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Catalonia’s president Quim Torra stood trial on Monday on a charge of disobedience for refusing an order to pull down yellow ribbons attached to Catalan government buildings in solidarity with jailed politicians. If found guilty, Mr Torra could be barred from public office for up to two years, which would almost certainly trigger fresh elections in Catalonia…

A US diplomat has told Congress he overheard Donald Trump on a phone call asking about getting the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Mr Trump was speaking so loudly that the person he was talking to had to hold the phone away from their ear, allowing those nearby to hear what was being…

Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to escape a besieged university on Monday while hundreds more pro-democracy activists stayed inside armed with petrol bombs and other weapons awaiting an expected operation to oust them. The bloody standoff between security forces and activists at Polytechnic University entered its second day after…

Pakistan’s worst locust plague in decades has devastated parts of the south west as swarms have ravaged wheat, cotton and vegetable crops, farmers’ leaders said. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The country is battling its worst infestation of the marauding insects since the 1990s and a swarm earlier this month descended on the port metropolis…

France has launched a crackdown on sexual abuse and harassment in its film industry as the county’s notoriously close-knit cultural establishment reels from accusations it has failed to stamp out a culture of predatory male behaviour in its midst. In recent days, the French film world has been rocked by two bombshells regarding alleged sexual…

Donald Trump has mocked the “blank look” on the faces of two US diplomats who testified in the first public impeachment hearings of his presidency as he shared a string of personal attacks on the witnesses. With the fallout from Wednesday’s hearing dominating cable news headlines on Thursday morning, Mr Trump posted a string of…

President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for medical tests, which Mr Trump says were "great". The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old president was "anticipating a very busy 2020" and wanted to take advantage…

A US diplomat has told Congress he overheard Donald Trump on a phone call asking about getting the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. Mr Trump was speaking so loudly that the person he was talking to had to hold the phone away from their ear, allowing those nearby to hear what was being…

The owner of a struggling safari park in Crimea is giving more than thirty bears to save them from euthanasia.  Oleg Zubkov, the owner of the Taigan Lion Park near Simferopol, said he is seeking new homes for the animals because he can no longer afford to feed them. It comes after inspectors ordered the…

Click:MPO/MTP Cable Donald Trump suffered his third electoral setback in a matter of weeks after Democrat John Bel Edwards was re-elected as governor of Louisiana. Mr Edwards secured his place as the lone Democrat governor in the Deep South despite intense campaigning from the US president, who visited the state on several occasions. The Republican defeat…