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Three cows swept off an island in North Carolina during Hurricane Dorian have been found alive on a neighbouring island after swimming several miles to safety.  Dorian pounded the US state with fierce winds and destructive tornadoes when it made landfall on the Outer Banks island chain in September. The hurricane generated a “mini tsunami”…

Tensions between Gaza’s two largest Palestinian militant groups have spilled into the open as Islamic Jihad supporters angrily accused Hamas of not coming to their aid in this week’s fighting with Israel.  Islamic Jihad, a smaller militant group backed by Iran, fired more than 400 rockets into Israel this week in retaliation for Israel’s assassination…

Former Ukrainian ambassador outlines campaign to remove her in public testimony Inside Room 1100: How day one of the historic Trump impeachment hearing played out    Who are the five key people in the impeachment hearings? Will Donald Trump be impeached? Latest news from the inquiry, explained  Diplomat claims president cared more about ‘investigating Bidens’ than…

A protester yells “Fire in the hole!”, a projectile shatters a pane of glass, and a cheer goes up from the gathered students.   Hong Kong Polytechnic University is one of the city’s leading engineering schools, and the students here are clearly pleased with the success of their improvised catapult.  But there is nothing academic…

Donald Trump will meet The Queen for the second time this year when he visits the UK at the beginning of December.  The US President and the First Lady Melania Trump will travel to Britain for a three-day visit from Dec 2 to Dec 4 and will meet Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace which will…

The death of an Aboriginal teenager who was killed by police on Saturday has sparked nationwide protests in Australia. On Wednesday night, Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe was charged with murder for shooting dead 19-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu, 266km northwest of Alice Springs. A community spokesperson told The Telegraph that family…

Mayors from 12 councils in fire-stricken regions issued a statement urging the government to take climate change seriously and to increase funding to frontline services. It comes one day after 23 former chiefs and deputy chiefs of fire services renewed their call for the Federal Government to take action to tackle climate change.  The statement, issued…

France has for the first time inflicted a €192,000 (£164,000) fine on a Gallic brokerage company for sending 20 containers of illegal plastic waste to Malaysia, which recently pledged to send back any unauthorised consignments to countries of origin, including Britain. In an historic first, the French state slapped the fine on the company based…

Protesters in Hong Kong have added to their arsenal javelins and bows and arrows, in addition to bricks and petrol bombs as they clash with police armed with tear gas, water cannon, and live bullets, in violent standoffs now spilling into university campuses. Some of the sharpest clashes have taken place at the Chinese University…

Protesters in Hong Kong have added to their arsenal javelins and bows and arrows, in addition to bricks and petrol bombs as they clash with police armed with tear gas, water cannon, and live bullets, in violent standoffs now spilling into university campuses. Some of the sharpest clashes have taken place at the Chinese University…