THIS was the moment Spanish cops brutally broke up a vicious street fight between Roma travellers in front of shocked tourists in a busy Madrid square. Officers from Spain's Guardia Civil were caught on camera as they torpedoed towards the brawling men before battering them. In the footage, one of the fighters is sent crashing […]

NATCHEZ, Miss. — In this city known for pre-Civil War mansions, a young mother shared a government-funded apartment with her three small children and a legion of cockroaches. They lurked in the medicine cabinet, under the refrigerator, behind a picture on the wall. The mother nudged a bedroom dresser and more roaches skittered away as […]

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe appealed on Tuesday for $613 million in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with a humanitarian crisis after a severe drought and a cyclone that battered the east of the country. An El Nino-induced drought has wilted crops across Zimbabwe and left about a third […]

It’s been a traffic nuisance in south Edmonton for months but on Tuesday, EPCOR confirmed it has now completed its repair work on Allendale Road after a large hole under the pavement was discovered last summer. “We have now completed our work on Allendale Road,” Kelly Struski, a spokesperson for EPCOR, said in an email […]

An 80-year-old man has been arrested in the cold case killings of two 19-year-old women who were slain in 1973 while on vacation in Virginia, officials said. Ernest Broadnax was arrested Monday in New York City and charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Lynn Seethaler and Janice Pietropola, said Macie […]

What a Westminster bubble! Had enough of our MPs? GUY ADAMS looks at plans for their £175million stand-in home while the Commons is refurbished Under the scheme, a 151 metre-long structure would be built on Horse Guards Parade behind Downing Street It would then be occupied for between six and seven years while the Palace of […]

In the weeks since Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were named in the high-profile college admissions cheating scandal, they have been working with their legal teams to determine what their next move should be. Huffman agreed to plead guilty on Monday, saying, “I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what […]

PARIS/BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit but they could demand she accepts a much longer extension as France pushed for conditions to limit Britain’s ability to undermine the bloc. A “flextension” until the end of the year or until March 2020, under which Britain […]

(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is considering a new plan to introduce legislation that would allow lawmakers to thrash out a compromise Brexit deal among themselves, if talks with the opposition Labour party fail, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. A plan has been discussed to bring forward the withdrawal agreement bill, which could […]

Ancient shipwreck is the first in Greece to be opened up to divers to explore as experts say it has further mysteries to yield The remains of a 5th Century cargoship has become the first ancient shipwreck in Greece opened up to public It lies near Greek island of Alonissos and was laden with an estimated […]