Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNairobi Dusit hotel attack: explosions, gunfire and rescue operation Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that a siege by suspected militants in Nairobi is over and all the attackers have been "eliminated".Gunmen attacked the compound in the Westlands district of Kenya's capital on Tuesday, killing at least…
Enlarge / Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA Andrew Wheeler listens as President Donald J. Trump leads a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 18, 2018, in Washington, DC. Polluters likely had a good year in 2018. According to numbers from advocacy group Public Employees…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, William Barr, told lawmakers on Tuesday he would protect a federal probe into Russian election meddling from political pressure, stressing he would bring independence to the job and not shy away from breaking ranks with the administration. “I will not be bullied into doing…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTheresa May: "Give this deal a second look" MPs are preparing to vote on whether to back Theresa May's deal for leaving the European Union. The so-called "meaningful vote" will take place later as five days of debate on Brexit come to an end.Mrs May has called…
Enlarge / An employee demonstrates fingerprint security software on a smartphone at the MasterCard Inc. stand at the Mobile World Congress in this arranged photograph in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. According to a new ruling issued last week by a federal magistrate in Oakland, California, the government can't get a warrant granting…
BARRON, Wis. (Reuters) - The Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl after murdering her parents then holding her hostage for months, sometimes under his bed, told police he picked his victim after seeing her get on a school bus, prosecutors said on Monday. Authorities said Jake Patterson, 21, had confessed to killing Jayme…
Image copyright AFP Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to persuade MPs to back her Brexit deal as Tuesday's key Commons vote looms closer.She will warn that trust in politics will suffer "catastrophic harm" if the referendum result is not implemented.The EU has issued fresh assurances over the deal's impact on Northern…
Enlarge / Artist's conception of a blob of hot matter orbiting close to surface of a black hole. At this distance, its orbit is influenced by the black hole's spin. While black holes themselves swallow any light beyond their event horizon, the area outside the event horizon tends to emit lots of light. That's because…
FILE PHOTO: Sunset is seen over the White House, on the day of the U.S. midterm election, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House’s national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images A failure to deliver Brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy", Prime Minister Theresa May has warned.Writing in the Sunday Express, Mrs May pleaded with MPs to back her Brexit deal in Tuesday's crunch Commons vote.Not doing so risks the UK leaving the EU with…
