
[ad_1] The French President is trying desperately to control the protests which have paralysed parts of France since erupting last month with demonstrators clashing with police, torching cars, erecting roadblocks and burning barricades. Mr Macron used his traditional New Year’s Eve address to acknowledge the “anger” among the so-called “yellow vest” protests but warned that…
[ad_1] The US President claimed there isn’t a better way to secure borders than building a wall in a end-year interview to Fox News. He said: “We need border security, everybody knows it. “We have no choice, we have to have border security and the wall is part of it. “I hear people saying the…
[ad_1] The brother of a U.S. citizen arrested in Russia on espionage charges said Tuesday he’s innocent and was in Moscow to attend a wedding. Paul Whelan, a retired marine, was arrested in Moscow on Friday. The Russian Federal Security Service, in announcing the arrest three days later, said Whelan was caught “during an espionage…
[ad_1] A man drove his car into a crowd of people in western Germany early Tuesday, wounding at least four in what appears to have been an intentional attack against foreigners, authorities said. The 50-year-old driver of a silver Mercedes first attempted to hit a group of people in the city of Bottrop shortly after midnight, but the…
[ad_1] Melania Trump is one of the most visible women on the planet. And as the First Lady of the United Stated she certainly made some headlines and experienced her share of controversy in 2018. Here are Melania Trump’s most controversial moments in 2018 revealed. Melania Trump’s most controversial moments of 2018 “I Really Don’t…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump isn’t afraid to express his opinions via social media, often taking to Twitter to air his frustrations or praises. This year President Trump tweeted more than 3,400 times which is an average of nearly 10 tweets a day. It seems the president is relying on Twitter to be a primary…
[ad_1] 2018 was a year fans had to say goodbye to many much loved celebrities across the globe. Famous names include Swedish DJ Avicii, June Whitfield, Stephen Hawking and former US President George H.W. Bush. Here is the list of celebrities and famous people who sadly lost their lives in 2018. List of celebrities and…
[ad_1] US Strategic Command, which oversees the country’s nuclear and missile arsenal, bragged about dropping “something much, much bigger” than the Times Square ball as thousands of revellers gathered at the iconic New York landmark for the New Year’s Eve countdown. The tweet said: “Times Square tradition rings in the New Year by dropping the…
[ad_1] Unsettling footage has emerged of a funfair ride in France throwing sparks, just before it broke down with eight people onboard and left them stuck high in the air for several hours. The sparks can be seen coming from the centre of the machine where the rotator is attached, as the ride continues to…
[ad_1] Top cities around the world celebrated the New Year with countdowns to midnight followed by dazzling firework displays. Sydney, London, Auckland and Dubai rang in the start of 2019 with impressive and colourful fireworks. These were captured in stunning images and videos. In London, the annual London Mayor’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display catapulted…
[ad_1] Police in the English city of Manchester are questioning a man arrested in the New Year’s Eve stabbing of three people at a train station and treating it as a terrorist attack, authorities said Tuesday. Greater Manchester Chief Const. Ian Hopkins said a man and a woman suffered “very serious” injuries in the attack…
[ad_1] Mrs Merkel used her annual New Year’s Eve address to fire a salvo of shots across the bows of the White House and pledged her country would fight more powerfully against the slide towards nationalism. She vowed to help transform the European Union into a “tougher and more decisive” unit and to maintain close…
[ad_1] According to experts, a blast of freezing weather could soon reach the eastern USA. Disruptions to the polar vortex will be the trigger for this change in weather conditions. This could happen towards the end of January and beginning of February. A polar vortex is an atmospheric circulation pattern which sits high above the…
[ad_1] Russian emergency officials say the confirmed death toll from the collapse of a section of an apartment building has risen to seven, and 37 residents are still missing. Rescue crews on Tuesday temporarily halted their search through the rubble in the city of Magnitogorsk while workers tried to remove or stabilize sections of the building in danger of…
[ad_1] The Russian President used his annual New Year’s address to emphasise the importance of supporting those in need of help but warned Russians “have never had and will never have any assistants”. Mr Putin address was recorded several days ago and broadcast just before before midnight in Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East which…
[ad_1] Police said violence flared after an altercation between revellers at a nightclub in the area around Gothersgade and Borgergade in the city. Officers investigating the attack said they had arrested a man and were continuing to question him. Forensics teams are carrying out crime scene investigations and witnesses are being interviewed. Deputy Police Inspector…
[ad_1] A minivan slammed into pedestrians early Tuesday on a street where people had gathered for New Year’s festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people, police said. The suspect, Kazuhiro Kusakabe, 21, was arrested and being questioned, Tokyo Metropolitan Police said on customary condition of anonymity. He is suspected of intentionally trying to kill people by driving the…
[ad_1] The Boston Globe ran a pointed editorial earlier this month about Elizabeth Warren, arguing that the Democratic senator from Massachusetts had “missed her moment” to run for president, that 2016 was the time she should have made her bid. But on Monday, Warren ignored that advice, announcing she was forging ahead with an exploratory committee to determine…
[ad_1] No question, 2018 was a stunning and often frustrating year for everyone engaged in international trade. Now, 2019 seems to be looking at all that conflict and disruption and saying, “Hold my eggnog.” CBC News asked Canadian and American researchers, lecturers, lawyers and business advocates what they expect the new year to bring. Here’s some of what they…
[ad_1] It’s the year Britons have been either anxiously awaiting or dreading — depending on where they stand on Brexit. Britain’s departure from the European Union, due to take place March 29 at precisely 11 p.m. U.K. time, is the New Year’s ball drop that hangs over their heads. If Prime Minister Theresa May has her way and…
[ad_1] The attack happened shortly after midnight when a rental car smashed into pedestrians on Takeshita Street in Tokyo. According to local media, the car hit nine people on the street, which was closed to traffic at the time as scores of people packed the area to celebrate New Year. The victims are believed to have been walking…
[ad_1] A 51-year-old Canadian man has been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after authorities say he claimed he had a bomb. Joanna Helmonds, a spokesperson for the border police agency in the Netherlands, says the incident occurred Monday evening in one of the airport’s departure halls. Helmonds says the hall was evacuated as a precaution.…
[ad_1] The mass shooting happened about 10 minutes after midnight when the family was attending a New Year’s Eve party in Phato District, which is located in Chumphon Province in southern Thailand. Police said the suspect, Sucheep Sornsung, became angry because he did not feel welcomed by his wife’s family. He took out his gun…
[ad_1] The hermit-kingdom despot used his New Year address to stage the intervention. He said there would be faster progress on denuclearisation if the United States took corresponding action. He also added he is willing to meet US President Donald Trump at any time to produce results the international community would welcome. However Kim said…
[ad_1] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday that his resolve for complete denuclearization remains unchanged but he may have to seek a “new path” if the United States continues to demand unilateral action from his country. In his New Year’s address, Kim said there would be faster progress on denuclearization if the…
[ad_1] Fireworks have been going off around the world as billions celebrate the New Year. With a staggering 38 different time zones in use, it takes 26 hours for the New Year to be brought in around the globe. Below we will be showcasing all the big displays in the major cities. Happy New Year!…
[ad_1] Food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the rebel Houthi movement, the UN World Food Program (WFP) said Monday. The Houthis control most towns and cities, including the capital Sanaa, from where they ousted Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition intervened against the Houthis in…
[ad_1] In a letter, described as “very nice” by the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in, dictator Kim has promised he will make “frequent” visits to Seoul. The dictator also expressed his “regret” at not being able to fulfil a pledge to visit the South’s capital made earlier this year at a landmark Pyongyang summit.…
[ad_1] Visitors hoping to take a romantic gondola ride, wander through St Mark’s Square or see the splendour of the Doge’s Palace will have to stump up £9 (€10) after the Italian Parliament passed the measure aimed at tackling the tourist crisis in the city. Overwhelming visitor numbers to the sinking city have angered Venetians…
[ad_1] One of the airport’s departure halls was cleared after the suspect, who was reportedly armed with a knife, claimed to have an explosive device. Witnesses said passengers began running for the exits during the bomb scare this evening. Security services, fire crews and paramedics scrambled to the departure hall as the scene was locked…
[ad_1] Around one million party-goers packed the waterfront for the annual fireworks show but organisers accidentally projected the wrong year onto the world famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. The words “Happy New Year 2018” were unfortunately emblazoned onto one of the giant support pillars just as Australia entered 2019. People stood down by the bridge snapped…
[ad_1] It has been a solitary holiday season for a woman who is trying to become the oldest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop and unassisted. But Jeanne Socrates, a 76-year-old British grandmother, has reason to celebrate. Aboard the 38-foot long S/V Nereida, Socrates has successfully navigated around Cape Horn. The treacherous waters off the…
[ad_1] On his final day as U.S. defence secretary, Jim Mattis on Monday urged all Pentagon employees, military and civilian, to “hold fast” in defence of the country. Mattis, who submitted his resignation on Dec. 20 and was, in effect, fired by President Donald Trump three days later, was working in the Pentagon on Monday…
[ad_1] The Russian leader, who has declared the Avangard system “invulnerable” to US defences, announced its imminent deployment after its finals tests. The trials took place in the Russia’s far eastern region at the Kura Missile Test range and were deemed a “complete success”. He said: “On my instructions the industrial enterprises and the Defense…
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of North Koreans gathered to watch the show as the countdown to midnight was announced to the crowd using pyrotechnics which exploded to form numbers in the sky. The 10-minute display included fireworks, lasers, upbeat music and dancers on a large stage erected in the centre of the capital. Footage from…
[ad_1] Russia’s domestic security agency said Monday that it has arrested a U.S. citizen on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, the top KGB successor agency, said Paul Whelan was detained in Moscow on Friday. The agency said in Monday’s statement that he was caught “during an espionage operation,” but didn’t give any…
[ad_1] Pro-government media outlet A Haber aired CCTV images showing men transporting five suitcases through the main entrance of the consul’s residence on the same day Mr Khashoggi disappeared. The Washington Post journalist and prominent critic of the Saudi regime was killed in the Kingdom’s consulate a short distance away from the consul’s residence on…
[ad_1] Ms Warren, who has exchanged stinging insults with Mr Trump in the past, said she had formed an “exploratory committee” with a view to standing for office in two years. The Massachusetts senator, known as a liberal firebrand in her party, released a video in which she outlines her vision of a path to…
[ad_1] At least four people died Monday when part of a 10-storey apartment building collapsed in Russia’s Ural mountains region, and hundreds of rescuers searched for survivors under the rubble in the frigid weather. The country’s top investigative agency, the Investigative Committee, said an explosion triggered by a gas leak apparently caused the collapse in…
[ad_1] Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday took the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency, hoping her reputation as a populist fighter will help her navigate a Democratic field that could include nearly two dozen candidates. “No matter what our differences, most of us want the same thing,” the 69-year-old Massachusetts…
[ad_1] The images, dating from 1850-1960, have been compiled in a new book called The Colour of Time: A New History of the World. Notable figures and landmarks are featured within the photo series, that aims to “restore brilliance to a desaturated world”. The book features 200 images and it can take up to one…
[ad_1] In the UK, emergency services are gearing up for what is usually the busiest night of the year. As people head out for parties and fireworks, the Metropolitan Police are advising anyone going to watch the London fireworks to pack lightly, as no backpacks or suitcases will be allowed into the event. London’s sold-out…
[ad_1] Sydney has officially welcomed in the New Year with a bang, hosting a huge firework display across the harbour. Impressive footage shows the stunning fireworks reflecting off the water, wth some shooting up from a bridge crossing over the harbour. Queues began early, with 7 News Sydney advising those travelling to allow plenty of…
[ad_1] The clock has already struck midnight in some parts of the world, including Samoa and New Zealand. The rest of the world is preparing to welcome 2019, with parties and fireworks at the ready. Sydney, Australia, has been hit by a huge storm and torrential rain, dampening the celebrations. You can access a LIVE…
[ad_1] In the darkest days of the Cold War, Cuba was at the centre of tensions between the US and the Soviet Union, with the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis bringing the world closer to all-out nuclear war than ever before. Ever since, Cuba’s relationship with the US has been frosty at best and the legacy of the…
[ad_1] So long 2018. Hello 2019. Crowds in Auckland, New Zealand, are among the first to welcome 2019. Tens of thousands gathered around Sky Tower as fireworks exploded from the top of the 328-metre structure. Across the country, thousands took to beaches and streets. In Sydney, Australia, revellers braved thunderstorms to take in the city’s traditional fireworks show. Police estimated…
[ad_1] Crowds of more than one million are expected around the city’s harbour tonight with the $5.78 million (£3.2 million) show including more than 100,000 individual pyrotechnics, 8.5 tonnes of fireworks and 35,000 shooting comets. Some revellers have been holding onto their Sydney harbour vantage points for three days in the lead up to tonight.…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday. “I think we’re in a pause situation,” the South Carolina Republican said outside the White House after lunch with the president. Trump announced earlier this month that he was ordering the withdrawal…
[ad_1] Search and rescue teams are picking through the rubble of the partially-collapsed nine-storey building amid fears the death toll could grow. The Crisis Management Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s regional branch said three people had been recovered alive from the block in the industrial city 1,050 miles east of Moscow in the southern…
[ad_1] Schumacher, who is regarded as motorsport’s greatest ever driver and still holds numerous records which are unlikely to be broken, will turn 50 on Thursday. The German is still being cared for by his immediate family after his 2013 skiing crash which left him in a six-month coma and little is known about his…
[ad_1] Congo’s opposition said on Monday it expected one of its candidates to win the presidential election based on early vote tallies, but the ruling coalition said it was confident its candidate had won the chaotic contest. The competing claims followed a disorderly election day on Sunday in which many Congolese were unable to vote…
[ad_1] New Year’s Eve is celebrated the world over, with fireworks, drinking and singing of traditional songs. London celebrates with a massive fireworks show, from the base of the London Eye. New York sees residents and tourists gather in Times Square to witness the notorious ball drop, which has signified the beginning of the new year…
[ad_1] The tweet showed a photo of a beluga whale peeking out of the water. The caption read: “What is she thinking?” But on Saturday, Twitter users were left bewildered when they noticed the image changes based on the device being used to view the post. When accessed on one device a beluga whale appears,…
