Expert David Gourion condemned the notion put forward by French interior minister Gérard Collomb last week. Mr Collomb – one of Emmanuel Macron’s most important ministers – said almost to one-third of radicalised Muslims on the government’s terrorism watch list – some 17,000 – suffered from a mental disorder, adding […]
Deciding on your college major or thinking about switching? You may want to consider Petroleum Engineering. According to new data from Bankrate’s The Cashlorette, this field touts the highest median income ($134,840) and a low unemployment rate of 2.38 percent. You may also want to think about majoring in Pharmaceutical […]
Eduardo Franco has lost count of the number of funerals he’s been to this year. The last one was just a month ago in his home state of Carabobo in Venezuela. His friend Roberto, 25, died after succumbing to the effects of HIV. “It was hard watching him in so […]
The harrowing clip shows the “monster foxes” with huge rolls of fat folding over their bodies and almost covering their eyes. The animals, which can weigh up to five times their natural weight, are being kept in small cages in the fur farms in Finland. Animal rights activists said the […]
Getty Beata Szydlo leads the calls for reparations from Germany for atrocities committed against Poles Germany is coming under increasing pressure to pay reparations to Poland with Prime Minister Szydlo backing calls for Mrs Merkel’s government to pay up. Ms Szydlo is demanding Germany “take responsibility” for World War Two, […]
Hurricane Harvey, with wind speeds of up to 110 mph (175 km/h), is en route to hit the coast of Texas as a category 3 hurricane tonight. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued along the state’s coast, while countries such as Corpus Christi and Jackson County are asking residents to […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Thousands of people fled Texas early Friday as Hurricane Harvey, a life-threatening Category 2 storm, gained strength and hurtled toward the coast. Homeowners, businesses and government officials were scrambling to prepare for the potentially devastating storm. Forecasters said it could lash the state with significant rain, […]
As tensions between Mr Macron and the Polish Prime Minister ramp up, Ms Syzdlo took aim at her French counterpart after he accused Warsaw of isolating itself from the rest of Europe. In a scathing interview she said Mr Macron “would not be deciding the future of Europe” after he […]
As he continues his visit in Scotland Jeremy Corbyn said the Tories were “on notice” at a Glasgow rally as people had been inspired by Labour’s strong campaign. Despite Mr Corbyn not winning the election, he said the Labour Party had a “transformative manifesto” that people connected to across the […]
The air force were scrambled to three regions near Okinawa, Japan’s defence ministry revealed. The alert came when Chinese H-6 bombers flew towards their neighbour’s boundary. Officials revealed it is the first time the bombers have flown between Okinawa’s main island and Miyako Island. While not a violation of the […]
The latest trend in nutrition isn’t a fad diet or newly discovered supplement; it’s your DNA. Unlocking the secrets of one’s genetic code used to be confined to the laboratory, but increasingly, the big business of DNA is now going after your eating habits. Scientists already know that variations in […]
It follows Mr Macron promising a wrath of cuts, demands which have seen him slump in the polls. Speaking yesterday, he said: “France is not a country that can be reformed. Many have tried, and failed, because the French hate reform. “If they find a loophole that allows them to […]
Despot Kim Jong-un has taken a break from warning the US, South Korean and Japan of destruction and made a rare direct threat to the United Kingdom. He warned Westminster against “taking advantage” of the chaos on the Korean peninsula and said they face destruction if they “play with fire”. […]
The propaganda footage shows ISIS jihadis stamping on statues of Jesus and ripping up photos of the Pope. And the death cult warned the Italian capital city Rome, despite the Pope residing in the Vatican. The seven-minute, published by the Al-Hayat Media Centre, also show several jihadists destroying church statues […]
Thousands of people have been evacuated amid warnings Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful weather system to hit the US in almost 12 years, will hit the USA tomorrow. Texas governor Greg Abbott has activated 700 members of the state National Guard and put military helicopters on standby in preparation for […]
Spanish unions are planning 25 separate 24-hour strikes in the country’s airports, a move which would lead to travel chaos. José Luis Zoreda of Spain‘s tourism association Exceltur said tourists would face atrocious scenes if the strikes go ahead. He warned the situation will be “terrifying, undesirable and perfectly rectifiable”. […]
Hurricane Harvey is currently a few hundred miles south of Texas, with it expected to reach land by 8pm CDT. The hurricane is forecast to develop into a major category 3 hurricane later on Friday, August 24, the third most powerful on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This would make it the […]
Emmanuel Macron had warned the European Union (EU) would “crumble” if countries did not support his controversial overhaul, sparking furious protests from Poland. Warsaw’s foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski has hit out at France this lunchtime, accusing the country of failing to understand the country. Speaking at a joint press conference […]
Bankers, economists and academics have flocked to Jackson Hole for two-day event with number of talks and panel discussions on Friday and Saturday. There will be highly-anticipated speeches from US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen and European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi. The symposium has been hosted in Jackson […]
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 […]