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Turkey board to rule on Istanbul election re-run appeal: AKP candidate

ANKARA (Reuters) – A ruling on an appeal by Turkey’s AK Party (AKP) calling for a re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election will be made on Monday by the High Election Board (YSK), the AKP’s candidate said. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) won control of the capital Ankara and Istanbul, the country’s biggest […]

Schoolboy, 12, creates gadgets to combat dementia and asthma

Arnav Sharma, 12, is obsessed with technology and said: “I want to get into engineering when I’m older so I can design things. “And I want to invent stuff that can help people – there’s more point to it if it will improve someone’s life.” When he was seven he saw a pal have an […]

Five dead in Gaza amid failed Israel ceasefire talks

Five people have died amid an exchange of airstrikes and rockets between Israel and militants in Gaza following a breakdown in ceasefire talks. Hostilities across the border have flared up in recent days, with Israel having retaliated strongly after two of its soldiers were wounded by gunfire on Friday. Two Hamas militants died due to […]

UK politicians can reach Brexit deal in next few days: Scottish Conservative leader

ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) – A Brexit deal could be reached by negotiators from Britain’s Conservative and Labour parties within a few days, the leader of Scotland’s Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, said. “We are getting closer and closer. There is not that much between the two main parties as I understand it within the room,” she told […]

Paedophile teacher jailed for plotting to abuse Filipino girls as young as FOUR

James Alexander, 42, was caught by the National Crime Agency after he sent money to people who had live-streamed child sexual abuse from Illigan City in the Philippines. He was arrested on June 30, 2018, at Manchester Airport as he flew into the UK from Thailand where he had lived since 2017. Forensic analysis of […]