Heavy showers, hail and thunder are forecast to hit the UK days after the warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years. There was torrential rain in some parts on Saturday afternoon and National Highways said parts of the M18 in Yorkshire were closed while specialists worked to clear flood water. It is expected to…
Reuters Riot police clash with protesters on Saturday night in Istanbul Protests have raged on for a fourth night in Istanbul following the arrest of the city’s mayor, part of the largest demonstrations Turkey has seen in more than a decade. Ekrem Imamoglu, a rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was detained on Wednesday,…
M23 rebels have captured a strategic mining hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, defying calls from the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC for an immediate ceasefire. A Congolese army spokesperson said M23 was in control of the town of Walikale. An officer separately told Agence France-Presse its forces were about 20 miles…
Getty Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has told the BBC she believes Canada can win the trade war which was sparked by a series of tariffs ordered by US President Donald Trump. “We are the biggest customer of the US,” Joly told the BBC’s World Service Weekend programme. “We buy more from the Americans than…
The US has blocked Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-US border, drawing criticism from a Quebec town where people have long enjoyed easy entry to the space. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. It was built deliberately to straddle the frontier between the…
The 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament is in full swing! [Read more: 2025 Women’s March Madness Schedule: Dates, locations, channels, how to watch] Here are all the top moments from Day 2 of the women’s tournament: No. 6 seed Iowa routs No. 11 Murray State in first round Freshman Ava Heiden scored a career-high 15 points…
Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border. Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before…
Investors may want to get back to the basics when it comes to navigating the stock market volatility. According to F/m Investments CEO Alex Morris, they should consider increasing their exposure to bonds. “Particularly on the short end of the curve … there’s a lot of safe haven to be had there,” Morris said on…
The March Madness legend of McNeese manager and social media sensation Amir Khan continues to grow. While Khan sat behind the bench chatting with filmmaker Spike Lee during the Cowboys’ second-round game against Purdue on Saturday, some of the team’s players wore T-shirts with Khan’s name and picture on them. [Read more: ‘He is Aura!’…
Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday, doctors treating him have said. The 88-year-old has been recovering from double pneumonia and will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican after leaving hospital. He has only been seen by the public once since he was admitted to hospital on…
