Nineteen US states have announced plans to sue the Trump administration over its "reckless and illegal plan" to rollback Obama-era clean car rules. The US government on Thursday proposed weakening fuel efficiency requirements for cars and trucks, referred to as the clean car rule. President Donald Trump’s proposal also undercuts California’s authority to set its…
A former Australian archbishop convicted of concealing abuse by a notorious paedophile priest in the 1970s was confronted by enraged victims outside a courthouse Tuesday after a judge spared him jail and ordered he serve his sentence at home. Philip Wilson became one of the highest-ranked church officials convicted of covering up child sex abuse when he…
A US judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the online publication of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, in a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement President Donald Trump’s administration had reached with the company releasing the digital documents. Eight states and the District of Columbia, that houses the capital Washington, had filed a lawsuit against the federal…
The sister of the late author Sir VS Naipaul has claimed that the details of her brother’s funeral are being kept a secret. Trinidad-born British writer Naipaul, who died on August 11 in London, was awarded the Booker prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature during his distinguished career. In an exclusive interview from her…
A Turkish court has rejected a new appeal to free US pastor Andrew Brunson, as Ankara doubled down on its row with the US by increasing tariffs on US products. The court in the western city of Izmir ruled that Mr Brunson, who faces 35 years in jail on terror and espionage charges, will remain…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Donald Trump of waging “economic war against the entire world” and called the US decision to impose tariffs on Turkey a “stab in the back”, as the country’s currency crisis deepened. Ankara has been hit by financial turmoil, with the lira plunging to record lows over concerns about the government’s…
Click:Custom rapid tooling solutions Steve Jobs told his daughter she “smelled like a toilet” on his deathbed, a new revelatory memoir detailing their troubled relationship has revealed. Lisa Brennan-Jobs, who the Apple founder had denied was his daughter, also recalls him telling her “you’re getting nothing” in a disagreement over inheriting his prized Porsche,…
After a successful Global Catch Challenge to unlock Farfetch’d worldwide, Pokémon Go has another surprise up its sleeve – legendary raids for Ho-oh. The brightly-coloured turkey is available to hunt down right now, until 12th December. Thanks to all your hard work last week, Ho-Oh will appear in Raid Battles until 12/12! #PokemonGOtravel #GlobalCatchChallenge https://t.co/YfyBGwfTux…
The furniture Melania Trump chose for the White House was replaced with glitzier items preferred by her husband, Donald Trump, it has been claimed in a new profile of the first lady. The profile, published by the New York Times, tells that Mr Trump overruled his wife on the elegant and modern furniture she selected…
Xbox Game Pass gets Gears of War 4 in December, Microsoft has confirmed. It’s a high-profile addition to Microsoft’s Netflix-style game subscription service, which lets you download and play games for a monthly fee. The Coalition’s third-person shooter was one of Microsoft’s big Xbox One and Windows 10 PC games in the run-up to Christmas…