BELFAST (Reuters) – It is going to be a “very, very hard sell” for British Prime Minister Theresa May to win parliamentary backing for her emerging Brexit deal, the deputy leader of the small Northern Irish party propping up her government said on Tuesday. “The trick will be for Theresa May, can she satisfy everyone? […]

The parent who took a photo of a group of Wisconsin high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute on the steps of a local courthouse said Tuesday he was simply asking the teens to wave goodbye to their parents before they headed off to prom and never anticipated the image would […]

Nova Scotia Power says it has activated its Emergency Operations Centre [EOC] in advance of an impending nor’easter, which is forecast to bring heavy rain and snow to the province overnight Tuesday. Wind warnings have been issued for several coastal counties, as well as throughout all of Cape Breton. Wind gusts are expected to reach […]

Low-cost universal child care has arrived in the Okanagan. The B.C. government said that families at Okanagan College’s Little Scholars are paying no more than $200 a month per child as part of the B.C. government’s universal child care prototype project. “Okanagan College’s Little Scholars program is one of more than 50 sites chosen to […]

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech opposition parties on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign and agreed to push for a no-confidence motion in his government after a news report that said his son had been send abroad to hinder a fraud investigation. Babis, a billionaire with farming, chemicals and media businesses, has long […]

The auction of a South Sudanese girl for marriage on Facebook could spur other families to use social media to demand bigger dowries for their daughters, activists have claimed. Plan International has urged authorities and the social networking giant to take much tougher action following the incident in the wartorn African country. A picture of […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament until next month in a further twist in the country’s political crisis. Sirisena dissolved parliament on Friday night and called a general election for Jan. 5, two weeks after removing his coalition prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The top […]

Officials identified the 12-metre boat and contacted its owner, who said the vessel had been stolen in France. Twelve migrants have managed to reach the English coast after crossing the Channel in a stolen French fishing boat, using what authorities said was an “unprecedented” means of getting to Britain. French agents monitoring the coastline alerted […]

Online retail giant reportedly plans to hire up to 500,000 employees and spend $5bn on second headquarters locations. Amazon is ready to announce the split of its new headquarters between New York City and Crystal City in Virginia, Reuters news agency reported, ending a year-long bidding completion where more than 200 cities stepped up to […]

Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed why she and the Queen put their arms around each other during a G20 summit – they were bonding over their sore feet. Eyebrows were raised in 2009 when Mrs Obama was seen to put her arm around the Queen’s shoulders during a Buckingham Palace reception, and the […]