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US President Donald Trump is pushing back against criticisms that a leak of his private schedule suggests he is not working hard. Trump tweeted that it “should have been reported as a positive, not a negative”. He also suggested that when the term “executive time” appears on his schedule, it means he is
Prosecutors are asking a judge to order a Massachusetts woman to begin serving her 15-month jail sentence for encouraging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself. Michelle Carter will appear in court on Monday for a hearing to consider prosecutors’ request. Carter was convicted in 2017 of involuntary manslaughter for her role in
People walking over the Paso del Norte Bridge linking this West Texas border city to Mexico can watch US President Donald Trump’s border wall getting bigger in real time. Workers in fluorescent smocks can be seen digging trenches, pouring concrete and erecting rust-coloured slabs of 5.5m-high metal to replace layers of barbed
About 3 000 people who fled as a wildfire threatened a New Zealand town were allowed to return home on Monday as firefighting conditions improved. Another 400 residents living in valleys near the fire aren’t yet able to return, although officials hope they will be able to soon. Firefighters say they’ve gained the upper
Shepherds in Sardinia, Italy, are deliberately spilling milk rather than sell it for what they say is next to nothing. Farmers say the €0.60/L they earn is too little to live off. Thousands of litres have been dumped in the streets in protest.
In 2017, an adorable rescue pooch in the UK was hailed a hero after his barking woke his owner from a coma. Speaking about it recently, civil engineer Andy Szasz from Southampton in England tells how he was rushed to intensive care after suffering from pneumonia following a battle with bowel cancer in 2016. Doctors …
A strong storm hitting Hawaii has knocked out power, brought down tree branches, flooded coastal roads – and even brought snow. Snow is not unheard of in mountainous parts of the tropical island chain, but officials say the coating at 1 890m at a state park on Maui could mark the lowest-elevation snowfall ever recorded …
A British man was stabbed to death after he reportedly refused to give someone a cigarette. The victim, who hasn’t yet been identified, was allegedly stabbed in East Dulwich, London, on Sunday morning, Mirror reports. A witness said the man, believed to be in 30s, was stabbed with a 15cm-long knife seconds after he came
A thief caught in the act by a victim’s family member taking a photo of her just as he was stealing her handbag has been arrested after cops used the image to track him down. The incident occurred in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, while the victim, Le Lam Bao Tran (40), was walking and …
