It was not just in the UK that the traditional parties of Left and Right took a beating at the European Parliamentary elections – all across the bloc mainstream parties lost out to a motley crew of new, insurgent political forces. But the combination of a stronger showing by the Liberals, a mini ‘Green wave’ […]
The centrist coalition that has dominated EU politics for the last 40 years was given a drubbing in the European elections as voters switched to disruptive younger parties in their millions. A surge in support for Eurosceptic, Green and Liberal parties across Europe left the European Parliament fragmented and altered the balance of power among […]
An American mountaineer has become the 11th person in two weeks to die on Mount Everest as Sherpas and tour operators alike blame an influx of inexperienced climbers and budget tour operators for the spike in fatalities. Christopher John Kulish, 61, from Colorado, did not show any sign of distress when summiting the world’s highest mountain […]
British women who won compensation over dangerous breast implants have been visited by bailiffs on behalf of the company responsible in a bid to get the money back. Victims of the global PIP implant scandal have said the visits have left them suffering from anxiety and panic attacks. It comes after the German organisation TUV […]
Click:Chinese flowers Posters of Narendra Modi decorate the beige walls of a Wembley office where sweet milky coffee is served in a stuffy room. The dust is settling here at the British HQ of the Overseas Friends of the BJP, one outpost in a global network cheer leading India’s strongman prime minister and his fiercely […]
When Aziz Isa Elkun learned of his 78-year-old father’s death in 2017, he rushed to ring his mother from his home in north London. As usual, they weren’t able to speak for long. Click Here: For years, local police in China harassed his family every time he called. So that day, when she said, “It’s a bit […]
A North Korean distillery has created its own brand of whisky and aims to launch it by the end of the year, according to a foreign tour group that recently enjoyed its first dram. The Samilpo whisky bottle is based on the characteristic square design of Scotland’s Johnnie Walker, a popular brand in North Korea, […]
The Brexit Party has won nine of the UK’s 12 regions in the European elections, claiming 29 of 72 seats in the European Parliament. Nigel Farage’s party came top in the North East, North West, East of England, Wales, West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber, the South West and South East. This came largely at the expense […]
An Australian man who kidnapped and raped a British backpacker, and forced her to drive for weeks through the outback at gunpoint has been jailed for ten years. The Cairns District Court in Queensland was told that Marcus Martin had repeatedly assaulted Elisha Greer from Liverpool after the couple had met at a dance party in […]
Donald Trump pulled the plug on infrastructure talks with Democrats in spectacular fashion on Wednesday, storming out a meeting over their refusal to drop “phony investigations” into his administration. In what political opponents described as jaw-dropping behaviour, the US president reportedly refused to shake hands at the White House talks, instead delivering a five-minute rebuke. […]