ENGLAND’S children’s commissioner has urged French officials to fast track the asylum claims of children left alone in the Calais jungle so they can move to the UK. Anne Longfield is calling on French Government to speed up the applications of 150 children so that they can be reunited with family members in...
Steve Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Friday night, but apparently he didn't enjoy the experience. Speaking in the press room after his induction, Miller, 72, insisted, "The whole process needs to be changed…It doesn't need to be this hard. There's nothing fancy going on out there...
Lasers. Electromagnetism. Robotics. Those descriptive words conjure images of “Star Trek” vernacular from science-fiction television. We almost can hear Capt. James Kirk barking out orders from the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Instead of associating those commands with the fictitious Captain Kirk in a...
A SICK paedophile who raped an 11-year-old girl twice before taping her eyes shut and abandoning her has been jailed. Sex monster Paul Ripley, 53, – dubbed “parents worst nightmare” – abducted his young victim last November as she walked home alone at around 7pm. Ripley will face between ten and 16 years...
Sharks are probably not the first things that come to mind when you think of romance, but it was hundreds of hammerheads that brought this unlikely couple together. Thinking about sharks doesn’t often conjure up images of romance, but it was this apex predator that brought me and my now-husband, Joerg, together. Tell us...
North Korea says it has successfully tested an engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile. The new type of engine would "guarantee" the ability to launch a nuclear strike on the US mainland, the KCNA news agency said. The test was conducted at the country's long-range missile launch site near its...
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say. Officials have told US media that an airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), a spokesman said. Two bodies...
Ted Cruz risks primary disqualification in New Jersey resulting from charges of ballot access fraud. A primary ballot disqualification hearing is scheduled by the Secretary of State for Monday, April 11 at 9:00 a.m. in Mercerville, New Jersey. Washington D.C. Law Professor Victor Williams charges that Ted Cruz...
Islamic State extremists are losing ground in Iraq, their leaders and fighters are being eliminated and the group's rank-and-file members are losing hope, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday. Kerry made a quick visit to Baghdad Friday for talks with Iraqi leaders. He promised the U.S.-led coalition fighting...
Changes within the Trump campaign are poised to dominate the delegate hunt in New York. cnn.com reports: There are 95 delegates at stake in the state's April 19 primary, where Trump has a wide lead. He picked up support from 52% of GOP primary voters in New York in a recent Monmouth University poll — well ahead of...
Mohamed Abrini, the terror suspect believed to be the "man in the hat," an accomplice of the suicide attackers at Belgium's Zaventem Airport bombing last month and the Paris massacre in November, was finally arrested in a terror sweep Friday after spending months on the run, a French police official told The...
Showman Ivan Urgant has launched an unusual section in his show — "Conversation without pants." The guest of the premiere issue of this new part of a show was a singer and composer Dmitry Malikov. Men were talking in white shirts, underwear and shoes. Interestingly, underwear of Ivan and Dmitry...