Darrell Rashawn Rhyme, 23, was arrested two minutes into the new year in Chicago for allegedly carrying a stolen gun. (Chicago Police Department) For a minute, all was well in Chicago. But that short reprieve for the crime-ridden city was soon shattered, as police made their first arrest for gun-related crime just two minutes into 2019. Darrell Rashawn Rhyme, 23, was […]

‘Domestic-related’ murder probe is launched after two MORE people are found dead in the rubble of New Year’s Day house blaze that killed one and injured two others Neighbours watched in horror after blaze broke out at detached home at 3am Shocking photographs show burnt-out house in Lincolnshire village of Kirton Two further people remain in hospital with non-life threatening […]

Sarah McNee, 40, was driving in Gouttières when her black BMW 1 Series Convertible came off the road and ploughed through a brick wall. It took emergency services an hour to cut her from the wreckage before she was flown to hospital with severe brain damage. Her distraught family have set up a JustGiving page to help them maintain a […]

KOCHI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Two women defied a centuries-old ban on entering a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala on Wednesday, sparking rowdy protests and calls for a strike by conservative Hindu groups outraged by their visit. Police fired teargas and used water cannons to disperse a large crowd of protesters in the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, television […]

Britain’s ancient gold rush! Instagram is fuelling flood of US tourists paying thousands to trudge UK fields in a bid to find Roman coins or lost artefacts Tourists from the US pay thousands of pounds to join treasure hunting tours Hundreds flock to the UK every year in an industry fuelled by Instagram Treasure hunters post finds on social media […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a “one country, two systems” political arrangement with China, while stressing all cross-strait negotiations needed to be on a government-to-government basis. Tsai spoke after Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech earlier on Wednesday that nobody can change the fact that Taiwan is part […]

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has insisted that mainland China and Taiwan be united into one nation in the clearest sign yet that he wants to settle the 70-year dispute during his tenure. "China must and will be united, which is an inevitable requirement for the historical rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era," Xi told a gathering in […]

The couple accused in the bomb plot to blow up the B.C. Legislature is free, but despite the B.C. Court of Appeal’s ruling last month in favour of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, the couple was supposed to be in court again next week for a peace bond hearing to determine whether they still pose a risk to the public. […]

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – U.S. border agents launched tear gas into Mexico early on Tuesday to deter a group of migrants that one official called “a violent mob” from crossing over from Tijuana, according to a Reuters witness and the U.S. government. Clouds of the noxious gas could be seen wafting up from around the fence at the border. One […]

BRASILIA, Brazil — Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil’s president Tuesday, taking the reins of Latin America’s largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and put an end to business-as-usual governing. For the far-right former army captain, the New Year’s Day inauguration was the culmination of a journey from a marginalized and […]