The high-speed cross-Channel train service Eurostar cancelled four trains on Tuesday as a section of the track remained closed following a power failure the previous day. Eurostar also warned of delays of up to 60 minutes on other trains “due
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy kept growing at a robust rate in the second quarter, but exports and business investment weakened, clouding the prospects for a balanced recovery, a major business survey showed on Tuesday. The British Chambers of Commerce’s
A memorial aimed at honoring a Toronto boy who longed to fly just like Superman won’t have that character’s signature “S” on it. Five-year-old Jeffrey Baldwin died at the hands of his abusive grandparents. A local artist is creating a
(AFP) Many cases of Ebola in Sierra Leona may be going undetected, grassroots doctors warned in The Lancet on Saturday as they highlighted the impoverished country’s problems in combatting the virus. The journal published the letter on the heels of
LONDON (Reuters) – German Marcel Kittel claimed his second stage victory of the 2014 Tour de France when he comfortably won a bunch sprint on the Mall on Monday. The riders traveled from the university town of Cambridge to the
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin is getting another term on television. The Sportsman Channel said Monday that Palin’s series, “Amazing America,” is being renewed for a second season that will start early next year. On the series, the former
LONDON (AP) — British officials are promising to investigate whether the government and other institutions in the 1980s and 90s covered up child abuse by politicians and others in positions of power. Home Secretary Theresa May is due to announce
During an interview with Katie Couric, New York Times columnist David Brooks might have accidentally revealed why the Times is falling apart and bleeding cash. Brooks reveals he can do whatever he wants, has never had a performance review of
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyer Neil Eggleston could be looking toward a comfortable retirement on the generous nest egg he built through high-stakes representation of prominent Washington officials and corporate clients. Instead, he’s returning to a grueling post at a White
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis begged forgiveness Monday from the victims of clergy sex abuse as he held his first meeting with several abuse survivors. He also promised to hold bishops accountable for the protection of minors. The pope
CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a Russian dacha and read like an encyclopedia of Cold War espionage. Original documents from one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history — a who’s
(Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least 29 people in two coastal areas of Kenya in raids the deputy president indicated on Sunday were the work of political rivals, despite Somali Islamists al Shabaab claiming responsibility. The raids will hammer Kenya’s
(Reuters) – Uganda’s army said on Monday it had killed more than 60 gunmen who attacked police and army posts in the west on Saturday, while extra troops had been deployed to restore security in an area near the country’s
The moment they had all been waiting for. Rescue workers pull out three miners trapped in an illegal gold mine in southern Honduras. They emerged, weakened and disorientated but alive. The men had been cut off inside the tunnel since
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s Congress has passed legislation to allow children as young age 10 to work as long as it does not interfere with their education and is done independently to help the child’s family make ends
(Reuters) – Spain on Friday said it would introduce a blanket taxation rate of 0.03 percent on all bank account deposits, in a move aimed at harmonising regional tax regimes and generating revenues for the country’s cash-strapped autonomous communities. The regulation, which
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait police fired tear gas and stun grenades Sunday in a busy historic market to disperse several thousand protesters calling for the release of an opposition activist and a purge of corrupt judges. Defying government orders
(AFP) Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday he “wished” three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists including an Australian had not been put on trial, conceding the case had been damaging, a newspaper reported. The journalists — Australia’s Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed
(Reuters) – Eduard Shevardnadze, a former president of Georgia and Soviet foreign minister, died on Monday after a long struggle with illness, his personal assistant said. Shevardnadze, who was 86, played a vital role in ending the Cold War as
(AFP) Iraqi forces struggled to regain ground lost last month to jihadist-led militants and politicians remained divided Monday despite mounting pressure to unite and agree on a new leadership. Nearly a month after militants led by the group now calling
(AFP) Plane travelers who can switch on their cellphones or other electronic devices will be able to take them aboard as part of new security measures, US authorities said Sunday. US-bound travelers from Europe and the Middle East have faced
(Associated Press) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Even after seven decades, Wilfred “Spike” Mailloux won’t talk about surviving a bloody World War II battle unless longtime friend John Sidur is by his side. It was Sidur who found the severely wounded
(Reuters) – Authorities in Ghana are testing a U.S. citizen for Ebola after he fell ill following a recent trip to Guinea and Sierra Leone, a senior government official told Reuters on Monday. The Ministry of Health said the patient,
Japan’s weather agency on Monday issued its highest alert as super typhoon Neoguri barreled toward the southern Okinawa island chain, warning of violent winds and high waves. The typhoon warning — the first since a new system began last August
Three of six Israelis held over the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager last week have confessed to the murder, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.
