Barack Obama implicitly but repeatedly rebuked Donald Trump’s political vision on Tuesday as he gave warning that the “politics of fear” threatened to destroy the liberal values underpinning the modern global order. Making arguably his most important intervention since stepping down as US president last year, Mr Obama painted a bleak vision of a world…
The death toll from a fire which ripped through a Greek coastal town stood at 80 on Wednesday as frantic relatives tried to track down people missing from the inferno and coroners began the grim task of identifying bodies. Hundreds of people were trapped in the eastern resort of Mati on Monday night as flames…
An Oregon woman who disappeared a week ago was rescued from the bottom of a California coastal cliff where she survived by drinking water by using a tube from the radiator of her wrecked sports utility vehicle, authorities said on Saturday. Angela Hernandez, 23, of Portland was found by a pair of hikers on Friday evening…
Russia and Greece were poised on Wednesday to expel two of each other’s diplomats in a rare dispute that Greek media said had been prompted by the issue of Macedonia, which expects this week to be formally invited to join the NATO alliance. Greece had informed Russia on July 6 that it planned to expel…
Strong characters naturally elicit strong reactions. But even allowing for the polarisation of modern politics, Emmanuel Macron is as a truly insufferable figure to his opponents. Just as – on the other side of the same coin – is Donald Trump. With Mr Trump is the unapologetic boorishness that sends liberals blind with fury; with…
High above Los Angeles, in the hills of Bel Air, a clash of the titans is playing out. Two rival “mega mansions” are on the market, both vying to become the most expensive house ever sold in the United States. What is more, they are both right next door to each other. On one plot…
Click:高仿包包哪里买 Repeat wolf-whistlers face on-the-spot fines of up to €750 (£660) under a new law against sexual harassment passed this week, amid outrage over a film of a woman being punched in broad daylight in Paris. MPs approved the law on its second reading late on Wednesday days after security footage showing a man punching…
Two nine-year-old twins who went missing in Greece’s wildfires died “hugging” their grandparents, it was confirmed late on Friday. A family friend announced on Facebook that the bodies of sisters Sophia and Vassiliki Philippopoulou were identified along with their grandparents. Angelos Kontos wrote: “The epilogue has been written. All 4 found hugging each other. Not…
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that the magazine deal with Conde Nast to produce her Goop quarterly ended after only two issues, because the publishing powerhouse objected to some of her unorthodox remedies and she wanted more control. Paltrow, 45, launched the magazine to accompany her wellness and retail site in the autumn of 2017, with…
Fresh concerns that US voters are turning against Donald Trump and could punish the Republican Party at the mid-term elections have emerged after a congressional race remained too close to call. Troy Balderson, the Republican candidate in the traditionally conservative twelfth district of Ohio, was less than one percentage point ahead of his Democrat…