LONDON—Chinese telecom company Huawei has been strongly criticized in the United Kingdom for its security failings. The board overseeing Huawei equipment in the UK, which is linked to the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) security service, said Huawei had failed to fix long-standing security issues. In a report released March 28, the National Cyber Security Center […]
LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is willing to resign if lawmakers in her party back her Brexit deal. “I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party,” May told a meeting of Conservative Party lawmakers on March 27. […]
An Italian communist terrorist has admitted murdering four people following his extradition from Bolivia to Italy. Cesare Battisti, 64, had been on the run since the killings in the late 1970s but during that time was protected by the French and Brazilian governments. Battisti was convicted in absentia of murdering a policeman and a prison […]
The outcome of Thailand’s first election since a military junta took power has been thrown into doubt following accusations of voting irregularities and cheating. Initially, the Election Commission reported that the conservative Palang Pracharat Party had taken a surprise lead, with 7.6 million votes—over half a million more than Pheu Thai, the party linked to […]
A Dutch political party that opposes immigration and promotes “Dutch first” policies will become the joint largest party in the country’s Senate, shocking the political establishment. The Forum for Democracy party, led by 36-year-old Thierry Baudet, will now have as many seats in the Senate as Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and […]
Three people have been killed in the Dutch city of Utrecht in a shooting aboard a tram, in what authorities say could be a terrorist attack. Police said gunfire had been detected in more than one location of the city, with five other people injured on the morning of March 18. Police arrested a 37-year-old Turkish […]
LONDON—A former British soldier is to be charged with murder over the killing of two people more than four decades ago in Northern Ireland on what would come to be known as Bloody Sunday. British soldiers opened fire at a protest march in Derry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 30, 1972, killing 13 people and injuring […]
LONDON—The British government has frustrated business leaders after revealing its plans for temporary tariffs should the UK leave the EU without a deal. The new tariffs could lead to higher prices on products imported from the continent, such as cars, clothes, and beef, although many imports won’t face increases. Carolyn Fairbairn, director-general of the Confederation […]
LONDON—The highest levels of the British political establishment are being examined due to allegations that they failed to protect children from sexual abuse. From March 4 through 29, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) will hear evidence involving lawmakers and high ranking police and whether they covered up pedophilia at the heart of […]
LONDON—The United Kingdom may be targeted by the Chinese communist regime following Brexit as part of a “divide and rule” strategy, a leading think tank has warned. According to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the UK is a particularly attractive target for the Chinese regime because of its membership on the U.N. Security Council […]
LONDON—British anti-Islamic campaigner Tommy Robinson has been permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram for posts violating the platforms’ policies on “hate speech.” Facebook said that Robinson had “repeatedly broken” their standards. “Tommy Robinson’s Facebook Page has repeatedly broken these standards, posting material that uses dehumanizing language and calls for violence targeted at Muslims,” the company […]
LONDON—Chinese state television channel CCTV is under fire for broadcasting what campaigners call “clear lies” in the UK, and it could face similar charges in the United States. Human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders has written to British broadcasting regulator Ofcom over numerous so-called “forced confession” broadcasts on China Central Television (CCTV) and its English-language counterpart, […]
LONDON—An ancient British treason law could be used to bring members of ISIS who return to the country to justice, the UK’s interior minister has suggested. Sajid Javid said that the 1351 Treason Act could be modified so that terrorist groups like ISIS that intend to attack the UK are included. Javid made the suggestion […]
LONDON—Confucius Institutes threaten academic freedom and spread Chinese communist propaganda around the world, a British political group has warned. It’s the first time such a prominent group of British politicians has spoken out against Confucius Institutes (CIs), even though serious concerns have been raised for years by the United States and Canada. Critics have long […]
LONDON—More than 40 former British ambassadors have written to British prime minister Theresa May urging her to delay Brexit. They warned on Feb. 14 that Britain’s exit from the EU has become a “national crisis” and that even if the deal May struck with the EU is passed, Britain would face “endless uncertainty” about its […]
LONDON—British scientists are building a database of hand images in order to track down criminals like child abusers. Experts from Lancaster University are asking the British public to send them images of their hands so that they can train artificial intelligence to spot criminals. Marks and veins on the back of peoples’ hands can be […]
