A truck fire on Highway 102 near the Halifax Stanfield International Airport has shut down a portion of the highway. Police and firefighters were called to the scene near Exit 6 on Thursday morning. A passing motorist says he heard an explosion and called 911 when he saw the tractor trailer erupt into flames. RCMP have closed the inbound lanes, […]

The world’s first set of twin pandas born to a captive mother and a wild father are named ‘Harmony’ and ‘Beautiful’ during special ceremony in China Pair were born in July to 16-year-old mother Cao Cao in south-west China Cao Cao was impregnated after mating with wild male pandas in February Elder brother is He He (harmony) and younger sister […]

LANSING, Mich. — Two Michigan environmental regulators implicated in the Flint water scandal pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor Wednesday in exchange for more serious charges being dropped, bringing to six the number of officials who have agreed to such deals. Stephen Busch pleaded no contest to disturbing a public meeting, and Michael Prysby pleaded no contest to a count […]

China says it has made plans for trade talks with the US in January following ‘intensive’ telephone calls. Trade negotiators from the United States and China are planning to meet in early January for talks, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, as the world’s two largest economies advance efforts to resolve a months-long trade war.  “Intensive” telephone calls will continue […]

Hot cross buns hit supermarket shelves just a DAY after Christmas and almost four months before Easter – so are you already eating them? Coles started selling hot cross buns on Boxing Day – 116 days before Easter The fruity baked goods started selling earlier every year as sales soared Not everyone is pleased and have ordered shops to remove […]

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will keep open through early 2019 a tent city in Texas that now holds more than 2,000 migrant teenagers, and also will increase the number of beds at another temporary detention center for children in Florida. The Tornillo facility opened in June in an isolated corner of the Texas desert with capacity for up […]

The 20-year-old has yet to be found and we take a look at when he went missing and what the latest updates are. Who is Arron Hough? Arron Hough is a 20-year-old man from Sunderland. He is a cast member of the musical “Grease” that is being performed on the Harmony Of The Seas cruise ship. Hough has been missing […]

The arrests bring the total to 19 people now in custody over the murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and her university pal Maren Ueland, 28, of Norway. They were butchered at their campsite in the Atlas mountains on December 17 – then video of the slaughter was sent to their families and spread on Facebook. Authorities in […]

Keeping up with the Bloombergs: It’s the battle of the barns in Westchester where Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg are competing for most lavish horse farms for their showjumping star daughters Both Georgina Bloomberg and Jennifer Gates are keen horse equestrians Their billionaire fathers are competing to build them the most lavish horse farms Michael Bloomberg, 76, paid $4.55 million […]

Lisa Hillerich was arrested Sunday on several charges, including knowingly exploiting an adult.  (Louisville Metro Corrections) A fiduciary manager in Kentucky was arrested two days before Christmas for allegedly stealing nearly $40,000 from four of her elderly clients, according to court documents. Lisa Marie Hillerich, 38, was taken into custody Sunday on three warrants and charged with three counts of theft […]