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Sunday 1 August, 2021

# Wildfires

Fires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate

Sun 4:17 PM 27,348 Views 9 Comments

This year’s fire season has been significantly more destructive than previously, according to EU data.

Tuesday 8 June, 2021

# India

Daily coronavirus cases in India dip below 100,000

Jun 8th 2021, 9:23 AM 10,221 Views 12 Comments

India peaked at adding more than 400,000 cases a day in May, but new infections and deaths have declined across the country since then.

Saturday 4 April, 2020

# The Kennedys

Recovery mission underway for two members of Kennedy family missing on US canoe trip

Apr 4th 2020, 5:15 PM 166,932 Views 36 Comments

Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her son Gideon did not return to shore at Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, on Thursday.

Wednesday 11 March, 2020

# Jailed

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault

Mar 11th 2020, 3:05 PM 63,162 Views 78 Comments

Weinstein was found guilty at a court in New York last month.

Tuesday 10 March, 2020

# Super-ish Tuesday

Sanders and Biden draft in big guns ahead of make or break showdown in Michigan

Mar 10th 2020, 7:20 AM 14,918 Views 16 Comments

Sanders’s campaign could be in major trouble if he fails to win the state.

Tuesday 3 March, 2020

# Chris Matthews

US TV host retires abruptly from show, apologises for inappropriate comments about women

Mar 3rd 2020, 8:08 AM 70,393 Views 38 Comments

Chris Matthews said he incorrectly thought certain “compliments on a woman’s appearance” were ok.

Tuesday 25 February, 2020

# Inquiry

Placido Domingo says he is 'truly sorry' after investigation finds multiple harassment complaints from women

Feb 25th 2020, 11:35 AM 20,499 Views 0 Comments

The investigation was carried out by the US union representing opera performers.

Tuesday 11 February, 2020

# Chicago

Actor Jussie Smollett faces six new charges over claim he was victim of hate crime

Feb 11th 2020, 10:37 PM 19,107 Views 0 Comments

Smollett was previously charged with lying to police but they were subsequently dropped.

Thursday 6 February, 2020

# Eric Eoin Marques

Irishman faces at least 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in the US to facilitating the distribution of child abuse material

Feb 6th 2020, 10:24 PM 30,564 Views 0 Comments

Eric Eoin Marques was extradited from Ireland to Maryland last year.

# Acquitted

'It was evil, corrupt, it was dirty cops': Trump goes on hour-long 'tirade' after his impeachment acquittal

Updated Feb 6th 2020, 7:41 PM 18,049 Views 101 Comments

Trump addressed a friendly crowd who applauded during multiple parts of his speech.

Wednesday 5 February, 2020

# State Of The Union

Trump refuses to shake Pelosi's hand, then she rips up his speech

Feb 5th 2020, 7:18 AM 83,232 Views 98 Comments

The US President declared America is “stronger than ever before” in his State of the Union address.

Monday 3 February, 2020

# Texas

Two killed in shooting at university residence in US

Feb 3rd 2020, 8:11 PM 13,043 Views 14 Comments

The shooting happened in a dormitory at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

# Outbreak

Built in 10 days, China's coronavirus hospital takes first patients as death toll passes SARS

Feb 3rd 2020, 9:01 AM 169,491 Views 100 Comments

China has also made an appeal for medical masks and protective suits.

Monday 27 January, 2020

# Allegations

Prince Andrew 'uncooperative' in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, says NY prosecutor

Jan 27th 2020, 5:43 PM 30,907 Views 46 Comments

Geoffrey Berman says the FBI had contacted Prince Andrew’s lawyers and asked to interview him.

Thursday 23 January, 2020

# Ukraine

Democrats focus on Trump’s ‘dangerous’ abuse on second day of impeachment trial

Jan 23rd 2020, 10:36 PM 8,662 Views 30 Comments

“The president’s conduct is wrong. It is illegal. It is dangerous,” Jerrold Nadler said.

Tuesday 21 January, 2020

# Ukraine

US Senate leader backs down on proposed impeachment trial rules after backlash

Updated Jan 21st 2020, 10:29 PM 33,747 Views 64 Comments

Donald Trump has denounced the proceedings as “a total hoax”.

# Outbreak

First case of new coronavirus on US soil after man returns from China

Jan 21st 2020, 7:43 PM 17,070 Views 21 Comments

The man returned to the Seattle area in the middle of last week after traveling to Wuhan in central China.

Friday 17 January, 2020

# Justin Trudeau

Canada will provide money to families of those in plane shot down by Iran

Jan 17th 2020, 6:49 PM 10,521 Views 13 Comments

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the families will each receive 25,000 Canadian dollars

Sunday 12 January, 2020

# Toronto

Canadians living near nuclear power station sent emergency incident message by mistake

Jan 12th 2020, 5:07 PM 23,915 Views 7 Comments

More than an hour later, a message was sent saying the first one was a mistake.

Friday 10 January, 2020

# Fallout

Trump boasts that Soleimani got 'American justice' as House vote to curb his military moves in Iran

Jan 10th 2020, 7:30 AM 14,470 Views 57 Comments

Trump said he had no plans to take further military action.

