April 16, 2019
Notre Dame Cathedral’s famed rose windows, organ spared: Church official
As towering flames shot through the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, some witnesses thought the Gothic structure that has stood for 850 years was doomed. But after firefighters battled for nine hours to put out the blaze, officials said Tuesday that…
April 11, 2019
Assange to fight US extradition, lawyer says
Julian Assange's lawyer says the WikiLeaks founder will fight his extradition to the United States. Attorney Jennifer Robinson sounded defiant as she spoke to reporters after Assange was arrested in London on Thursday morning. She said the arrest…
April 5, 2019
Boeing apology too late, says pilot’s father
Boeing's apology for the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month is "too little, too late", the pilot's father has told the BBC. Dr Getachew Tessema was speaking a day after the US manufacturer admitted for the first time that the plane's anti-stall…
April 2, 2019
Trump considering naming an ‘immigration czar’
President Donald Trump is considering bringing on a "border" or "immigration czar" to coordinate immigration policy across various federal agencies, according to four people familiar with the discussions. Trump is weighing at least two potential…
March 19, 2019
UK PM Theresa May to formally ask for delay
Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to formally ask for Brexit to be postponed. One ministerial source told the BBC the longer delay could be up to two years, amid reports of a cabinet row, but No 10 said no decision had been made. EU…
March 13, 2019
Ex-Trump chief gets 43 more months in jail
Donald Trump's ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort has been jailed for 43 more months on charges stemming from the Russia investigation. It comes a week after the 69-year-old was given a 47-month prison sentence for fraud in a separate case. The latest…
March 13, 2019
Swiss and French climbers died in avalanche
Two of three climbers who died in an avalanche on Ben Nevis on Tuesday are understood to have been from France and the other from Switzerland. Swiss authorities have confirmed the death of one Swiss national and that another was injured. The…
March 13, 2019
Fatal attack in São Paulo
At least five students have been killed in a shooting at a school in São Paulo state in Brazil, police say. One adult was also killed in the attack at the Professor Raul Brasil state school in Suzano. Two "armed and hooded adolescents" had carried…
February 28, 2019
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Trump leaves Hanoi with no deal
Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN)President Donald Trump's Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, meant to demonstrate his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is working, instead ended with no joint agreement after Kim insisted all US sanctions be lifted on his country.…
February 28, 2019
Michael Cohen’s shocking picture of Trump’s mob-like world
(CNN)Michael Cohen's quest for redemption drew Americans into the mob-like world of Donald Trump. The President's former personal lawyer has painted a cruel and unseemly picture, shocking even with the nation's senses dulled by years of…