[ad_1] In a year that saw U.S. President Donald Trump continue his verbal attacks on certain news agencies, a high-profile journalist who was imprisoned in Egypt for more than a year says he’s not optimistic about what the new year may hold for the industry. Mohamed Fahmy, the former head of Cairo’s Al Jazeera bureau, spoke with Cross…
[ad_1] Abusing his international counterparts has become a signature strategy of the Republican firebrand. In June, the US President called Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, “very dishonest and weak” at the end of the G7 summit. Trump attacked Mr Trudeau over trade and was angered at criticism from his Canadian counterpart. A spokesperson…
[ad_1] It’s not uncommon for individuals who speak out against the government to disappear in China, but the scope of the “disappeared” has expanded since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2013. Not only dissidents and activists, but also high-level officials, Marxists, foreigners and even a movie star — people who never publicly opposed…
[ad_1] Moroccan prosecutors have filed preliminary terrorism charges against 15 people who are suspected of links to the killing of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains. Morocco’s public prosecutor said in a statement that the charges include forming a gang to prepare and commit terrorist acts, as well as premeditated murder. Three of the suspects…
[ad_1] Rafaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute, made his remarks days after Mr Putin claimed tests on new hypersonic weapons which would dramatically cut the time needed to launch attacks on long-distance targets had been a “complete success”. During a visit to Russia’s National Defence Management Centre, he…
[ad_1] The medic, who is not exhibiting symptoms of Ebola, will remain under observation for up to two weeks at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska Medicine said in a statement. The individual’s name was not released for privacy reasons. Symptoms such as fever and abdominal pain may appear up to…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump long ago backed away from his campaign pledge to construct a wall along his country’s border with Mexico, his outgoing chief of staff said, as the president’s demand for “border security” funding triggered a partial government shutdown with no end in sight. John Kelly, who will leave his post Wednesday…
[ad_1] And as the country went to the polls, tension mounted with two people, including a policeman, killed as violence erupted over claims of voter fraud, while elsewhere police fired tear gas at demonstrators. The humiliating episode involving Mr Ouvry brings relations between the EU and the DRC – currently struggling in the face of…
[ad_1] Senator Lindsey Graham warned that removing all US forces would hurt US security by allowing the so-called Islamic Caliphate to rebuild, betray US-backed Kurdish fighters instrumental in the battle against the terrorist organisation, and enhance Iran’s ability to threaten Israel. The South Carolina Republican said he would ask Trump “to sit down with his…
[ad_1] Le Monde, a French daily newspaper, published a black and red cover that appeared to compare Mr Macron to the Nazi leader who was responsible for the deaths of more than 6 million Jewish people. The image featured a collage of Mr Macron above France’s Yellow Vest protesters with the vandalised Champs Elysees in…
[ad_1] Foul-mouthed Mr Duterte, 73, said Jesus’s crucifixion was “unimpressive” before adding his God would have burned all non-believers and making fun of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit doctrine. He said in a bizarre rant: “Your God was nailed on the cross. F**k! How unimpressive. “I’m God and you will crucify me?! Motherf**ker. I’d…
[ad_1] On Friday morning, 12 people were rescued just a few miles from the shoreline in a tiny dinghy, while six Iranian men where detained on a beach in Kent today (Sunday). Home Secretary Sajid Javid has cut short his holiday in a bid to get to grips with the situation, which he has described…
[ad_1] Kristina and Neil Maccabee arrived at Sydney airport to be told by Virgin staff that their much-loved pet had died. The couple, who were were returning from Townsville, northern Queensland, after visiting family for the holidays, told how they saw their beloved pooch, Bruno, left on the tarmac for up to 40 minutes. They…
[ad_1] What has been dubbed the “seventh act” of the yellow vest protesters ended in violence, plunging the French capital into chaos once again. Shocking pictures show the iconic tower shrouded in smoke and vehicles engulfed in flames, with firefighter battling the blaze to put it off. Hundreds of yellow vest demonstrators, who have been named…
[ad_1] But Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said: “I can read between the lines and I understand the hints. “You should just say it out loud – destroy the country and become part of Russia.” Belarus – which borders both Russia and Ukraine – has been notionally been a ‘union’ state since 1997. But Mr Lukashenko…
[ad_1] The horrifying incident happened next to the Jebel Jais mountain in the northern United Arab emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah. According to local media, three bodies have been recovered and the search for the fourth crew member, a medic, is still underway. Those who have been identified were all Emirati citizens. The men were on…
[ad_1] The further caveat is that no one can be sure which will blow first. Professor Stephen Sparks, from the University of Bristol, was discussing which volcano is currently the world’s deadliest – but couldn’t settle on a single one. He told Express.co.uk: “If we’re talking about very large eruptions that could have a big…
[ad_1] Yellow vest protesters have not slowed down since demonstrations broke out on November 17. On December 29 it was announced the anti-government protests will continue well into 2019, with more demonstrations planned on New Year’s Eve. The angry protests have forced French president Emmanuel Macron to take a U-turn on his fuel tax reforms…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a New Year letter to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, said on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a “wide-ranging agenda,” the Kremlin said in a statement. At the end of November, Trump abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with Putin on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina, citing…
[ad_1] People in Bangladesh voted Sunday in parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on what critics call Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s increasingly authoritarian rule, amid complaints from both ruling party and opposition activists of attacks on supporters and candidates. Hasina’s main rival is former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist…
[ad_1] Scores of polling centres had not yet opened hours after Congo’s presidential election began, the electoral commission chief confirmed Sunday, as he faced shouts of “We wanted to vote!” and frustrated people walked away. Delays were reported in other polling stations in the capital, Kinshasa, and other parts of this vast country. The election…
[ad_1] Once the holder of the dubious title of one of the world’s hardest-drinking nations, Russia has fallen steadily down the list — and Eduard Grigoriev likes to think his group can claim some of the credit. A volunteer with the group Sober Russia, the 21-year-old is a self-proclaimed liquor vigilante. Since his teens, Grigoriev…
[ad_1] Polling stations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo opened on Sunday for a presidential election that could lead to the country’s first democratic transfer of power but has been marred by campaign violence and chaotic preparations. President Joseph Kabila, in power since his father’s assassination in 2001, is due to step down after the…
[ad_1] In July, the US imposed tariffs on $34billion of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with a series of tariffs targeting American products. Earlier this month President Trump agreed to delay a further round of tariffs by 90 days following a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. According to Purdue University agricultural economist Wally Tyner, the…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody by claiming they were “very sick” when they arrived, even though immigration authorities have said both children passed initial health checks. The mother of the boy who died Christmas Eve told The Associated Press on Saturday…
[ad_1] The tunnel connecting passengers with the plane collapsed just before 8pm local time (1am GMT). Flights were grounded and multiple emergency medical services were called on the scene. The area has been sealed off. The six victims have reportedly been rushed to hospital. However, it appears their injuries are non-life-threatening. The airport wrote on…
[ad_1] The US President claimed special counsel Robert Mueller should be investigated for obstructing justice. He accused Mr Mueller’s team of deleting thousands of text-messages between two former FBI employees, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The two ex-agents, who were apparently engaged in an affair, exchanged thousands of messages relating to Trump during their probe…
[ad_1] The Kremlin lashed out at Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, who yesterday asked Russia to release the Ukrainian sailors captured along with their ships in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea with the Azov Sea. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry rejected in a statement the requests made by Berlin and Paris branding them “unacceptable”.…
[ad_1] THREAT: There are fears Russia could have more nuclear missiles, like this one (Image: TASSvia Getty Images) But if you thought 2019 was just going to be about Brexit and Dancing On Ice, think again. In military terms, the threats we face range from Russia successfully testing a hypersonic nuclear missile to confrontation against…
[ad_1] THREAT: There are fears Russia could have more nuclear missiles, like this one (Image: TASSvia Getty Images) But if you thought 2019 was just going to be about Brexit and Dancing On Ice, think again. In military terms, the threats we face range from Russia successfully testing a hypersonic nuclear missile to confrontation against…
[ad_1] On what has been dubbed the seventh act of the yellow vest protesters, demonstrators fed up with Emmanuel Macron’s policies are taking their rage to the streets of Paris and other French cities. But thousands of police officers are ready to face them once more, after they clashed multiple times during the past weeks…
[ad_1] The airport, located in the north of Germany, stopped flights inbound and outbound flights when a man drove onto the apron area by the runway. German publication Bild reported on its website that the man’s car had Polish registration plates. Hanover police said in a statement: “Flight operations are currently suspended. “The investigation into…
[ad_1] Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway were found dead early on Dec. 17 near the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains. The man arrested is also suspected…
[ad_1] And one seismologist has said said while emissions from the volcano’s upper southeast flank fissure, which opened on Christmas Eve, sending a huge column of ash into the sky, have largely ceased, “Etna is far from quiet”. A report published by the INGV today featured photographs taken during an overflight of the volcano on…
[ad_1] Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway were found dead early on December 17 near the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains. The man arrested, whose name has not yet been released, is also suspected of “involvement in recruiting Moroccan and sub-Saharan nationals to carry out terrorist plots…
[ad_1] Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio re-drafted Rome’s budget and cut the deficit next year to 2.04 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) after Brussels rejected its original target of 2.4 percent, saying it broke EU fiscal rules. This year’s deficit is seen at 1.9 percent. The budget, presented to the Italian parliament in…
[ad_1] More thorough initial health screenings, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every migrant child in U.S. Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “The system is clearly overwhelmed and we must work together to address this humanitarian crisis and…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrats continued trading blame as the partial government shutdown dragged into its second weekend, but did little to make any headway in the standoff that has disrupted federal services and public employees’ pay. Trump upped the brinkmanship by threatening anew to close the border with Mexico in order to press Congress to…
[ad_1] British police said Saturday that two drones found near London’s Gatwick Airport were not involved in the disruption that shut down the busy airport just days before Christmas. Sussex Police Chief Giles York told BBC Radio that police have searched 26 potential launch sites near the airport but do not believe they have found…
[ad_1] The American took to Twitter to share with his 56 million followers the progress he has made with China’s Xi Jinping, adding talks of a deal is “moving along very well”. Mr Trump said: “Just had a long and very good call with President Xi of China. “Deal is moving along very well. If…
[ad_1] The government was working on measures to ensure Spain-based Britons would keep their rights even if Britain crashed out of the EU without a deal on March 29. Measures were however conditional on Spaniards getting the same treatment in Britain, he added. Speaking at the Prime Ministers’s traditional end-of-year news conference, he told reporters:…
[ad_1] Researchers have studied satellite images of the mountain to determine how much rock and ash had tumbled into the sea, and estimate it has lost more than two-thirds of its height and volume over the course of the last week. They believe much of this happened in one movement, which if try would explain…
[ad_1] Mr Bolsonaro won the Brazilian elections in 2018 with an anti-corruption, anti-immigration stance that has drawn comparisons to US President Donald Trump. The Brazilian president-elect – who takes office on January 1 2019 – turned heads when he branded parts of France to be unliveable as he took aim at French migrants heading into…
[ad_1] Yemen’s Shia rebels have handed over control of the main port in the Red Sea city of Hodeidah to the country’s navy and coast guard under UN supervision, security officials said Saturday, marking a significant step in the implementation of a deal reached during peace talks in Sweden earlier this month. The handover is the…
[ad_1] Russian and Turkish foreign and defence ministers met in Moscow on Saturday to discuss northern Syria as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw and Turkey threatens to launch a military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces controlling nearly a third of the country. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said before the talks began that they would…
[ad_1] The incident on the Clifton 4th beach in Cape Town caused widespread disruption and anger amongst those at the attraction on December 23. One activist accused the private security firm of racism stating they had been “briefed to not allow black people” on the beach – something they have denied. Cape Town Mayor Dan…
[ad_1] Police officers clashed with about 40 demonstrators wearing yellow vests on Thursday as they attempted to “take the Fort de Brégançon”. The Fort is an austere medieval mansion on the Riviera coast, near Toulon, which Mr Macron had renovated to spend his holidays there with his wife Brigitte. Despite there had been no indication…
[ad_1] Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway were found dead from knife wounds near a popular tourist spot in southern Morocco on December 17. Their butchered bodies were located in tent in an isolated area of the High Atlas mountains with the despicable attack thought to be terror-related. Horrifying…
[ad_1] When the European parliamentary elections take place between May 23 and 26, a hierarchical battle between French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is expected to break out. The two European leaders have become the symbols of the two sides at the upcoming vote. And with the elections in mind,…
[ad_1] A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Saturday, prompting people to scramble out of shopping malls and buildings and authorities to warn villagers to stay away from beaches in case of a tsunami. No casualties or damage were reported hours after the quake struck before noon, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning…
[ad_1] A court in China has ordered a retrial for a Canadian man who was found guilty and sentenced last month on drug smuggling charges. The Higher People’s Court of Liaoning Province heard an appeal on Saturday for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was convicted on Nov. 20 of involvement in international drug trafficking activities and sentenced…
[ad_1] A video demonstrating the deadly serpents’ nesting ground has gone viral as the appalling discovery is made. Bobby Cowan and two of his friends were at Cowan’s property in Gorman to work on a windmill there, the San Antonio Express-News reported. At one point, the trio noticed a rattlesnake making its way under an…
[ad_1] The suspected militants have been killed by Egyptian security forces, in response to the deadly bombing on Friday which saw Vietnamese tourists murdered. Three tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed, with at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus on Friday. Twelve others on the bus, including…
[ad_1] The British government will spend more than 100 million pounds ($170 million Cdn) chartering extra sea ferries to ease cross-Channel congestion if the United Kingdom fails to secure a trade deal before leaving the European Union next year. Just three months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the world’s largest bloc, the risk of a no-deal Brexit…
