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Dog Takes Over Driving When Owner Steps From Car

They say that the dog wasn't injured in the incident, nor was anybody else. The dog's owner had stopped his auto and stepped away for a moment, leaving the do...

Criminal probe opened into Carter Page FISA warrant application

Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report, which will be released on December 9, will broadly "refute accusations of a political conspiracy by senior law en...

Sondland testifies he 'never heard' quid pro quo from President Trump

He came in late", Trump said , as Sondland's testimony stretched across seven hours. No wonder Representative Devin Nunes of California, the top Republican o...

John Bolton resurfaces on Twitter, claiming the White House locked him out

Former top Ukraine diplomat Willliam Taylor testified that Mr. Bolton warned against setting up the July 25th phone call between Mr. Trump and Ukraine Presi...

Bolsonaro launches new political party after splitting from PSL

The APB revealed that Bolsonaro would head the party while his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, will be its first vice president . In a press release ...

US warships sail in disputed South China Sea, angering Beijing

Meyer guided-missile destroyer passed the Paracel Islands on Thursday. Washington and Beijing are locked in a bruising trade war and have tussled over diplom...

Warren taps US Rep. Deb Haaland, 2 others as ‘co-chairs’

Without a doubt, the incentive structures and circumstances were a bit different for each member of the breakaway group - former Vice President Joe Biden , Mas...

Mike Pence says he has no recollection of Ukraine aid concerns

Gordon Sondland's blockbuster testimony Wednesday handed Democrats a road map that could yield a trove of damaging evidence in their impeachment inquiry aga...

Young activists do the talking as United Nations marks World Children’s Day

It is a moment to reaffirm our commitment to upholding and protecting the rights and principles enshrined within the Convention, to identifying and taking concr...

South Korea salvages intelligence-sharing pact with Japan in last-minute call

South Korea's earlier decision to halt intelligence-sharing agreement came amid a bitter feud over history and trade and despite pressure from the United State...

Former Baltimore mayor charged with multiple counts of fraud, tax evasion

Pugh, 69, resigned in May following revelations that she grossed more than 500,000 USA dollars by selling her self-published Healthy Holly children's books ...

Previous US calls for Iran crackdown videos, internet slowly returns

The National Security Council that ordered the shutdown approved reactivating the internet in "some areas", it said. "We again have internet as of an hour ago...

New arrest over United Kingdom migrant truck deaths

British Police officers stand on duty at a cordon near to where a lorry, and containing 39 dead bodies, that was discovered at Waterglade Industrial Park in Lon...

'Climate emergency' is Oxford Dictionaries' 2019 word of the year

Basically, adjust your SEO practices to involve the word climate ASAP and you're on to a victor. The phrase has risen from "relative obscurity to becoming one...

Lorry owner and driver ‘co-operating fully’ after 16 men found in trailer

The ferry is en-route to Rosslare in Co Wexford, having set sail from Cherbourg. Police are examining the truck, which they said is owned by a local Irish bas...

Iran media reports internet access back after multi-day shutdown

Unrest spread to scores of urban centers, during which police stations were attacked, petrol pumps torched and shops looted. A close to complete web shutdown ...

Fiona Hill's gender critique during public impeachment testimony gets applause online

Having given earlier testimony that was, at best, dissembling and, at worst, perjury, this time Sondland was forthright in his statements. The landmark House ...

Thai court disqualifies rising opposition party leader as MP

Mr Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit , the leader of the progressive, anti-military Future Forward Party , was disqualified as an elected Member of Parliament by ...

Former FBI Lawyer Under Criminal Investigation for Altering Document on Trump Surveillance

An FBI official is accused of altering a document related to the 2016 surveillance of former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page and is now under criminal ...

Malta businessman detained over journalist murder: Police source

Yorgen Fenech was detained after police intercepted his yacht off the Mediterranean island, sources with knowledge of the matter said. The arrest came a day a...

Manila-bound Philippine Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Los Angeles

This article, Philippine Airlines plane returns to Los Angeles for emergency landing after engine catches fire , originally appeared on Coconuts , Asia's lead...

Philippine leader says to ban ‘toxic’ e-cigarettes and arrest users

The ban came days after Philippine health authorities reported the nation's first vaping-related lung injury, which resulted in a 16-year-old girl being hospita...

Chinese donations flood in for Hong Kong protest victims

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the strongest advocate for the act, said during the debate: "Today, the Congress is sending an unmistakable message to the worl...

New Zealand jurors to decide if British tourist was murdered

The jury in the trial of a man accused of a British backpacker's murder must "set aside sympathy" for her family, a judge has said. On Friday a jury found the...

Cruise ship passenger dies after falling four stories from a balcony

The Miami-Dade County medical examiner's office confirmed that Rice's death was the result of blunt force trauma, the Indianapolis Star reported . Police men...

France and Germany offer North Atlantic Treaty Organisation plans after Macron's 'brain death' bombshell

Together, NATO's 29 members spend more than $1 trillion on defence each year. With NATO's unity creaking as nations appear increasingly ready to go it alone, ...

Trump impeachment hearings: Adam Schiff opening statement on day five | FULL

Trump requested in a July 25 phone call that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky probe the Bidens at a time when almost $400 million in USA aid money to t...

Hong Kong protesters, facing arrest, won't leave university

A U.S. embassy spokesman said Klein "relayed that we are watching the situation in Hong Kong with grave concern" during the foreign ministry meeting. Many wer...

House says Supreme Court precedents do not shield Trump financial records

The secretary of state's office would make redacted versions of the returns available to the public on its website within five days. Under California's so-cal...

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to face corruption charges

Those gifts allegedly included champagne and cigars. Case 2000 , ediot Aharonot-Israel Hayom Affair, supports that Netanyahu helped squash the news coverag...

Palestine will go to ICC against Pompeo over his settlement remarks

In a major policy shift, the US announced Monday that it considers Israeli settlements to be compatible with global law. Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladen...

Cheekbone of ancient snake sheds light on snake evolution

Our examination of this fossil has been printed within the journal Science Advances . "What truly sets snakes apart is their highly mobile skull, which allow...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu indicted for bribery, fraud, breach of trust

Earlier, during one of the most unusual days in Israeli political history, the country's president told lawmakers to name a candidate to form a new government a...

Secrtary Pompeo: West Bank settlements do not violate the law

Saeb Erekat: "Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories , including East Jerusalem , are not only illegal under worldwide law, the...

Donald Trump: Navy Will Not Strip Seals’ Trident Pin from Eddie Gallagher

The Trident Review Board hearing will determine whether or not Gallagher is still fit to serve in the Navy's elite fighting corps. The Navy's review could h...