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By Staff Reuters Posted November 18, 2019 11:24 pm Updated November 18, 2019 11:32 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ A report in the New York Times that included 400 pages of leaked internal documents on …

1.56am EST01:56 Away from the main parties: Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will today call for immigration powers to be devolved from Westminster to to Scotland. Nicola Sturgeon will focus on immigration today, fresh off the back of losing her court case to be included in tonight’s TV debate. Photograph: …

Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested six people in connection with the death of American teacher Patricia Ann Anton, who was found strangled in her apartment last week. Anton, 63, was robbed and killed in Puerto Plata, on the country’s northern coast, Dominican national police said. Police announced her …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned of “decisive” action if protests in the country continue. At least five people have been killed in the unrest, which began on Friday after the announcement of fuel rationing and a 50% hike in the price of petrol. At least 100 banks, buildings and cars …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A Soyuz rocket launch at Vostochny cosmodrome (5 Jul 19) Russia’s new Vostochny space centre has lost at least 11bn roubles (£133m; $172m) through theft and top officials have been jailed. So what went wrong with President Vladimir Putin’s pet project? Russia’s Federal Investigative …

By Staff Reuters Posted November 18, 2019 11:43 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Israel’s military said its missile defense system shot down four rockets fired from Syria toward Israel early on Tuesday. Minutes earlier, sirens …

The idea originated in Canada amongst a community of farmers’ wives whose lives were so harsh, narrow, and unlovely that they determined to widen and beautify them by the interchange of ideas and fellowship. The movement was already a success in Canada and at least one flourishing women’s institute existed …

WASHINGTON — Among Democrats running for president, Tulsi Gabbard is popular with Russian propagandists, while Joe Biden draws the most criticism, according to a new analysis. Mentions of Gabbard, a Hawaii congresswoman, by English-language Russian propaganda outlets were 46 percent favorable and 44 percent unfavorable, a research team from the …

Some traditional soups may be as effective as the leading antimalarial drugs in combating the disease. Around 500,000 people die every year from malaria worldwide, many of them children, with hundreds of thousands more made seriously ill by the parasite, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption “Jane Doe 15”, left, gave a press conference with lawyer Gloria Allred A woman has come forward to accuse the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her as a 15-year-old, and called for Prince Andrew to share information on his former friend. The new …