The set-piece event had been due to take place on Monday 19 June. The Conservatives are negotiating with the Democratic Unionist Party to get support for their minority government after losing their Commons majority in last week’s general election, according ...
Read More »Part of engine on China Eastern Airlines jet tears away after takeoff
After the airplane landed safely back in Sydney, emergency crews found a gaping hole in the front part of the engine nacelle’s structural casing, known as the nose cowl, according to CNN. The incident with the jetliner’s engines is the ...
Read More »Richard Hammond apologises to his wife after suffering broken leg in The Grand Tour supercar crash
Richard Hammond injured his knee after the car veered off the road and down a grass verge while filming The Grand Tour in Switzerland, according to The Telegraph. The host was taking part in a hill climb race on Saturday ...
Read More »Madrid cracks down on ‘manspreading’ on public transport
Bus operator EMT is putting up new signs showing a seated male figure, legs akimbo, next to a big red cross, according to the BBC. A similar campaign is planned for the city’s Metro system. The move follows an online ...
Read More »French Open: Jelena Ostapenko beats Simona Halep to win first Grand Slam
The 20-year-old trailed by a set and was 3-0 down in the second to Halep – who would have become world number one with a win – but prevailed 4-6 6-4 6-3, according to the BBC. Ostapenko, ranked 47th, had ...
Read More »U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city
The Philippines military said the United States was providing technical assistance to end the siege of Marawi City by fighters allied to Islamic State, which is now in its third week, but it had no boots on the ground, according ...
Read More »Cancer Drug Proves to Be Effective Against Multiple Tumors
The results, published on Thursday in the journal Science, are so striking that the Food and Drug Administration already has approved the drug, pembrolizumab, brand name Keytruda, for patients whose cancers arise from the same genetic abnormality, according to The ...
Read More »Larry the cat holds the fort outside Number 10 as country is plunged into chaos
Larry the cat has been spotted holding the fort, sitting proudly outside Downing Street. As the media waits for Theresa May to give a statement following the shock election result, Larry has sat in front of them as if he ...
Read More »Theresa May to ask the Queen if Tories can form a government despite hung parliament
May is set to visit Buckingham Palace at 12.30pm to seek permission, a Downing Street spokesman has confirmed, according to Metro. With no clear winner emerging from the election, a humiliated May has signalled she will not be resigning. It ...
Read More »UK election deals May a crushing blow, blurring Brexit talks
With no clear winner emerging from Thursday’s parliamentary election, a wounded May signaled she would fight on, despite losing her majority in the House of Commons. Her Labour rival Jeremy Corbyn said she should step down, according to Reuters. With ...
Read More »Sugary drinks being phased out of New South Wales health facilities in bid to curb obesity rates
NSW Health said healthier options would be offered, as drinks with no nutritional value — mainly fizzy drinks — will be gone by December, according to abc.net.au. The move is part of a wider strategy aimed at staff. NSW Health ...
Read More »North Korea fires suspected land-to-ship missiles as South Korea delays THAAD
The launches, the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying world pressure to rein in its weapons program, come less than a week after the United Nations Security Council passed fresh sanctions on the reclusive state, according to ...
Read More »UK general election 2017: Voters to go to the polls
Polls open at 07:00 BST at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country, with counting starting once voting ends at 22:00 BST, according to the BBC. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 46.9 million ...
Read More »Myanmar plane: bodies found after military aircraft crashes into sea with 122 on board
Bodies and debris have been found in the water after a Myanmar military plane vanished over the Andaman Sea with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board, the military said in a statement, according to Guardian. Three bodies – ...
Read More »World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco
For decades, researchers seeking the origin of our species have scoured the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. Now, their quest has taken an unexpected detour west to Morocco: Researchers have redated a long-overlooked skull from a cave called Jebel ...
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