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Ukraine president's party set for big win in parliamentary polls

Comic-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party took a commanding lead in Sunday’s snap election, exit polls showed. Ukrainians gave their comic-turned-president Volodymyr Zelensky a mandate to reboot the country’s politics on Sunday by handing his party a record score in parliamentary elections, exit polls showed. Zelensky’s Servant of the People party – named after the sitcom he […]

Lufthansa resumes flights to Cairo, British Airways stays away

Lufthansa resumed flying to Cairo Sunday following a one-day suspension due to safety concerns. The German airline’s website shows LH582 took off from Frankfurt after a two-hour delay and arrived in Egypt’s capital Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, British Airways continued with its seven-day suspension of flights to Cairo, and Egyptian Lt. General Younes Elmasry, Egypt’s minister […]

Ghislaine Maxwell brought Bill Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein: report

Former President Bill Clinton’s connection to since-convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was established through British heiress and longtime Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell, who also became a friend of former first daughter Chelsea, according to a new report Sunday. Clinton’s family grew close with Maxwell after Clinton left office in early 2001, Politico reported. “The Clintons were […]

U.S. says Venezuelan plane aggressively shadowed a U.S. military aircraft

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Sunday accused a Venezuelan fighter aircraft of “aggressively” shadowing a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries II plane over international airspace, in yet another sign of the increasing hostility between the two nations. The encounter between the U.S. and Venezuelan planes occurred on Friday, the same day that the Trump […]

Japan's Abe says upper house election win shows support for constitution debate

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his ruling coalition’s solid win in an upper house election on Sunday showed that voters supported debate over his proposal to revise the post-war, pacifist constitution. Abe, speaking to a TV broadcaster after exit polls showed his coalition would win a solid majority, also said a […]

Livestream fail gives cop cat ears and whiskers during murder case announcement

Canadian cops were left “feline” foolish when they livestreamed a press conference on a double murder — and a cat filter left the chief officer with cats ears and whiskers. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were giving a very serious press conference into the brutal killing of an American woman and an Australian man who […]

Single father, 34, with just £4.61 in his bank account killed himself

Single father, 34, with just £4.61 in his bank account wept about having to wait weeks for Universal Credit before killing himself Phillip Herron, 34, was out of work and struggling to feed his three children  Mother Sheena Derbyshire, 54, uncovered £20,000 debt and eviction notice  In his suicide note he said he believed his […]

Killer of Australian man and his girlfriend has a three-day ‘head start’

The family of an Australian man killed with his girlfriend on the side of a Canadian highway say they are "crushed" as her family raise concerns that their killer has had a three day head start in evading authorities. The bodies of Sydney man Lucas Fowler, 23 and American Chynna Deese, 24, were discovered shot […]

Nuclear submarine could be sent to boost Navy defence in the Gulf after Iran seized two Brit oil tankers – The Sun

A NUCLEAR-powered submarine and Royal Marine Commandos could be sent to bolster Navy defences in the Gulf after Iranian forces seized two British oil tankers. The moves were discussed at emergency meetings of the Government’s Cobra security committee after Friday’s hijacks. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Iran it was choosing a “dangerous path” with its […]