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has announced that women who have four or more babies will not have to pay income tax for the rest of their lives. The move is an attempt to increase Hungary’s population without relying on immigration, Orbán said on Feb. 10. Orbán made the announcement in his annual state of […]
LONDON—Authorities in the UK have canceled all horse racing after an outbreak of highly contagious equine influenza. Three horses belonging to one British trainer were affected, with all three racing dozens of other horses on Feb. 6, exposing them to the disease. All of the horses had been vaccinated against flu, which is endemic in […]
An elderly man who lives “off-grid” in the remote Scottish Highlands has been rescued after his emergency signal was detected thousands of miles away in Houston, Texas. The man is in his 70s and known locally as the “Hermit of Loch Treig.” He is believed to live in a log cabin he built for himself […]
Thieves in Belgium crawled through narrow sewage pipes to carry out a bank heist, stealing the contents of a bank vault. The heist took place in Antwerp on Feb. 3, with 20-30 safety deposit boxes looted in the BNP Paribas Fortis bank located close to the city’s diamond quarter. To reach the vault, the thieves […]
LONDON—A search team has found the wreckage of the plane that carried missing soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot, and a body could be seen inside, investigators said on Feb. 4. The search team, which was privately funded by Sala’s Argentinian family and a crowdfunding appeal, located the wreckage within hours, 24 miles north […]
Emily Spanton, 39, told the court she had met a group of police officers in a bar where they offered to give her a tour of the headquarters, which is well-known in French film and literature. Instead, she was gang-raped at the HQ by the two men, who were former members of an elite French […]
France is considering banning police from using weapons like rubber bullet launchers and “sting-ball” grenades, following serious injuries during “yellow vest” protests. Several protesters are alleged to have lost eyes and had limbs mutilated after being hit by the explosive weapons. “Sting-ball” grenades contain TNT explosive and can eject small rubber balls and teargas to […]
A prisoner was freed from a police van by an armed gang in southern France. The gang shot at the van and knocked a female guard to the ground on Jan. 28 in Tarascon, a town in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. The prisoner, 27-year-old Lotfi Boussouak, was being transferred from a jail in Beziers around […]
LONDON—A British man who went on the run last year after killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the River Thames has been detained in the former Soviet state of Georgia, London police said on Jan. 23. Jack Shepherd, 31, was convicted in his absence last July of the manslaughter by gross negligence of […]
Chris Brown is planning to sue the woman who has accused him of rape, the singer’s lawyer said. Brown was released without charge in Paris on Tuesday, Jan. 22, along with two other suspects. They were detained on Jan. 21 on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug use. The 24-year-old woman has accused Brown […]
The European Union has sanctioned the heads of Russia’s military intelligence and two of its agents in response to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK last year. The EU has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on the men the UK has accused of being Russian intelligence officers, Alexander Petrov […]
A Syrian activist who has been critical of President Bashar al-Assad has been brutally killed in Hamburg. Mohamed Joune, 48, was discovered lying on a busy street covered with blood on the evening of Jan. 16. He had multiple injuries to his head and body, and one of his fingers had been cut off. German […]
Turkish prosecutors are seeking to extradite New York Knicks player Enes Kanter. They said he has links to an American cleric who was accused of organizing an attempted coup in 2016. Kanter was contacted repeatedly by people associated with Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of being responsible for the attempted coup in July […]
A 2-year-old boy has fallen down a borehole more than 300 feet deep in Spain, with rescuers searching desperately for him. The boy fell down the 328-foot deep hole near the southern Spanish city of Málaga on Jan. 13 while out walking with his family. The hole he fell down is just 10 inches wide […]
Thousands have gathered across Poland to mourn the death of mayor Pawel Adamowicz, who was stabbed on Jan. 13, dying a day later from his wounds. Adamowicz, 53, had been mayor of the city Gdansk for 20 years and was well known for his liberal views. He was stabbed by a former convict who rushed […]
Almost 60 percent of France’s speed cameras have been destroyed or broken by members of the “yellow vests” movement, according to the country’s interior minister. Interior minister Christophe Castaner said in a statement on Thursday that the cameras had been “neutralized, attacked, or destroyed” by yellow vests members, the BBC reported. Some protesters have said […]
LONDON—A 14-year-old boy died after being stabbed seven times in London. He had first been knocked off his moped by a car. Police described the attack as “targeted,” with the gang of men fleeing the scene in Waltham Forest, northeast London. The teenager is the youngest such victim over a two-year period two in London, […]
