SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for bribery and other crimes in a stunning downfall for the heir to South Korea’s biggest family fortune and a global consumer electronics empire. The Seoul Central District Court said Friday […]
Pensioner and mother-of-two Lioba Bichl has worked hard her entire life. Holding down a successful career as a hairdresser, the now 75-year-old also managed to juggle her busy work schedule with raising two children. But now she has hardly any money to survive, and confronted German Chancellor Angela Merkel in […]
The eurozone’s biggest economy achieved a record surplus between January and June this year of €18.3billion (£16.8bn) largely driven by an improving jobs market and export-driven growth, according to the latest figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The surplus was higher only in the second half of 2000 […]
Both the UK and the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiators hope to quicken the pace of talks over fears there will not be “sufficient progress” by the October deadline. Earlier this month, Mr Barnier warned the chances of progressing to the next stage are diminishing – and insisted talks must […]
Some of the junior high students in Travis County, Texas, break into nervous laughter at the mere mention of sex. Some shyly ask questions. But most fall silent when Julie Maciel, a health educator, tells them how terrifying it is to become pregnant as a teenager. Maciel, of Austin, had […]
On a visit to Bucharest, Emmanuel Macron urged Romania to take part in discussions about reforming the controversial passport-free movement across most of the bloc. The Schengen zone, which is an area of free movement between country borders, has been blamed for migrant chaos in Europe and a heightened terrorist […]
The horrifying incident occurred in southern Russia, near Crimea, earlier this morning. Officials said 20 people had been saved but some men were still missing. Eight people have been injured, with five in a serious condition. They said rescuers equipped with scuba equipment are searching the water for any survivors. […]
This month, Bitcoin hit a record value of over £3,492 – having soared over the past 12 months with one coin now exceeding the price of an ounce of gold. But while the currency involves a complicated mining process, Solarcoin has a much easier way of being collected. The solar […]
Both administrations have pointed the finger of blame at the other with Madrid saying the Catalan police missed a warning over the alleged terror cell leader and imam Abdelbaki Es Satty from the Belgium authorities. Barcelona fired back its security forces have been frozen out in the sharing of information […]
Warsaw’s foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski launched a blistering attack on the European Union’s one-time golden boy, who is now slumping in the polls. Amid a background of growing frustration with Emmanuel Macron from both within and outside of France, Mr Waszczykowski accused the French leader of presiding over a crumbling […]
Mike Schumacher will follow in his father’s footsteps as he takes to the very same track his father won his first title on 25 years later. The 18-year-old will race around Spa-Francorchamps in a 1994 F1 model of the Benetton B194 car before Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. His father, a […]
Pyongyang is using its beer festivals and mountain walks to try and encourage holidaymakers to venture on a £1,500 15-day holiday. The tour includes visiting a farm, a mineral water factory, a Buddhist temple, museums, mountains walks and a taste of national cuisine. However, the tour company does not recommend […]
A Washington, D.C., judge on Thursday approved the Justice Department’s request for a scaled-back search warrant to harvest data from an anti-Trump website connected to Inauguration Day protests, but he said he would personally review the materials to protect “innocent users.” Chief Superior Court Judge Robert Morin said DreamHost, the […]
Joe Robinson, from Accrington, was detained while on holiday with his mother and girlfriend last month. The ex-soldier was charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation, after he fought alongside the People’s Protection Units of Syrian Kurdistan (YPG) against ISIS. Yet Turkey classify the YPG as a terror […]
Paula White, who chairs the President’s evangelical advisory board, said she was glad Trump was not a “polished politician” as it reflected the promises of scripture. She said: “And they even say about him ‘He’s not presidential’. “Thank goodness, thank goodness! “And I mean that with all due respect. “Because […]
The Charlemont Rise suburb in Geelong, Victoria has various streets named after characters in the series – including Snow, Stannis and Greyjoy. But locals were less happy with Lannister road, with one resident complaining that characters housed the name were an incestuous couple. The resident’s complaints refer to Cerise and […]
Five police officers were also killed in the attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. It follows a spate of similar attacks in Rakhine since last October which killed nine police, prompting a huge counter-offensive operation with allegations of killings, rape and arson. The subsequent military operation has resulted in 87,000 Rohingya […]
It took three episodes to get him there, but President Donald Trump — aka Alec Baldwin — finally turned up on “Weekend Update: Summer Edition” to clear up his comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia and say goodbye to the show’s grim version of Steve Bannon. NBC Baldwin opened […]
Editor’s Note (Aug. 24, 2017, 7:15 p.m.): A previous version of this article identified the location of the incident as Colombia, based on information from three U.S. defense officials. A defense official later told NBC News that the incident occurred in Panama. WASHINGTON — The U.S. military detail assigned to […]