[ad_1] Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the fortune that he quietly amassed and the last act that he had long planned. The Washington state social worker died of cancer this year at age 63, leaving most of a…
[ad_1] One of the world’s foremost volcanologists, Professor Stephen Sparks, revealed the astonishing impact that volcanoes like Yellowstone could have if they erupt to their full potential. He told Express Online: Super volcanoes are vastly bigger than anything that Vesuvius seems capable of producing. If you think of this in terms of cubic kilometres, which…
[ad_1] Mr Schumacher’s Corinna, 47, his son Mick, 19, and daughter Gina-Maria, 21, have not revealed a great deal about his health since the accident in 2013. Last year, Corinna said: “The decision to protect his privacy from the public has been taken in Michael’s interest. “We have made it very clear that something serious has…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump could be entering “murky” legal territory if he attempted to close down the southern border with Mexico, a move that some observers say could have significant impacts on both economies. “The implications are pretty grave,” said Jock O’Connell, a California-based international trade adviser. On Friday, Trump, via Twitter, threatened to close the U.S. southern border if Congress…
[ad_1] The US President has cancelled his New Year’s plans and will stay in Washington because of the Government shutdown. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on “Fox & Friends on Friday: “He’s canceled his plans for Christmas. “Now he’s canceled his plans for New Year’s. “The president is very heavily engaged in this.”…
[ad_1] The US based National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning for the Philippines and Indonesia. It states that tsunami waves of up to 30cm should be expected on the coastlines nearest to the earthquake. An earlier NWS notice said tsunamis could occur on coasts up to 300 kilometres from the earthquake’s centre. The earthquake…
[ad_1] Speaking at the Marker’s digital conference in Israel on Monday, ex-Mossad chief Tamir Pardo held a discussion about disinformation and bots during political campaigns. Regarding Donald Trump’s presidency, Mr Pardo suggested Russia picked the American firebrand as a candidate to achieve Moscow’s goals and used online tactics to ensure his victory. He said: “Officials…
[ad_1] On Friday the Tupolev Tu-22M3M supersonic bomber flew for the first time. The aircraft can reportedly hit targets as far as 2,200km away (1,367 miles). Russia is modernising its armed forces as part of a programme overseen by President Vladimir Putin. Quoting a defence source the Russian state-run Tass News Agency reported: “The first…
[ad_1] Four men, including the current leader of ultra-orthodox sect Lev Tahor, were arrested and charged in relation to the kidnapping of two minors in New York State this week, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Nachman Helbrans, Mayer Rosner, Aron Rosner and Jacob Rosner were all charged in a White Plains federal court,…
[ad_1] Throughout 2018, Mr Trump has been vying for US unilateral trade, imposing crippling sanctions on countries such as China and Iran and in turn affecting global oil and product exports. Mr Trump also imposed sanctions on the EU, which affected the sale of American-made products such as jeans, kidney beans and Harley-Davidson motorcycles throughout the bloc. Mr Trump…
[ad_1] But the decision is also reflective of a change of strategy which will see a less confrontational foreign policy, Radha Stirling, Middle Eastern Criminal and Civil Justice Expert, Expert Witness and founder of Detained in Dubai has said, suggesting Mr Salman may also be influenced by the decision of US President Donald Trump to…
[ad_1] Footage of a surfer falling into the sea after crashing into a deadly shark has gone viral. An Australian surfer named Alex Soto collided with a shark during a training race for the 2019 Pan American Games. Soto had been racing in Cabarete in the Dominican Republic when he accidentally hits a shark and…
[ad_1] December 29 sees the fifth anniversary of Michael Schumacher’s horrific accident, which saw the seven-time world champion disappear from the public eye after suffering from severe brain trauma as a result of the accident. The Ferrari driver is said to no longer be “bedridden” or in a coma – although experts claimed that his “prolonged disorder of consciousness” would hinder his full recovery.…
[ad_1] Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano arose as a child of the famed Krakatoa volcano in the region, following a massive eruption in the 19th century. Krakatau is just one of Indonesia’s 76 volcanoes, many of which have been erupting this year with varying effects. The volcano has remained active since the 20th century, erupting on and…
[ad_1] Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano arose as a child of the famed Krakatoa volcano in the region, following a massive eruption in the 19th century. Krakatau is just one of Indonesia’s 76 volcanoes, many of which have been erupting this year with varying effects. The volcano has remained active since the 20th century, erupting on and…
[ad_1] Sisters-in-law Rajshree Laturia and Khushboo Laturia, both aged in their 30s, were travelling with their husbands, who are critically injured after the tragedy and were airlifted to hospital, along with two other children, aged seven and nine. The Toyota Land Cruiser in which they were travelling crashed through a railing on the bridge in…
[ad_1] Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb blast hit their bus on Friday less than four kilometres from Egypt’s world famous Giza pyramids, authorities said. The blast is the first deadly attack against foreign tourists in Egypt for more than a year and comes as the…
[ad_1] The eight-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in the custody of U.S. border agents this week had the flu before he passed away but the cause of his death is still unknown, state officials said on Friday. Felipe Gomez Alonzo was the second Guatemalan child to die this month while being held by U.S. authorities,…
[ad_1] Motorsport reporter Ralf Bach met a 19-year-old Schumacher before he got his Formula One break and the pair became good friends over the course of the German’s sparkling career. In 1988, the Sport Bild man was a fledgling editor at German car news magazine Auto Zeitung when he met the young Michael Schumacher and…
[ad_1] Husband Richard Ratcliffe said Gabriella “very proudly” made a necklace as a gift, saying of the occasion: “In all the days in prison it was a tough day to be a part of but a nice moment.” He said there has been a “long battle” with prison authorities in recent months over health matters, noting…
[ad_1] Indonesia is recovering from a huge tsunami which was triggered by volcanic activity of Mount Anak Krakatau volcano on Saturday. A three-metre (10 foot) high tsunami wave swept through the Sunda Strait and killed more than 430 people and displaced tens of thousands. The tsunami was triggered by a volcanic eruption which caused a…
[ad_1] Indonesian authorities on Wednesday raised the danger level for the volcano, which triggered a tsunami on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of more than 400 people, with a three-mile exclusion zone currently in place. Flights around the Anak Krakakau volcano have been rerouted and the crater’s status was raised to high alert, the second-highest…
[ad_1] The blast was said to have happened in the south of the city in the Giza district, which is home to the world-famous pyramids. It is unknown who or how many people were on the bus. Russian state television channel Russia Today has tweeted: “Several people have been reported dead as well as wounded.”…
[ad_1] Experts have confirmed the earthquake, which is located on the Fiandaca fault, is linked to the volcano’s heightened activity. Eugenio Privitera, director of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Catania (INGV), told Italian newspaper Courier: “We cannot rule out the opening of a new eruptive mouth at lower altitudes than the one…
[ad_1] Alexandre Benalla was sacked as the French President’s bodyguard after a video surfaced of him beating a May Day protester. But now questions have arisen about new consultancy work after allegedly using his a diplomatic passport for business trips to at least 10 African countries. The trips included Chad in December, where Mr Benalla…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to close the U.S. southern border if Congress does not agree to provide $5 billion US in taxpayer funds for his promised wall along the border with Mexico. Trump was in the White House firing off angry tweets while large parts of the federal government are shut down for…
[ad_1] The two European leaders have become the symbols of the two sides facing at the upcoming vote, with a French official warning Italy the Elysee is in “a logic of combat”. While neither eurosceptic Mr Salvini nor europhile Mr Macron will be standing for a seat, they embody the two opposite visions for a…
[ad_1] Tesla is naming Oracle’s Larry Ellison and an executive from Walgreens to its board as part of a settlement with U.S. regulators who demanded more oversight of CEO Elon Musk. The company said Friday that Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson are the new independent directors, effective immediately. Wilson-Thompson spent 17 years at Kellogg and is…
[ad_1] On Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed a terrifying 5.8 magnitude quake had struck the Indonesian province of West Papua. The quake followed a tense week which saw the volatile Anak Krakatau volcano placed on red alert after it triggered a tsunami that left over 430 people dead. Anak Krakatau sits on the notorious Pacific “Ring of Fire”, home to 75 percent of…
[ad_1] Donald Trump is looking to secure new funding for one of his biggest campaign promises – the wall at Mexico’s border. The President used the wall as his biggest platform during his 2016 campaign, promising reduced migration into the US from illegal immigrants. While the wall did and still does receive high praise from…
[ad_1] Cash-strapped Cuba plans fresh austerity measures, and will pressure the sluggish bureaucracy to tighten its belt and cut red tape to address weak growth, falling export earnings and rising debt. The economy has averaged one per cent annual growth over the last three years, compared with a five per cent to seven per cent rate economists say is…
[ad_1] The US President reshaped a seven-year-long strategy of the Pentagon in Syria during a phone call with Mr Erdogan, Turkey’s officials said. Mr Trump was expected to deliver a standard warning to the Turkish president over his plan to launch a cross-border attack targeting Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, according to US officials. Turkey’s…
[ad_1] Shocking reports this month have revealed that Russia is developing a devastating “doomsday device” that could wipe out major US cities. The Russian doomsday nuclear drone could detonate a blast that would trigger a 300ft-high radioactive tsunami targeting the US coastlines. For the first time, US security experts have spoken about the plans –…
[ad_1] The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said Friday. The ministry said it discovered last week that the names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors had been stolen through…
[ad_1] The US president could issue the order, which has been under consideration for more than eight months, as soon as in January, three sources familiar with the events told Reuters. This order would not openly name Huawei and ZTE but would direct the US Commerce Department to stop the country’s companies from buying equipment…
[ad_1] Not much is known about the current status of Mr Schumacher’s health, as his family has kept tight-lipped and focus on the care he now needs instead. But this week the Prefect of the Pontifical House of the Holy See and personal secretary of Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein has spoken to German magazine Bunte…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has come criticism after appearing to accidentally reveal top-secret US military intelligence during his visit to an army air base in Iraq yesterday. To celebrate his first visit to a combat zone during his presidency, the US leader posted a video of him posing for photographs with several groups of…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has come criticism after appearing to accidentally reveal top-secret US military intelligence during his visit to an army air base in Iraq yesterday. To celebrate his first visit to a combat zone during his presidency, the US leader posted a video of him posing for photographs with several groups of…
[ad_1] CBC News surveyed a dozen Canadian and American researchers, lecturers, lawyers and business advocates to sum up this complicated and often frustrating year in international trade. Here are a few highlights from what they shared with us. What was the biggest surprise? “The fact that Donald Trump carried through with steel and aluminum tariffs,” said…
[ad_1] MICHAEL Schumacher is no longer bedridden, according to reports from his Swiss home. But as the racing legend begins to make a recovery, a brain trauma charity highlights the difficulties he will face. Five years ago the legendary racing driver suffered a traumatic brain injury following a skiing accident on December 29, 2013. Since…
[ad_1] Iran news: an explosive paper obtained by Express.co.uk has claimed Iran is waging cyber ‘warfare’ (Image: GETTY) The paper was compiled by the official Iranian resistance movement, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). It makes damning assertions which implicate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in waging “cyber warfare to preserve the…
[ad_1] NYC Fire Wire confirmed it was a transformer explosion at Astoria East & North Queens Con Ed power plant to emit the unusual blue light all across Queens and New York City. The NYPD said the transformer exploded at the utility company’s facility in Astoria shortly after 9pm local time (2am GMT) A police…
[ad_1] A transformer explosion at an electric power station in the New York City borough of Queens on Thursday led police officials to warn people to avoid the area, after social media users posted images of a bright light on the horizon. “The light you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from…
[ad_1] Trump is demanding $5 billion to pay for a wall along the US-Mexico border. However, the Senate is currently refusing to give its assent. Around 800,000 federal employees have been caught up in the dispute, with 420,000 currently working without pay. Both the Senate and House of Representatives met on Thursday, but agreement to…
[ad_1] Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts on Thursday, including naming a new foreign minister, following international fallout from the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi nearly three months ago. He also ordered a shakeup of the kingdom’s supreme council that oversees matters related to security. The council is…
[ad_1] Forget trying to make it over Niagara Falls. A 71-year-old Frenchman has set out on a journey across the Atlantic in a specially designed barrel capsule. The vessel will use only ocean currents to propel him across the sea. Jean-Jacques Savin set off from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday and is aiming…
[ad_1] While no party will likely emerge as a significant political winner from the U.S. partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump may stand to lose the most, some experts say. “Whoever owns the shutdown loses,” said political historian David Eisenbach. “When Trump claimed ownership, that was an unusual thing to do.” “The symbolism of a government shutdown…
[ad_1] Mount Etna is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, with eruptions dating back 500,000 years ago. The stratovolcano towers above the city of Catania in eastern Sicily in Italy and is the highest most active volcano in Europe apart from the Caucasus mountains in Russia. Eruptions can happen multiple times a year but…
[ad_1] The Formula One legend, who turns 50-years-old next week, suffered a serious brain injury on December 29, 2013. Schumacher is being treated at his home on the banks of Lake Geneva and as friends and family soon gather to wish him well on his landmark birthday, other stars of the sport have revealed their…
[ad_1] The storms, floods and droughts including killer hurricanes also cost thousands of lives, says a report by Christian Aid. Earlier this month the Met Office said this year’s heatwave was made 30 times more likely by climate change, which most scientists agree is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and…
[ad_1] The far-right leader swept to power in 2003 as head of the Fidesz party and won a landslide general election victory in April. But Orbán’s anti-immigration stance has seen him accused of mistreating asylum seekers and refugees, with his government building a huge wall along its Serbia border to stop migrants entering. And as…
[ad_1] The Adyutant allows troops to practise repelling attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Two soldiers can each fire up to six targets to simulate a swarm of drones for gunners to blow out of the sky. It comes after rogue drones sparked chaos at Gatwick Airport, cancelling hundreds of flights and causing Christmas misery…
[ad_1] A mass outbreak of the contagious disease is thought to have struck at least 30 guests at the Maritim Berghotel in Braulange, Germany. Thirteen victims were rushed to nearby hospitals after the infection ripped through the hotel, according to German newspaper Goslarsche Zeitung. Three of those hit with the suspected norovirus – often known as…
