PRISONERS are enjoying guided nature walks, karaoke sessions, bingo, spot the celeb quizzes and cookery classes – and can even grow their own flowers to brighten up their cells. Inmates at HMP Leyhill, a 515-capacity open jail in Gloucester – home to 340 sex offenders and 170 life sentence prisoners – can also enjoy embroidery […]
This Kawhi Leonard move was expected. His next might not be. The NBA Finals MVP will become an unrestricted free agent after opting out of his 2019-20 player option worth $21.3 million, according to Yahoo Sports. Many viewed his one season in Toronto as a pit stop following his arrival from the Spurs, making a...
The mother of the 13-year-old boy who was killed last week by a falling tree on Vancouver Island says the teen was the backbone of the family and died trying to save his friends.
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British warships last year sortied to intercept Russian vessels sailing near U.K. waters at a rate twice what it was in 2013, U.K. Defense Journal reported.
Royal Navy ships on 31 occasions in 2018 intercepted Russian ships, up from 12 occasions in 2013.
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Earlier this month, according to organizers, about 2 million people marched in a Chinese city to protest an extradition bill that they labeled Chinese tyranny. If accurate, it would mean that 1 in 4 Hong Kongers was out in the streets fighting Chinese encroachment. While it is difficult to predict what path this story will take, it highlights something we tend to forget: the fragility of the Chinese political system.
On June 28, I will host the 2019 G-20 summit in Osaka. Our agenda will focus on three key issues, each of which is particularly important for Asia.
The most important variable in the current Gulf confrontation is time. The Trump administration wants to play a long game, to draw the sanctions tourniquet ever tighter. Iran needs to play a short game, to escape the American chokehold before it becomes fatal.
The life and works of fashion legend Gabrielle Coco Chanel were celebrated in a new ballet premiering at Moscow’s Bolshoi Saturday that highlights the designer’s love of Russia and stars prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova. The one-act performance by choreographer Yuri Possokhov pays homage to the celebrated founder of the fashion house that bears her name and features a stunning display of Chanel costumes specially created for the ballet.
A frothing cherub fountain constructed of striped fabric drew the eyes and camera lenses of VIP guests at Thom Browne’s fantastical Paris Fashion Week show Saturday.
The first major show of Berthe Morisot’s paintings in France in nearly 80 years puts the forgotten woman of impressionism back at the center of the movement she helped found.
Would any fictional gadget be more coveted by Hollywood executives than the memory-erasing Men in Black neuralyzer? Imagine the lucrative benefits of being able to, with a single flash, make moviegoers forget the film they just saw. Franchises would be endlessly renewable.
Four years ago, Nadine Kanawati was gazing out the window at two political parties who were both burning tires as a way of expressing political protest.
After reaching the $10,000 mark for the first time in more than a year Friday, the price of bitcoin briefly surged above $11,000 on Saturday but was struggling to push past the fresh threshold in Sunday trading.
The two-vehicle crash happened abut 6 p.m. Sunday at the Intersection of Harrison and Oakley, according to Chicago Fire Media Affairs.
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World Cup winner Marcel Desailly believes France teammate Zinedine Zidane wants to shake-up his Real Madrid squad.
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The 14-year-old mentally challenged boy, who died a week after he was sexually assaulted by a group of boys, was regularly sodomised by boys in the neighbourhood. Unlike previous occasion, on June 14, several minors had taken turns to sexually assault the boy.
Volunteer Marine Rescue boats and two rescue helicopters, carrying paramedics, are racing to the scene.
Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Amendment Bill will be the first legislative business of the BJP president in parliament after his election to the lower house and cabinet appointment following the...
Three years after it was liquidated for racking up billions of euros worth of debt, Morocco’s sole oil refinery and onetime economic flagship is struggling to attract a buyer and survive.
Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates banks may have their annual revenue estimates cut by 1 or 2 percentage points for every 25 basis point decline in U.S. interest rates, according to Bloomberg.
Investors in Gulf assets breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump showed restraint against Iran. Calling off airstrikes and opting for additional sanctions on Iran eases the risk of military combat between the Persian nation and its Arab neighbors, and will probably have a positive impact on Golf Cooperation Council spreads, according to Arqaam Capital Ltd.
An investment company in Lebanon controlled by former Renault SA Chairman Carlos Ghosn received about 350 million yen ($3.3 million) from the French carmaker via a car distributor in Oman, the Asahi newspaper reported Sunday, citing Tokyo prosecutors. The allegation adds to prosecutors’ accusations that money from Renault alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. was channeled to the same firm.