Puerto Rico governor to resign after mass protests
Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló has announced his resignation after days of mass street protests in the US territory. Mr Rosselló, who had only on Sunday insisted he would stay…
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Police quell protests as calls for Puerto Rico’s governor to resign intensify
Police in San Juan fired tear gas today to disperse thousands of protestors demanding Puerto Rico’s govenor resign over offensive chat messages, the latest scandal to hit a bankrupt island…
World news in brief: Who will call Downing St home?
Just who will be Britain’s next Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader is set to be revealed. The outcome of the ballot of about 160,000 Tory members will be revealed…
World news: Mob attacks, tanker seizures and rioting youth
The international stories making headlines around the world. Mob attacks after mass rally in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s opposition Democratic Party is investigating attacks on train passengers in which up…
AOC wants ‘9/11-style commission’ to look into family separation policy
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, known for calling US migrant detention facilities “concentration camps”, has now said a special commission must investigate migrant family separations the same way the 9/11 terrorist attacks were…
ISIS plotted to infiltrate US through Mexican border – prisoner
The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist group plotted to infiltrate the US through the Mexican border and attack its “financial system,” according to a Canadian IS fighter taken prisoner…
Congress passes $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, sends to Trump
The U.S. Congress on Monday approved legislation providing $19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump…
Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag
An American explorer has found plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive. Victor Vescovo descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place…
Conway tears into Ocasio-Cortez over ‘silence’ on Sri Lanka attacks in epic Twitter brawl
Kellyanne Conway and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have traded blows on Twitter after the White House adviser accused the Democratic representative of failing to condemn the attacks on Christian churches in Sri…
Brussels kills its own money laundering ‘blacklist’ after Washington criticism
The governments of the EU member states have ‘unanimously’ rejected a blacklist of countries that have failed to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing. The paper cited four US territories…