[ad_1] George Toloraya, director of Korean Programs at the Institute of Economy at the Russian Academy of Science, made his remarks in an article published on the website of North Korean analysis website 38 North. Mr Toloraya, a former diplomat who served as Russian Consul-General in Australia until 2006, said: “The US has allowed an…
[ad_1] A police diver jumped into a frozen lake to rescue a puppy stuck in the ice in the eastern Turkish province of Van on Wednesday. Video released by the municipality of Van showed diver Burak Okten trying to break the ice around the dog with his arm and rescuing the puppy. “It was the final moments, I…
[ad_1] The Anak Krakatau volcano, which has been violently erupting in Indonesia, is now under a renewed alert as fresh activity grips the island nation. Famously part of the Krakatoa volcano, it resides on its own island in the Sunda Strait near Java and Sumatra. Anak Krakatau has been erupting on and off since 1930…
[ad_1] There is growing concern in Indonesia that an imminent collapse of the Anak Krakatau volcano could unleash a deadly second tsunami. Last week, the erupted of the the volcano triggered a killer tsunami which left more than 400 people dead. Officials have raised the danger level this morning and ordered all flights in the nearby air…
[ad_1] The patients left the centre in Beni when it came under attack by protestors against the cancellation of Sunday’s presidential election in the city. Some 17 had already tested negative for Ebola, while seven people had not yet been tested, according to a spokeswoman for the country’s health ministry. The spokeswoman added that three…
[ad_1] The world could face a shock economic recession next year as global stock markets show patterns that “resemble the Great Depression of 1929”. Global markets have been rocked by a plunge in the Dow, a meltdown in crude oil trading and geopolitical uncertainty surrounding trade tariffs. LPL Financial Senior Market Strategist Ryan Detrick branded…
[ad_1] Four more people were seriously injured as a result of the accident, which happens in Núpsvötn, south of the Vatnajökull glacier at about 10am today. Four adults and three children were in the Toyota Land Cruiser it plunged more than 26ft off a bridge. (More to follow) [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Soldiers and police in the city of Beni in eastern Congo fired in the air on Thursday to disperse demonstrators who barricaded roads and burned tires to protest the decision to exclude them from a presidential election this Sunday. The electoral commission (CENI) announced Wednesday that it was cancelling the vote in Beni, its surrounding areas and the…
[ad_1] Speaking to Fox Business, Mr Gardner claimed Donald Trump should be “helping the European Union” and avoid siding with Russia in the WTO case on Russia’s involvement in the Crimea crisis. The former US Ambassador warned without a reform of the WTO rules on national security exemptions proposed by the Brussels bloc, rogue states…
[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates is set to reopen its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, the Syrian Information Ministry said, a move that would mark a big diplomatic boost for President Bashar al-Assad from an Arab state that once supported his opponents. The embassy has been shut since the early months of the Syrian conflict,…
[ad_1] The terrifying video released by Italian Police forces shows Catania, the second largest city in Sicily, Italy, completely destroyed after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Italian region on Wednesday. The quake stroke on the slopes of Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe which is still erupting following the trembles. The earthquake…
[ad_1] Indonesia on Thursday raised the alert level for the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano to the second-highest, and ordered all flights to steer clear, days after it triggered a tsunami that killed at least 430 people. A crater collapse on the volcanic island at high tide on Saturday sent waves up to five metres high smashing…
[ad_1] Professor Stephen Sparks, based at the University of Bristol, made the revelation about Cumbre Vieja, a very active volcano on the island of La Palma, adjacent to the popular holiday destination of Tenerife. He explained to Express Online: “When you have volcanic islands sticking out of the sea, they’re very unstable. And, in some…
[ad_1] The 5.6 quake struck at 4.59am local time (8.59am GMT), at a depth of 6.2 miles. Residents left witness reports on earthquake-tracking website CSEM-EMSC. One said: “Very strong in Valencia, Carabobo.” Another said: “It was so strong the movement of my bed woke me up.” A third said: “It vibrated the whole house.” The…
[ad_1] European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker used his second to last State of the Union speech in 2017 to urge member states to accept proposals for increased cooperation with the European Union. But Eastern European countries such as Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have led efforts to push back against further integration in an attempt to…
[ad_1] The couple visited al-Asad airbase in western Iraq for about three and a half hours. Trump met US military commanders and addressed several hundred soldiers. It came just days after the President announced he was withdrawing US troops from Syria. Asked by a journalist whether he had concerns about visiting the war torn country…
[ad_1] According to local media, a policeman was injured in the blast, which occurred at 7.10am local time (6.10am GMT) outside the church of Agios Dionysios in Skoufa. No organisation has yet assumed responsibility for the attack. The area has been secured by the police, while the police forensics officers are investigating the remains of…
[ad_1] On Boxing Day, the US President jetted to Iraq to visit US soldiers with the First Lady. The trip to the war-torn nation is his first since becoming president 705 days ago, in January 2017. The American firebrand stayed at the air base west of Baghdad for more than three hours, posed for photographs…
[ad_1] A crater collapse on the volcanic island at high tide on Saturday sent waves up to 5 metres high smashing into the coast on the Sunda Strait. The United Nations Office said in a statement on Wednesday that 430 people are confirmed dead while 1495 have been injured. Only days after the deadly waves…
[ad_1] The blast occurred on Wednesday night at Carmel High school in Hamilton County, in the US state of Indiana. The city’s fire department confirmed one of the victims suffered severe burns. The condition of the second victim has not yet been reported. Officials confirmed children who were inside the school at the time of…
[ad_1] The revelation was made by Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. This was reported on by Tasnim, an Iranian media outlet close to the military. Earlier this week, President Trump announced plans to withdraw 7,000 US troops from Afghanistan. It is unclear where the meeting took place, or how recently it was…
[ad_1] The United Nations Office said in a statement on Wednesday that 430 people are confirmed dead while 1495 have been injured. The tsunami, which was caused by a volcano eruption, struck the Indonesian coast at 2.27pm GMT on Saturday. The UN statement reads: “The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that…
[ad_1] The country’s centre-left Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven was once again rejected by parliament just before Christmas when 200 MPs voted against him becoming prime minister while 116 voted in favour and 28 abstained. The Scandinavian EU member state is now pinning its hopes on resolving the crisis in the New Year when MPs…
[ad_1] The country’s centre-left Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven was once again rejected by parliament just before Christmas when 200 MPs voted against him becoming prime minister while 116 voted in favour and 28 abstained. The Scandinavian EU member state is now pinning its hopes on resolving the crisis in the New Year when MPs…
[ad_1] And rescue teams desperately trying to reach the western coast of Java are being hampered by driving rains which are making it difficult to access remote areas. Clouds of ash spewed from Anak Krakatau, almost obscuring the volcanic island where a crater collapse at high tide on Saturday sent waves of up to 16…
[ad_1] The US Coast Guard reported Arron Hough, 20, is believed to have fallen off the Royal Caribbean vessel around 4am on Tuesday. The Coast Guard scrambled to search for the missing Brit, who is said to have plummetted from the Harmony of the Seas, 267 miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Arron, from Sunderland,…
[ad_1] He jetted to Iraq on Boxing Day to visit US soldiers at the Al Asad Air Base with First Lady Melania Trump. The US president stayed at the air base west of Baghdad for more than three hours. His shock decision to remove 2,000 US soldiers from Syria sparked anger with some Republicans, Democrats…
[ad_1] Sister Wendy Beckett, an art historian and critic who rose to prominence on TV late in life, has died. She was 88. The Carmelite Monastery of Quidenham in Norfolk, England, said Beckett died at the monastery Wednesday afternoon. She was a sister of the Catholic Church who became prominent in the 1990s presenting BBC shows about…
[ad_1] Mrs Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, was blasted after posing for a picture with a Christmas market operator, Marcel Campion, who previously labelled homosexuals as “perverts”. Members of the public, particularly gay activists and members of the LGBT+ community, lashed out at The French First Lady for associating the man. As…
[ad_1] Adolf Hitler receives a Christmas gift from two Father Christmases (Image: ullstein bild via Getty Images) The pictures, published by German newspaper Die Welt, offer an overview of 24 Christmases between 1920 and 1944, even though the Nazi leader said on December 13, 1941: “Christianity is the greatest, that has ever been produced by…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday, his first trip to a conflict zone nearly two years into his presidency and days after announcing a pullout of American troops from Syria. Air Force One touched down at the Al Asad Air Base west of Baghdad after…
[ad_1] Jets pounded targets with 22 missile sorties on positions used by Iran and Hezbollah, Syrian state media reports. Several senior members of the Lebanon militant group were injured as they boarded a plane for Iran, according to Newsweek. The attack comes just days after Donald Trump vowed to pull all US forces out of…
[ad_1] The European Central Bank’s (ECB) purchase of government and corporate bonds has swollen its balance sheet to a record £4.19 trillion (4.66 trillion euros). Brussels hoped the mass purchase would supply EU markets with money, and lower interest rates, to boost the economy following the 2008 financial crash. Despite striking a deal with the…
[ad_1] The earthquake struck at just past 2pm today local time. The epicentre was roughly 151 km north of Neiafu, the second largest town in Tonga with a population of around 6,000. No tsunami warning has been issued but aftershocks are possible. Local authorities are instructing individuals to prepare for fresh tremors and to stay…
[ad_1] Thailand’s legislature has agreed to amend the country’s drug laws to allow the licensed medical use of marijuana, as well as kratom, a locally grown plant traditionally used as a stimulant and painkiller. Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to take such action, which is also under consideration in neighbouring…
[ad_1] Anti-EU feelings have been steadily growing across European Union member states as top Eurocrats face criticism from populist parties in core member states such as Germany and Italy. Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a significant defeat at the hand of far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) while Italy joined Hungary, Poland and Slovakia after the eurosceptic…
[ad_1] The death toll has reached at least 430, with another 159 people still missing. Almost 1,500 people are injured and more than 21,000 people have evacuated to higher ground. The crater collapse at high tide during the weekend swept waves up to five metres (16 feet) high into the coast on the Sunda Strait,…
[ad_1] Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed on Wednesday that Israeli missile strikes in Syria the previous day had directly threatened two civilian flights, Interfax news agency reported. The ministry, which did not specify which flights had been threatened, said Syrian air defences had destroyed 14 of 16 Israeli missiles launched against unspecified targets near Damascus on…
[ad_1] U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an eight-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death, after the boy was taken to a hospital in Alamogordo, N.M., came during an ongoing dispute…
[ad_1] An earthquake triggered by Mount Etna’s eruption jolted eastern Sicily before dawn Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, damaging churches and houses on the volcano’s slopes, and prompting panicked villagers to flee their homes. Italy’s Civil Protection officials said the quake, which struck at 3:19 a.m local time., was part of a swarm of…
[ad_1] The Sheikh Mansur Battalion, who has no officials links to the Ukrainian military, is led by Muslim Cheberloevsky who fired a stern warning to the Kremlin. He said: ”Putin is our common enemy. “He brings only evil.” The Battalion named after an 18th-century Chechen resistance figure, is a highly controversial group to be seen…
[ad_1] Putin was speaking after overseeing what the Kremlin said was a pre-deployment test of the new missile system, called Avangard. Mr Putin told a Government meeting: “This test, which has just finished, ended with complete success. From next year, 2019, Russia’s armed forces will get the new intercontinental strategic system Avangard. “It’s a big…
[ad_1] Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Australia and New Zealand welcomed the decision to abandon the Antarctic whale hunt, but expressed disappointment that…
[ad_1] The Mega Millions draw was broadcast at 11pm ET (4am GMT) on Christmas Day. This was only the fifth Christmas Day draw ever. The top prize is now $321 million, as nobody has won the Mega Millions jackpot for nine weeks. What were the winning numbers? Six numbered balls were selected at random, including…
[ad_1] Christmas has come and gone but the partial U.S. government shutdown is just getting started. Wednesday brings the first full business day after several government departments and agencies closed up over the weekend due to a budgetary stalemate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress. And there is no end in sight. So far,…
[ad_1] MEPs have had prescriptions reimbursed for slimming products, anti-ageing treatment and Viagra. It is understood the MPs have the choice of up to 32 different products to fulfil their sexual desires, which are prescribed to them by the EU parliament’s doctor. The findings have been widely criticised for the reckless spending of vital money…
[ad_1] Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java amid an “extreme weather” rain warning after a tsunami killed more than 400 people last week. Heavy rain lashed fishing villages along the coast, muddying roads and holding up convoys delivering heavy machinery and aid to isolated areas…
[ad_1] Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java amid an “extreme weather” rain warning after a tsunami killed more than 400 people last week. Heavy rain lashed fishing villages along the coast, muddying roads and holding up convoys delivering heavy machinery and aid to isolated areas…
[ad_1] That is the view of many experts speaking to Express.co.uk, who gave their views on what has been a chaotic 12 months for the EU. The European Union has found itself plunged into chaos as governments throughout the continent tear themselves apart amid crises at home and a wave of no confidence votes. Prime…
[ad_1] And even in the unlikely even that quitting the bloc resulted in the break-up of the union and secession of Northern Ireland and Scotland, Britain will leapfrog France – tipped to overtake it temporarily next year – by the middle of the next decade. Meanwhile, China is poised to overtake the United States as the…
[ad_1] Speaking to Express.co.uk, the EU expert claimed the Czech Republic central bank is “intentionally” avoiding membership of the eurozone by ensuring it is yet to fulfil all the criteria necessary before Brussels could force them to adopt the euro. Mr Kratochvil argued this is the reason a second referendum on the euro in the…
[ad_1] It hit two days after Etna, Europe’s highest and most active volcano, erupted, sending a huge column of ash into the sky and causing the temporary closure of Catania airport on Sicily’s eastern coast. The earthquake hit at 3:19 a.m. (0219 GMT), prompting many people to run out of their homes and sleep in…
[ad_1] Mr Michel lost the support of the Flemish nationalist N-VA, the largest party in his coalition government, over the non-binding United Nations agreement, which opponents claimed would open to door to further European migration. Belgium now finds itself braced for a snap election as early as next month despite the prime minister’s desperate request…
[ad_1] An eight-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody early Tuesday, said U.S. immigration authorities, marking the second death of a migrant child in detention this month. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says the boy died shortly after midnight Tuesday. The boy showed “signs of potential illness” Monday and was taken with his father…