German politicians and public figures have been targeted in one of the most extensive cyber attacks in the country’s history, with personal data and documents published online. Contacts, private chats, and financial details of politicians, celebrities, and journalists were released on Twitter. Chancellor Angela Merkel was reportedly targeted in the attack but no sensitive data […]
The number of people killed in a crash in Florida has risen to seven, with several children among the deceased, according to reports. Two big rigs and two vehicles collided on Jan. 3, spilling fuel across a highway, and sparking a massive fire. About 50 gallons of diesel were spilled across Interstate 75 near Gainesville […]
The wife of former racing driver Michael Schumacher released a rare statement ahead of his 50th birthday on Jan. 3. Corinna Schumacher thanked fans and said the family was “doing everything humanly possible to help him” recover from a skiing accident he had in 2013. The statement was made in a Facebook post and stressed […]
Italian tourist destination Venice has been approved to start charging visitors entry fees of up to $11.50 in a bid to cut down on mass tourism. The decision was made as part of Italy’s 2019 budget and will target day-trippers that arrive on cruise ships. It follows the introduction of a similar entrance fee that […]
LONDON—Britain’s defense secretary has said he has “grave” and “very deep concerns” about Chinese technology company Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s new 5G mobile network. Gavin Williamson told The Times of London that Beijing sometimes acts “in a malign way” and said that a widespread review of security related to Huawei would be warranted. Huawei […]
LONDON—Britain’s defense secretary has said he has “grave” and “very deep concerns” about Chinese technology company Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s new 5G mobile network. He told The Times of London that Beijing sometimes acted “in a malign way” and commented that a widespread review of security related to Huawei would be needed. Huawei is […]
The German reporter at the center of a fake news scandal could now be charged with embezzlement. Claas Relotius, 33, was discovered to have faked some of his stories for the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel. Some of the faked stories include topics such as the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, executions, “Trump’s America,” […]
Californian authorities have arrested a mother suspected of forcing her 8-year-old daughter to crawl under a freight train so that the family could catch a bus. Joy France Collins, 44, was arrested on Dec. 17, Fresno police said, after her daughter, Joyanna ( also written as Joy Anna) Harris was killed when she crawled under […]
LONDON—A man who was caught on camera throwing fast food at a homeless man has said he regrets what he did and doesn’t deserve to be criticized for his actions. Adam Thorpe, 29, was filmed throwing his takeaway meal at the homeless man following a night out with his friends. He saw the man asking […]
LONDON—Luxury fashion house Chanel has said it will stop using exotic animal skins in a move that has been welcomed by animal rights activists. The renowned French company has said it will stop producing clothes made from animal fur, as well as skins such as lizard, crocodile, and snake. Head of Fashion Bruno Pavlovsky said […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered his prime minister to hold talks with political leaders and protesters after riots turned central Paris into a battle zone. The unrest began as a protest against rising fuel taxes, but has become the biggest challenge Macron has had to face as president, with the depth of anger over […]
LONDON—A British academic who was jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates on charges of spying has been pardoned by the president and released. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student from Durham University, was pardoned by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Nov. 25 as part of mass clemency for more than 700 […]
LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May will seek to win support from business leaders for her contentious draft European Union divorce deal on Monday as dissenting lawmakers in her own party try to trigger a leadership challenge. May has had a tumultuous few days since unveiling her deal on Wednesday, Nov. 14, with several ministers, including […]
The Italian government is to crack down on the theft and trafficking of historical artifacts as it seeks to fulfill its campaign promise of bolstering national identity. Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli said the government would soon ratify the Nicosia convention, an international agreement that aims to combat the illicit trafficking and destruction of cultural artifacts. […]
LONDON—The hunt for a “Ross from Friends” look-alike who went viral has been expanded to the UK’s largest city, London. The unknown man became an internet star after footage of him walking through a store with a crate of beer in Blackpool, northern England, was posted to Facebook. Now Lancashire Police said they believe the […]
France has launched a second investigation into why children in three different regions have been born with missing limbs. More than a dozen children were discovered to be missing arms, hands, or fingers in the regions of Ain near the Swiss border, as well as Brittany, and Loire-Atlantique on the north-west coast. Two weeks ago, […]
An underwater research vessel has captured rare footage of a ghostly white octopus drifting in the deep sea. The remote-controlled vehicle that shot the video was operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, a nonprofit currently exploring the ocean floor. The sighting of the so-called dumbo octopus, also known as an umbrella octopus, is highly unusual […]
