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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ‘have adopted baby boy from Cambodia’
The couple already have six children together, three of whom are adopted, but it seems they're already looking for a bigger family Tinseltown's first family could be expanding their brood with their seventh child, reports suggest. Angelina and Brad are said to have adopted a Cambodian baby boy from the slums of Siem...
Protecting Europe from ballistic missiles
America's latest addition to its Ballistic Missile Defence System looks out of place surrounded by mile after mile of flat Romanian farmland. The building at Devesulu, which houses radar and 12 interceptor missile tubes, appears remarkably similar to the "sensors and shooters" that have already been placed on US...
EU Med anti-smuggling mission ‘failing’
The EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is failing to achieve its aims, a British parliamentary committee says. In a report, the House of Lords EU Committee says Operation Sophia does not "in any meaningful way" disrupt smugglers' boats. The destruction of wooden boats has...
How Donald Trump captures the White House
In the week since Donald Trump effectively secured the Republican presidential nomination, a great deal of ink and airtime have been devoted to explaining why he will have a difficult time winning the presidency in the autumn. The Republican Party is too badly divided. His rhetoric is too incendiary. Republican voters may be...
Is this the world’s greatest city?
Many people think the British capital’s heyday was in the past. But not only is it more exciting now than it’s ever been, it’s the most exciting city in the world, writes Dylan Jones. The publishing world has become overrun by books celebrating particular points in time. A few years ago, Bill Bryson wrote an...
‘Life begins at 76’ Healthier lives mean Britons don’t feel old until their 70s
LONGER and healthier lives mean Britons do not feel old until they are 76, according to a new survey. Better diets, more exercise and simply refusing to let themselves go means a fitter, older generation with the average person in their 50s likely to feel at last four years younger than their age and a quarter feeling a decade...
Hezbollah commander Mustafa Amine Badreddine killed
A senior Hezbollah commander has been killed in Syria, the Lebanon-based Shia militant organisation says. Mustafa Amine Badreddine died in a large explosion near Damascus airport, Hezbollah said in a statement on the website of its al-Manar network. It rolled back on an earlier claim that Israel was responsible. Badreddine is...
US naval commander demoted after Iran’s capture of sailors
The US Navy has demoted the commander of 10 US sailors who in January entered Iranian territorial waters and were briefly detained. In a statement, the US Navy said it had lost confidence in Eric Rasch, who was in charge of a riverine squadron at the time of the incident in the Gulf. A Navy official said Cmdr Rasch had been...
Brazil impeachment: New leader Temer calls for trust
Brazil's new interim President Michel Temer has addressed the nation after the Senate voted to back the impeachment trial of Dilma Rousseff. "Trust in the values of our people and in our ability to rebuild the economy," Mr Temer said. He has named a business-friendly cabinet that includes respected former central...
Just in! Trump receives really good news from newly formed Super PAC
Since Trump became the presumptive nominee, there has been several PACs that have jumped on the Trump Train. ABC NEWS reported: A brand new pro-Trump super PAC launched today, touting its ability to take on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton through a major donor operation focused on funding voter registration...
Exclusive: U.S. Plans New Wave Of Immigrant Deportation Raids
U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters. The operation would likely be the largest deportation sweep targeting...
Doping Program Fueled Russian Medals At Sochi Olympics: Report
Dozens of Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including at least 15 medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The report comes months after revelations by an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission last November of widespread...