[ad_1] Detectives found the flag in support of the brutal terror gang and a text in Arabic near the site of a Berlin railway track that had been tampered with. Investigators are probing if the flag belongs to those responsible for damaging the railway’s overheard contact wires. Following the incident, authorities found a torn steel…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump on Christmas Eve took calls from children anxious to find out where Santa was on his gift-giving journey. In one conversation, Trump asked a seven-year-old named Coleman, “Are you still a believer in Santa?” Trump listened for a moment before adding, “Because at seven, it’s marginal, right?”…
[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth said in her Christmas message today that peace and goodwill need to be heeded as much as ever, and people should respect each other even when they harbour deeply held differences. During her annual address, the 92-year-old monarch spoke of family and friendship following a year in which her grandson Prince Harry married U.S.-born…
[ad_1] Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different faiths, races or ideas, describing the world’s differences as a richness, not a danger, and calling for political solutions to end wars in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. Conflicts in Ukraine and tensions on the Korean Peninsula also drew the Pope’s attention in…
[ad_1] Mount Etna is Europe’s most active volcano. Located in Sicily, the 3,350m volcano’s eruption occured amid more than 130 earthquakes of up to 4.3 in magnitude. A blanket of volcanic ash also covered nearby villages, which ground planes to a halt at Catania airport temporarily. Video footage from 2,500m (8,200 ft) up the volcano showed how…
[ad_1] At least five people have been killed in the Christmas Day attack in coastal area of Longan, Fujian province, south of Shanghai. Another 21 are understood to have been injured, although numbers may rise still. The attacker tried to take control of the bus at about 3.20pm local time, before stabbing a number of…
[ad_1] Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people, warning more victims are expected to be uncovered as the search expands. Thick ash clouds continued to spew from Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island where a crater collapse at…
[ad_1] At least three people were killed when suicide bombers attacked Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, the health ministry said, with a security source saying the assailants were suspected to be ISIS militants. Three attackers opened fire on the building before two of them managed to get inside and blow themselves up. The other was killed by ministry…
[ad_1] Presenting Iran’s budget to Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Rouhani warned US sanctions would adversely affect Iranians’ lives and destroy the country’s economy. He said: “America’s goal is to bring Iran’s Islamic system to its knees… and it will fail in this, but sanctions will no doubt affect people’s lives, and the country’s development and…
[ad_1] An explosion and a shooting took place after terrorists stormed Libya’s foreign ministry in the capital of Tripoli. A number of terror attackers were involved in the attack according to the Libyan government’s official television channel. An employee at the ministry said three people were killed and six wounded. The health ministry confirmed one…
[ad_1] Ms Merkel’s decision to remain as Germany’s leader until 2021 but step down as head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may have set the stage for a power struggle at the top levels of the EU’s biggest economy, two academics warned. The German Chancellor announced in October she would not seek re-election as…
[ad_1] With its dream of a Caliphate in the Middle East now dead, ISIS has just 12 months later launched another reign of terror with hit-and-run attacks aimed at undermining the government in Baghdad. In December last year Iraq announced that it had crushed military ISIS forces. But in Europe, home-grown jihadists who have never…
[ad_1] Martha Erika Alonso, the new governor of the central state of Puebla, was killed just 10 days after taking office. Her husband, Senator Rafael Moreno, who was a former governor for the same state as his wife, was also killed. Ms Alonso was the first female to be elected as governor of Puebla. Mr…
[ad_1] The so-called “yellow vest” movement has spawned violent protests across the country since November, forcing French authorities to deploy tens of thousands police officers to quash weekly demonstrations. The largely leaderless, grassroots citizens’ movement emerged in the face of a proposed fuel tax that would have pushed up the price of petrol, hitting many…
[ad_1] The 59-year-old allegedly assaulted the son of the former US news anchor Heather Unruh. Ms Unruh first made the allegation during a press conference in November 2017. Spacey is due to appear in Nantucket District Court on January 7 with the charge of indecent assault and battery. Ms Unruh said the House of Cards…
[ad_1] The British monarch and her husband Prince Philip have sent their condolences to the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, as well as the Indonesian people. A tsunami struck the country’s Sunda Strait on Saturday. The Queen said: “Prince Philip and I were deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life following the devastating tsunami in…
[ad_1] At least 373 people were killed and 1,400 injured on Java and Sumatra islands after 10ft waves smashed ashore on Saturday, according to the latest figures. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said: “459 people are injured, while 128 remain missing.” The deaths occurred after huge waves crashed ashore along…
[ad_1] Pope Francis urged Christians on Monday to forgo the greed, gluttony and materialism of Christmas and to focus instead on its message of simplicity, charity and love. Francis celebrated a Christmas Eve mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, opening a busy week for the pope that includes a Christmas Day message and blessing, a Dec.…
[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates has released photos of a daughter of Dubai’s ruler after friends and supporters say she was forcibly returned to Dubai after fleeing months earlier. The state-run WAM news agency carried a government statement Monday saying the princess is “at home and living with her family in Dubai.” Her father is…
[ad_1] At least 373 people have died following a tsunami in the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra on Saturday. Rescuers used heavy machinery and bare hands to dig bodies out of mud and wreckage along a 100 km (60 mile) stretch of Java’s west coast. More than 1,400 people were injured, and about 12,000…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump was meeting with his homeland security secretary and other officials on Monday to discuss border security issues as a partial government shutdown over his U.S.-Mexico border wall entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight. Though both sides have traded offers over spending, they remain far apart on the wall.…
[ad_1] A U.S. court on Monday ordered Pyongyang to pay $501 million in damages for the torture and death last year of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who died after being released from captivity in North Korea. Warmbier’s parents sued North Korea in April over their son’s death. The 22-year-old student died after being imprisoned…
[ad_1] A brazen hours-long co-ordinated assault on a government building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed 29 people, most of them employees of the department for martyrs and disabled persons, said Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish. Another 23 people were wounded, including three policemen. The assault began with a suicide bomber who…
[ad_1] Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said Madrid will revive its bid for shared sovereignty over Gibraltar once the UK has left the European Union. Mr Sanchez has claimed that Spain’s position over Gibraltar, which has been a British territory since 1713, was stronger after Brexit. Speaking to the Parliament of Gibraltar, Mr Picardo…
[ad_1] Five flight attendants and one passenger have been diagnosed with measles in Spain, according to the head of preventive medicine at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, Antoni Trilla. Writing on Twitter, Mr Trilla said that those affected travelled on domestic flights and to other countries in the European Union in November, adding that the…
[ad_1] China suggested Monday that Canada’s allies are hypocrites for expressing concern about the detention of two Canadians but not speaking out against the arrest in Vancouver of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. “Where were their voices when the senior manager of the Chinese company was illegally detained by the Canadian side at the behest of the…
[ad_1] The president is annoyed over the Fed’s decision to raise its short-term rate four times this year in a bid to prevent the economy from overheating. President Trump wrote on Twitter: “The only problem our economy has is the Fed. They don’t have a feel for the market. The Fed is like a powerful…
[ad_1] The USS John C. Stennis entered the Gulf on Friday as tensions continue to rise and reach unprecedented levels between Tehran and Washington. A war of words began between the two countries after President Donald Trump took America out of a nuclear deal with Iran in May and imposed sanctions on its banking and…
[ad_1] Brinyamin, two, his sister Maryam, seven, and their parents joined 12 other migrants to cross the English channel to reach the UK, but were rescued after French patrol officers spotted them. The family-of-four were caught by a French tug boat just 11 kilometres off Boulogne-sure-Mer. In a statement, the maritime agency for the English Channel and…
[ad_1] Ahead of May’s European Parliament vote, which decides the MEPs for the next five years, new alliances are being formed among Eurosceptics in Brussels.The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), announced an alliance with the French Eurosceptic Debout la France (DF) party ahead of next year’s EU election. They will fill the gap left by…
[ad_1] Stock markets around the world remained under pressure Monday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the CEOs of six major banks Sunday in an apparent attempt to reassure jittery financial markets — but ended up only stoking investor fears. In thin trading on Christmas Eve, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off more than…
[ad_1] The miraculous Christmas walk led to the child being saved from certain death. Yevgeny Vlasov, 53, had picked the boy up from kindergarten and went with him to inspect an ice hole for fishing. He left the boy on the bank of the River Gur, some 4,490 miles east of Moscow, as he turned the snowmobile but…
[ad_1] Israel will hold an early general election in April, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, after members of his governing coalition met to discuss differences over legislation. “The leaders of the coalition decided unanimously to dissolve parliament and go to a new election in early April,” the spokesperson wrote on Twitter, quoting from a…
[ad_1] Photos released by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) show Princess Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum posing with the former Irish President and UN high commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson. The UAE ministry of foreign affairs and international co-operation said to rebut “false allegations” the pictures “provided evidence that Her Highness Sheikha Latifa was…
[ad_1] Turkish-backed Syrian fighters are preparing to deploy in eastern Syria alongside Turkish troops once American forces withdraw, a spokesperson said Monday, adding that forces have begun massing on the front line of a town held by Kurdish-led forces. U.S. President Donald Trump has said the withdrawal from Syria will be slow and co-ordinated with Turkey, but didn’t provide a timetable.…
[ad_1] Witnesses said they saw a Kalashnikov assault rifle used in the shooting, which took place in Avenue Louise, a luxury shopping street. The shooter fired three shots through the window of the restaurant in the Belgian capital, before fleeing at about 9am GMT. Police have not yet ruled out terror as the motive for…
[ad_1] Mount Etna in Sicily was spitting out lava and columns of ash on Christmas Eve after the volcano initially reawoke in late July. Shocking posted by residents show billowing black and grey smoke spewing over the blue skies after Europe’s higest volcano blew her top. Mount Etna, at 3,330 metres (10,926 feet), is the…
[ad_1] Sussex Police insist investigations into drone sightings around London’s Gatwick Airport are ongoing despite a comment from a senior detective that there may not have been any drones flying over the airport after all. The drone crisis led to a series of shutdowns at the country’s second busiest airport over a three-day period last week…
[ad_1] A court in Pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison for corruption and acquitted him in a second case. Monday’s verdict came after Sharif was removed from power last year over corruption allegations. Sharif, who was serving his third stint as prime minister, has denied any wrongdoing. Sharif is accused…
[ad_1] A mother and father, aged 32 and 34, will face jail time after admitting they caused their daughter serious injury, feeding her such a restrictive vegan diet she became severely malnourished. The 19-month-old developed severe health conditions – including rickets, a bone disease developed by malnourishment. A court in Sydney, Australia heard the toddler was fed oats, rice…
[ad_1] One of the world’s foremost volcanologists, Professor Stephen Sparks, revealed the astonishing impact that volcanoes like Yellowstone could have if they erupt to their full potential. He told Express Online: “If there was one it would have an enormous global impact. It would have dire consequences for food security, for trade and for a…
[ad_1] From Africa to India, China to Europe, the annual holiday of Christmas is globally recognised as one of the most fun of the year. And although the festive traditions of santa hats, presents and tinsel remain constant throughout the world, each country has its own take on the festive season. With the UK steeped in tradition and familiar comforts, it’s always an eye-opening spectacle to see…
[ad_1] The tsunami the Anak Krakatoa volcano triggered on Sunday was the second to hit Indonesia in 2018. At least 222 people have died and hundreds have been reported missing after the tidal wave struck the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, around 34 miles from Anak Krakatoa. Terrifying video shared on social media captured…
[ad_1] The European Commission will struggle to promote plans for further integration among European Union member states because of the rise of populist movement across the bloc. Prof Alan Winters forecast the bloc will face “a hard time” as countries like Hungary and Italy solidify their defiant stance against decisions taken in Brussels. The British…
[ad_1] Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, mainly because it only comes once a year, much like a birthday.There is significance in the day for all manner of reasons, from the birth of Jesus Christ to a simple bank holiday with all the family which makes it special for everyone in some…
[ad_1] Doctors worked to help survivors and hundreds of people searched on debris-strewn beaches for more victims Monday from a deadly tsunami that smashed into houses, hotels and other buildings without warning in the darkness along an Indonesian strait. The waves that swept terrified people into the sea Saturday night along the Sunda Strait followed…
[ad_1] It was announced on Saturday Donald Trump will remain the US capital throughout the Christmas period. A row over funding of the Mexico border wall has left Congress unable to pass a budget. The failure to pass the budget means federal employees could be forced to take unpaid leave and public services stopped until…
[ad_1] The natural phenomenon occurred at 11.08pm last night. It hit 84km north of Nuku`alofa, the capital of Tonga. The quake struck at a depth of 100.2km. It is currently unclear if there are any casualties or if there is any damage. According to the Richter scale, an earthquake with a magnitude between 6.1 and…
[ad_1] And he also accused Tennessee Senator Bob Corker of being responsible for the “horrible Iran nuclear deal” Mr Trump pulled the US out of earlier this year, as well as blasting outgoing advisors defence secretary Jim Mattis and defence advisor Brett McGurk. Mr Corker, the influential chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said…
[ad_1] Vice President Jusuf Kalla has warned the death toll will “likely increase” after at least 222 people were confirmed dead and 843 were injured following the tsunami. The underwater landslide occurred around 9.30pm local time (2.30pm GMT), according to government officials. Members of the popular Indonesian rock band, Seventeen, also died after waves hit…
[ad_1] On Thursday, Mr Mattis abruptly said he was quitting, effective February 28, after falling out with Trump over his foreign policy, especially the surprise decision to withdraw all troops from Syria and start planning a drawdown in Afghanistan. His resignation was followed by that of Brett McGurk, who is leaving apparently for similar reasons.…
[ad_1] Speaking on Ukrainian television, Yuri Hrymchak, a deputy minister in the country’s Government, suggested the British should send the vessel to test the Russian response. The Strait of Kerch was the scene of a confrontation between Russian and Ukrainian forces at the end of last month, when a Ukrainian vessel was rammed. A total…
[ad_1] Turkey is massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force, a war monitor said, as Turkish media reported Sunday on new Turkish reinforcements crossing the borders. The Turkish buildup comes even though Turkey said it would delay a promised offensive in eastern Syria in the wake of…
