Exclusive: The change of heart comes as Theresa May travels to Florence to make a major Brexit speech The Independent Joe Watts 21 September, 2017 British people have turned their backs on Brexit, according to a new poll released just as Theresa May prepares to give a make-or-break speech on ... Read More »
The central government in Madrid says the breakaway region’s referendum is illegal The Independent Jon Stone 20 September, 2017 Spanish national police have stormed ministries and buildings belonging to Catalonia’s regional government to put a stop to the region’s independence referendum. The Guardia Civil, which acts with the authority of ... Read More »
ABC NEWS Bob Woodruff and Karson Yiu 19 September, 2017 It was almost 65 years ago when North Korea and the United States agreed to a cease-fire. The guns stopped firing, and the planes stopped dropping bombs, but the war did not officially end. It was settled with an agreement, ... Read More »
The storm could be one of the worst Puerto Rico has seen in generations the Independent Clark Mindock 19 September, 2017 Residents in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are preparing for potentially devastating storm winds in the next couple of days as Hurricane Maria moves through the Caribbean in ... Read More »
The Guardian Julian Borger 19 September, 2017 Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, in a bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly in which he lashed out at a litany of US adversaries and called on “righteous” countries to confront them. The speech was greeted ... Read More »
By Mark Stevenson, Christopher Sherman and Peter Orsi Associated Press 20 September, 2017 A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 149 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped. Dozens of ... Read More »
The New York Times Helene Cooper 18 September, 2017 WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies have not shot down any North Korean missiles because Pyongyang has yet to launch one that directly threatens American or Japanese territory, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday. But he said that ... Read More »
BBC NEWS 19 September, 2017 Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear “international scrutiny” of her government’s handling of the growing Rohingya crisis. It was her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims ... Read More »
Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration for the US Virgin Islands The Independent Emily Shugerman 19 September, 2017 Hurricane Maria has become an “extremely dangerous” category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Centre. The storm, which is currently located over the French Caribbean island of Martinique, is maintaining winds ... Read More »
Previous climate models may have been ‘on the hot side’ The Independent Harry Cockburn 19 September, 2017 Computer modelling used a decade ago to predict how quickly global average temperatures would rise may have forecast too much warming, a study has found. The Earth warmed more slowly than the models ... Read More »
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