LONDON—German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will step down from the leadership of her party and won’t seek reelection as chancellor, marking the end of her 13-year tenure dominating European politics. “I have the firm feeling that today, the time has come to open a new chapter,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin, according to Reuters. […]
LONDON—German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to step down from leadership of her party and as chancellor, marking the end of her 13-year tenure dominating European politics. “I have the firm feeling that today the time has come to open a new chapter,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin, according to Reuters. The shock move started a […]
A woman who was fined by authorities in Austria for linking the Islamic Prophet Muhammad with pedophilia has had her appeal quashed by the European Court of Human Rights. The woman, known only as Mrs. S, was convicted after holding two seminars in Vienna in 2009, at which she spoke about Muhammad marrying a 6-year-old […]
A woman who was fined by authorities in Austria for linking the Islamic Prophet Muhammad with pedophilia has had her appeal quashed by the European Court of Human Rights. The woman, known only as Mrs. S, was convicted after holding two seminars in Vienna in 2009 at which she spoke about Muhammad marrying a six-year-old […]
New York police have responded to a reported suspicious package at the restaurant owned by actor Robert de Niro in New York. The NYPD bomb squad can be seen in pictures from the restaurant, which is located on Greenwich Street in the fashionable Tribeca area of Lower Manhattan. “We are responding to reports of a […]
LONDON—Scientists have found tiny pieces of plastic in human stool for the first time, suggesting they may now be embedded in the food chain. Although the study was small, with just eight participants from Europe, Russia, and Japan, all of their samples were found to contain microplastics. The results surprised the researchers from the Medical […]
LONDON—A city in the United Kingdom is being urged to end its ties with a Chinese city over China’s organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. Many British cities are twinned with overseas counterparts. Bristol, in the southwest of the country, is twinned with Guangzhou, southern China. Campaigners from Bristol Against Forced Organ Harvesting (BAFOH) say […]
Germany has deported a Moroccan man who took part in the 9/11 terror attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Mounir el-Motassadeq, 44, has been imprisoned for almost 15 years in Germany for the role he played in the deaths of passengers on the planes hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. He was handed […]
Germany’s ruling party has suffered its worst election result since 1950, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Social Union (CSU) losing its absolute majority in a regional parliament. It’s the latest crisis to hit the center-right coalition party, with junior partners the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) having their support halved. The CSU won 37 percent of […]
Medicines used in the treatment of blocked noses should not be given to children, experts have warned. Researchers have argued that decongestants containing antihistamine should never be given to children under the age of 6 and they recommended caution for those under 12. They said that medical professionals should advise children that colds will usually […]
LONDON—The British schools regulator Ofsted has said that they will move away from using exams as the main indicator of success because of concerns it reduces teachers to mere “data managers.” Ofsted’s chief inspector Amanda Spielman that the focus on performance had narrowed what schools are teaching. Her views, made during a speech at a […]
LONDON—British store WH Smith said it plans to close six shops and review its high street business following a drop in profits. The chain, which sells stationery, books, and magazines, said it plans to wind down trials like the 20 Cardmarket stores and its WH Smith Local convenience stores. The brand has 610 high street […]
A man accused of stealing over $1.2 million worth of wine from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon fell to his death from a hotel in New York. Nicolas De-Meyer, 41, was expected to plead guilty in a Manhattan court on Oct. 9, but fell from a window on the 33rd floor of the Carlyle Hotel […]
LONDON—The second suspect in the UK nerve agent poisoning case has been named as military doctor Alexander Mishkin. The investigative reporting website Bellingcat named the 39-year-old Mishkin and said he worked for Russia’s GRU intelligence service. Last month, Mishkin was charged by the UK under the name Alexander Petrov as one of the suspects in […]
A journalist who reported on alleged fraud involving the misuse of European Union funds has been found murdered in northeastern Bulgaria, authorities said on Oct. 7. Viktoria Marinova, 30, was discovered in a park in Ruse, a town near the River Danube, on Saturday, Oct. 6. She had suffered blows to the head and suffocation, […]
LONDON—A man who pushed a former Eurotunnel chairman onto the tracks of London’s Underground has been convicted of attempted murder. Paul Crossley, 46, ran up behind 91-year-old Sir Robert Malpas at Marble Arch station in central London and pushed him off the platform in late April this year. Minutes earlier, Crossley had tried to kill […]
