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Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks to go ahead despite protests

The planned spectacle went ahead despite calls from some members of the public for the fireworks to be cancelled in solidarity with fire-hit areas in New South ...

World's Oldest Rhino Dies In Tanzania At 57

Named Fausta it was an eastern black rhino first sighted in the Ngorongoro sanctuary in 1965 just at the age of three. She was healthy until 2016 when she was...

Sydney prepares for contentious New Year's Eve fireworks display

A petition has been set up to protest against the Sydney fireworks display and has so far been signed by over 260,000 people. Many right-wing politicians ...

Forecast for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

On a good note: the temperatures around midnight will be warm compared to normal. Tuesday will have a few lingering morning flakes before a gradual clearing...

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong clash with police

Hong Kong, which has no sales tax and a reputation for genuine products, is popular with Chinese traders who buy merchandise to resell on the mainland. As a Spe...

Cold snap kills 50 in Bangladesh

According to a state agency report, as many as 50 people have died in the country since November 1 by cold-related diseases. The weather office said the cold ...

US state sacks prison guard trainees for Nazi salute

As Dave Mistich of West Virginia Public Broadcasting reported , Military Affairs and Public Safety secretary Jeff Sandy said they were being withheld after t...

Australia cancelling NY fireworks as bushfires worsen

But with the Rural Fire Service giving the go ahead in Sydney, the nation's biggest public event is drawing a million spectators around the harbour. "While th...

Hong Kong police give green light for New Year's Day rally

Paul Chan, the financial secretary of Hong Kong, said that the economy of Hong Kong is predicted to shrink in the fourth quarter of the current year as the re...

Suspect Identified in Hanukkah Stabbing Attack at Rabbi's Home

He is now facing federal hate crime charges after authorities found what they described as anti-Semitic materials in several journals and on the suspect's pho...

'Armed and dangerous' man sought after Windsor gunpoint robbery

A suspect reportedly entered the store with a black firearm, demanded cash, and fled on foot in a northwest direction from the store. Police have released an ...

Iran seizes ship, arrests 16 Malaysian crew members

The ship was reported to be carrying almost 1.3 million litres of fuel. Iran also seized another ship on July 31 with seven foreign crew aboard over fuel smug...

United Kingdom government apologizes for accidentally publishing addresses of New Year Honours recipients

The Cabinet Office has reported itself to the UK's data breach authority, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Numerous more than a dozen MoD employee...

What you can do with your leftover Christmas tree

One of the bigger objects that need to be dealt with is the Christmas tree. Trees can be left laying on the ground, preferably in a garden, or leaning against...

Youth Congress Protests Against "Manhandling" Of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

There is anarchy; no one has job; there is unemployment; and the women are feeling insecure. The CRPF which provides Priyanka Gandhi armed commandos under t...

Mayhem in Paris as protesters clash with police

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe plans to continue talks with unions after a holiday break. The public transport forecast for Paris on Sunday 29 December rem...

US Ambassador Defends Poland from False Russian WWII Claims

That is a fact. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says Russian president has lied about Poland on numerous occasions. Days earlier, Germany and Russian...

United States top security officials tried convincing Trump to not freeze Ukraine aid

Republican lawmakers have publicly called for a quick trial with no witnesses, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would follow cues from Whi...

Volunteer firefighter killed, emergency fires out of control

Residents and holiday makers were forced to head to the gymnasium or waterfront. Local media showed images of water bombers flying over neighbourhoods, and fa...

'Difficult or impossible travel': Winter storm wreaks havoc from Midwest to Northeast

That's on top of a weekend storm that brought more than half a foot of snow to some parts of northeastern Minnesota and a wintry mix of warmer precipitation tha...

Call for Sydney New Year's fireworks to be cancelled as wildfires rage

New Year's Eve fireworks have been cancelled in Canberra after a total fire ban was put in place. "But as a state, we always need to think about the future...

Taiwan president: Island’s democracy under threat from China

A Taiwanese television survey after the debate indicated that Tsai is in charge; about 45 percent of respondents said they would vote for the president, another...

16 flights diverted, 4 cancelled due to dense fog at Delhi airport

Officials at Delhi airport urged passengers until late afternoon to contact respective airlines for an update about flight operations. The airlines have asked...

Squeezed out British Labor MPs call for 'fundamental change' in party leadership

There is also no mention of inclusion after the party's anti-Semitism scandal - and Mr Corbyn's failure to deal with it. We believe our voice is important - bot...

Hong Kong protesters denounce China's pressure, urge worldwide support

The demonstrations have since evolved into a broader pro-democracy movement and have again became more confrontational over recent days with police clashing wit...

'Visible to some...': Twitter blocks Trump's whistleblower tweet, blames 'outage'

President Donald Trump's July 25 phone call with the newly elected leader of Ukraine was so far out of bounds that a federal whistleblower hoisted a red flag,...

Attacker stabs five at Hanukkah celebrations in rabbi's home in NY

The suspect was taken into custody in Harlem . He has been identified by authorities as 37-year-old Grafton E. Thomas, of Greenwood Lake. Thomas had pleaded ...

9 killed, 30 injured as blast hits military graduation parade in Yemen

In the past, the Houthis had claimed responsibility for a series of drone and rocket attacks against Yemeni government troops. It is located on the main road ...

Elizabeth Warren: I assume Joe Biden would honor a subpoena

Over the weekend in Iowa, in the midst of one of the most critical periods of campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden was forced to repea...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. 'is not an advanced society'

She revealed on Twitter that she was "nervous' ahead of the event, as she does not regularly speak the language despite having a Puerto Rican mother". However, ...