NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Global social media and technology giants are gearing up to fight sweeping new rules proposed by the Indian government that would require them to actively regulate content in one of the world’s biggest Internet markets, sources close to the matter told Reuters. The rules, proposed by the Information Technology ministry on Christmas Eve, would compel platforms […]

Lord Ashdown’s wife is joined by John Major and fellow mourners at funeral of former Lib Dem leader following his death from cancer aged 77 last month Paddy Ashdown was a Royal Marine who later served as leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999  The 77-year-old revealed last month he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer and died […]

Mother’s tears for 14-year-old murdered ‘in cold blood’ after he was rammed off his bike and stabbed seven times as his family call for justice and say he was not involved in gangs Jayden Moodie was killed on Tuesday after he was rammed off his moped  His family has said he had a keen interest in bikes and and loved […]

Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro wrote more than 3,500 words in 2017 defending Congressman Steve King after the media accused him of racism, saying the “left” was purposely twisting King’s words against multiculturalism in an attack on Republicans. Now, after King openly questioned why terms such as “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” are seen as offensive in the U.S., Shapiro has […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will appoint the ruling pro-independence party’s former chairman as premier, official media reported on Friday, after incumbent William Lai resigned along with the entire Cabinet in response to local election defeats. The election losses in November presented a major challenge to President Tsai Ing-wen, who came under mounting criticism at home over her reform agenda while […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Treasury Board President Scott Brison, a senior member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, said on Thursday he would quit, a move that will deprive the ruling Liberals of a political veteran as they gird for a tightly contested federal election this October. Brison, Canada’s first openly gay cabinet minister, announced his decision on Twitter, saying […]

Clayton Townsend, a Salt River police officer, has been fatally hit during a traffic stop on Tuesday. (Fox 10 Phoenix) An Arizona police officer has been fatally struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on Tuesday night, officials said. The Salt River police officer has been identified as Clayton Townsend, according to Fox 10 Phoenix. Salt River is […]

REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) – The charred remains of 21 people killed in a suspected gang battle have been found in a Mexican border town, just over the river from where U.S. President Donald Trump was seeking to win support on Thursday for his plan to build a border wall. Officials in the notoriously violent border state of Tamaulipas said they […]

The senior bureaucrat who reviewed building regulation for the New South Wales government has condemned the lack of action on his 2015 report, warning the defects in the Opal Tower at Sydney’s Olympic Park “are likely just the tip of the iceberg”. Michael Lambert, the former secretary of NSW Treasury, was commissioned by the government to look into the failings […]

With her recent health problems causing her to miss the first day of arguments, the White House is reportedly getting prepared to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. According to Politico, government leaders are reaching out to “key stakeholders” and making sure that everyone is ready for a confirmation battle, if necessary. The 85-year-old justice recently had cancerous lesions […]