Turkish official says 29 soldiers killed in airstrike by Syrian government forces
An airstrike by Syrian government forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region killed more than two-dozen Turkish soldiers, the local governor in Turkey’s More...
‘Roaring twenties’ City will flex muscles post-Brexit says IDS – ‘London’s bigger than EU’
THE City of London, and the UK’s financial sector generally, will roar even louder now the shackles of the European Union have been cast off, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has predicted. Daily Express More...
3-month window to decide fate of Tokyo Olympics, IOC’s Dick Pound says
Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, estimates there’s a three-month window to decide the fate of this summer’s More...
At least 16 killed by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria war monitor says
Airstrikes on rebel-controlled northwestern Syrian killed at least 16 people Tuesday, including two students and two teachers, opposition activists said, as government More...
Bloomberg says 3 women can be released from non-disclosure agreements
Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg said Friday that he’s willing to release at least three women from nondisclosure agreements that prevented More...
Turkish offensive in northern Syria only ‘a matter of time,’ Erdogan says
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan says a Turkish military operation to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebel strongholds in northwest Syria More...
COVID-19 cases increase on cruise ship as China says another doctor has died
Japanese health authorities say they have confirmed 88 more cases of COVID-19 on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo, bringing the total to 542 — including 32 More...
Pound euro exchange rate sinks UK and EU could ‘rip each other apart’ says French minister
The pound euro exchange rate fell by -0.3 percent today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.200 after concerns over post-Brexit trade relations between the UK and the EU have been called into question More...
Prosecutor says Harvey Weinstein saw victims as ‘complete disposables’
Harvey Weinstein believed he was so powerful he could get away with denigrating aspiring actresses drawn into a world where the Hollywood big shot considered them More...
U.S. says Taliban has agreed to reduction in violence in Afghanistan
An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday killed at least eight people — all believed to be civilians, residents said — just hours after U.S. statements that there More...