Democracy movement Mouwatana opposes president Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term The coordinator of protests sweeping across Algeria for the past week has called for wholesale regime change as tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets on Friday. “What Algerians want is to get rid of not ... Read More »
Cases of children being groomed on Instagram triple, police figures show
‘Keeping children safe cannot be left to social networks,’ says NSPCC Children as young as five years old are being targeted for grooming on Instagram where attempts have more than tripled, the NPCC has warned. More than 5,100 online grooming crimes were recorded by police in just 18 months after ... Read More »
Is Venezuela lurching toward war?
Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? The political standoff in Venezuela teetered toward open conflict over the weekend. Clashes between opposition supporters and security forces — as well as armed mobs loyal ... Read More »
Donald Trump delays tariff hike on Chinese goods, sending stock markets soaring
Asian shares rise sharply after US president says he will hold a summit with Xi Jinping to conclude an agreement to end trade standoff Shares in Asia have soared after Donald Trump said he would delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods, citing “substantial progress” in trade talks with ... Read More »
Nadine Labaki falls short at Oscars, but makes Lebanon proud
Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has fallen short of becoming the first Arab woman to win an Oscar for her film “Capernaum,” which was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles. The film “Roma,” from Mexico, won the Oscar in the Foreign Film category. The ... Read More »
Brexit backstop: Theresa May to put new proposals to EU
PM heads to Brussels as Philip Hammond declares ‘Malthouse compromise’ unviable Theresa May will present the EU with new legal proposals to solve the Irish backstop issue on Wednesday, which Downing Street hopes will be enough to convince Eurosceptics to back her Brexit deal. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, confirmed late ... Read More »
House investigates ‘White House plan’ to share nuclear technology with Saudis
Top Trump officials pushed plan to share technology despite objections, according to House oversight committee report Top White House officials pushed a plan to share nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia, despite objections from career national security staff, according to a new congressional report. The report from the House oversight committee ... Read More »
Great white shark DNA holds clues to prevent cancers and heal wounds
‘There’s still tons to be learned from these evolutionary marvels,’ says author Dr Mahmood Shivji Great white sharks may prove unlikely saviours of human lives thanks to their huge and extraordinary genome, scientists have revealed in a discovery which could prove crucial in the finding a cure for cancer. An ... Read More »
Trump says Venezuela’s military will ‘lose everything they have’ if they continue to support Maduro
President’s attack on ‘evils’ of socialism likely made with 2020 presidential election in mind Donald Trump has issued his most blunt threat yet to Venezuela’s military – stop supporting Nicolas Maduro or risk “losing everything”. In a speech in which he claimed “the evils” of socialism were also being turned ... Read More »
Trump will declare national emergency to build border wall after failing to secure funding
Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to build a wall along the southern US border after failing to secure funding for the measure through Congress. The president plans on issuing that declaration after he signs the government funding bill that Congress is poised to approve to keep the government ... Read More »