The European Commission will move to discipline Italy over its 2019 budget after Rome defied EU objections to its plans to borrow and spend more next year, three officials close to the process said on Friday. Italy re-submitted its draft budget to the Commission on Tuesday, with the same main assumptions that Brussels rejected […] Read more
A judge has temporarily restored the White House press pass of under fire CNN reporter Jim Acosta, the US media giant says. Acosta had his security card withdrawn after clashing with US President Donald Trump at a press conference. CNN submitted a lawsuit challenging the revocation. US District Judge Timothy Kelly, who is hearing the […] Read more
The US state of Arizona has elected its first female senator, after Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beat Republican Martha McSally in a tight race. Ms Sinema is the south-western state’s first Democratic senator since 1994. The win narrows the Republican majority to four seats (51-47), with two more Senate races remaining unresolved. In Florida, a recount […] Read more
The extraordinary scale of destruction in the California wildfires is caught by the US Geological Society’s Landsat 8 satellite. Thousands of acres of land have been destroyed by fires along with hundreds of homes and businesses and whole communities have been wrecked in the most lethal wildfire storm since records began. Firefighters beat back a […] Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed leaders from across the globe for a ceremony in Paris marking 100 years since the end of World War I. Among the leaders are US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President […] Read more
The driver of the articulated truck lost control on a downhill stretch of motorway in the city of Lanzhou and crashed into the line of 31 vehicles. As well as those killed, authorities said 44 people were hurt including 10 who suffered serious injuries. The lorry crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a […] Read more
A city in China has banned pet owners from walking their dogs in daylight hours. Pet owners in Wenshan will no longer be able to take their dogs out for a walk between the hours of 7am and 10pm, and they can’t take them to parks, shopping centres, sports facilities and other public spaces. The […] Read more
Ivanka Trump has had 16 trademarks approved Ivanka Trump’s defunct company has been granted 16 trademarks by the Chinese government – including one for “voting machines”. Donald Trump’s daughter filed the trademark applications while her firm, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC, still existed – but they were only granted in the last two months. The new […] Read more
The Pacific islands of New Caledonia, lying some 11,000 miles from Paris, have backed remaining part of France in an independence referendum. The final vote count saw 56.4% of people reject the proposal that New Caledonia go it alone. Voter turnout was so high – more than 80% – some polling stations had to stay […] Read more
The Lion Air tragedy in Indonesia is the deadliest plane crash this year, with all 189 people on board presumed killed. The second-worst was in May when an aviation disaster in Cuba claimed the lives of 112. Including Monday’s tragedy in the Java Sea, a total of 551 people have died in commercial plane crashes […] Read more
