Cape Canaveral, Florida – The spacecraft team that brought us close-ups of Pluto will ring in the new year by exploring an even more distant and mysterious world. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will zip past the scrawny, icy object nicknamed Ultima Thule soon after the stroke of midnight. A combination of images of Pluto’s surface captured by the New Horizons […]

It recognises the best colour photography across twenty categories with striking images capturing awe-inspiring cityscapes to colourful and creative culture.  The international competition was open to both professionals and amateurs and is now in its second year. This year’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners along with the selected Honorable Mention have been handpicked by book editors from both the […]

SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, says she will support Labour effort to pass no-confidence motion on Theresa May’s rule. The leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon said she will support the opposition Labour party if it lodges a no-confidence motion on British Prime Minister Theresa May’s rule. May cancelled a parliamentary vote on Monday approving her preferred arrangement for leaving the […]

Bizarre footage – filmed by an angry father in Ely, Cambridgeshire – shows him confronting another man demanding to know why he has parked in a space reserved for families. The clip starts with the driver asking why he has parked in "kids' spaces" – adding that he shouldn't have done so. The other driver shrugs and says "so what?". […]

A southern Alberta man is facing charges after an RCMP vehicle was rammed in Magrath, Alta., late Thursday afternoon. RCMP were first called around 5:15 p.m. after a stolen truck rammed a vehicle. When Mounties arrived they say the suspect’s vehicle then rammed an RCMP vehicle before fleeing the scene. RCMP say that vehicle was located a short time later, […]

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winners urge the international community to do more to end the use of rape as a war weapon. The world must stop turning a blind eye to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege urged, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize along with a Yazidi human rights activist on […]

All through this year and especially after the midterm election in November, a big question hung over the Trump administration: When special counsel Robert Mueller releases the findings of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, how politically damaging might they be? 1. Mueller’s report in spotlight All through this year and especially after the midterm election in […]

But why do we bother with daylight saving time, when do we have to wind our watches forward and back, and will we ever drop the strange tradition? Here's what you need to know… Why do the clocks change? We change our clocks to make better use of the daylight. On the last Sunday in March, British clocks go forward […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at anti-government protesters in Khartoum and other cities on Friday, the tenth day of demonstrations sparked by an economic crisis. Protests over rising prices, shortages of basic commodities and a cash crunch erupted in the city of Atbara over a week ago and quickly spread to cities across […]

Only minor injuries were reported after a vehicle collided with a fire truck in Barrie. According to a tweet from Barrie Fire, on Thursday evening, a fire truck was stopped on the northbound side of Highway 400 attending to a collision when a vehicle slid into the truck. Barrie Fire Chief and director of emergency services, Cory Mainprize, tweeted saying […]