developing storydeveloping story, Beijing will impose a maritime and air ban on five areas around Taiwan for 10 hours from 00:00 GMT on Tuesday. China has deployed air, naval and rocket troops in the waters around Taiwan for the drills. China’s military claims these drills aim to test combat readiness and issue a “strong warning”…
A powerful winter storm has disrupted one of the busiest travel weekends of the year in New York City and the northeastern US. Forecasters were predicting 11 inches of snowfall by 1 p.m. Saturday, with the heaviest snowfall expected in northern parts of the New York City and New Jersey metro areas. By Saturday morning,…
Thousands of displaced Palestinians, surrounded by tents and debris in Gaza, are suffering from more winter rains after two years of Israeli bombardment destroyed much of the strip. A polar low-pressure system moved across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It is the third polar low to hit the Palestinian…
grandfather, who passed away. The family of a “devoted” grandfather, who passed away following an attack outside a village pub, has released a tribute. Six days after being punched outside David Darke, 66, of the Crown public house in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, suffered head injuries and died in hospital yesterday. A 36-year-old man who was…
EPA Myanmar’s army is conducting phased elections next month Myanmar is voting in an election that has been widely dismissed as a sham, with major political parties disbanded, many of their leaders jailed and more than half the population expected to vote because of the country’s ongoing civil war. The military government is holding…
Hulton Archive/Getty Images Ruthlessly marketed as a sex symbol, Brigitte Bardot revolutionised French cinema. It left a lasting mark on the memory of an icon who, during her prime, revolutionised the bikini, female desire, and French cinema. Brigitte Bardot, who passed away at the age of 91, transformed the staid portrayal of women in 1950s…
Lisa Stocker, 39; her partner, John Collier, 39; and partner, Phineas Flot, 31, feared they could be hanged under Indonesia’s strict anti-drug laws but are now due to be released within days. Phineas Floate, Jonathan Collier and Lisa Stocker were arrested in Bali earlier this year in connection with a £300,000 cocaine plot. (Image: AP)…
