Seven people charged with damaging property at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire have been accused of doing so with a “terrorist connection”. Graffiti was sprayed on US president Donald Trump’s hotel and golf resort in March last year, while damage was also caused to the greens. The words “Gaza is not for sale” […]
Continue ReadingBritish far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who has called for supermarket ICE checkpoints and summary deportation of anyone failing to prove legal U.S. residency, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, agency records showed on Friday. ICE’s parent agency, the US Department of Homeland Security, said Yiannopoulos, 41, was arrested on Thursday at […]
Continue ReadingAn Irish man has been charged after police stopped a stolen taxi which was travelling the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Wales. North Wales Police said the car, which had been reported stolen from Holyhead, Anglesey, was stopped while travelling the wrong way down the A55 on Monday evening after a collision with […]
Continue ReadingNorway’s King Harald is in “very serious condition” as his health deteriorated, palace officials said, prompting the queen and Crown Prince Haakon to cancel their engagements. The 89-year-old monarch, who has haemolytic anaemia and has been on sick leave for several weeks, was admitted to the National Hospital in Oslo earlier this month. His condition […]
Continue ReadingChina said it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang’e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the Moon. The Chang’e-7 spacecraft was originally set to lift off in the coming days from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on China’s southern Hainan island. The mission does not meet […]
Continue ReadingThe UK’s former defence minister is warning the world is “sleepwalking” into World War Three. The latest headlines today surround the war between Ukraine and Russia, including airstrikes on Ukraine. According to Ukraine, North Korea is boosting support for Russia, including drone operators. President Trump is causing turmoil between the US and Canada over tariffs, […]
Continue ReadingPope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,500 lives. The outbreak has spread rapidly across a vast area of the central African country and is causing a record number of infections and […]
Continue ReadingRussian president Vladimir Putin said in comments published on Saturday that Kyiv had opened “Pandora’s box” with its strikes on Russian economic targets, saying that Russia would hit back at Ukraine‘s “most sensitive economic sectors”. Ukraine has this summer escalated a campaign of drone strikes targeting Russian economic infrastructure, including oil refineries and online retailers’ […]
Continue ReadingGlasgow has been transformed into Gotham City once again for filming of The Batman: Part II. The film set has taken over Glasgow’s Bothwell Street as final preparations are made for filming. A glazing of snow sits in the middle of the junction between Bothwell and Wellington Street, and Christmas wreaths and a tree can […]
Continue ReadingA woman has died and at least two other people were injured as severe storms caused extensive damage across parts of Germany. In Waldorf, in the south-western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, a woman was struck by a falling tree and fatally injured, German news agency dpa reported on Thursday. Another woman suffered serious injuries in the […]
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