DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) – Hundreds more people of many nationalities streamed out of Islamic State’s last enclave in Syria under escort from U.S.-backed forces on Wednesday, part of an exodus of both its supporters and victims from its final shred of land. Part of Baghouz, a tiny cluster of hamlets and farmland on the banks of the Euphrates […]

New Brunswickers, First Nation’s representatives and aquatic scientists met Wednesday to discuss the possibility of the Sisson Mine dumping toxic waste into the Nashwaak River. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick want to keep fish-bearing brooks off the list for the proposed Sisson Mine’s waste dam, after a draft permit was released by the federal government.   “The major concern […]

Trump the racist: Michael Cohen tells how his boss demeaned black people, said the countries they run are all ‘s***holes’ and called them ‘too stupid to vote for him’ Michael Cohen charged President Trump with being a ‘racist’ and claimed Trump told him ‘black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid’  Cohen made his startling claim […]

The Labour boss today wrote to all MPs – including Tories – to try and get them to get behind his soft Brexit blueprint. Tonight the House of Commons will vote on his amendment and several others, where there's a chance MPs could swing behind it. If that happens he can argue he's managed to avoid a "damaging Tory Brexit" […]

Ed Rowe, left, Rebecca Wilson, Robin Hager and Jill Zundel, react to the defeat of a proposal that would allow LGBT clergy and same-sex marriage within the United Methodist Church at the denomination’s 2019 Special Session of the General Conference in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings) The second-largest Protestant denomination in the country is facing the prospect of mass defections […]

Pensioner, 69, who travelled abroad up to three times a year went on holiday to British 17th century hotel instead and died after falling ill from Legionnaires’ disease Elaine Esther Brown fell ill after returning from the Feathers Hotel in Ludlow  Coroner said she died from a stroke that was linked to Legionnaires’ disease  Ex-director admits he had no experience […]

Vandals spray stunned mother-of-two’s front door and Range Rover with disgusting slogans and pictures while she slept Hayley Brook, 37, woke up on Monday to a warning text from a neighbour not to let her children, ten and four, see her vandalised white Ranger Rover Abusive words and a drawing of a penis were sprayed on the car in pink […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a “very good dialogue” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, and the White House said the two would hold a “joint agreement signing ceremony” at the end of their summit in Vietnam on Thursday. “Great meeting and dinner with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam tonight,” Trump […]

MANAGUA (Reuters) – The Nicaraguan government on Wednesday released dozens of people the opposition considers political prisoners, a human rights group said, hours before government and opposition leaders were due to restart talks. Pablo Cuevas, an attorney for the Permanent Commission of Human Rights, a non-governmental organization, said the detainees began leaving penitentiaries in the morning. Television images showed mini-buses […]

From Beethoven to Mozart and Franz Schubert, the youngsters are only allowed to chat quietly as they listen to the music. Teachers at Lee Chapel Primary, in Basildon, Essex, think the new scheme will help children appreciate more genres of music in later life and boost learning. But parents have hit back. claiming the students have been punished if they […]