Nikki Haley, ex-UN ambassador, claims president’s advisers asked her to undermine Donald Trump
Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s former UN ambassador, alleges in her upcoming memoir that two administration officials who were ultimately pushed out by Mr Trump once tried to get her to join them in opposing some of his policies. In "With All Due Respect," Ms Haley said then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and then-White House chief…
‘I click with him’: Court sees CCTV of Grace Millane’s last moments on date with her accused killer
Murdered British backpacker Grace Millane texted a friend that she "clicked" with the man accused of her murder while on a date with him the night she died, a New Zealand court heard yesterday. Ms Millane, 21, and the accused 27-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons, were seen on CCTV footage "plainly comfortable… plainly enjoying…
China imposes curfew on under-18s playing online video games
China is imposing a curfew for minors to curb online gaming addictions, in an attempt to “protect the physical and mental health of minors.” Anyone under 18 is now banned from playing games online between the hours of 10pm and 8am, and are restricted to 90 minutes a day, or up to three hours on weekends…
Isil blamed after 17 killed in overnight shootout at Tajikistan border outpost
Tajikistan blamed Islamic State for an attack on Wednesday on a military checkpoint that killed 17 people near its capital, Dushanbe. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has not commented, but in May the Tajik authorities accused the extremist group of inciting deadly violence in a prison. Last year, Isil claimed responsibility for…
‘Brain death’ of Nato has placed Europe ‘on a precipice’, warns France’s Emmanuel Macron
Nato is experiencing "brain death" and America’s lack of willing to defend its members has placed Europe "on the edge of a precipice," Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation “only works if the guarantor of last resort functions as such," said Mr Macron. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey "I’d argue that we should reassess…
Deep space wine: Bordeaux blasts off into orbit
The International Space Station will be the first wine cellar in space after a dozen bottles of soon to be space-aged Bordeaux were launched into orbit. The 12 bottles of Grand Cru, packed in protective metal containers, docked at the International Space Station after being rocketed into space by NASA. The wine will be aged…
Child seats in Italy to be fitted with alarms after spate of deaths of children trapped in hot cars
Parents of babies and toddlers will be required to use special alarmed child seats under a new law in Italy, in response to a spate of children dying in cars from extreme heat. Parents who fail to buy the alarmed car seats, or buy alarm attachments, face fines of up to €326 and five points being docked…
Injured US army veteran regains ‘near-normal’ functions after world-first penis and scrotum transplant
An American soldier injured in an IED attack has regained near-normal functions more than a year after receiving the world’s first penis and scrotum transplant. The army veteran, who uses the pseudonym Ray, said he was "feeling whole". He was operated on in March 2018 at the pioneering John Hopkins School of Medicine. He had been…
Jordan attack: Four tourists among eight stabbed in Jerash
Tourists were among the eight people wounded in a knife attack at the famed archeological site of Jerash in northern Jordan. Four tourists – three Mexicans and a Swiss woman – were stabbed on Wednesday, along with a Jordanian tour guide and a security officer who tried to stop the assailant, public security directorate spokesman Amer Sartawi…
Warning signs for Donald Trump as suburban voters abandon Republicans in statewide elections
Donald Trump has been handed a warning ahead of his 2020 re-election bid after a string of statewide elections suggested Republican voters in the suburbs are abandoning the party. In Kentucky, a state Mr Trump won by almost 30 percentage points in the 2016 election, the Democratic candidate for governor appeared to have won a…