The Liverpool target, 19, headed home after five minutes at the Amsterdam Arena to build on Ajax’s advantage in the Champions League semi-final second leg. Hakim Ziyech added another with a sweetly struck effort before the break to give the Dutch side a 2-0 lead and 3-0 on aggregate. Lucas Moura struck twice in the […]

But Brits can soon rejoice — with “above average” temperatures and “ample wall-to-wall sunshine” predicted from this weekend. Met Office meteorologist Richard Miles said that while “wintry showers” have blighted the nation, we could be treated to “almost warm” weather soon. He said: “Between now and the weekend there will be some unsettled weather with […]

Kwantlen Polytechnic University says it has closed and evacuated all five of its campuses on Wednesday, due to an “unsubstantiated threat.” “Surrey RCMP have alerted us to an unsubstantiated threat against KPU, specific to today. The threat is not specific to any one campus,” the university said in an alert to students. “Therefore, out of […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – Last week’s “strike drill” in which North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of rockets and at least one short-range ballistic missile was “regular and self-defensive,” the North’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, according to state media. “The recent drill conducted by our army is nothing more than part of […]

An anonymous onlooker filmed the women scrapping on New York street in Leeds. The clip begins with a woman in a white top and a walking stick confronting another woman. She begins to tussle with her rival, pictured in an Ellesse top and parka jacket while arguing over the bags. The video then cuts to […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is now close to setting out a timetable for her departure from office, the political editor of The Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday. “I understand Theresa May is now close to setting out a timetable for her departure from No10, with or without Brexit taking place,” Tom […]

(The May 7 story was refiled to correct the former Prime Minister’s ethnic group in paragraph 8) ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The former head of Ethiopia’s intelligence service was charged in absentia on Tuesday with misuse of power and corruption, part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government on senior security officials suspected […]

Frankie MacRitchie was attacked by a “bulldog-type” breed while alone in a caravan on holiday in April.  The dog, a seven-year-old named Winston, was owned by Sadie Totterdell, 28 – a friend of Frankie’s mum Tawnee Willis, also 28, from Plymouth, Devon.  Police confirmed it was put to sleep on May 1 after the tragedy.  […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Iran said it had started scaling back parts of its commitments under its 2015 nuclear deal on Wednesday and threatened to do more if world powers did not protect it from U.S. sanctions, a year after Washington pulled out of the pact. President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran would move on to resuming […]

News of their first days with their baby son comes as the nation prepares to learn the new arrival’s name. The birth of the seventh-in-line to the throne has been shrouded in secrecy, and his name has not yet been revealed. New dad Harry told reporters gathered in Windsor the baby could be unveiled today, […]