LONDON—The British government has accused Russian military intelligence of being behind four cyberattacks aimed at spreading confusion and disinformation. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said Russian military intelligence (GRU) used a network of hackers across the world to attack a wide range of targets including the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons […]
LONDON—A radio advertisement for the coffee chain Costa has been banned for suggesting that customers should buy a bacon sandwich rather than avocados. The voiceover in the ad, which was heard in late June, stated, “There’s a great deal on ripen-at-home avocados. Sure, they’ll be hard as rock for the first 18 days, three hours […]
LONDON—The UK is set to crack down on middle-class drug users as part of new measures to combat violent crime. Interior secretary Savid Javid said the government would target all drug users—including professionals—as part of a major review of drug buyers and sellers. The rise in knife crime by gangs in London and other cities […]
An air traffic controller in Indonesia has been called a hero after he helped a passenger plane avoid the recent earthquake—despite losing his own life in the process. Anthonius Gunawan Agung, 21, held off jumping from a control tower that was collapsing in Palu airport so he could ensure the plane took off. Agung died […]
LONDON—One of the men wanted for the nerve attack on a former Russian spy in the British city of Salisbury has been unmasked as a decorated Russian colonel by investigative journalists. The man named by British intelligence as Ruslan Boshirov—who has been charged with attempted murder along with Alexander Petrov—is actually Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga, 39, […]
Poland is planning to construct a new canal so that its ships no longer have to pass through Russian waters to get to the open sea. The country is pressing ahead with the plans in order to cut Russia’s influence over the country, lawmaker Jaroslaw Kaczynski said. “It is important for Poland’s status,” Kaczynski said […]
LONDON—A British woman who was imprisoned in Egypt because she took hundreds of painkillers into the country has reportedly lost an appeal against her conviction. Laura Plummer, 34, from Hull in northeast England, was sentenced to three years in prison for carrying 290 prescription Tramadol tablets in her suitcase in late 2017. She was visiting […]
LONDON—Britain’s nuclear deterrent is “not fit for purpose,” a report by the country’s Parliament has found. The report from the public accounts committee found that maintenance had been delayed at 13 sites that support nuclear submarines. Brexit could also affect the nuclear missile program, according to the report that was released on Sept. 21, because […]
Authorities in Venice, Italy, are considering banning people from being able to sit or lie on the ground in the latest attempt to restrict unruly tourists in the city. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro made the suggestion, saying that people breaking the rule could be fined between 50 and 500 euros. It joins a long list of […]
LONDON—A woman has died after being blown off a cliff in the Republic of Ireland, Irish police confirmed. The woman was in her 50s died after a caravan was swept off the cliff in the west of Ireland on Sept. 19. Irish police told PA, “At approximately 7:45 a.m., a report was received that a […]
Australian authorities have arrested a young boy after he admitted he put needles in strawberries as a “prank.” The arrest was announced by New South Wales police on Wednesday, Sept. 19, with Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith saying the boy had been arrested in the last few days. “Obviously in the last few days we […]
LONDON—Senior executives from oil giants Shell and Eni are facing corruption charges in Milan over a $1.3 billion deal for a huge African oil field. Italian prosecutors allege that $1.1 billion from the deal did not go to Nigeria, where the oil field OPL 245 is located, but to accounts belonging to former oil lawmaker […]
A man has driven his car into a crowd of people outside a bar in southern France while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” according to witnesses. The suspect is believed to be a local man, aged 32, who drove his white Peugeot car towards a crowd of about 50 people around 1 am Thursday in the town […]
LONDON—Hungary has been left isolated following a European Union vote to sanction the country after it broke EU rules on democracy, civil rights, and corruption. The vote was passed by a more than two-thirds majority on Wednesday, Sept. 12, with many of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s conservative allies deserting him. Poland, however, said it […]
A wild bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, landed on the ladder of a fire truck in Minnesota that was taking part in a commemoration of the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The incident was captured in a video on Sept. 11 by fire chief Jerry Streich that quickly went […]
Mass evacuations have been ordered in coastal areas of North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, as Hurricane Florence barrels toward the region on Tuesday, Sept. 11. States of emergency have been declared in all four regions, with an evacuation order in place for around 245,000 residents in coastal Virginia from 8 a.m. local time. […]
Miners in Australia have dug up gold worth more than $11 million in just four days—and there may be more to come. The gold rocks were discovered just 500 meters [about 1640 feet] below the surface at the Beta Hunt mine around 400 miles east of Perth. In most mines gold can only be observed […]
