Month: January 2020

Ever since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their decision to “step back” from the royal family, speculation about what their future holds has been rife. On 8 January, the couple released a statement on Instagram revealing their plans to “carve out a progressive new role within this institution”. Shortly after, Buckingham Palace released…

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. received intelligence about a potentially imminent attack being planned against military personnel stationed in Germany, Newsweek reported, citing a memo it saw. The 66th Military Intelligence Brigade received third party information stating that a possible attack could occur against soldiers at either Tower Barracks in Grafenwohr or Tower Barracks, Dulmen; the…

Yemen’s president condemned on Sunday an attack by Houthi rebels on a government military camp, as authorities said fatalities had risen to at least 79 troops. Ballistic missiles smashed into a mosque in the training camp in the central province of Marib late Saturday, wounding 81 others during evening prayers, according to Abdu Abdullah Magli,…

ADEN (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Sunday that a missile attack on a government military camp in central Yemen which killed dozens of people could derail a fragile political process that aims to calm the almost five-year-old war. The attack on Saturday evening hit a mosque in the al-Estiqbal military training camp in…

Dubai (AFP) – More than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in central Yemen, officials said Sunday. Saturday’s strike follows months of relative calm in the war between the Iran-backed Huthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which is supported by a Saudi-led military coalition.…

Voyagerix / Shutterstock Americans who drink heavily are now consuming more alcoholic drinks during each binge, according to a new study. Researchers found that binge-drinkers consumed 12% more alcohol per episode in 2017 than in 2011 — from an average of 479 drinks a year per person to 529.  Heavy drinking, defined as 5 or more…

By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Five people, including one child, were killed in the Russian city of Perm on Monday when a hot water pipe exploded in the night and flooded a basement hotel room with boiling water. At least three other people were taken to hospital with burns after the incident in the…

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-year-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only nine days, riding buses and paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints. Father and son walked about 10 minutes in Arizona’s stifling June heat before surrendering to…

Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump’s defenders and supporters skirmished over the airwaves on Sunday a day after the US president’s legal team dismissed his impeachment trial as unconstitutional and dangerous. Coming two days before Trump’s trial opens in the Senate, the clashing arguments offered an early taste of the historic drama to play out in…

Andrew Harnik/AP In a Fox News interview Sunday morning, Ted Cruz said Democrats were “terrified” of hearing testimony from Hunter Biden. Whether witnesses appear in the Senate trial has been a point of tension among Democrats and Republicans following last month’s House vote to impeach President Trump, though some Republicans have said they want witnesses…