‘No Regrets’: Hong Kong’s Protesters Test China’s Limits
‘No Regrets’: Hong Kong’s Protesters Test China’s Limits
Hard-line demonstrators and the embattled authorities are locked in an impasse.
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Hong Kong Police Brawl With Protesters Outside Luxury Hotel
Hong Kong Police Brawl With Protesters Outside Luxury Hotel
Demonstrators were expressing support for South Asians in the city, a week after the police sprayed stinging dye at a mosque.
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US reportedly carries out operation against Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
US reportedly carries out operation against Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
No details have been released but Donald Trump expected to make statement at 9am Washington timeThe US has carried out a raid in Syria targeting the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to multiple reports.A US official told Reuters an operation had taken place targeting the terrorist leader but did not say whether it had succeeded it capturing or killing him. Continue reading...
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: US ‘conducts operation against IS chief’ – US media
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: US 'conducts operation against IS chief' - US media
Reports come as the White House says President Donald Trump will make a "major statement" on Sunday.
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Essex lorry deaths: Anguish in Vietnam for families of missing
Essex lorry deaths: Anguish in Vietnam for families of missing
Services for missing relatives, including a 19-year-old woman, are held after 39 bodies were found.
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Facts about fireworks you probably didn’t know
Facts about fireworks you probably didn’t know
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Transport designs that may soon become a reality
Transport designs that may soon become a reality
A look at some novel designs of transport that could be a reality and commonplace in near future.
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Mysterious monuments from ancient civilizations
Mysterious monuments from ancient civilizations
If you seek out history and adventure when you travel, here are 22 enigmatic sites that will excite your inner Indiana Jones.
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Migrant deaths: Britain faces exclusion from elite EU policing unit
Migrant deaths: Britain faces exclusion from elite EU policing unit
Brexit warning over anti-trafficking body comes as lorry driver is charged with manslaughterThe UK faces being excluded from Europe’s anti-trafficking unit after Brexit, senior MPs and experts warned last night. The unit is coordinating international investigations into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the back of a lorry in Essex last week.The warning came as on Saturday the driver of the truck, Maurice Robinson, was charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people over the deaths in Grays. The 25-year-old will appear at Chelmsford magistrates court tomorrow, where he will also face 39 counts of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. Continue readi...
Lib Dems offer Johnson route to December election
Lib Dems offer Johnson route to December election
Amendment to Fixed-Term Parliaments Act could prevent Brexit deal coming back to CommonsBoris Johnson has been offered a route to securing the pre-Christmas election that he has been seeking, through a plan that would only require the support of a simple majority of MPs.With most Labour MPs still against the idea of a snap election, the prime minister looks set to lose his bid to secure a December poll on Monday in a vote that requires the backing of two-thirds of MPs. Other parties are also opposing an election until the EU has granted a three-month Brexit delay, although the DUP hinted on Saturday it could back the move. Continue reading...
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England stride past All Blacks towards rugby’s greatest prize
England stride past All Blacks towards rugby’s greatest prize
It’s four years since they took a hiding at their home World Cup. Now, after a glorious triumph in Yokohama, redemption beckonsOnly four years after they were humiliated at their own tournament, England strode with uncommon authority to next weekend’s Rugby World Cup final in Japan, dispatching the All Blacks, no less, as if they were no more than the next hurdle that needed clearing.When New Zealand became world champions for the third time in London in 2015, they were hailed without argument as the “most dominant team in the history of the world”, the very phrase one of their own camp had scrawled on a whiteboard in their team room two years earlier. In Yokohama, England, so far from their troubled homeland, harnessed...
California wildfires: New evacuations amid warning over strong winds
California wildfires: New evacuations amid warning over strong winds
Thousands of residents are ordered to leave as extremely strong winds could spread the fires.
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Catalonia crisis: Separatist protest draws 350,000 in Barcelona
Catalonia crisis: Separatist protest draws 350,000 in Barcelona
Marchers rally peacefully in Spain's Catalonia region to protest against the jailing of separatists.
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Ivan Milat: Australia’s ‘backpacker killer’ dies aged 74
Ivan Milat: Australia's 'backpacker killer' dies aged 74
Milat murdered seven hitchhikers between 1989 and 1992 and dumped their bodies in a state forest.
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Catholic bishops back limited relaxation of celibacy rule
Catholic bishops back limited relaxation of celibacy rule
The Pope will consider a proposal to allow married men to become priests in the Amazon region.
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Uruguay election: Rising crime top concern for voters
Uruguay election: Rising crime top concern for voters
Voters will elect a new president and a new Congress with rising homicide figures a main worry.