[ad_1] The “psychic surgeon” who calls himself John of God claims to have made blind people see and cured cancer patients since being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2010. However, in Brazil’s first #MeToo scandal the spiritualist – real name João Teixeira de Faria – has been arrested after 450 believers came forward saying they…
[ad_1] Friends of the victim have also been sent uncensored images and a video reportedly showing the killing via direct messages. It came as friends and family of the murdered women pleaded social media users not to watch or share the video which is still widely available on Facebook and Twitter despite calls for the…
[ad_1] Rescuers have found nine dead construction workers after a fire in a mine in Russia operated by potash maker Uralkali, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday. The workers were trapped underground by smoke after a fire broke out in the mine in Solikamsk, some 1,500 km northeast of Moscow, on Saturday morning. A fire erupted Saturday at a potash…
[ad_1] A top White House official warned Sunday that it’s “very possible” the partial government shutdown will stretch into the new year and that how quickly numerous cabinet departments and agencies resume business is up to Senate Democrats. “The ball is in the Senate’s court,” acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said. Mulvaney,…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was replacing Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Jan. 1 with Deputy Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan in an acting capacity after Mattis resigned over policy differences and offered to stay in his post for two more months. Mattis’s resignation letter implicitly criticized Trump’s foreign policies and his treatment…
[ad_1] At least 222 people have been killed and 843 are injured after the tsunami occurred at at around 9.30pm local time (2.30pm GMT) o Saturday, December 22, government officials confirmed. Members of the popular Indonesian rock band, Seventeen, are among those believed to be dead or missing. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said to a…
[ad_1] At least 222 people have been killed and 843 are injured after a tsunami struck the Indonesian Islands of Java and Sumatra overnight. Members of the popular Indonesian rock band, Seventeen, are among those believed to be dead or missing. An underwater landslide is thought to have occurred following an eruption from the Anak…
[ad_1] Donald Trump announced this week on Twitter the United States will start to withdraw all troops from Syrian within 60 to 100 days. US allies have warned the American president he risks helping Islamic State (ISIS) terror cells in the region regain support and increase their numbers after an international coalition wiped out the group…
[ad_1] The lead vocalist of the band, Riefian Fajarsyah, has urged people to pray that his band members, crew and wife are found. At least 222 people have died and more than 800 are injured following the tsunami. The video shows that the wave, which came from nowhere and when they were performing, washed away…
[ad_1] A SpaceX rocket carrying a U.S. military navigation satellite blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Sunday, marking the space transportation company’s first national security space mission for the United States. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying a roughly $500 million GPS satellite built by Lockheed Martin Corp lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 8:51 a.m. ET. The launch had…
[ad_1] The tsunami wave destroyed hundreds of buildings and homes without any warning overnight. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman at Indonesia’s disaster agency, initially said the wave was not a tsunami, but a tidal surge. He has since apologised for his mistake, especially as he told the public not to panic. He admitted there was…
[ad_1] The nation was in the grip of a SIXTH Saturday of chaos yesterday as violence erupted around the north of the capital on a so-called ‘Act VI’ Day of rage. Riot police used tear gas and baton charges, and at least one police officer pulled a gun on Yellow Vest protestors. The demonstrators, who…
[ad_1] British police on Sunday released without charge two people arrested in an inquiry into the illegal use of drones at London’s Gatwick Airport that crippled operations for three days last week Sussex Police arrested a 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman from the local area late on Friday. “Both people have fully co-operated with our inquiries, and I am…
[ad_1] A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured 843 on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra, a spokesperson for the disaster mitigation agency told media on Sunday. Authorities warned residents and tourists in coastal areas around the Sunda Strait to stay away from beaches and a high-tide warning remained in place through…
[ad_1] Rescue teams in Russia’s Ural Mountains are still looking for a construction worker trapped inside a burning potash mine after the bodies of eight of his colleagues were found. A fire erupted Saturday at a potash mine in the Perm region. Officials say 17 workers were inside the mine at the time in Solikamsk,…
[ad_1] The monstrous tsunami in the aftermath of an underwater landslide triggered by the eruption of Krakatoa volcano at 9.03m local time on Saturday, December 22. The tidal wave then struck the Sunda Strait region between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. Indonesian authorities have so far confirmed 168 were killed by the tsunami…
[ad_1] The tsunami which hit Indonesia on Saturday evening was the result of volcanic activity in the Anak Krakatoa (child of Mount Krakatoa) island located 34 miles off the Indonesian coast. At least 168 people have been reported dead with “many missing” after the tidal wave struck the beaches of the Sunda Strait filled with…
[ad_1] Authorities are warning the death toll is likely to rise. The tsunami struck yesterday at around 9:30pm local time (2:30am GMT). Pictures taken from the region reveal utter devastation, with hundreds of buildings damaged. The tsunami was caused by the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano shortly after 9pm local time (2pm GMT). The…
[ad_1] The active volcano blew its top shortly after 9pm local time (2pm GMT). The eruption led to an underwater landslide which triggered a vast tsunami. At least 62 people were killed by the ensuing wave, with 600 more injured, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian nation. The tidal wave made landfall at roughly…
[ad_1] Local rock band Seventeen was performing when the wave struck. The tsunami was triggered by the eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano and consequent underwater landslide. Volcanic ash was fired 500 meters into the air from the volcano. Seventeen were performing for over 100 employees of state utility company PLN when the tragedy occurred.…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump will remain in Washington throughout Christmas. He will stay there because of a crisis government “shutdown”, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders confirmed on Saturday. The US government shutdown was triggered on Saturday in response to a border wall funding row. Trump had been scheduled to travel to his Florida resort…
[ad_1] A tsunami apparently caused by undersea landslides killed at least 20 people after the waves hit the coast around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, the government reported. Another 165 people were hurt and dozens of buildings damaged Saturday night, the National Disaster Management Agency said. The Meteorology and Geophysics agency in a separate statement said it…
[ad_1] Another 165 have been injured. The area is known for its earthquakes and tsunamis. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) said the wave was not caused by an earthquake, but was possibly the result of volcanic activity at Mount Krakatoa. Video filmed at one of the affected beaches and posted on Twitter shows the…
[ad_1] Officially known as Asteroid 2003 SD220, the unusually shaped heavenly object flew in a near-Earth orbit in the early hours of this morning perfectly showing its hippo-like curves to astronomers. Dubbed ‘hippopotamus wading in a river’ by NASA scientists, the asteroid is a colossal 1.6km long and made its closest approach for more than…
[ad_1] Shocking images captured on the Martian surface have revealed an astonishing 50-mile-wide ice-filled crater. The stunning photographs, sent back by European Space Agency’s Mars Express probe, have been described as a “beautiful winter wonderland” on the Red Planet. However, others have claimed the ancient ice site is further proof for the possibility of alien life on…
[ad_1] And the company has also agreed a contract to supply the system to Turkey worth £3.5billion – despite concerns over Ankara’s decision to invest in Russia’s S-400 missile system as well. The announcement comes against a backdrop of mounting tension, with the US giving Ukraine $10million to boost its navy after three vessels were involved…
[ad_1] The protesters wore the same hi-vis jackets as campaigners have worn in France and chanted slogans such as “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out”. The protesters said they would march to Parliament every Saturday into the new year. They want to see a halt in housing evictions, the resignation of the Taoiseach…
[ad_1] The developments come in the wake of an attack by Russian forces on three Ukrainian vessels near the Kerch Strait, US Government officials said. Moscow and Kiev have blamed each other for the confrontation, in which a Ukrainian vessel was rammed. A 24 sailors being held by Moscow are being held in pre-trial detention for two…
[ad_1] And Brett McGurk’s decision came less than a fortnight after he warned it would be “reckless” to leave the region on the assumption the threat posed by Daesh had been defeated. Mr McGurk, US special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic State, submitted his resignation effective December 31 to Secretary of…
[ad_1] The former Wimbledon champion said “having a penis and competing as a woman” is just not acceptable in the sporting world as she called for “standards” to be introduced to prevent women being challenged by men in games. She identifies as lesbian and in 2014 proposed to her girlfriend Julia Lemigova at the US…
[ad_1] Scientists have found the virus in Egyptian fruit bats in Sierra Leone – the first time the deadly virus has been found in the region. Five Egyptian rousette fruit bats – which are common throughout Africa – tested positive for active Marburg virus infection. All were caught separately at locations in three health districts:…
[ad_1] The creature was discovered by a beach-goer who said he has asked marine-biologist friends about the find but they were just as baffled as him. Travis Power believes the creature was already dead when he stumbled upon it while taking a stroll near the ocean in Broome, Western Australia. Mr Power said: “My initial…
[ad_1] Russian emergency teams struggled Saturday to reach nine construction workers trapped inside a burning potash mine in the Perm region near the Ural Mountains. Officials said the fire erupted Saturday when 17 workers were inside the mine in Solikamsk, which is located 1,200 kilometres east of Moscow. Eight workers were quickly evacuated, but the…
[ad_1] Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting ISIS, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defence Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. Only 11 days ago, McGurk had said it would be “reckless” to consider…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Saturday that he was continuing to negotiate with Democrats to end the partial government shutdown, but added that “it could be a long stay.” The sticking point, Trump said, remains border security. Trump has demanded $5 billion in federal funds to help build a wall along…
[ad_1] As Dr. Seuss neared the end of his life, the children’s author told his wife that she would have to look after the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, the Grinch and all the beloved characters he created. It was a mission Audrey Geisel embraced for more than a quarter-century. As overseer of Dr.…
[ad_1] Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says China’s detention of two Canadian citizens in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive is a worrying precedent that has resonated with allies. Freeland said Saturday on a conference call with reporters that it’s an issue that concerns partners around the world, and Canada…
[ad_1] A lawmaker from the ruling coalition in Guyana voted late Friday with the opposition in a non-confidence motion, bringing down the administration of President David Granger and forcing fresh elections by March. Government legislator Charrandass Persaud said: “I voted with my conscience.” The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said it was emboldened by…
[ad_1] The American presenter suggested the decision to leave Syria would hand a victory to Bashar al Assad’s allies and help ISIS reform in the region. Donald Trump unexpectedly announced the United States would be pulling its troops from the war-torn country on his personal Twitter earlier this week. The shock claim from Mr Kilmeade…
[ad_1] The head of a United Nations advance team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between the Iranian-aligned Houthi group and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen’s Hodeidah has arrived in Yemen, UN and local officials said on Saturday. The sides in Yemen’s nearly four-year war agreed during UN sponsored peace talks in Sweden earlier this month…
[ad_1] London’s Gatwick Airport took strides toward running a full schedule Saturday as police questioned a man and a woman in connection with the drone intrusions that caused mayhem for tens of thousands of holiday travellers. Police said Saturday the suspects are a 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman from Crawley, which is roughly eight…
[ad_1] An explosives-packed vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint near Somalia’s presidential palace, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20 others, police said, police said. The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which often targets Mogadishu, claimed responsibility for the attack. Those killed include three staffers from the London-based Universal TV station, including prominent…
[ad_1] Vladimir Putin has warned that nuclear war is closer than ever before, in a set of shocking remarks to the media this week. The Russian president also said that “of course” he wants Russia to achieve world domination before later distancing himself from the comment. In a rare confrontation with a US journalist, the…
[ad_1] The driver, who is yet to be named by French police, was aged 36 and died near Perpignan in the south of France. Demonstrators kept up traffic disruptions this morning, in another weekend of angry protests which despite forcing Mr Macron to reverse his hated policies have spilled over into neighbouring EU member states…
[ad_1] According to flight tracking data, a USAF RQ-4 drone has made repeated surveillance missions to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in recent months. Data shows a US drone first flying over Lithuania and Poland, avoiding Russian airspace, in February this year before periodically returning. However the unmanned aerial spy vehicle has made repeated missions…
[ad_1] A total of ten of the 3M22 Tsirkon anti-ship missiles were tested by the Russian Navy. The news was reported by the state-run Tass Russian News Agency. They were fired at targets several hundred kilometres away. A Russian defence source told Tass news they “repeatedly destroyed designated naval targets at hypersonic speed”. US News…
[ad_1] The frigate was spotted 1.5 nautical miles off the Crimean coast in the area of the town of Feodosia. A helicopter was visible onboard, the witness said. Tensions are high in the area after Vladimir Putin’s warships opened fire on three Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea on November 25. Russian forces detained 23 Ukrainian…
[ad_1] The Iranian exercise is due to launch later today. It will include mid-range missiles, rapid reaction forces and airborne units. Meanwhile the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS John C Stennis has entered the Persian Gulf with a US Navy strike group. The Iranian drill will take place on Qeshm Island, situated in the Strait of Hormuz…
[ad_1] THE US government is on the verge of a partial shutdown as Republicans and Democrats fail to reach agreement on the funding of President Trump’s proposed wall along the Mexican border. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Pope Francis demanded Friday that priests who have raped and molested children turn themselves in and vowed that the Catholic Church will “never again” hide their crimes. Francis dedicated his annual Christmas speech to Vatican bureaucrats to abuse, evidence that a year of devastating revelations of sexual misconduct and coverup around the globe has…
[ad_1] The World Anti-Doping Agency says its team is returning from Moscow empty-handed after Russian authorities prevented it from accessing key doping data held at a laboratory there. WADA reinstated the suspended Russian Anti-Doping Agency in September on the condition Russian authorities hand over lab data which could allow many past doping offences to be…
[ad_1] The fire was just a few blocks away from Grand Central Terminal. Local media reported Christmas ornaments caught on fire sparking the major incident. The flames grew to engulf lower floors of a building on Madison Avenue, one of the city’s busiest roads. Five dozen firefighters responded to the fire at 333 Madison Avenue. The…
