CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on Wednesday, winning the backing of Washington and many Latin American nations and prompting socialist Nicolas Maduro, who has led the oil-rich nation since 2013, to break relations with the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump formally recognized Guaido shortly after his announcement and praised his plan to […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – China has detained a Chinese-Australian writer who had flown in from New York last week, the Australian government said, adding it was trying to find out why he was being held. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Chinese authorities on Wednesday had informed the Australian embassy in Beijing that they had detained Yang Hengjun. “The […]

It’s hard for presidential candidates not to lapse eventually into self-parody. Beto O’Rourke is breaking the mold by actively seeking it out. The unsuccessful and now ­unemployed 2018 Texas senatorial candidate has embarked on a rambling tour of the West that he is cataloging with beatnik-like journal entries on his encounters and feelings. If Beto runs, he’ll be the first […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors have stepped up efforts to pressure witnesses to testify against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, WikiLeaks said on Wednesday, in connection with what it said were secret criminal charges filed by the Trump administration. WikiLeaks did not mention any names in its public statement. But Assange’s lawyers identified some of those contacted in a document […]

The fiancé of a Colorado mother missing since Thanksgiving “was always mad about something” and “borderline emotionally abusive,” the woman’s close friend said. Ashley Cogburn told “CBS This Morning” Tuesday that she saw red flags in the relationship of Kelsey Berreth, her friend since elementary school, and Berreth’s fiancé, Patrick Frazee. “The moment I found out that she had been […]

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Swaggering in cuffs, the shameless speedboat killer smirks to our camera after finally surrendering – and blames his victim for her OWN death, accusing her grieving father of ‘vendetta’ against him In a sick twist to the saga Jack Shepherd blamed his own victim for her death He accused Charlotte Brown’s father of orchestrating a ‘vendetta’ against him […]

Golden Retriever saves its owner by leading an ambulance to him after he collapsed in a small alleyway Video shows the loyal dog waiting for rescuers in the middle of a road in China  The retriever would run away, then return to prompt rescuers to follow it It finally led the ambulance to a crowd surrounding its unconscious owner  A […]

The ex-minister who quit the Cabinet over Theresa May's deal is making a series of videos to promote a World Trade Organisation exit. And she is joining the #StandUp4Brexit campaign of Tory MPs who've vowed to fight for a hard Brexit. Ms McVey tonight releases her first video in a series called "Get 2 Know WTO" – designed to see […]

When it rains, it pours. Nova Scotia is set to receive between 20 and 40 mm of rain by Friday as a warm front begins to make its way across the Maritimes Wednesday evening. The front will bring strong southwesterly winds while snow will begin falling across the region on Wednesday evening before turning to rain by Thursday morning. The […]

It's said apps that alter our appearances are now blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Here's what you need to know about selfie dysmorphia. What is selfie dysmorphia? It's reported that US medical journal JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery claimed filtered images are “blurring the line of reality and fantasy” and could be triggering body dysmorphic disorder, becoming fixated on imagined […]