Feeling VERY ratty! Fearless rodent is in NO mood for becoming anyone’s lunch as it strikes out at playful cat in fierce stand-off in family’s front yard Nong Mikun, 14, heard cat Taohoo hissing at something in Ang Thong, Thailand She thought Taohoo was fighting with brother Taojiew, but found him with a rat Footage […]

Speaking to Sky News, the former Labour politician claimed Donald Trump ordered the attack on General Soleimani for “self-obsession”. Mr Straw warned the US President’s decision could put Russia in a much more powerful position in the Middle East, should an Iran insurgency arise from the tensions, causing the US to lose influence on western […]

President Emmanuel Macron has angered workers with unpopular pension reforms which require people to work until 64 in order to qualify for a full pension – two years past the official retirement age. The public outrage has resulted in the biggest strike in decades in France shutting down public transport services. Numerous train lines, especially […]

KEP, Cambodia (Reuters) – Owners of a building in Cambodia that collapsed and killed 36 workers and their families last week have been charged and released on bail, a court spokesman said on Tuesday. The heavy death toll has highlighted the dangers of the lightly regulated industry. The building, a multi-storey guesthouse under construction in […]

A schoolgirl faces having her frostbitten fingers amputated after she was made to shovel snow with her bare hands in the freezing cold. Horrific pictures show how little Lu Yanyan, 13, was left with swollen and blackened digits after after she swept snow for hours without gloves. Classmates were made to do the task at […]

Toyota has unveiled plans to build a sustainable “city of the future” near Mount Fuji that will run on hydrogen fuel cells and become a living laboratory for self-driving vehicles, robotics and artificial intelligence. The Japanese carmaker said Woven City, covering 70hectares on the site of a factory that is due for closure, would be […]

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday, following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country. Longtime foes Tehran and Washington have been in […]

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe is set to make £8MILLION from selling art from Pink Floyd’s 1982 film The Wall Celebrated cartoonist Gerald Scarfe recently spoke of his ‘shock’ at having to move out of his beloved Chelsea after 55 years. But perhaps he will soon be able to buy a bolthole in his old […]

BORIS Johnson is planning a national celebration to commemorate our EU departure on January 31, Downing Street has revealed. The PM's spokesman refused to discuss details but confirmed there were plans in place to mark the historic day Britain leaves the EU after 47 years of membership. He said January 31 will be "a significant […]

In Nick Cornea’s world, 2019 “ended with a bang,” but not in a good way. Heavy fall rains and an early snowfall crippled the farmer’s canola crops near Briercrest, Sask. The harsh conditions meant he had to leave close to 200 acres of canola in the fields, making this coming spring a little harder for […]