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Jo Swinson blames 'wave of nationalism' as Lib Dem leader loses seat

The SNP leader was about to give an interview to Sky News when she learnt the news that Ms Swinson had lost her seat. The Lib Dem leader received 19,523 vot...

Risk of freezing rain over the next 48 hours, weather office says

While residents in the interior will be basking in relatively warm conditions this long weekend, Venter said the western parts of the country can expect a cold ...

Heroism, devastation after deadly N. Zealand volcano eruption

GeoNet , the government natural disaster agency, said the country's most active cone volcano, Whakaari White Island, in the Bay of Plenty about 30 miles off t...

New Zealand recovers 6 bodies from White Island following volcanic eruption

The six bodies will be transported to Auckland Friday for identification. "We do believe that at least one of them is in the water and the other one we are un...

Boris on track for landslide win in United Kingdom election

The decisive Conservative showing vindicates Johnson's decision to press for Thursday's early election, which was held almost two years ahead of schedule. To g...

Boy, 13, confesses in stabbing death of Barnard student

Bollinger told the gathering the attacks had left him unmoored for several reasons: because Majors was one of the youngest members of the community; because as ...

Michelle Obama Defends Greta Thunberg After Trump Mocks: ‘Ignore the Doubters’

Time named Thunberg its Person of the Year for her climate activism. She became the youngest person - and one of only a handful of solo women - to receive it. ...

UK Labour Leader Corbyn to step down as crushing defeat looms

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D. -N.Y. Corbyn did not address the exit polls as he arrived to hear the results in his own north London electoral seat, but tired...

Hackers Breaks into Ring Bedroom Camera, Tells Little Girl He's Santa

In the video, a voice coming from the Ring camera , on the exterior of his property, can be heard saying "put me on the news", to which Koop responds: "That's ...

General Election 2019: The cutest photos of dogs at polling stations

Election exit polls have indicated a majority for UK's ruling Conservative social gathering. All of that implies your vote is even extra vital than ever as yo...

9-year-old prodigy leaves university without graduating

Laurent's father, Alexander Simons, portrayed his withdrawal from TUE as a response to the university's alleged attempt to block his son's enrollment in the US...

Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen

Attacks on bases hosting US-led coalition forces by Iranian-armed militias are heading towards a red line for the coalition, who would respond with such force ...

European Union leaders commit to carbon neutrality by 2050

For the Czech Republic , which pushed for a verbatim mention of nuclear energy as an admissible energy source, the decision spells out that some member states m...

Three patients die as lawyers clash with doctors in Pakistan hospital

Pakistan on Thursday levelled "treason" charges against 250 lawyers who were part of a mob that stormed a hospital in the eastern city of Lahore the previous...

Scientists discover 44000 year-old Indonesian cave painting

In a new study , researchers argue that the scene's visionary storytelling-which they claim represents the oldest known figurative art made by modern humans-...

Fisherman rescue eagle from clutches of octopus

The fishermen worked at Mowi Canada West, the leading salmon aquaculture company in British Columbia. But realizing the eagle was likely to drown, the crew fina...

Turkey's Erdogan says Nobel academy rewarding human rights violations

The Academy honored Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience". However,...

Algerians protest, boycott presidential vote

The unpopular vote comes nearly 10 months after a people power movement ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 82, after two decades in office, and as demonstra...

Eric Holder Claims Barr is ‘Unfit’ to be AG in Op-Ed

While Democrats and Republicans have spent the week arguing about the IG's conclusions and whether or not they corroborate or contradict their previous claims ...

Bolivia`s Morales arrives in Argentina, to get refugee status

After entering the country, Morales and other former Bolivian officials who traveled with him from Cuba began the process to be accepted as political refugees ...

Amazon Ring hacks: How to protect your doorbell camera

When her daughter Alyssa heard noises coming from her bedroom, the child went in to see what it was. The Ring camera footage, obtained by WMC , shows Alyss...

Voters head to polls for third election in five years

After a sunny Thursday, dark clouds gathered with rain predicted throughout election day. Both the Labour and Conservatives said the vote offers a stark choic...

Pentagon tests long-banned ballistic missile over Pacific

For the first time since the end of the INF Treaty, the U.S. Air Force has tested a ground-launched, intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile was launc...

Trump forced to pay Sh200 million over misuse of charity funds

Holocaust Memorial Museum. Those funds, in addition to the $2 million that will be paid by Trump are set to be disbursed among eight charities. In her statem...

Trump congratulates UK's Boris Johnson on 'great' election win

Ratifying the Brexit deal would formalise the end of nearly five decades of EU-UK integration, although both sides still need to thrash out a new trade and secu...

Election-weary Israel to face third vote in a year

Under Israeli law Netanyahu does not have to resign as prime minister until convicted, though he can not hold other ministries while under indictment. But then ...

GCC Summit Calls For Boosting Security, Military Coordination Between Gulf States

Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-GCC member Egypt imposed a political and economic boycott of Qatar in June 2017 over allegations Doha...

USA passes massive defence bill authorising Space Force as 6th military branch

Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs says the National Defense Authorization Act will make the city "the center of military space". "But what...

China biggest jailer of journalists, Turkey second-worst

Authoritarianism, instability and protests in the Middle East meant more journalists were imprisoned in the region, CPJ reported. As of December 1, 2019, ...

Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader

Conservative Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais said forcefully on Thursday that Scheer should pay the money back. "I wish Andrew Scheer all the best as he undertakes t...

Debris from missing Chilean plane may have been found, officials say

The search has focused on areas in the Drake Passage, a body of water connecting the South Pacific and South Atlantic oceans, where the plane was flying when co...

UK Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson loses seat to Scottish National Party

The Scottish Conservatives were defeated in constituencies including Angus in the north of Scotland and East Renfrewshire in the central belt. Speaking after ...

Senate recognizes Armenian genocide over Trump White House opposition

The US House of Representatives moved to recognize the genocide on October 30 with 405 voting for the bill and 11 abstaining. Erdogan visited the White Hous...

United States on verge of landmark China trade deal

On Thursday morning, Trump tweeted that the U.S. has moved close to a trade deal with Beijing after several false starts and near misses. The report com...

College freshman, 18, stabbed to death near her Barnard College campus

Luke's Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The young men allegedly tried to rob Majors before one of them stabbed her in the stomach with a knife around...