10.10am – Japanese PM aide claims offering talks to North Korea would be like giving a trophy to a naughty boy Tomohiko Taniguchi, special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, said dialogue should not be opened with the dictator. The hermit nation fired yet another missile from Pyongyang towards […]
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Mrs Merkel is running for her fourth term at the helm, which polls suggest she will win comfortably. But Mr Juncker’s chief of staff, Martin Selmayr, warned the proposals could be seen as “too German”. On the back of Mrs Merkel’s pitch, he issued words of warning that the rose-tinted […]
A huge part of the 1,500-strong crowd whistled and booed Chancellor Merkel as she attempted to deliver an election campaign speech in Brandenburg City. Footage shows a large group of people angrily yelling “get out, get out,” drowning out Mrs Merkel’s voice. The demonstration was organised by members of the […]
Russia is, officially at least, simply planning joint military drills with neighbouring Belarus, which they said is “purely defensive”. However, Poland has warned there is a “risk” of an “aggressive scenario” during the week-long Zapad exercise, which begins on September 14. According to Russian and Belarussian officials, under 13,000 soldiers […]
The spectators thought they were safe perched on their wooden-pallet-style stand in the town of Serra north of Valencia. But slowed-down TV images showed the animal attacking the bottom of the upright support as it chased a bare-chested reveller through the streets – toppling the ten people on top. Two […]
Jon Wolfsthal, who served in the White House under former president Barack Obama, believes that after years of tensions North Korea sees the threats from the US as empty. Mr Wolfsthal said: “Kim has learned plenty from us in his short life, and probably absorbed plenty of advice from his […]
Arriving in Kyoto, the Prime Minister told reporters that Pyongyang’s missile launch which flew over Japan’s Hokkaido island was unacceptable. Mrs May said: “The actions of North Korea, of DPRK, are illegal. They are significant actions of provocation. “I think it’s outrageous. That’s why we will be working with our […]
TORONTO — Canadian police officers on bicycles chased down and caught a Laotian-born alleged drug smuggler who is on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s list of 10 most wanted suspects, authorities said Tuesday. Montreal police Commander Miguel Alston said Katay-Khaophone Sychanta, 35, was on a park bench preparing to […]