Theresa May has told the public she is “on their side”, laying the blame for the delay to Brexit squarely with MPs. Speaking from Downing Street, the prime minister said people were “tired of infighting and political games” and it was “high time” politicians made a decision on the next steps. Earlier, Mrs May wrote to EU Council President …
US President Donald Trump has attacked the late Senator John McCain, complaining that he “didn’t get a thank you” for his state funeral. “We sent him on the way, but I wasn’t a fan of John McCain,” the president said during a visit to an Ohio tank factory. Mr Trump has repeatedly assailed the late Arizona senator in recent days, …
A bus carrying 51 schoolchildren was hijacked by its driver and set alight near Milan in Italy. The children, some of them tied up, were rescued through smashed windows at the back of the bus and no-one was badly hurt. Fourteen people suffered smoke inhalation. The driver, a 47-year-old Italian citizen originally from Senegal, has been arrested. “No-one will …
Around 1,600 people have been secretly filmed in hotel rooms in South Korea, with the footage live-streamed online for paying customers to watch, police said Wednesday. Two men have been arrested and another pair investigated in connection with the scandal, which involved 42 rooms in 30 hotels in 10 cities around the country. Police said there was no indication the …
Unidentified gunmen have killed five people in the western town of Negjo, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, local government officials say. They say the attack happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Two foreign nationals are among the victims of the attack, according to Oromia region’s office of communication. But their nationalities have not yet been disclosed. Local officials say …
The European Union has hit Google with another big antitrust fine, the third in a series of billion-dollar penalties the US tech giant has faced for hindering competition. The European Commission on Wednesday ordered Google to pay €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) for abusing its dominant position in online search advertising. “Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts …
Two teachers have been killed in Burkina Faso after being kidnapped, the Ministry of Education has confirmed. They were kidnapped on 11 March and buried on Tuesday. The goal of the kidnappers was to scare the teachers into abandoning their posts in the region, according to a government source. Both teachers were working in the town of Djibo, where …
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, aged 74, has affirmed he still has the strength to extend his rule to hit the four-decade mark. He spoke after the National Resistance Movement (NRM) lawmakers endorsed him to continue leading the party and the state in a controversial move. The parliamentary caucus in Kyankwanzi District unanimously endorsed the Chobe resolution by the party’s central …
Tributes have been paid to three teenagers who died after a crush as they queued for a St Patrick’s Day party at a hotel in County Tyrone. Lauren Bullock, 17, Morgan Barnard, 17, and 16-year-old Connor Currie, died after the incident outside the Greenvale Hotel, Cookstown, on Sunday. Books of condolence are expected to be opened for the victims on …
The coach of Cameroonian first division club Yong Sports Academy of Bamenda, Emmanuel Ndoumbe Bosso who was kidnapped on 19 March has been released. A club official confirmed that coach Bosso was abducted while driving to the team’s base for training. “Coach Bosso was freed last night and is now with his family” Yong Sports spokesperson Wanchia Cynthia confirmed …
