Chicago: Frozen Arctic winds brought record-low temperatures across much of the US Midwest on Wednesday, unnerving residents accustomed to brutal winters and keeping them huddled indoors as offices closed and even mail carriers halted their rounds. Classes were cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday in many cities, including Chicago, home of the nation's third-largest school system, and police warned of the […]

A quick, intense snowstorm will bear down on the city Wednesday, turning roads into a slippery mess and ushering in teeth-chattering temperatures. A travel advisory was issued by the city Wednesday because of the dangerous squall early in the afternoon that could coat roads with up to 2 inches of snow. The approximately 20-minute storm will be “kind of like […]

Bottom half of population saw just one percent increase in their wealth last year, says report by anti-poverty charity. New Delhi, India – Up to 670 million Indians, who comprise the poorest half of the population, saw just one percent increase in their wealth while the richest one percent cornered 73 percent of the national income generated in the country […]

Emirati military official also told reporters UAE military aircraft would fly other routes to avoid interception. The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) military forces have been instructed not to escalate an ongoing diplomatic crisis with neighbouring Qatar, an Emirati military official has said. Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, Helal Saad al-Qubaisi, an air force […]

Around 1,400 refugees have been rescued from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya, Italy’s coastguard said. Two bodies were also recovered. Vessels belonging to the Italian coastguard and finance police, the European Union anti-smuggling operation, Sophia, and ships run by humanitarian groups took part in 11 rescue operations, a statement said. No details about the […]

Anger after Democrats failed to protect future of undocumented immigrants during US government shutdown negotiations. Advocates were counting on Democrats to force Republicans to guarantee a protected future for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children during negotiations surrounding the US government shutdown. But the American government was open on Tuesday morning after a three-day closure without any concrete protections for […]

Minneapolis hit with -51 degree wind chills as polar vortex grips Midwest Dangerous cold brings schools, airports and the U.S. Postal Service to halt; Ray Bogan reports from the Minneapolis Skyway System. A deadly and likely once-in-a-lifetime arctic deep freeze from the polar vortex settled in over the Midwest on Wednesday, shuttering schools and causing the U.S. Postal Service to […]

(Nike ) Thousands of people are demanding sports apparel giant Nike recall its Air Max 270 shoe, saying that the "blasphemous" logo is offensive to Muslims. A Change.org petition, which garnered more than 14,000 signatures by mid-day Wednesday, claims that the logo resembles “Allah,” the Arabic word for God, written in Arabic script. NIKE HIT WITH GENDER DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT  Petitioner Saiqa Noreen […]

It only took a few days for al-Qaida-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and villages in northern Syria from rival insurgents earlier this month, cementing their control over an area the size of neighbouring Lebanon. The advance by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or the Levant Liberation Committee, was the most serious blow yet to a September cease-fire brokered […]

Schoolgirl, 13, who hanged herself after fleeing home was ‘lively’ in lessons but ‘quiet and withdrawn’ when called in to school meeting with her mother and stepfather, inquest hears School support workers described Amber as ‘pleasant, bubbly and enthusiastic’ The school staff said Amber’s behaviour changed in the presence of her parents Amber and her parents had attended a meeting at […]