Baghdad Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the US Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, angered over deadly US airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed militia. Protesters burn property in front of the US embassy compound, in Baghdad.Credit:AP Flames were seen rising […]

EuroMillions winner Jane Park has shared a snap of herself a decade ago for New Year's Eve. The Edinburgh socialite scooped a £1million fortune in 2013 to become the UK's youngest ever lottery winner at the aged of 17. She has gone one to enjoy a lavish lifestyle of holidays, cars and plastic surgery. And […]

NEW YORK — New York City’s counterterrorism czar expects Times Square to be “the safest place on the planet Earth” on New Year’s Eve. Thousands of police officers will be on duty for Tuesday night’s festivities, along with specialized units armed with long guns, bomb-sniffing dogs and other measures. For the first time, police drones […]

Congratulations, you’ve made it through another year of news. We know it wasn’t always easy, so here’s a reward: our round-up of the moments that put a little smile on our faces in 2019. Many of them, inevitably, involve animals. Animal rescue of the year Winner Spare a thought for the poor fat rat of […]

This year Judith Norell, an owner of Silver Moon Bakery on the Upper West Side, has added a new twist, raspberry preserves, to her galette des rois, or king cake, the confection served for Epiphany on Jan. 6. It’s usually fashioned from puff pastry and filled with marzipan, with a good luck token hidden inside. […]

Rhine Hall is a fruit brandy distiller in Fulton Market district of Chicago. The company, the outgrowth of a backyard hobby, now makes more than a dozen brandies and similar products. About a year ago, it teamed up with Alinea, the Michelin three-star restaurant in Chicago, to create a coffee liqueur. Made from handpicked beans […]

As you run around finalizing your New Year’s Eve celebration plans, keep in mind that not everything is open over the holidays. Here are the business and services you can count on to be open — and those that will be closed as we head towards 2020. Public Transit STM metro and buses The metro […]

(Reuters) – The gunman who opened fire in a Texas church on Sunday, killing two before dying from gunshot wounds, owned a shooting range and had taught its parishioners how to shoot, the Texas Attorney General said on Monday. A livestream video caught the terrifying moment when the man, whom authorities have not identified by […]

As 2019 draws to a close, Peterborough has seen a total of 30 suspected opioid overdose deaths in the city so far this year. Peterborough police Deputy Chief Tim Farquharson confirmed to Global News that two more suspected opioid overdose deaths occurred during a single weekend two weeks ago. Farquharson says the overdoses are believed […]

Two people are taken to hospital after a huge house fire broke out in Folkestone and sent a large plume of smoke into the sky Large plumes of smoke could be seen across the Kent town during the blaze A total of eight fire engines as well as ambulances and police attended the scene Kent […]