[ad_1] Hundreds of members of the gilets jaunes movement are expected to descend on the suburb in West Paris on Saturday for their sixth weekend of demonstrations. The former royal city was a focal point of the French revolution and the October 1789 march on the palace by the Parisian mob led to the overthrow…
[ad_1] The terrifying video shows a speeding car flying through the air and smashing the ceiling of a tunnel. The incredible moment saw the driver propelling into the roadside barriers before launching himself high in the air and bouncing off the tunnel. The car was completely crashed by the driver did not suffer any injuries.…
[ad_1] The second-deadliest outbreak of the virus in history has been sweeping across eastern provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo since August, infecting 549 people, and health officials fear it will spread to neighbouring countries. Figures released on December 17 revealed that the death toll in DRC has reached 319 and the outbreak is…
[ad_1] Clemens Feust, president of one of Germany’s largest economic think-tanks and most influential research institutes, joined his predecessor Hans-Werner Sinn in calling for European leaders to act quickly over imbalances in the payment system of European central banks. The pair said the Target 2 imbalances entail billions of dollars of risk for German taxpayers.…
[ad_1] Spanish demonstrators wearing high-viz vests replicated the Gilet-Jaunes protests which swept through France and Belgium earlier this month. Around 30 police officers were injured during the violent clashes as 11 protesters who let off flares and burned an image of the Spanish King Felipe VI were arrested. Officers dragged masked Catalonian protesters from Barcelona…
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump by refusing to allow his administration to implement new rules prohibiting asylum for people who cross the U.S. border illegally, a key component of his policies aimed at making it harder for immigrants to enter and stay in the United States. In a 5-4 ruling, the…
[ad_1] A bus carrying college students and their instructors back from a botany field trip excursion drove off a highway in a mountainous area on Friday, leaving 21 people dead and 15 injured, according to police. The bus plunged down a mountainous slope and rolled about 500 metres, police said. Rescue operations were difficult at…
[ad_1] Pictures taken just before the aircraft plummeted into the water have been recovered from a digital camera found in the wreckage, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a report published yesterday. Richard Cousins, the 58-year-old chief executive of FTSE 100 company Compass Group, died alongside his sons, Will and Edward, aged 25 and 23,…
[ad_1] A petition, now signed by 120,000 people, is demandeing the multibillion dollar company scrap its trademark of the Swahili phrase used in The Lion King film 21 years ago. An online petition calling on The Walt Disney Company to scrap their ownership of the term that loosely translates to “no problem” in Swahili is…
[ad_1] U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung, a court spokesperson said on Friday. The discovery was made after Ginsburg, 85, was admitted to hospital last month following a fall that resulted in three fractured three ribs. The pulmonary lobectomy was performed Friday at Memorial Sloan…
[ad_1] Lectures were being held at institutions wth titles including “Praise the great man, Kim Jong Un” to win over the North Korea public, who according to sources from are “not buying it”. The source told Radio Free Asia: “They have propagandised the North Korea-U.S. and Inter-Korean summits, saying they were possible only through Kim…
[ad_1] Pope Francis vowed Friday that the Catholic Church will “never again” cover up clergy sex abuse, and demanded that priests who have raped and molested children turn themselves in. Francis dedicated his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy to abuse, evidence that a year of devastating revelations of sexual misconduct and cover-up has…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria was made hastily, without consulting his national security team or allies and over strong objections from virtually everyone involved in the fight against ISIS, according to U.S. and Turkish officials. Trump stunned his cabinet, lawmakers and much of the world with the move…
[ad_1] Mr Oettinger, the EU’s budget commissioner, has called for the bloc to begin an excessive deficit procedure against France’s 2019 draft budget. The same crackdown was used to threaten Italy after Rome’s populist government decided to substantially increase spending despite the country’s growing debt pile. In an interview with German news magazine Focus, Mr…
[ad_1] Yellow Vest protesters have been holding France to ransom since November 17 and today angry campaigners took to the streets of Portugal in an attempt to stop traffic and demand lower taxes, inspired by the Paris riots. About 100 protesters scuffled with police at a central square in Lisbon, while in the northern city…
[ad_1] Britain’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travellers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick — Britain’s second busiest airport — since a volcanic ash cloud cancelled flights around the world in 2010, the airport said around…
[ad_1] The U.S. government was careening toward a partial shutdown Friday after President Donald Trump’s quest for a border wall left Congress without a clear plan to keep the government running past a midnight deadline. The Senate was being called back to session to consider a package approved by House Republicans late Thursday that includes…
[ad_1] An Edmonton judge is to release a decision today on former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr’s request for relaxed bail conditions and a Canadian passport. His lawyer, Nathan Whitling, said it’s not fair that Khadr’s life remains restricted by a stalled U.S. court process with no end in sight. “His case is different because of…
[ad_1] A French jihadist suspected of helping the brothers who carried out the 2015 Charlie Hebdo killings has been arrested in Djibouti and is awaiting transfer to France, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. Peter Cherif, 36, also known as Abou Hamza, was close to Cherif and Said Kouachi, who shot dead 12…
[ad_1] Yellowstone volcano, in the US State of Wyoming, is considered a “high risk” volcano by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Experts say if the volcano were ever to erupt again, the supervolcano could one day block out the sun and cause a volcanic winter. But the last major eruption at Yellowstone was 640,000…
[ad_1] Officers dragged masked protesters from roads on Friday as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez held crunch cabinet talks in the Catalan capital on the independence crisis. Demonstrators wearing high-viz vests sat on the AP7 highway, which runs the length of Spain’s Mediterranean coast, in protest at Mr Sanchez’s meeting. Roads were also piled with…
[ad_1] Britain’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travellers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest, since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Gatwick said its runway was open and that…
[ad_1] Pope Francis is vowing that the Catholic Church will “never again” cover up clergy sex abuse and is demanding that priests who have raped and molested children turn themselves in. Francis on Friday dedicated his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy to abuse, evidence that a year of devastating revelations has shaken his…
[ad_1] China has called the U.S. arrogant and selfish after it charged two Chinese citizens with stealing trade secrets and other sensitive information from American government agencies and corporations. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying accused the U.S. on Friday of undermining other countries’ development in order to defend its own hegemony. Hua spoke at a regular…
[ad_1] If you think your holiday obligations are endless, consider, for a moment, Melania Trump. Her office describes December as one of Trump’s busiest months. She’s guided breathless TV hosts on tours of the glittering White House, participated in public gift wrappings and visited an aircraft carrier on a cheer-spreading mission. But watching Melania Trump, there…
[ad_1] There was no tsunami warning or any immediate reports of damage. The USGS later revised the magnitude of the quake down to 5.9. Papua New Guinea is within the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire. Today’s quake follows another one measuring 5.7 magnitude which happened at a depth of 8.7 km occurred in eastern Papua…
[ad_1] Britain’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travellers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest, since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Gatwick said its runway was open and that…
[ad_1] The death toll from an explosion at a Czech coal mine has risen to 13, CTK news agency reported on Friday, citing company sources. The state-run OKD company said a methane blast more than 800 metres underground devastated areas of the CSM hard-coal mine, near the town of Karvina, on Thursday. An OKD spokesperson was…
[ad_1] Britain’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a rogue drone saboteur wrought travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of Christmas travellers by playing cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest, since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Gatwick said its runway was open and that…
[ad_1] The President had claimed major progress after meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un at a summit in June. At the summit the two countries agreed to support the “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean Peninsular. However the two sides appear to have very different understandings of what this means. The North Korean state controlled Korean…
[ad_1] Mrs Obama made the controversial remark during an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show. She also claimed she felt awkward when Mrs Trump presented her with a Tiffany gift box. Mr Morgan wrote in The Daily Mail: “Melania Trump must have winced with anger and humiliation. “Michelle inexplicably decided to plunge the b**chy…
[ad_1] The Italian Government and the European Commission repeatedly clashed after Rome put forward a draft budget proposal suggesting an increased deficit goal of 2.4 percent of the GDP for 2019. After nearly three months of bitter dispute, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte hinted on Wednesday he had reached a compromise with Brussels to avoid…
[ad_1] A lawyer who has been in contact with Mr Mueller’s team was quoted as saying: “They clearly are tying up loose ends.” Robert Mueller has been investigating potential Russian collusion with the Trump presidential campaign since the president took office. But the sources NBC cited said Mr Mueller still has not answered the fundamental…
[ad_1] America currently has 14,000 troops in the country fighting a resurgent Taliban and the local ISIS franchise. It follows the announcement made on December 19 that American troops fighting ISIS in Syria will be withdrawn. According to the Wall Street Journal, the two decisions were made at the same time. More than 2,400 US…
[ad_1] U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis, a stabilizing force in President Donald Trump’s cabinet, abruptly announced his resignation on Thursday and said Trump should pick a successor whose views align more with his own. Mattis resigned one day after Trump announced that U.S. troops in Syria would be withdrawn, a decision that upended American policy in the…
[ad_1] The Trump administration moved closer on Thursday to opening thousands of kilometres within Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, issuing a draft report that concluded the polar bears, caribou and other wildlife could safely share their untouched wilderness with oil and gas producers. The report released by the Bureau…
[ad_1] The retired Marine Corps general, who was known as a stabilising force in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, will retire in February. He becomes the latest in a long list of high ranking Trump administration figures who have either quit or been fired. Mr Trump delivered the news via Twitter. He said General Mattis would…
[ad_1] A number of unexpected deaths have occurred in Gjoa Haven which is inhabited by indigenous Inuits. The community is located close to where the doomed HMS Terror and and its sister the Erebus were found. They believe divers searching for the shipwrecks of Franklin’s failed exhibition are to blame, and believe ‘non-human’ beings are…
[ad_1] President Tusk shared the hilarious video on his Twitter page on Thursday to wish his fellow citizens and all Europeans “good changes” for the future. The Christmas wishes video begins with a clip of a young Tusk in 1996 singing Polish Christmas carols. The video then cuts to Donald Tusk today, attempting to sing…
[ad_1] Speaking to RT News, the Five Star Movement MEP claimed the Juncker Commission does not represent Europe’s current political situation. The Italian politician argued the European Union institution has adopted two different approaches towards Italy and France over their respective economic measures that are “completely unacceptable”. He said: “This is a budget that lets Italy think…
[ad_1] The DRC is currently gripped by its second-worst Ebola outbreak on record, with as many as 319 dead since it began in August. So far, cases have been largely recorded in conflict-plagued regions to the east of the DRC and infections are now being reported just 40 miles from the Ugandan border. Experts at…
[ad_1] Authorities arrested three suspects Thursday in the deaths of two Scandinavian university students who were killed in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, while the Danish intelligence agency said the women’s slayings “may be related” to ISIS. The three were arrested as they tried to leave Marrakech on a bus, Moroccan national security spokesperson Boubker Sabik said. Athorities have said they…
[ad_1] Deutsche Bank says a combinations of disastrous events across member states as well as protests in France and the next European Commission elections will have a disastrous impact on the bloc’s economy over the next two years. German publication Wirtschafts Woche blamed Brexit, which they report could trigger an economic meltdown across the EU’s…
[ad_1] Anti-persecution charity International Christian Christian Concern (ICC) today issued a report on the terrifying attack, which took place in November. The ICC said the children were threatened by the radical Hindu Munnani group who tore their books to pieces in front of them. Pastor Selva Raj was leading a worship in Amathur village when…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: Putin manhandles the media in annual year-end press conference. Will Trudeau’s $1.6 billion aid package for Alberta’s struggling energy…
[ad_1] The Italian Deputy Prime Minister warned Italians will not approve of a budget that will see huge cuts to their agriculture and fishing for the next seven years as allegedly proposed by the Brussels bloc. Asked if he thought Italy‘s sovereignty was being jeopardised by the Brussels bloc after the European Commission pledged to…
[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced a major change in immigration policy, saying it would send non-Mexican migrants back south of the border while their U.S. asylum requests are processed. Mexico’s government said that it would accept some of those migrants for humanitarian reasons, in what many will see as a…
[ad_1] North Korea said Thursday it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States first removes what Pyongyang called a nuclear threat. The surprisingly blunt statement jars with Seoul’s rosier presentation of the North Korean position and could rattle the fragile trilateral diplomacy to defuse a nuclear crisis that last year…
[ad_1] The U.S. Justice Department has charged two Chinese citizens with carrying out an extensive hacking campaign to steal corporate data and commercial secrets from entities in 12 countries, including Canada. An indictment was unsealed Thursday against Zhu Hua and Zhang Shillong, who prosecutors said were acting on behalf of China’s main intelligence agency. According…
[ad_1] Supermarkets including Germany’s Aldi and France’s Carrefour have been accused of squeezing farmers. And this week Brussels chiefs passed new laws to help EU farmers fight back against supermarkets. But there are now fears new laws will drive up the price of turkeys and Brussels sprouts, with the burden of costs on the shopper.…
[ad_1] The president of Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral board on Thursday cited a recent fire that destroyed ballot papers, an ongoing Ebola outbreak and ethnic violence as reasons for delaying Sunday’s presidential election, one of the candidates said. Electoral commission CENI summoned candidates to a meeting in parliament after media reports of a delay…
[ad_1] The U.S. Congress on Thursday steered toward preventing a partial federal shutdown with a temporary government funding bill that likely will extend into a fight with President Donald Trump over border security in the new year. In a late-night session on Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill to provide money to keep a series of programs operating through Feb. 8. But…
[ad_1] Harvey Weinstein is due in court in New York this morning as a judge decides on the future of his sexual assault case, which has been clouded by allegations that police acted improperly in the investigation that led to his arrest. Judge James Burke is expected to rule Thursday after a flurry of court…
