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U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking; summit looms
A federal grand jury on Friday charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic computer networks in 2016, in the most detailed U.S. accusation yet that Moscow meddled in the presidential election to help Republican…
UK police find source of Novichok nerve agent in small bottle
British counter-terrorism police said on Friday they believed they had found the source of the Novichok nerve agent that killed a woman in southwest England and left her partner critically ill in hospital. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died…
North Korea’s Kim writes Trump, describes U.S. President as “extraordinary”
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, has written a note to U.S. President Donald Trump, describing the American leader as “energetic and extraordinary”. Mr Trump, in a tweet acknowledging the letter, described it as “a very nice note”…
Thai cave rescue to be adopted into film by US producers
The rescue of the 12-member Wild Boars youth soccer team along with their 25-year-old coach will be adapted into a film. After being trapped for nearly two weeks in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave due to heavy rains, the boys and their…
Mother forces her 9-year-old son to smuggle 40 iPhone Xs into China
A child has been caught trying to smuggle dozens of iPhone Xs with a total worth of at least £43,000 from Macau into mainland China. The nine-year-old Hong Kong boy had 14 Apple smartphones wrapped around his torso and another 26 hidden…
Germany is ‘totally controlled by Russia’ – Trump
Germany is “totally controlled by Russia” due to its NorthStream gas pipeline deal with Moscow, U.S. president, Donald Trump, said on Wednesday. He said this ahead of a NATO summit in Brussels, calling the deal “inappropriate.”…
Trump picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
United States President, Donald Trump, has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a bruising confirmation battle. In a primetime announcement at the White House, Mr. Trump praised his pick as a…
Thai cave rescue: All 12 boys, soccer coach freed from cave
The last remaining member of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach have been pulled out of a flooded cave in Thailand, bringing an end to a near three-week ordeal that prompted a huge international rescue effort. The twelfth boy…
Turkey’s Erdogan ushers in presidential system, appoints son-in-law finance minister
Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new, executive presidential system he had long campaigned for by putting his son-in-law in charge of the economy and promising greater overhaul of a country he has dominated for 15 years. Hours…
An Indian court has ordered all Whatsapp group admins to register their pages to fight fake news
Over the past few weeks, more than three people have been killed in the District over rumour shared on various Whatsapp groups. India's Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district has ordered all Whatsapp administrators in the district to…
One killed, four injured outside US bar
A man was shot to death and four others were injured after an altercation outside an Orlando sports bar on Monday morning, Orange County deputies said. According to orlandosentinel, Deputies arrived at the Happy Place Sports Bar at…
Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit
Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy. He is second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's exit. His…
Rescuers bring eighth person out of Thai cave on second day of rescue
Rescue workers in Thailand brought out four people on Monday from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks, apparently taking the total number rescued to eight. A Reuters witness near…
Rescued Thai Boys Separated From Parents Over Fears Of Infections
Members of a Thai youth football team guided out of a flooded cave complex will not be allowed physical contact with their parents until the risk of infection has gone, the chief of the rescue bid said Monday. “They (the four) will…
Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns
Brexit Secretary David Davis, who has been leading negotiations to leave the EU, has resigned from the government. In his resignation letter, Mr Davis criticised the PM's Brexit plan - agreed by the cabinet on Friday - saying it would…
Six boys rescued from flooded Thai cave
Six boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued on Sunday, authorities said, raising hopes elite divers would also quickly save the others. The first two boys emerged about…
BREAKING: First boys ‘rescued from Thailand cave’
At least two of a group of boys trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand for two weeks have been been successfully brought out, reports say. Rescuers decided to go ahead with the hazardous operation on Sunday because of fears of rising…
Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin
Elite divers on Sunday began the extremely dangerous operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand for more than two weeks, as looming monsoon rains threatened…
North Korea rejects Trump’s ‘gangster-like’ demand for nuclear disarmament
The peace process between the United States and North Korea suffered a setback after Pyongyang angrily rejected Washington’s “gangster-like” demand for rapid nuclear disarmament, despite two days of intense talks. When Mike Pompeo,…
38 dead, nearly 50 reported missing as heavy rain hits Japan
TORRENTS of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan yesterday, with local media casualty reports climbing quickly. Public broadcaster NHK said 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and 47 were…
Kenya set to introduce tax on selfie and roving preachers
Kenya is set to impose tax on street preaching, taking phone photos commonly known as selfies and hawking of food on the streets. The new taxes are being proposed by different counties in Kenya. In Siaya County, street preachers will…
Britain ‘dumb’ if it thinks Russia would stage nerve attack during World Cup — Diplomat
Britain is foolish if it believes Russia staged a new nerve agent attack in England in the middle of the soccer World Cup, Russia’s embassy to the Netherlands wrote on social media on Thursday. The embassy was…
200 immigrants from 47 countries become American citizens
Argenoves Pinales, a 25-year-old medical assistant and restaurant manager working two jobs is over the moon to become a US citizen. Now, he wants to vote Donald Trump out of office. “I feel great,” he beams, one of 200 immigrants…
As Saudi lifts ban on female drivers, arsonists set woman’s car ablaze
Saudi police are hunting for arsonists who torched a woman’s car only a week after the kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on female motorists. Salma al-Sherif, a 31-year-old cashier based near the holy city of Mecca, told local media…