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Essex lorry deaths: driver charged with 39 counts of manslaughter
Essex lorry deaths: driver charged with 39 counts of manslaughter
Mo Robinson, 25, has also been charged with human trafficking and money launderingThe driver of the lorry that contained 39 dead migrants has been charged with manslaughter and human trafficking.Maurice Robinson, 25, from Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, faces 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering, Essex police said on Saturday. Continue reading...
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DUP says Johnson’s Brexit deal would take Northern Ireland in ‘wrong direction’
DUP says Johnson's Brexit deal would take Northern Ireland in 'wrong direction'
Arlene Foster highlights importance of party’s 10 parliamentary votes in propping up governmentThe Democratic Unionist party leader has demanded honesty from the government on Brexit as she vows to keep opposing the current deal until changes are made.Arlene Foster told her party conference on Saturday afternoon the current withdrawal agreement would take Northern Ireland in the “wrong direction”. Continue reading...
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Volunteers join search for UK woman missing on Cambodian island
Volunteers join search for UK woman missing on Cambodian island
Amelia Bambridge, 21, from Sussex, was last seen in early hours of Thursday at beach party on Koh RongPolice and volunteers in Cambodia are searching for a missing British woman last seen by friends in the early hours of Thursday at a beach party on the island of Koh Rong.Amelia Bambridge, 21, from Worthing in Sussex, went to a party on Wednesday at Police Beach, which is popular with backpackers and located off the south-west coast of the South-East Asian country. Her handbag, containing her phone and bank cards, was found on the beach on Thursday but she has not been seen since the event. Continue reading...
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Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and led to child blindness’
Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and led to child blindness’
Eco groups and global treaty blamed for delay in supply of vitamin-A enriched Golden RiceStifling international regulations have been blamed for delaying the approval of a food that could have helped save millions of lives this century. The claim is made in a new investigation of the controversy surrounding the development of Golden Rice by a team of international scientists.Golden Rice is a form of normal white rice that has been genetically modified to provide vitamin A to counter blindness and other diseases in children in the developing world. It was developed two decades ago but is still struggling to gain approval in most nations. Continue reading...
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Mitt Romney: Trump’s best staff decision was ‘not choosing me’
Mitt Romney: Trump's best staff decision was 'not choosing me'
Utah senator and Trump critic tells the New York Times he wouldn’t have lasted as long as Rex Tillerson‘Disorder and chaos’: Trump mounts furious impeachment fightThe best personnel decision Donald Trump has made, Mitt Romney said in an interview published on Saturday, “was not choosing me”.After winning the White House in 2016. Trump toyed with the idea – and in doing so rather cruelly toyed with the man – of appointing Romney secretary of state. Continue reading...
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Symbol of ’80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas
Symbol of ’80s Greed Stands to Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas
The financier Michael Milken is a major investor in a property that became eligible for a federal tax break — after his longtime friend, Steven Mnuchin, intervened.
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Michael Milken’s Career
Michael Milken’s Career
After college, he joined the firm that would become Drexel Burnham Lambert.
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Waiting for Bolton: A Capital Speculates on What He Will Say
Waiting for Bolton: A Capital Speculates on What He Will Say
As the House impeachment inquiry enters its second month, there may be no witness investigators want to question more than John R. Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser.
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Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying
Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying
The move raises new doubts about whether President Trump’s closest aides will be able to cooperate with the inquiry.
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The Impeachment Inquiry This Week in 6 Developments
The Impeachment Inquiry This Week in 6 Developments
Details of a quid pro quo. Enter the “Deep State.” Steve Bannon is back. Revenge of the Republicans. And more.
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Tories deny plan to compromise workers’ rights after Brexit
Tories deny plan to compromise workers' rights after Brexit
Business minister defends Johnson after Labour says PM misled parliament with his plan for exiting the EUThe government has denied it has misled parliament and that it is seeking to tear up provisions for workers’ rights after Brexit.The business minister Kwasi Kwarteng admitted on Saturday that it would be very difficult for Britain to leave the European Union next week, but he dismissed reports employees’ rights would be slashed after Brexit as “way exaggerated”. Continue reading...
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More Vietnamese families fear relatives among Essex lorry dead
More Vietnamese families fear relatives among Essex lorry dead
Hanoi asks Vietnamese embassy in London to collaborate with police to help identify victimsMore Vietnamese families have come forward with information that their relatives may be among the 39 people found dead in the back of a container truck in Essex.Police had initially said they believed the victims were Chinese but have acknowledged that this is a “developing picture” and the nationality of the victims have not been confirmed. Continue reading...
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