Taylor Swift’s mom wanted to avoid fallout from alleged groping
Recording star Taylor Swift’s mother has testified that she became sick to her stomach when she learned her daughter had been groped during a pre-concert photo shoot four years ago…
Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, man arrested
A car has rammed into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb, injuring six before speeding off and sparking a manhunt that a judicial source said ended with the…
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 13, including tourists, injures 175
Thirteen people, including six tourists, have been killed and 175 injured after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of Sichuan in China’s southwest, the provincial government and…
N.Korea considers missile strike on Guam after Trump’s ‘fire and fury” warning
North Korea says it is considering plans for a missile strike on the US Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after President Donald Trump told the North that any threat…
Venezuela called “dictatorship” by Peru, condemned by new bloc
Peru has called the government of Venezuela a “dictatorship” after hosting the first meeting of a new, 17-member regional bloc that aims to seek a peaceful end to the country’s deepening political…
Hong Kong cleans up 93 tonnes of palm oil, shuts 13 beaches after huge spill
Hong Kong has scooped up over 90 tonnes of palm oil and closed more than a dozen beaches after a ship spill washed foul-smelling, Styrofoam-like clumps ashore, the latest major environmental disaster…
David Letterman returns to television with 2018 Netflix series
More than two years after signing off from “The Late Show,” David Letterman is returning to television with a six-episode talk show on Netflix, and said that Pope Francis and US President…
Actor who wore monster suit to play first Godzilla dies aged 88
The man who dressed in a rubber suit to play the original Godzilla, crashing through Japanese cities and destroying them with swipes of his massive tail, has died at the age…
Japan defence review warns of enhanced North Korea threats
Japan has warned of the acute threat posed by North Korea’s weapons programs as Pyongyang’s continued series of missile and nuclear tests, in defiance of UN sanctions, brings technological progress to…
UK says urgent action needed to stop Venezuela situation getting worse
Urgent action must be taken in Venezuela to stop the situation getting worse, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman says, calling on the South American country’s government to respect democracy…