An Afghan man who stabbed two Americans in Amsterdam’s central station was shot just nine seconds after he started attacking people, police have said. Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, the city’s police chief, said a “spotter” was observing the 19-year-old man at the time when he pulled out a knife on Friday, Aug. 31. Nine seconds later, police […]
An academic who criticized the airline Qantas for one of its flight attendants calling her Miss instead of Doctor has ignited a heated online debate about whether the airline should be blamed. Dr. Siobhan O’Dwyer, an Australian psychology researcher based in Exeter, UK, tweeted on Friday, Aug. 31, about the way she was addressed when […]
LONDON—Over a fifth of meat sold in the UK contains DNA from animals not listed on the packaging, new data suggests. Some contain DNA from up to four different animals, while others may not even be the meat on the product’s label at all. Test results were collected by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in […]
LONDON—The French navy has said it will intervene if there are more clashes over scallops between French and British fishermen. French agriculture lawmaker Stephane Travert said on Tuesday, Sept. 4, that he had spoken to his British counterpart and that there would be talks between the two sides on Sept. 5. French fishermen surrounded British […]
A migrant has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for murdering his 15-year-old German ex-girlfriend. The person, who is known only as Abdul D owing to Germany’s privacy rules, stabbed the girl at a drug store in the small southwestern town of Kandel, Germany, in Dec. 2017. The murder shocked Germany and fueled a […]
A man who fired a gun into a crowd outside an Ice Cube concert in San Diego has been shot by police. Daniel Elizarraras, 22, from Escondido, was told that the show was sold out at around 6:40 p.m. on Sept. 2, after which he got into an argument, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s […]
A 15-year-old boy who went missing after witnessing his father’s murder over a year ago has been found in a basement in Miami. Jacob Caldwell, originally from Ohio, hadn’t been seen since Aug. 21, 2017, six days after he witnessed his father Robert Caldwell being shot. Jacob ran away from his grandparent’s home in Sugarcreek […]
LONDON—British and French fishermen have clashed in the English Channel over rights to fish for scallops, with stones thrown and boats rammed by other boats. British boats are legally allowed to fish in the area, which is around 12 nautical miles off the coast of Normandy, near the Bay of Seine. But 40 French vessels […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has been dealt a blow after his environment minister resigned unexpectedly during a live radio interview. Nicolas Hulot, a former TV presenter and environmental activist, quit on Tuesday, Aug. 28, following what he called “an accumulation of disappointments.” “I don’t want to lie to myself any more, or create the illusion […]
LONDON—A mother and a daughter have been stabbed to death near Birmingham in the West Midlands, UK. Police are hunting for the killer, who attacked the pair in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 27, on a suburban street in Solihull. The woman were aged 22 and 49 and died at scene. Police are searching […]
Spanish police have seized more than 1,100 turtles and tortoises from what they say was Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm. Two German men were arrested in connection with operating the farm on the island of Majorca, along with the Spanish owner of an exotic pet store in Barcelona, who police say was selling the animals […]
The teenager who pushed her friend off a 60-foot-tall bridge has said that her friend asked for the push. Taylor Smith, 18, pushed Jordan Holgerson, 16, off the bridge in Moulton Falls Regional Park on Aug. 7. Holgerson suffered six broken ribs, punctured lungs, and internal injuries after the fall into the East Fork of […]
A fire in the rubble of the collapsed bridge in Genoa, Italy, has disrupted rescue workers searching for survivors. Clouds of white smoke from the fire held up part of the operation on Friday, Aug. 17, as Italians prepared to bury the 38 victims of the disaster. A spark from metal-cutting equipment may have caused […]
LONDON—If Britain leaves the EU without a deal it would increase the risk of a Europe-wide pandemic, a leading medical association has said. The British Medical Association (BMA) made the claim in a report published on Thursday, Aug. 16, in which it said that a no-deal Brexit could have “catastrophic” consequences for the NHS. The […]
LONDON—The man suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack by crashing a car outside the parliament building in London has been charged with attempted murder. Salih Khater, 29, is a British citizen of Sudanese origin, a source said. A car was driven into pedestrians and cyclists on Tuesday, Aug. 14, injuring three people before ramming […]
LONDON—Thirty men and one woman have been charged with sexually exploiting five girls under the age of 18 over a seven-year period in northern England. Nineteen of the suspects were named by police along with charges of rape, trafficking, and sexual exploitation. The alleged victims were between the ages of 12 and 18 when the […]
LONDON—The UK’s unemployment rate fell to a 43-year low in the three months to June, but pay growth slowed to its weakest in nine months, official figures show. The statistics, released by the Office of National Statistics on Tuesday, Aug. 14, showed there had also been the sharpest annual drop in the number of EU […]
