WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States is expected to announce on Monday that buyers of Iranian oil need to end imports soon or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters, triggering a 3 percent jump in crude prices to their highest for 2019 so far. Officials in Asia opposed the expected move, […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists are in the lead ahead of Sunday’s national election but opinion polls show no party will have enough seats to rule on its own, which could make for complicated coalition talks. Following are snapshots of the top candidates – five men in their mid-30s to mid-40s […]

Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry has confirmed there are 25 unidentified bodies “believed to be of foreigners”.  It comes after five Brits were confirmed to have been killed in horrific coordinated suicide bombings across Sri Lanka yesterday.  At least 290 people were killed and 500 injured in a series of eight explosions targeting churches and hotels […]

The couple were seen out in Florida with the US President’s daughter Tiffany. But the church they visited held personal importance for the Trumps. They were snapped attending the service at Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, in West Palm Beach. Back in 2005, the couple were married at the church and returned back today to take part […]

Harin Fernando, minister of telecommunications, said a letter had been sent out warning of the attack. According to the Mirror, Mr Fernando shared the letter on Twitter, which he said had been “ignored”. Sri Lanka’s deputy inspector general of police had signed off the letter on April 11, less than two weeks before the series […]

US-based Dr Mark Perlin has lodged a request with London’s Metropolitan Police to release 18 samples related to Maddie’s 2007 disappearance.  He claims his Pittsburgh lab Cybernetics – which has identified victims of the 9/11 terror attack – can unlock samples UK authorities initially struggled to analyse.  But the Metropolitan Police have yet to respond […]

Around 7:36 p.m. Saturday night, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was called to the 800 block of College Avenue after reports of a fire in a two-storey home. When crews arrived, they encountered heavy smoke and flames. Firefighters immediately launched an offensive attack while trying to keep the fire from spreading to neighbouring homes. The fire […]

Good morning. Happy Easter. Here’s the King’s College Choir singing Handel’s “Thine Be the Glory.” And because I’m sick of bunny rabbits and dyed eggs, here’s a compilation video of cute golden retriever puppies. Happy spring! Today, some will be eating glazed holiday ham (above). Others, leg of lamb. I’ll be getting some Sweeney potatoes […]

The US president’s favourability dropped to just 37 percent – his lowest percentage of the year according to the analysis by Reuters/IPSOS. Just under 1,000 people were surveyed which included 352 Democrats, 344 Republicans and 210 Independents. The new figures represent a three-point percentage slip since April 15 and a six-point drop since the end […]

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party submitted a second petition to cancel and re-run Istanbul elections it lost three weeks ago, citing thousands of ballots cast by people it said were ineligible to vote due to previous government decrees, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Saturday. Based on initial results and a series of […]