GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Iran would not wage war against any nation, while Russia told the United States it should drop what it called provocative plans to deploy more troops to the Middle East. Fears of a confrontation between Iran and the United States have mounted since Washington blamed its […]

Leading takeaway pizza chain Domino‘s is going to start sending food to customers using dedicated self-driving vehicles from Silicon Valley startup Nuro. The initial rollout starts in Houston, Texas later this year.  Kevin Vasconi, executive vice president and chief information officer for Domino’s, said: “Nuro’s vehicles are specially designed to optimise the food delivery experience, which makes […]

Man seriously injured in Downtown Eastside stabbing Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing in the Downtown Eastside Monday night. It happened in the north lane of the 100 block of East Hastings Street. A man in his thirties has been taken to hospital with serious injuries, and remains in stable condition. Police say this appears […]

A friend of the ex-Arkansas state senator found shot dead in her home this month was charged with her murder on Monday. Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell, 48, was ordered held without bond after being charged with capital murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the death of 57-year-old former Arkansas State Senator Linda […]

Angry journalists at BuzzFeed staged a walkout in four cities on Monday to protest what they say is management’s stonewalling of their efforts to hammer out a first-ever union contract. The union for the website known for cat videos and listicles says the company has been stalling over contract negotiations — leading to dozens of […]

A musician bought the town of Hell, Michigan — and renamed it “Gay Hell,” according to a report. Elijah Daniel, who is also a popular YouTube user known for his crude humor on the social media site, reportedly said he renamed the town in an act of protest against the Trump’s administration’s ban on US […]

ANDREA Leadsom has backed Boris Johnson to be the next PM – after she was booted out of the contest last week. The Brexiteer threw her weight behind the frontrunner ahead of the next round of voting later today. She told LBC that he was the best person to get Britain out of the EU […]

Hong Kong: Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam was due to face the public on Tuesday evening, two days after two million people marched against her extradition bill, many of them calling for her resignation. But on Monday, Lam took counsel from six religious leaders. Hong Kong Cardinal John Tong.Credit:Rock Li/CC The heavy hand of […]

The most glamorous meeting of the year is due to kick-off this weekend, with 300,000 racegoers set to descend on Berkshire. But those on their way to the Queen’s favourite racing event are in for a day of delays and cancellations. RMT workers on South Western services have organised a five-day strike, causing mass delays. […]

An internal report says the UN suffered from “fragmented strategy” ahead of brutal military action against Rohingya. There was a “systemic failure” of the United Nations in dealing with the situation in Myanmar ahead of a deadly 2017 military crackdown because it did not have a unified strategy and lacked Security Council support, according to […]