Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTheresa May announces Brexit vote date Jeremy Corbyn has tabled a motion of no confidence in Theresa May, after she said MPs would not vote on her Brexit deal until the week of 14 January.The PM had delayed the vote from last week, admitting she was set…
Enlarge / A public notice of a previous Met Police facial recognition test. London’s Metropolitan Police Service will be testing facial recognition technology in a handful of locations across the central core of the British capital on both Monday and Tuesday for eight hours each day. This trial marks the seventh such trial in London…
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - Nissan Motor’s CEO called on directors at alliance partner Renault to heed its reasons for sacking former Chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial misconduct amid tensions over how to handle the fallout from his arrest. Nissan President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a news conference at its global headquarters…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tension on the DMZ has eased but US-North Korea talks appear stalled North Korea has denounced the latest US sanctions, saying they could "block the path to denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula forever".Washington said it put the sanctions on three top officials, after a report threw up a raft…
Aurich / GettyThough my ten-year-old’s obsession with Minecraft first took hold three years ago—back when Minecraft was all the rage—I have to hand it to him. He’s sticking with it, despite the imperialist hegemony of Fortnite. What’s more, he’s not a fan of the newer game. “Too much violence,” he says, despite his affection for…
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of political persecution. FILE PHOTO: A cameraman is seen amidst tear…
Image copyright Reuters Negotiators in Poland have finally secured agreement on a range of measures that will make the Paris climate pact operational in 2020.Last-minute rows over carbon markets threatened to derail the meeting - and delayed it by a day.Delegates believe the new rules will ensure that countries keep their promises to cut carbon.The…
Enlarge / Secretaries use typewriters, before the word processor changed everything. Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died at 93 this week. She was most known as the designer of the first true word-processing computer. But she designed many other innovative computing systems and helmed Redactron Corporation, a company that helped transform offices by producing and distributing…
PISA, Italy (Reuters) - The spread of illiberal ideology is threatening the euro but it is an illusion that leaving it would offer an easier path, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Saturday. European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference at ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany December 13,…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mick Mulvaney "has done an outstanding job while in the administration", President Trump said US President Donald Trump has named Mick Mulvaney, the director of the office of management and budget, as acting White House chief of staff.Mr Mulvaney, 51, replaces General John Kelly, who is leaving by the end…
