Michelle Obama is thanking the American people for the past eight years. The First Lady of the United States took to social media in her last days in the White House. She posted a sweet photo with President Obama, writing, “Being your First Lady has been the honor of a lifetime. From the bottom of my heart,...
GREATER Manchester Mayoral candidate Andy Burnham has welcomed a plan to give the north a greater say in Brexit negotiations — as he visits Bolton today. The Leigh MP said he was ‘surprised but pleased’ to hear the Government’s Brexit secretary David Davies announce that he will convene a meeting of all...
HONG KONG — With Donald Trump set to take office on Jan. 20, all eyes are on whether the new U.S. president will "walk his talk" by triggering a trade war with China that could result in a no-win situation, according to trade experts. During his election campaign, Trump pledged to label China as a currency...
At least 37 people have been killed in northern Mali in a car bomb attack on a military base, officials say. The incident occurred when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a camp housing soldiers and members of rival armed groups in the city of Gao. Mali's northern desert region has been restive since it was...
Two people have been killed in southern Israel during a confrontation between police and Bedouin villagers over the demolition of illegally built homes. Police said an officer was killed in a car-ramming attack in Umm al-Hiran, in the Negev desert, and that the Israeli Arab driver of the car was shot dead. They said the driver...
Michael Moore continues to be one of Donald Trump’s harshest critics. In a new interview with Variety, the documentarian shared his thoughts about the president-elect, saying the reason he’s been able to stay as politically active as he has is because he’s taken Trump seriously “since day...
The fear of chaos erupting in the world once Donald Trump settles into the Oval Office, probably needs some historical perspective. From a historian's point of view, we're doing all right. BBC history presenter Dan Snow tweeted at the weekend: "World is absolutely not in chaos. Compared to the past it's...
A DEFECTOR from North Korea has sensationally claimed that local people are hooked on drugs as a result of living in “big criminal state” which he claims is fuelled by the drugs industry. Kim Hyeong-soo, who escaped Kim Jong-Un’s dictatorship in 2009, has claimed the hermit kingdom is depended on the...
The Russian foreign minister has said that Moscow is inviting representatives of the incoming US administration to attend upcoming Syria talks in Kazakhstan. Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference on Tuesday that Russia is encouraged by President-elect Donald Trump's focus on combating terrorism. He voiced hope that...
Theresa May’s speech confirms that Brexit means being all out of the EU rather than half-way out. However, the British government is less than half way down the road to that destination, because it has not yet started to specify how it will apply the Prime Minister’s principles. Once the government gives formal...
AT LEAST four people have been killed after “gangsters” allegedly gunned down an official government office in Mexico – a day after five people were fatally shot at a BPM music festival nearby. Rodolfo del Angel Campos, chief of police for the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, said gunfire broke out at the state...
Russian foreign minister dismisses dossier containing allegations that US president-elect had been compromised by Moscow. Russia’s foreign minister has angrily dismissed unverified claims published last week about links between Moscow and the US president-elect, Donald Trump, while expressing hope for productive...