DAMASCUS (Reuters) – In the National Museum of Damascus, archaeologist Muntajab Youssef works on an ancient stone bust from Palmyra, one of hundreds of artifacts his team is painstakingly restoring after they were damaged by Islamic State. Centuries-old statues and sculptures were wrecked by the jihadists when they twice seized control of the old city in central Syria during the […]

Europol said the Spanish Civil Guard had made the arrests after looking into alleged rigging by an Armenian criminal gang. Authorities claim the group bribed athletes for betting purposes. Police raids on 11 properties turned up €167,000 (£151,000) in cash along with a shotgun, more than 50 electronic devices, five luxury cars, credit cards and documents. More than 40 bank […]

Broadcasters head back to Parliament today after BBC and Sky News both stayed away yesterday following ‘Nazi’ abuse of Tory MP Anna Soubry by far-Right ‘yellow jacket’ protesters Sky News and BBC stopped broadcasting top shows from College Green  Mob heckled Tory Anna Soubry live on air as she was asked about Brexit They hurled abusive chants at her calling […]

Fast-food fans are going to have to slow down to read all the warning labels on the menu if legislation introduced Wednesday in the City Council becomes law. A bill authored by Councilmember Mark Levin would require chain restaurants to post warning notices next to each food item that contains more than 12 grams of added sugar. That’s in addition […]

Toronto’s medical officer of health has issued an extreme cold weather alert as the temperature is expected to reach -18 C with the windchill on Thursday. The advisory is issued when the temperature is forecast to reach -15 C or colder, or with a wind chill of -20 C or colder. The conditions are expected to remain frigid Thursday evening with a […]

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday said he considers French President Emmanuel Macron the leader of Europe’s “pro-immigration forces”, and therefore he had a duty to oppose him. “There is no denying that Emmanuel Macron is an important figure, moreover, the leader of the pro-immigration forces,” Orban told a press conference. “It is nothing personal, but […]

WAKEFIELD, England (Reuters) – British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Thursday that a national election took priority over a new referendum on Brexit. Corbyn said Labour would vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal next week and that if parliament voted it down then there should be a national election. “If a general election cannot be […]

BEIJING/TORONTO (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to Ottawa has accused Canada of “double standards” and disregarding his country’s judicial sovereignty, in a diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of the United States. Beijing denounced Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] on Dec. 1 on a […]

John Bercow accuses Andrea Leadsom of ABUSING him in extraordinary spat a day after the ‘biased’ Speaker was slammed for helping Remainers’ revolt over Brexit Theresa May pushing on with Brexit deal debate despite defeat looking certain  Speaker John Bercow threw Commons into chaos by tearing up procedure rules He was involved in another brutal spat with Andrea Leadsom in […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will accept a demand by parliament to set out its plan B within days if Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal is rejected next week, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons said on Thursday. On Wednesday, parliament voted for an amendment calling on the government to set out its plan B within […]