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Trump mocks Clinton for barking like a dog (Video)
Speaking at a rally in South Carolina on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump mocked Hillary Clinton for imitating a barking dog. Clinton suggested a dog trained to bark when he heard a lie should follow Republican candidates. Donald Trump mocked Hillary Clinton on Tuesday for barking like a dog and...
British prostitutes warn that criminalising clients would reduce safety
Exclusive: More than nine out of 10 say they are against criminalising the buying of sex Britain’s prostitutes fear any attempt to criminalise their clients would have “disastrous consequences” for their safety and could put lives in danger. More than nine out of 10 say they are against criminalising the...
World ‘gave Russia green light to kill’
Under Russian air cover, regime troops are not only advancing in northern Syria, they have been making gains in the south too. After weeks of raging battles, late last month, rebel fighters were forced to withdraw from Al Sheikh Maskin, a small but strategic town in the Daraa province. Regime troops now control the crucial...
Found: India’s ancient secret stepwells
Victoria Lautman's travels sound like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie. Armed with a humble little point-and-shoot camera ("Well, I'm sliding in horrible pits, I need to be able to hold it in my teeth") the Chicago-based adventure-journalist travels across India hunting for ancient, unexplored...
Galkin Sr. showed his children
51-year-old businessman Dmitry Galkin, the brother of Maxim Galkin, is a rare visitor in the Moscow social events. Most of the time he spends with his family in Israel, in the exclusive region Herzliya Pituach, where he has a...
Turkey seeks allies’ support for ground operation as Syria war nears border
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and some European allies want ground troops deployed in Syria as a Russian-backed government advance nears NATO's southeastern border, Turkey's foreign minister said, but Washington has so far ruled out a major offensive. Syrian government forces made fresh advances on Tuesday, as did Kurdish...
Donald Trump will not be president, says Barack Obama
Republican Donald Trump will not be president because it's a "serious job", President Barack Obama has said. "I continue to believe that Mr Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people," said Mr Obama. Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman, is the...
China ‘has deployed missiles in South China Sea’ — reports
China appears to have deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, say reports. Satellite images taken on 14 February and published by Fox News appear to show two batteries of eight missile launchers and a radar system on Woody or Yonxing Island in the Paracels Taiwan, which also claims the...
UK: Fury as ‘travellers’ block busy road and leave motorists in freezing cold for FIVE hours
PROTESTERS demonstrating against the road death of a 13-year-old boy have left motorists stranded in near-freezing conditions for almost five hours after blocking a main road. Demonstrators blocked the A127 near Basildon, Essex, by parking cars across two lanes of the busy major route into London. The group staged the protest...
Oprah Winfrey Continues Real Estate Shopping Spree
Oprah Winfrey has splashed out almost $30 million on the latest addition to her vast property empire. The billionaire media maven has reportedly snapped up a 23-acre ranch called Seamair Farm in Montecito (see photos), close to another $85 million estate she owns in the area. This was the first time in three decades that the...
Japanese actor killed by prop samurai sword
A Japanese play rehearsal took a tragic turn Monday, when an actor was stabbed in the stomach with a samurai sword. 33-year old Daigo Kashino was rushed to hospital where he later died. The actor was in a rehearsal session at a studio in Koto, Tokyo, when he was pierced in the abdomen "with a sword-like object" during...
Cristiano Ronaldo walks out of Real Madrid news conference
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo walked out of a news conference on Tuesday after being questioned about his record in away matches this season. Ronaldo, 31, has scored 32 goals this season but has not netted away from the Bernabeu since 29 November. "Who else has scored more goals away from home than me since I...