Landmark UN global warming report carries life-or-death warning

If the average global temperature temporarily exceeded 1.5C, additional carbon removal techniques would be required to return warming to below 1.5C by 2100. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has indicated his government would not increase Australia's t... More..

Scottish leader supports calls for new Brexit referendum
SNP members have gathered in Glasgow for the three-day event, which will climax with a speech from party leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday. "Brexit brings the issues around this very sharpl...More..

China Tells the US to Stop Criticizing Beijing's Policies
Moon's comments on Monday came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Kim in Pyongyang to discuss the country's nuclear disarmament and also setting up another meeting between Kim and U.S. A stal...More..
Susan Rice will give 'consideration' to running against Sen. Susan Collins
Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, told The Journal that Christian conservatives will be happy with Trump for his Supreme Court picks, but he said the Democratic "enthusiasm in the midterms will go even higher ...More..

Manhunt Begins for Palestinian Gunman Who Killed Two Israelis
Israeli soldiers patrol near the scene where, according to Israeli media, a Palestinian shot and wounded three Israelis, at an industrial park adjacent to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank October...More..

Brazil presidential election heading to second-round runoff: Datafolha
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro , far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), react, in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 7, 2018. "If the PT is voted into power and there is a milita...More..

Protesters rally against Kavanaugh confirmation in La Jolla, downtown
Kavanaugh was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts and the man he's replacing, retired Justice Anthony Kennedy , as fellow Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan looked...More..
Kavanaugh confirmation all but sure
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's fate was in doubt for almost a month after the first accusation against him. "It just may be that in my view he's not the right man for the court at this time", Murkows...More..

Melania Trump slammed for 'colonial' fashion choice while visiting Africa
A hat that the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump , wore during her visit to Kenya has caused worldwide uproar due to its perceived symbolism. During the trip, she has focused on her signature ...More..
Conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed After Heated National Debate
Supreme Court has exacerbated the nation's political divide and left many Americans emotionally raw. During a political rally in MS on Tuesday night, Trump mockingly mimicked Ford, claiming her allegations a...More..

Brett Kavanaugh fight leaves a nation divided: Balance of power extra
Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice Saturday evening in Washington after an extraordinarily fraught nomination that sparked angry protests, nail-biting votes and a national reckoning about sexual assault alle...More..

KSRTC suspends driver for letting Langur take wheel
The video which has been spilling over the social network for a few days now shows Prakash, from KSRTC's Davanagere division, driving the bus with a langur comfortably perched on the steering wheel. There...More..
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Greg Gianforte's Private Plane Could Play Crucial Role in Final Kavanaugh Vote
The announcements by Republican Susan Collins of ME and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia came after weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests. "I do hope that it reminds...More..

Trump wins: Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to Supreme Court
She said on the Senate floor late Friday that Kavanaugh is "a good man" but his "appearance of impropriety has become unavoidable". Protesters swarmed the streets of Washington , and rushed to the steps of t...More..
Melania Trump Visits the Pyramids as She Wraps up Solo Africa Tour
Washington has been gripped by high drama and emotion for days, from the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford - who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault - to protests against his nomination. Melania Trump has ...More..

Japan to skip fleet review ceremony amid flag row with S. Korea
It said the "Rising Sun" flag reminds South Koreans and some Asian neighbors of Japanese militarism before and during World War Two, when it was used by the Japanese Imperial Navy. Japan was a key player in US ...More..

Yazidis celebrate Murad’s Nobel prize as they mark top ritual
Ms. Murad was awarded jointly with Denis Mukwege a Congolese gynecologist who has treated thousands of rape victims. Switching to Kurdish, with a translation given by her fiance Abid Shamdeen, she said: "For ...More..

Melania Trump has tea with Kenya's 1st lady
Melania will complete her solo global trip in Egypt on Saturday before returning to the United States . A group of children is also listed to entertain her on Friday. 5, 2018. An hour into her safari ride,...More..

Kavanaugh sworn in as protesters chant outside Supreme Court
The prolonged nomination battle has roiled American politics and passions - the vote was disrupted on several occasions by angry protests from the gallery - but handed Trump one of the biggest victories of his ...More..

China says missing Interpol President Meng Hongwei is under investigation
The party's watchdog for graft and political disloyalty said on its website late Sunday that Meng Hongwei is "suspected of violating the law and is now under the monitoring and investigation" of China's n...More..

PDP Convention: Saraki Splashes Cash On Delegates
But the voting did not start as at 1.30am when the story was filed, Daily Post reports. Among the aspirants are the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar...More..

20 killed when limousine carrying upstate wedding party crashes
The intersection of State Route 30 and State Route 30A where the crash occurred has always been flagged as a unsafe one, with efforts made tho re-structure the intersection seven years ago. The store's parking ...More..

Merkel begins visit to Israel with Iran, Palestinians on agenda
Merkel also said she agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran, Israel's arch-enemy, should never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons but that they differed on how to achieve that objec...More..

Court Releases the Rwigaras On Bail
In prison for a year, Diane Shima Rwigara and her mother Adeline have been granted bail after multiple charges including inciting insurrection, tax evasion, offences against state security, use of counterfeit d...More..
Mitch McConnell Says Senate Republicans Set Scope of FBI's Kavanaugh Investigation
On the other side, Democrats are counting on voter rage over Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation to help propel a "blue wave" that will carry their House and Senate candidates to victory in November. Yet now, the ...More..
Pro-Russia party ahead in Latvia election
Latvia's ruling coalition lost its majority and two newly formed parties took more than a quarter of the votes amid widespread disillusion with the Baltic country's politicians, the result in Saturday's parliam...More..

At least 11 dead as quake topples homes in northern Haiti
Saturday's quake was felt in Port-au-Prince but initial reports on Twitter said it had not caused major damage there. No immediate damage or injuries had been reported, according to the Associated Press. Ma...More..

Hamas leader to Israeli paper: 'We don't want war with Israel'
Yedioth Ahronoth published excerpts of the interview , which was conducted by a journalist who visited Gaza for five days, where the most important thing in the interview is that the leader of Hamas and its s...More..

Crown prince downplays Trump's statement on Saudi military
Turkish officials say Khashoggi remains inside the consulate, and his fiancee, who was waiting for him outside, also says she never saw him come out. Last year, in the wake of mounting arrests, Khashoggi left...More..
Man Dies After Being Bitten by a Snake in Sea Off Australia
Charles Darwin University honorary fellow Dr Michael Guinea previously said sea snakes are "equally poisonous if not more poisonous as things such as our tiger snakes and western brown (snakes)". Emergency medi...More..