Tuesday 7 January, 2020

# Philadelphia

Ikea to pay family over €40 million after 2-year-old boy killed by falling dresser

Jan 7th 2020, 3:30 PM 63,746 Views 48 Comments

Jozef Dudek died in 2017 of his injuries after a recalled dresser tipped over onto him.

# Blast Off

SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites to test less reflective coating

Jan 7th 2020, 9:03 AM 12,409 Views 22 Comments

Observatory director Jeff Hall said the satellites will be a growing risk to stargazers in the future.

Monday 6 January, 2020

# Pennsylvania

Police in the US searching for person who tried to release bedbugs in Walmart store

Jan 6th 2020, 9:30 PM 24,884 Views 23 Comments

The store manager contacted police on Saturday after store employees found pill bottles with bugs in them.

Saturday 4 January, 2020

# The Ghost Of Manzanar

Mystery skeleton found in California hills revealed as WW2 Japanese-American prisoner

Jan 4th 2020, 7:25 PM 29,259 Views 6 Comments

Giichi Matsumura left a US internment camp in the final days of World War II.

# Amen

'Father, release his power' - Evangelical leaders pray for Donald Trump in Miami megachurch

Jan 4th 2020, 12:27 PM 52,560 Views 90 Comments

Trump spoke to more than 5,000 Christians at the event last night.

Wednesday 1 January, 2020

# Krefeld Zoo

Scores of animals killed in fire at German zoo

Jan 1st 2020, 1:35 PM 25,578 Views 25 Comments

Local media reported that New Year’s Eve fireworks could have started the blaze.

# Troops

Trump deploys hundreds of US soldiers to Middle East after embassy attack in Iraq

Jan 1st 2020, 8:32 AM 19,728 Views 39 Comments

Thousands of soldiers may be deployed in the coming days.

Saturday 28 December, 2019

# Mogadishu

Death toll rises to 78 after truck bomb explodes during rush hour in Somali capital

Dec 28th 2019, 1:03 PM 14,692 Views 14 Comments

Mayor Omar Mohamud Mohamed said that university students were among those killed.

Sunday 22 December, 2019

# United States

13 wounded, four critically at house party shooting in the US

Dec 22nd 2019, 1:13 PM 22,600 Views 0 Comments

Shots were fired just after 12.30am (6.30am Irish time).

Thursday 19 December, 2019

# Löw Blow

Donald Trump defies impeachment and mocks Democrat's dead husband at Christmas-themed rally

Dec 19th 2019, 7:26 AM 81,329 Views 100 Comments

Trump implied that Representative Debbie Dingell’s husband could be ‘looking up’ from hell.

Tuesday 17 December, 2019

# Impeachment

Trump says Salem 'witches' were better treated than he has been in impeachment process

Dec 17th 2019, 8:20 PM 12,473 Views 75 Comments

In a letter sent on the eve of his expected impeachment, the US President has maintained that he did nothing wrong.

Saturday 14 December, 2019

# Georgia

Runner who slapped female reporter's bottom on live TV arrested

Dec 14th 2019, 5:01 PM 99,391 Views 148 Comments

Alex Bozarjian told police the man had slapped and then grabbed her buttocks.

Friday 13 December, 2019

# RIP

Oscar-nominated star of Do the Right Thing Danny Aiello dies aged 86

Dec 13th 2019, 4:27 PM 16,742 Views 16 Comments

Aiello died last night after a brief illness.

Tuesday 10 December, 2019

# Chile

Chilean military plane 'disappears' with 38 passengers on board

Dec 10th 2019, 7:19 AM 18,863 Views 9 Comments

The C-130 Hercules carried 17 crew members and 21 passengers.

Friday 6 December, 2019

# Sex Crime

R Kelly charged with paying bribe before marriage to 15-year-old Aaliyah

Dec 6th 2019, 9:33 AM 44,817 Views 0 Comments

Kelly was 27 when he married a then 15-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah in 1994.

Wednesday 27 November, 2019

# Holey Artisan Bakery

Bangladesh court sentences seven militants to death for 2016 café attack

Nov 27th 2019, 7:33 AM 6,714 Views 2 Comments

Twenty hostages were killed, including 17 from Japan, Italy and India.

Monday 25 November, 2019

# Adnan Syed

US Supreme Court rejects bid for new trial in case covered by popular podcast Serial

Nov 25th 2019, 11:00 PM 15,064 Views 3 Comments

Adnan Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted in 2000 of killing 17-year-old Hae Min Lee.

Sunday 24 November, 2019

# Road To The White House

New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg launches US presidential bid

Nov 24th 2019, 3:35 PM 26,482 Views 47 Comments

The 77-year-old officially launched his campaign online this morning.

# Pope Francis

Pope Francis condemns nuclear weapons while visiting Nagasaki

Nov 24th 2019, 10:40 AM 7,200 Views 20 Comments

Thousands of Japanese people came out in heavy rain to hear the pope speak.

Saturday 23 November, 2019

# Ruff Rider

Dog rescued by police after driving unmanned car in Florida

Nov 23rd 2019, 6:02 PM 30,374 Views 17 Comments

The dog was trapped and clambering around in the car by locals in Port St Lucie.

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