Christmas shoppers are warned to prepare for the first heavy snowfall of the season as some places are set for up to 20cm (8in). Forecasters have issued an amber weather warning for a band of snow and ice stretching for hundreds of miles across Scotland and northern England on Saturday and Sunday. Freezing rain – which is rare in the […]

What if you found out your father’s whole life was a big LIE? As TV drama Mrs Wilson tells how a woman discovered her spy husband’s secret life as a bigamist, CHRISTOPHER WILSON (no relation) reveals the parallels with HIS family are uncanny As I watched the rolling end-credits of the bewitching TV drama Mrs Wilson this week, there were […]

EXCLUSIVE: William and Kate WILL spend Christmas Day with Harry and Meghan under the Queen’s watchful eye at Sandringham Prince Harry and Meghan and Prince William and Kate will spend Christmas day together Kensington Palace confirmed the couples would spend the day with the Queen   The show of solidarity comes after reports of tension between Kate and Meghan Prince Harry […]

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office on Friday filed court documents responding to ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn’s sentencing memorandum, in which his lawyers said he was “unguarded” during an FBI interview in 2017. “Nothing about the way the interview was arranged or conducted caused the defendant to make false statements to the FBI,” Mueller replied in the documents, ABC News […]

Instead of worrying about the foreign-policy chops of Heather Nauert, President Trump’s nominee for America’s next United Nations ambassador, critics may want to examine the ever-diminishing returns for America’s interests at Turtle Bay. The usual suspects jumped at Nauert’s throat the minute Trump tapped her to succeed Nikki Haley. Mostly critics assailed Nauert’s relative diplomatic inexperience, while sneering at her […]

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan lawmaker said that disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will resign Saturday to end the country's political crisis. Sri Lanka’s sergeant at arms Narendra Fernando walks carrying the mace in the well of the house past empty seats of President Maithripala Sirisena and disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the beginning of the parliamentary session […]

WASHINGTON – Canada’s foreign minister warned top Trump administration officials on Friday not to politicize the pending extradition of Chinese technology executive Meng Wanzhou.  “Canada understands the rule of law and extradition ought not ever to be politicized or used as tools to resolve other issues,” Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, told reporters after a closed-door meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and […]

New York: The fog of scandal enveloping US President Donald Trump has grown thicker, with prosecutors examining whether his inaugural committee raised illegal funds and speculation mounting that Trump could face criminal prosecution when he leaves office. President Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.Credit:Evan Vucci Revelations […]

New York: It's Friday night in the Meatpacking district. Nightclubs are swelling with people. A production crew fills a crowded street, filming a scene outside a warehouse of the Weichsel Beef Company. Late night shoppers spill onto the footpath. High heels click along the old cobble-stone roads. But the biggest line, by far, is outside the Whitney Museum of American […]

Four student wrestlers at a New Jersey high school threatened to assault a classmate with a broomstick during a hazing ritual, officials said. The students, all of whom attend Arthur P. Schalick High School in Pittsgrove Township, are not being publicly identified. They are charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, criminal restraint, hazing and possession of a […]