By: Jason Wilson In just four days, teenager Nick Sandmann and his fellow students at Covington Catholic high school have gone from social media pariahs to conservative heroes. On Tuesday night, Fox News hosts continued to feast on the controversy, which was sparked by a standoff between Covington Catholic high school students and a Native […] Read more
By Paul R. La Monica A top economic adviser to President Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday that the US economy may show no growth in the first quarter if the federal government shutdown lasts much longer. White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett said in an interview with CNN’s Poppy Harlow that […] Read more
By Jon Craig Pressure on Theresa May to rule out a “no-deal” Brexit is stacking up after MPs derided her plan B. Sky News has learned that cross-Channel freight trade could collapse by between 75% and 87% for six months in the event of no deal. The estimate, by the UK Border Force, is part […] Read more
Climate change is causing Greenland’s massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought, a new study has found, and it may be “too late” to do anything about it. The findings could have dire implications for the planet’s low lying islands and coastal cities. Eight of Earth’s 10 largest cities in the world […] Read more
Qatar said on Monday that it plans to invest $500 million in Lebanon government bonds, the Qatari News Agency said on Twitter on Monday. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani made the announcement in comments to Qatar’s state news agency. “The state of Qatar will buy Lebanese government bonds valued at $500 million,” […] Read more
By Associated Press In this Dec 11, 2018 photo, a Pakistani health worker gives a polio vaccination to a child in Karachi, Pakistan ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani health official says the country has kicked off its first nationwide polio vaccination campaign for the year in efforts to eradicate the crippling disease by the end of […] Read more
By Associated Press Afghan Taliban militants stand with residents as they took to the street to celebrate ceasefire on the second day of Eid in the outskirts of Jalalabad on June 16, 2018 KABUL, Afghanistan — A coordinated Taliban assault on a military base and police training center in eastern Afghanistan on Monday morning killed at least […] Read more
By: Gordon Brown Parliament must inflict a second defeat on the government – by voting next Tuesday to extend article 50 for a year. Not as a delaying tactic, but for a purpose: to enable a process of nationwide consultation and reflection. Key to this would be a series of citizens’ assemblies whose thinking would […] Read more
By Bianca Britton and Vasco Cotovio At least 170 people are feared dead after they went missing from two separate shipwrecks on the Mediterranean Sea that left from Libya and Morocco, the United Nations said. “Some 53 people have died on the Alborán Sea, western Mediterranean, according to recent information from NGO sources,” the UN […] Read more
US President Donald Trump has set out new plans on his Mexican wall project to try to end a partial government shutdown lasting more than four weeks. One of his “compromises” was on so-called Dreamers – who entered the US illegally when young. He still wants $5.7bn (£4.5bn) to fund the wall. Democrats have refused […] Read more
