British Prime Minister Theresa May is pulling a parliamentary vote set for Tuesday on her Brexit deal, the BBC reported, after repeated warnings from lawmakers that the scale of the expected defeat could sink her government. May convened a conference call with senior ministers on Monday to discuss what do with her compromise deal that allowed the United Kingdom to exit while […]

The animal, who was 6ft 7in and weighed 14 stone (89 kilos), became famous in 2015 when a photo of him crushing the bucket went viral. The Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs, Australia, where Roger was cared for, said it was a “very sad day”. “We have lost out beautiful boy, Roger,” said sanctuary manager Chris Barnes. Mr Barnes found […]

More than 200 red-suited revelers packed the streets Saturday for this year’s SantaCon parade and pub crawl, which kicked off at 10 a.m. a block from Macy’s amid a North Pole-like blast of cold. Christmas-costume crowds shrugged off the arctic chill to celebrate the event’s 20th’s anniversary in New York. “We haven’t done anything but wake up and drink,” said […]

Former F.B.I. Director James Comey, in an interview in New York on Sunday, responded to recent criticisms from President Donald Trump, who called him dishonest and accused him of lying in a Congressional hearing last week. Comey also said Democrats “have to win” the 2020 presidential election. Trump posted several tweets attacking Comey over the weekend after he testified before […]

A 3-year-old girl whose uncle authorities say cut her throat has died in a Kentucky hospital. Citing a Fayette County Coroner’s Office release, news outlets report Josephine Bulubenchi died Sunday evening, more than a day after she was attacked. Clinton County Sheriff Jim Guffey says 33-year-old Emanuel Fluter is charged. He had been living with the family. Guffey says Josephine’s […]

The man accused of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane was jeered in court as his identity was revealed publicly for the first time. Jesse Kempson (26) was called a “scumbag” by a heckler in the public gallery during his first appearance before a judge at Auckland’s District Court in New Zealand, according to The Telegraph. Kemspon, who has been charged […]

Russia’s worst-ever serial killer who enjoyed murdering ‘immoral women’ has his macabre total raised to 78 after he is convicted of 56 more deaths ‘The Werewolf’, now 54, claimed he wanted to purge Siberia of ‘immoral women’ Former policeman raped most of his victims and stabbed them repeatedly He used axes, knives and screwdrivers to inflict hundreds of wounds on […]

Martial arts champion Irina Rybnikova had been using a cable to charge the device, reports say. The 15-year-old was found dead in the water at her home in Bratsk, Russia, on Saturday. She was a champion fighter in pankration – an ancient Greek form of “no rules” boxing and wrestling – and had been selected for her country’s national team. A friend […]

A teenage Russian martial arts champion was electrocuted in her bath after her mobile phone fell in the water while she was charging it. Irina Rybnikova, 15, died immediately as a result of the “tragic accident”, say reports. Her family say that she had gone for a bath at her home in the Siberian industrial city of Bratsk when she […]

Grace, from Essex, was killed last week and a 26-year-old man has now appeared in court in Auckland charged with her murder. Wearing blue police-issue overalls, he faced Auckland District Court and stood for nearly 90 minutes just yards from Grace's dad and uncle. Not long before Grace, 22, went missing, he described her on a social media site as […]