[ad_1] During an interview on Sky News the Isle of Wight MP was quick to criticise President Trump’s “impulsive” statement he released today. Mr Trump said in his speech: “I’ve been president for almost two years and we have really stepped it up. We have won against ISIS, we have beaten them and we have…
[ad_1] According to Washington’s Kurdish partners, the US decision to withdraw from Syria will allow Islamic State to regroup at a critical stage in the conflict. President Donald Trump has been very vocal on social media on the decision, stating it is “time for others to finally fight”. However Western allies have since expressed alarm…
[ad_1] The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Thursday a White House decision to withdraw from Syria will allow an ISIS revival and threaten the battle in eastern Syria. The Kurdish-led force said pulling U.S. troops and officials out of its region would have “dangerous implications” on international stability. This would also “create a political and military…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, saying “it could lead to the destruction of civilization as a whole and maybe even our planet.” Speaking at his annual news conference in Moscow, Putin pointed at the U.S. intention to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear…
[ad_1] The bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found on Monday in the Atlas Mountains. Authorities said at least one of the four suspects arrested was a member of a terror group. It comes after the Danish intelligence confirmed it had authenticated a gruesome online video…
[ad_1] In September, reports suggested Ankara was building a launch site for a highly advanced Russian missile system on Europe’s doorstep – despite repeated warnings from the United States. The US and its Nato allies have opposed Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made weaponry amid concerns the equipment is incompatible with the systems used by the…
[ad_1] The Russian president warned his citizens there were “dangers and risks in our day to day life” as he was quizzed about the prospect of all out war. Speaking at his annual news conference, Mr Putin said: “The danger of the situation escalating is being downplayed. It now seems to be impossible, something not…
[ad_1] The UK is the fifth largest destination for its goods and 750,000 jobs depend on the relationship between the two countries. Time is rapidly running out for Mrs May and her efforts to secure a Brexit deal by the end of March. Berlin has created new laws to protects its businesses from the economic…
[ad_1] It’s increasingly evident, as 2018 limps to a close, that Canada is more isolated on the world stage now than it has been in decades — thanks in large part to an indifferent neighbour to the south and the rise of isolationist and populist leaders in other parts of the world. The challenges facing…
[ad_1] On Tuesday Taiwan’s air defences spotted the Chinese warplanes near the island. It is the first time in six months they have been detected. China believes Taiwan should be governed by Beijing and has threatened military action to bring them under control. Speaking earlier this year, China’s President Xi Jinping denied the country was…
[ad_1] The pipeline is a major gas pipeline project to supply Russian natural gas to Europe. When complete it will run across the Baltic Sea to the European Union. However, US lawmakers fear it will be used to make European nations a slave to Moscow. The resolution called “for the pipeline’s cancellation due to its…
[ad_1] The Republican firebrand’s administration has a military budget of $725billion (£575billion) and some 800 military installations across the globe. But, Russia’s military rise, fatigue over conflicts in the Middle East and international opposition to Trump’s attempts to isolate Iran has caused tensions to rise against the superstate. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations’…
[ad_1] Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian regime has handed a heavy blow to Trump by vowing to hold on to its nuclear weapons. The hermit kingdom has said it will only denuclearise once the US removes its nuclear threat. Last year tensions between the two action states spiralled out of control, with both Trump and Kim Jong-un…
[ad_1] North Korea said Thursday it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States removes its nuclear threat first, a statement that raises further doubts on whether leader Kim Jong-un will ever relinquish an arsenal he may see as his greatest guarantee of survival. The statement carried by the official Korean…
[ad_1] On Monday night, dozens of workers were arrested during raids to their homes, as they pleaded for their basic human rights. But the protests continued and workers chanted: “Imprisoned workers should be freed.” The demonstrations took place despite the heavy presence of security forces attempting to thwart freedom of expression and intimidate the demonstrators.…
[ad_1] An email was sent to all employees at NASA, warning that its server containing personal information had been hacked. Staff who worked for the space agency between July 2006 and October 2018 may have been affected by the breach. The incident happened back in October, but the news has just surfaced. A probe into…
[ad_1] Ms Madigan began her investigations into clergy child sexual abuse in August following the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The report said internal documents from six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania showed more than 300 priests were credibly accused of sexually abusing more than 1000 children. Ms Madigan’s report found that while the…
[ad_1] The U.S. Senate approved legislation late Wednesday to temporarily fund the government, a key step toward averting a federal shutdown after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for money for a border wall with Mexico. Senators passed the measure, which would keep government running to Feb. 8, by voice vote without a roll…
[ad_1] Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov told the BBC the move was necessary to prevent Russia from taking full control of the water. Moscow responded to his comments by saying it was “provocation”. Mr Turchynov said Ukraine had “no alternative” but did not give any indication when the mission would…
[ad_1] The headless corpses of six 11-month old seals were discovered by a tourism operator on Monday at Scenery Nook, a popular bay near the South Island city of Christchurch in New Zealand. The bodies’ heads were nowhere to be found, leading authorities to believe they were killed elsewhere and dumped on the shore. Andy Thompson, a…
[ad_1] Gatwick Airport, the second-busiest in Britain, said on Wednesday it had suspended flights while it investigated reports of two drones flying over its airfield. Flights due to take off remained parked on the runway, while others scheduled to land at Gatwick were diverted to other airports, according to some passengers who took to Twitter to express their annoyance over…
[ad_1] Volcanoes in Indonesia have been showing increased activity recently, according to reports from the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (PVMBG). The area of Asia is located in the infamous Pacific Ring of Fire, known for its volatile volcanoes and frequent earthquakes. Up to 70 percent of the World’s volcanoes are located in the region, and…
[ad_1] Emmanuel Macron has turned to former French president Nicholas Sarkozy amid escalating tensions with the “yellow vest” demonstrators who have staged protests over the past month. The “yellow vest” protesters are protesting against the reforms Mr Macron has enforced since taking government in 2017. Mr Macron and Mr Sarkozy met for lunch at the…
[ad_1] The president is likely to jet off to his ‘winter White House’ – Mar-a-Lago – in Palm Beach, Florida. President Trump bought the club in 1985 and has spent many weekends and holidays at the resort, even as president. He spent last Christmas at his tropical home with wife Melania and the previous year…
[ad_1] The Dow appeared to be the worst hit after shedding 351.978 points and closing at its lowest level so far this year at 23,323.66, shedding a 380 point gain. The S&P 500 index followed, falling 1.5 percent to finish at a 2,506.96 low with the Nasdaq Composite slipping 2.1 percent to 6,636.83 prompting shares…
[ad_1] The sensitive cables, which emerged online after the apparent hacking of the EU’s diplomatic communications network, show Crimea is viewed as “hot zone”. Russia illegally annexed the Ukrainian territory in 2014 and tensions are still running high in the region with the most recent clashes resulting in the seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels…
[ad_1] In crunch French government talks it was announced Mr Macron has no plans to reduce the structural deficit next year in a revised budget designed to comb through the leader’s plans to offer pay rises to the poor and benefits to retired French citizens. The move has been blasted for putting further pressure on…
[ad_1] US troops have begun to return home, according to Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. The president is said to have ordered the full and rapid withdrawal of 2,000 US troops in Syria. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana W. White said in a statement: “The Coalition has liberated the ISIS-held territory, but the campaign against ISIS is not…
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer reversed course Wednesday, saying Trump had signed an October 2015 letter of intent to develop a real estate project in Russia during his presidential campaign, after earlier denying it in a weekend television interview. Rudy Giuliani had told CNN on Sunday that “no one signed” the letter of intent to go…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: This has been the busiest space year on record, with 107 launches to date, and it’s causing concern about…
[ad_1] A U.S. judge struck down Trump administration policies aimed at restricting asylum claims by people citing gang or domestic violence in their home countries and ordered the U.S. government to bring back six deported migrants to reconsider their cases. The ruling is the latest legal setback for the administration’s policies aimed at restricting immigration.…
[ad_1] US troops are withdrawing from Syria after Donald Trump declared victory over ISIS (Image: AFP/GETTY) The White House said the time-frame for the withdrawal was expected to be between 60 to 100 days as military chiefs wind up the US-led campaign to retake territory once held by Islamist extremists. But the decision has sparked…
[ad_1] Mrs Merkel faced a crushing defeat after the CDU voted for her to step down as leader in September, after 13 years of leading Germany’s top conservative political party. The German leader’s authority was called into question over her handling of the nation’s “open migration” policy, when she allowed 1.1 million refugees passage into…
[ad_1] In the “blue vest” protest, the police caused long queues of waiting passengers at Charles de Gaulle airport after deliberately dragging their heels at passport check in. Airport officials said the slow-down was currently only hitting Terminal 1, adding that police were working but taking their time with “deep checks” of passengers. Elsewhere in…
[ad_1] Donald Trump wants out of the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and has give Moscow a 60-day deadline to come clean over any violations. But Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has dismissed the ultimatum and said US threats to “suspend participation” were meaningless. Mr Ryabkov said: “The INF treaty cannot be…
[ad_1] His remarks come during a week which has seen Mr Verhofstadt heap criticism on the regime of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban after political opponents staged widespread demonstrations against controversial new laws, while President Andrzej Duda signed into law amendments to legal reforms in the face of pressure from EU officials including commission vice-president…
[ad_1] Pictures show the bodies of two “terrorists” after a bloody shootout in the snow in Stavropol region. The IS suspects were “neutralised” after firing at Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. Possessions including a firearm allegedly belonging to the suspects were shown in pictures released by the counterintelligence agency. The FSB did not say how many…
[ad_1] The United States is considering withdrawal all American forces from Syria as it nears the end of its campaign to retake all of the territory once held by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. Such a decision, if confirmed, would upend assumptions about a longer-term U.S. military presence…
[ad_1] Chinese hackers have spent years eavesdropping on the diplomatic communications of European Union officials, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday, an operation disrupted only after researchers discovered hundreds of intercepted documents lying around on the internet. The documents were discovered a few months ago after a malicious email was caught by the California-based Area…
[ad_1] Recent reports have claimed how officials suspect Beijing was behind the Marriot/Starwood hotels mass data breach that exposed the private details of 500 million guests. Tensions between Beijing and Washington have intensified, thanks to ongoing disputes over multilateral trade and the South China Sea territory, to which the US claims freedom of navigation. Last…
[ad_1] The South African Police Services spokesperson confirmed an arrest warrant was issued last Thursday. Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said: “I can confirm that a warrant for the arrest of Grace Mugabe was issued last Thursday.” The South African model Gabriella Engels accused Grace Mugabe of attacking her in August 2017. The model wrote on Twitter…
[ad_1] South Africa has attracted international attention over the last year after President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined plans for land reforms which would allow the Government to unilaterally expropriate land without compensation. Mr Ramaphosa has repeatedly insisted the “stability of the country” would be at stake without the reform despite the outcry of white farmers claiming to…
[ad_1] As of yesterday, the total number of earthquakes reported totalled a record-busting 50,413 – and widespread anxiety over the prospect of further quakes is heaping pressure on mental health clinics in Anchorage, the state’s largest city, according to local media reports. Alaska’s coast sits along the earthquake and volcanic hotspot know as the Ring of…
[ad_1] The British government’s post-Brexit plans will not include a specific target to reduce annual net migration, the interior minister said on Wednesday, appearing to abandon one of the Conservative Party’s main election promises. The government will set out in detail for the first time on Wednesday how it intends to approach the issue of…
[ad_1] Hackers have reportedly downloaded cables which reveal concerns about US President Donald Trump’s administration, struggles with Russia and China, and the risk of Iran reviving its nuclear programme. According to the New York Times, more than 1,100 reports were supplied by security firm Area 1 after the breach was discovered. Investigators believe the hackers…
[ad_1] The tornado touched down in Port Orchard and caused significant damage to houses and the neighbourhood. Aftermath aerial shots have shown entire roofs had been ripped off of some houses while others had been crushed by trees falling on top of them. There is currently no reports of injuries or deaths at this time.…
[ad_1] Mr Verhofstadt, a former Belgian prime minister, complained about “a false news video, sponsored by the Hungarian government”, which has been shared across the platform. He urges Mr Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, to remove the video because it is “destroying our democracies and societies”. The video, titled ‘Time to shake up Brussels’, has amassed over…
[ad_1] In the midst of the biggest political crisis of his presidency, France’s President Macron is enlisting the help of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, in a sign that the right-wing ex-leader’s influence on Macron is on the rise. Over the last three weeks, Mr Macron has made two gestures towards the hard-line leader, who…
[ad_1] The move comes following the publication of a new report indicating both countries were increasingly focusing on the icy region, which is rich in natural resources including oil and gas. And US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has said Vladimir Putin had already stationed “10,000 Spetsnaz troops for quote unquote search and rescue”, warning the…
[ad_1] American officials plan to review sanctions slapped on North Korea and a ban on travel to the country imposed on U.S. citizens to ensure that they do not limit humanitarian aid, a U.S. special envoy said on Wednesday. Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, made the announcement to reporters as he…
[ad_1] The wife of the ex-US President appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s chat show last night in her latest engagement to promote her memoir, Becoming. During the interview, Mrs Obama was asked about the day she left the White House for the last time. The former First Lady then went on to draw attention to the…
[ad_1] Donald Trump’s administration has heightened tensions with China, Iran and North Korea in 2018. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventative Action compiled the most terrifying global disputes which threatened to erupt into a full-blown war. In the top tier of the report, conflicts described as “high” impact and “moderate” likelihood…
[ad_1] A rare tornado touched down in a Seattle suburb on Tuesday, damaging several homes and toppling trees, authorities said. Based on radar imagery and video evidence, a tornado touched down south of Port Orchard shortly before 2 p.m., the National Weather Service in Seattle said on Twitter. There were no immediate reports of injuries.…