Former deputy assistant to the President, Mr Gorka, told Krishnan Guru-Murthy in a heated clash that the left had “normalised violence” and many were as bad as the Ku Klux Klan. His comments come after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent earlier this month with aggression from […]
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One of the world’s largest chemical companies warned Wednesday that its flooded plant near Houston will likely catch fire and explode in the next few days — and there’s nothing the company can do about it. Arkema Group’s plant in Crosby, Texas — about 20 miles northeast of Houston — […]
The British Prime Minister described the behaviour of Kim Jong-un’s secretive regime as “outrageous” this week after it fired a missile over northern Japan. During her visit to Japan, she singled out China as having a vital part to play in persuading Kim Jong-Un to abandon plans for more strikes. […]
Two bodies have been pulled from the rubble in Mumbai, India, after a building collapsed today following torrential rain. Rescue workers have rescued eight survivors but fear more than 30 people are still trapped within the five-storey building. Police said nine families were living in the building when it collapsed […]
Officers are said to be ordering troops to supplement their food rations by plundering local fields, in order to keep up their strength for battle. A source in North Hamgyong Province told the Daily NK news website: “The military officers are instructing their soldiers, exhausted after training, to eat corn […]
The main pipeline carrying fuel from Texas to the East Coast is temporarily shutting down because of refinery outages related to Hurricane Harvey, the company that runs the pipeline said Wednesday night, dealing a potentially major blow to the already storm-ravaged U.S. fuel system. Colonial Pipeline Co., the biggest fuel […]
The Arkema chemical plant in Crosby lost power and its ability to refrigerate chemical compounds that need to be kept cool to remain stable after 40in (102cm) of rainfall in the area flooded the site. A statement from the company warned that any fire at the chemical plant would be […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked most of Texas’ tough new “sanctuary cities” law that would have allowed police to inquire about people’s immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. The law, SB 4, had been cheered by President Donald Trump’s administration but decried […]