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Johnson seeks election as United Kingdom lawmakers deal him another blow

If it were to do so, the election would likely be held on October 14, the day Parliament is scheduled to return from the historic suspension the Queen approved...

Florida man parks Smart car in kitchen so it won’t blow away

Patrick Eldridge drives a smart vehicle, his wife Jessica says in a now-viral post on Facebook . To avoid cleaning their garage out, her husband proposed to ...

YouTube dumps thousands more videos, channels per hate speech policy

The video-sharing platform had in June updated its policies on hate speech , in which it said that it would remove those videos which depict supremacist co...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Announces Withdrawal Of Extradition Bill

Millions of people have taken to Hong Kong's streets since June in the biggest challenge to China's rule of semi-autonomous Hong Kong since its handover fro...

'Ready, steady, chaos!' Newspapers react to PM setting snap election date

Independent unionist MP Lady Hermon voted against the government. Greening said the threat had not worked on her and that she would be voting for legislation ...

Russia, India vow to take bilateral ties to new level

All issues existing between India and Pakistan should be resolved through dialogue on the basis of the 1972 Simla Agreement and the Lahore declaration, Russia...

Ex-Obama aide Greg Craig acquitted in Mueller-related investigation

The acquittal marks a high-profile setback for a Justice Department crackdown on foreign lobbying in the United States, exposing flaws in a hard prosecution t...

Space station image of Hurricane Dorian captures storm’s monstrous eye

Other posts on Twitter said entire communities were swept away. Residents of coastal Florida, Georgia and SC were bracing for Dorian's approach on Wednesday...

Activist loses world’s first court challenge over facial recognition technology

Bridges claimed that he had been scanned at least twice - on Queen Street in Cardiff in December 2017 and at a protest against the arms trade in March 2018. a...

1st LD: British MPs approve bill to prevent no-deal Brexit

Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . The Johnson government lost its majority of one on Tuesday when MP Philip Lee crossed over to the Liberal...

British MP demands Johnson apology for Muslim women 'letterbox' comments

Labour MPs spontaneously clapped Mr Dhesi's speech and also shouted "shame" at Mr Johnson. He added: "Rather than hide behind sham and whitewashed investigati...

Palestine slams Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu' reiteration to annex West Bank settlements

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh has Netanyahu's Sunday declaration was a "continuation of attempts to create an unaccept...

American woman held at Manila airport after baby found in luggage

The newborn was found inside the belt bag of Jennifer Talbot, 43, according to the Bureau of Immigration . Talbot was supposed to leave for the United States. ...

Woman who was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner reveals her identity

He was convicted on charges of assault with intent to rape an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually p...

Brexit turmoil continues as lawmakers defy UK's Johnson

The rebels include several senior Conservatives including ex-chancellor Ken Clarke - a Commons veteran of almost five decades - who said he did not recognise hi...

'All I can smell is fish': Vegan sues neighbour over barbecue use

A Perth woman is so furious with her neighbours' choice of dinner she has taken her gripe all the way to the Supreme Court. Now, thousands of people have mark...

Israel PM Cancels Visit To India For The Second Time This Year

Media reports had suggested that several agreements, especially in defence, agriculture and water management, were expected to be signed during Netanyahu's visi...

Iran To Release Seven Crew Members Of Detained British Tanker

The Swedish company that operates the Stena Impero, Stena Bulk, has said it is not aware of any evidence that it breached any maritime rules or regulations, and...

Winston Churchill’s Grandson To Vote Against UK PM, Risks Party Expulsion

Nicholas Soames, a member of Parliament since 1997 and Churchill's grandson on his mother's side, was one of 21 Conservative MPs to have the whip removed afte...

Baby Born 117 Days After Mother Is Declared Brain-Dead

The 27-year-old woman was 16 weeks pregnant when she suffered a haemorrhage from a stroke in April. The mother, whose identity was not revealed, had been decl...

Johnson defeated on Brexit, hints at election

If it passes, the vote on whether to hold an election will follow. Two Brexit-supporting Labour MPs, Kate Hoey and John Mann, supported the government as well...

Brexit: PM in new battle after Commons vote defeat

One scenario is for opposition parties to defeat Johnson's bid for an election until they have passed their bill blocking a no-deal Brexit . Greening said she ...

Tokyo asks Seoul to explain tighter export control

Japan's decision in July to tighten controls on exports of materials that South Korea uses to make semiconductors and display screens has prompted a consumer ...

UK PM Johnson loses majority in parliament

In 2018, Lee quit a ministerial position to fight Brexit . "I can confirm that we are tonight tabling a motion under the Fixed Term Parliament Act". In a sta...

Brexit rebels seize control after defeating Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson challenged his Labour rival Jeremy Corbyn to vote in favour of an early election on October 15 later on Wednesday. Howe...

Woman Arrested While Allegedly Impersonating Her Daughter During Traffic Stop

When asked to identify herself, Garcia allegedly told police her name was Mercedes, and that she was born in 1998. During a search of her vehicle, police re...

Jacob Rees-Mogg memes: The doctored photographs providing some Brexit relief

Addressing him in the Commons, Ms Lucas added: "For the benefit of Hansard, the Leader of the House has been spread across around three seats, lying out as if...

These two Indian cities are in Global Liveability Index 2019

Both Melbourne and Sydney scored full marks in healthcare, education and infrastructure. It had ended Melbourne's seven-year run at the top of the survey of 1...

Australian trainee pilot lands plane after instructor passes out

The plane was a light Cessna 152 aircraft, The West Australian newspaper and NBC News reported. "Do you know how to operate the aeroplane?" the operator...

MAX flights now pushed to December

The airline owns 24 of the planes. The MAX, Boeing's newest single-aisle aircraft, was grounded worldwide in March after two deadly crashes in Indonesia a...