An eight-year-old boy, who fell and lacerated his forehead at The Deer Park Hotel, Howth, Co Dublin, more than five years ago, has been awarded €25,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court. Barrister Roger Cross told Judge Eugene O’Kelly that no-one saw the then toddler, Gabriel Jakuska, fall and strike his head against a metal […]

KATOWICE, POLAND (AFP) – “Key political issues” deadlocking UN climate talks “remain unresolved”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday (Dec 12) after an unscheduled stop at the troubled negotiations in Poland. The fight against climate change is a “matter of life and death today”, he told ministers and delegates at the 195-nation UN forum […]

LE BOULOU (France) • Groups of “yellow vest” protesters across France responded scathingly to the “crumbs” offered by President Emmanuel Macron in a speech intended to defuse their revolt, but others acknowledged his efforts. “Nonsense”, “a charade”, “a bluff” and “a drop in the ocean” were among the immediate reactions that greeted the head of […]

LONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May faces an angry parliament on Wednesday (Dec 12) after delaying a key vote on her Brexit deal in a desperate move that leaves the agreement and her own future in limbo. After her weekly Prime Minister’s Questions at 1200 GMT (8pm, Singapore time), Mrs May will chair […]

LONDON (WASHINGTON POST) – British  Prime Minister Theresa May is calling off a crucial vote in Parliament on whether to approve her Brexit deal, according to a person familiar with the situation. The vote in the House of Commons to endorse the terms of Britain’s split from the European Union was due to be held on […]

LONDON (REUTERS) – Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party on Wednesday (Dec 12) triggered a confidence vote in her leadership after Britain’s planned divorce from the European Union was plunged into chaos.  Speaking in Downing Street, Mrs May said she intends to fight the challenge “with everything I’ve got”. The result of the […]

An Irish woman who was in a volatile relationship involving aggression on both sides has been jailed for at least five years for stabbing her new fiance to death in Sydney. Cathrina “Tina” Cahill (27) pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of David Walsh (29) who she stabbed once in the neck in the early hours […]

The Church of England has encouraged its clergy to create baptism-style ceremonies for transgender people to welcome them into the Anglican faith. New pastoral guidance, published yesterday, advises clergy to refer to transgender people by their new name, though it stops short of being a baptism. The guidance, which was approved by the House of […]

Three people have been killed and 12 others wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. The gunman, known to security services, is on the run and is being hunted by police. “He fought twice with our security forces,” said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. The shooting happened close to a Christmas market […]

MOSCOW — Russia’s Museum of Cosmonautics displays with rightful pride artifacts from its early years of storied achievements in space exploration: the first satellite, the first dog in space, the first man and, soon thereafter, the first toolbox. Labeled in blocky Cyrillic writing a “panel with instruments for technical service and repair,” the toolbox held […]