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Four 'drunk' female holidaymakers thrown off flight after shouting racial abuse at fellow passengers.

Britain gave the go-ahead on Thursday for a $24 billion nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France and put a question mark over Prime Minister Theresa May's investment policy. In a statement, her government said it had decided to proceed with the Hinkley Point C project in south-west England after a comprehensive review, but was clear Britain would have greater control over future deals when foreign states were involved in buying stakes in "critical... Читать дальше...

The T-14 Armata is Russia's first new tank in decades and it promises to be its most lethal.

Leonard Maart, 81, says he wishes more had been done so that people know about slaves and the difficulties they encountered.

So how did a country obsessed with cricket and films completely miss out on its most popular captain's acting debut?

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De financiële positie van ambtenarenpensioenfonds ABP is vorige maand licht verbeterd, maar blijft penibel. De kans dat de pensioenen in 2017 moeten worden verlaagd is daardoor verder toegenomen, aldus het fonds.

Tyree King was shot multiple times after police responded to an armed robbery call in east Columbus around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Tyree King was shot multiple times after police responded to an armed robbery call in east Columbus around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Strong political will of Moscow and Washington could pave the way toward a lasting ceasefire in Syria, Iran's deputy foreign minister said.

“The Big Bang Theory” Season 10 just dropped its first teaser of the premiere episode, which showed Penny (Kaley Cuoco) reuniting with her family members.

LONDON — The British government on Thursday approved the construction of the country’s first new nuclear power plant in more than two decades, a French and Chinese-backed project that had prompted high-level fears about national security. The government said in a statement that it had decided to proceed with the 18 billion-pound ($23 billion) Hinkley

Arsenal are trying to bring a swift conclusion to protracted contract talks with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

Elle Fanning chats with a friend as they make their way out of Cardio Barre ballet studio on Tuesday morning (September 13) in Studio City, Calif. The 18-year-old actress was all smiles as she showed off her washboard abs in a sports bra and shorts while leaving class. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of [...]

A senior federal police officer has launched legal action against the AFP, claiming she was discriminated against, and her career ruined, because she tried to transfer interstate to be with her girlfriend.

The teenager who was filmed being shackled to a mechanical chair in a Darwin detention centre has had his application for parole knocked back.

It didn't bode well for the press conference of colourful gambling figure Eddie Hayson when his PR agent Max Markson pointed out that the venue - the Intercontinental's Premier's Room – was once the office of Premier Robert Askin.

Two people die in a double shooting at a property in north London.

The number of students receiving special consideration for their VCE exams is the highest it has ever been, with an unprecedented 64 per cent increase in the past five years.

Odds-on, Victoria will make history as the first state in the nation to legalise euthanasia.

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Washington (AFP) - He urged extremists to kill in the name of Allah. But Jesse Morton says he's now a different man, countering in Washington the very same ideology that brought him in the shadow of Al-Qaeda.

A Pennsylvania native who got out of prison just a year and a half ago and now conducts research at George Washington University, Morton had a rough childhood. 

His mother beat him, and no one else cared for him. He lost trust in society. He left home at the age of 16, lived on the street and sold drugs. Читать дальше...

Victoria's Parliament is mired in political bickering, with the non-government parties forcing a shutdown of the upper house.

Plan would shift hundreds of defence personnel to other states but free up large tracts of land for development.