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PM wages war on plastic in new environment plan

May praised the BBC's Blue Planet II for highlighting the problem of plastics in the ocean and also paid tribute to the Daily Mail for its campaign on plastic...

Home And Away star Jessica Falkholt's life support switched off

Home And Away actress Jessica Falkholt is said to still be in a critical condition despite being taken off life support. Her parents and younger sister - w...

Black Panther Sets MCU Record for First Day Tickets Sold

Though presales have been great, it remains to be seen if Black Panther will repeat Civil War's $179 million opening . Black Panther is supposedly Marvel...

Steve Bannon stepping down from Breitbart

Bannon sought to make amends in a statement on Sunday, but a White House spokesperson said it didn't change his standing with the president. Bannon and Breitb...

Louisiana teacher handcuffed forcibly after asking questions at board meeting

Hargrave was questioning why the superintendent would get a raise while teachers haven't seen a bump in pay in years, according to the news station. Fontana, ...

Firefighters Rescue Girl Trapped for Hours in House Destroyed by Mudslide

Crews are working to clear debris from roads across greater Los Angeles, including a key stretch of US 101 that was shut down along the border of Santa Barbara ...

Trump opens curtain on negotiations over spending bill, immigration

The Dreamers are young immigrants who were brought into the USA illegally as children. Trump a year ago ended the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arriva...

Same-sex couples set to officially Wednesday

State offices were not aware of the number of same-sex marriages taking place on Tuesday, because private celebrants are only required to inform the government ...

Princess Charlotte Photos Show Adorable Tot Off to Nursery School

In response to Charlotte's new photos, many royal fans couldn't believe how much she's grown. In the pictures, the fourth in line to the throne is wearing a c...

Charred body of technician found in Kanjurmarg studio fire

Although the studio had fire-fighting equipment installed, it was not functional, said fire officials. At least one person has been confirmed dead in Saturday...

Pink To Sing National Anthem At The Super Bowl

The star's coming off of a huge few months that include the highest single week of sales in her 18-year solo career, earning MTV Video Music Awards Video Van...

Saudi Arabia: 11 Princes protest against austerity measures, detained

Following the arrest of the Saudi princes, they were sent to a notorious maximum-security prison of Al-Haear located south of Riyadh . "Despite being informed ...

Florida man calls 911 to report himself drunk driving

Police say he admitted to driving the wrong way and he had been driving drunk all night and quote "Was trying to get pulled over". The call lasted for several...

Oil tanker collides with vessel off China coast, 32 crew members missing

The Chinese ministry said the second ship in the collision was a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship carrying 64,000 tons of grain. The Crystal's crew members were all...

Opposition attacks Yogi as potatoes pave roads

Condemning statements made by union minister Anantkumar Hegde onchanging the Constitution and also the statements issued by UttarPradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adi...

The Aadhaar data breach problem

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Alok Kumar confirmed that an FIR had been registered and an investigation launched, reported The Indian Express o...

LaVar Ball: Lakers 'don't want to play for' Luke Walton

Asked pointedly if he agreed that Walton had lost the support of players, Lonzo Ball said, "I don't think so". In an interview with ESPN.com's Jeff Goodma...

Trump's corrupt media awards: Why some pundits are angling to win

Directing his words to Trump, he added: "Personally, I'm excited for your Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards". The commander-in-chief tweeted last week they'd...

Mohamed Salah sends proud message to Liverpool fans ahead of Everton clash

The talented fast winger helped the Egyptian national team qualify for the World Cup finals to be held next summer in Russian Federation. He also had a hand i...

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina wins Brisbane International

But Svitolina just poured more pressure on, breaking Sasnovich again to convert her second set point with a classy backhand victor. In her ninth tour-level se...

USA astronaut John Young dies aged 87

The former US Navy test pilot flew into space twice during the Gemini programme of NASA in 1960's and twice on space shuttles. Retired Canadian astronaut Chri...

Sanctuary City Mayor Stands Up to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Leader's Threat

Nor was Homan shy about issuing a threat to California in response to Gov. A successful case under the statute, Hing says, would involve something like bringing...

EPL: Manchester United anxious Mourinho could quit

Speaking on Friday ahead of Chelsea's FA Cup clash at Norwich City on Saturday, Conte accused Mourinho of having senile dementia when it comes to rememberin...

Pretoria in top 10 performing districts countrywide

The province ranks third out of the nine provinces with a pass rate of 84.4%, that's just over 3% lower than 2016's figure. KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, No...

North Korea Winter Olympics talks set for Tuesday

Fools, but talks are a good thing!" he said on Twitter. President Trump , who had engaged in a war of words and insults with Kim including saying that his "n...

Macron to Erdogan: 'Democracies must respect rule of law'

Mr Macron was speaking during a joint news conference with Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Paris . Commenting on the possibility of Turkey turning its back on Europe...

US Attorney General Ends Obama Marijuana Policy

As a response, then deputy attorney general James Cole issued a memorandum in 2013 - known as " the Cole memo " - through the Department of Justice. Sessions,...

North Korea Mistakenly Bombed Own City During Failed Missile Test

According to The Diplomat , North Korea launched the Hwasong-12 from the Pukchang Airfield in South Pyongan Province after wheeling it out from an underground ...

Call for 'latte levy' to cut disposable coffee cup waste

According to EAC, 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups are thrown away annually in the United Kingdom, with nearly none being recycled and half a million per day ...

Egypt balloon crash at popular Luxor resort kills tourist

Egyptian authorities blamed strong winds , saying they had blown the balloon off its course and into a mountainous area. Luxor governor Mahmoud Badr confirme...