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Sergio Costa, Italy's environment minister, said in a Facebook post: "Are there still people who say these are not important problems?" When veterinarians a...

Chinese J-11 fighter jets crossed Taiwan Strait line

The flight was rare in that Beijing and Taipei have generally respected the median line in the Taiwan Strait, usually keeping their warplanes and ships from cro...

Four Brexit options chosen for indicative votes

Last week 188 MPs voted for this plan and 283 voted against. MPs will attempt to find majority support for a new version of Brexit, with votes to be held this...

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April Fools is an annual highlight at Google (right on par with Google I/O ), with the company directing many resources to develop the most elaborate Easter ...

China expands curbs on fentanyl, blames USA for its abuse

The powerful painkiller, much of it believed to be made in China, is said to be driving a huge rise in drug addiction in the US. The CDC reports that the numb...

Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials

For example, the whistleblower claims that the White House stopped conducting credit checks on incoming staff. Newbold said that when she returned to work in ...

Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials, official says

Attorney General William Barr, who released a summary of its principal conclusions, said last week that he planned to release a redacted version of the report b...

House Democrats prepare subpoenas to see full Mueller report

Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced the vote Monday, a day after a deadline the committee set for Attorney General William Barr to share the "full ...

USA cuts aid to three Central American countries over migration

Speaking from Mar-a-Lago on Friday, the president said: "We were giving them $500 million". These three countries are the primary source of migrants to the ...

SA top minister meets African ambassadors over xenophobia

This comes after a graphic video and imagery did the rounds on social media this week wherein protests erupted and foreign nationals were attacked, with police ...

Joe Biden denies Lisa Flores's misconduct allegations

And not once - never - did I believe I acted inappropriately . "If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully", he said. Brzezinski came to the d...

Facebook Removed Around 700 Pages & Accounts Linked To this National Party

The social media giant also discovered spam activities carried out by an Indian IT firm - Silver Touch which runs the pro-BJP page " The India Eye ". A report...

Australia plans tougher social media law

The government will present the law to the parliament next week - its expected final week before the federal election. The Australian government said it has m...

Vanessa Tyson: Justin Fairfax comparing himself to lynching victims is "disgraceful"

Governor Fairfax had committed sexual assault decades ago, Lt. Governor Fairfax has been steadfast in saying that the allegations are extraordinarily serious,...

ISRO launches PSLVC45 carrying EMISAT & 28 others from Sriharikota

The launch vehicle PSLV-C45 blasted off from the Isro spaceport, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 09:27 am today. Days after India tested its fir...

Earth Hour 2019 sweeps across the globe

The event was started in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) as a symbolic gesture in Sydney , Australia. Thousands of residents of B.C. will join peop...

Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in J and K's Poonch

They said the critically injured civilian was rushed to a hospital. It came just 24 hours after Indian carried out an attack on what it says was a militant ca...

Mark Zuckerberg calls for global new regulations on social media

Years of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook posts detailing crucial updates about the company have vanished, it has been revealed. In a statement that was also publ...

Elton John also calls for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels

On Saturday, Elton John added his support to the boycott stating, "I believe that love is love and being able to love as we choose is a basic human right". In p...

Theresa May faces another torrid week over Brexit impasse

In the next two weeks, Britain is facing crunch domestic and worldwide negotiations that will decide the fate of Brexit and determine the future of generations....

Happy April Fool’s Day 2019: History, origin and famous pranks

This is one day when children prank their parents, employees have the permission to pull a joke on their boss and even big institutions pull amusing stunts on t...

Saskatchewan requests Ottawa to increase cash advances for canola farmers

China says it has found hazardous organisms in the shipments of two major canola exporters, Richardson International Ltd. and Viterra, Inc. "Two of our larg...

North Korea calls raid on Madrid embassy 'grave terrorist attack'

Details have begun trickling out about the raid after a Spanish judge lifted a secrecy order last week and said an investigation of what happened on February 22...

Arab leaders condemn U.S. move on Golan

In a final declaration the Arab League summit said it "affirmed that the Golan is occupied Syrian territory according to global law, the decisions of the United...

Erdogan sees win in local votes, but loses Turkish capital

Since 2016, Erdogan's government has replaced elected mayors from the pro-Kurdish party in almost 100 municipalities, installing in their place government-appoi...

Britain closer to election after Brexit deal defeat

In a closed-off meeting in the U.K. Parliament with members of her ruling Conservative Party on Wednesday evening, a beleaguered Theresa May told colleagues s...

Man with English flag brings Eurostar to standstill

The Eurostar press service warns that even after the restoration of traffic, long delays in the movement of trains are nearly inevitable, and recommends exchang...

Malaysia drops murder charge against Vietnamese woman in N.Korea case

Doan Thi Huong pleaded guilty to a charge of causing hurt by a unsafe weapon, which carries a maximum 10 years in jail. If she is released, it will mean that ...

Trump's battle with 'Obamacare' moves to the courts

Even though all of this is bad for consumers, Trump saw it as a flawless way to kill President Barack Obama's signature health care reform after his repeal ef...