President Donald Trump says he will demand an inquiry into whether his election campaign was infiltrated for political purposes. In a tweet, Mr Trump said he wanted to know whether his predecessor’s administration ordered such a move. The request, which will be made officially on Monday, comes after US media reports suggesting the FBI had an […]

Saudi authorities have arrested seven women’s rights advocates, weeks before the kingdom is due to lift its ban on women driving, rights groups say. The reasons for the arrests were not clear, but activists say authorities are attempting to silence the women. The kingdom’s state news channel reported that they had been arrested for contacts […]

Spike Lee and Jean-Luc Godard were also among the prizewinners at the 71st annual film festival In a surprise verdict, the Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, has been awarded the Palme d’Or for main feature at the close of the Cannes film festival. “The ending blew us out of the cinema,” said jury president […]

As Ebola is confirmed in a city with 1.5 million inhabitants, officials warn it could cause “an exponential increase” in cases. There is a “very high” public health risk from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organisation has said. The health agency has raised its earlier assessment after one patient […]

There’s no need to leave the continent to eat Hawaiian. The state’s cuisine is spreading across the country, driven by the popularity of poke (rhymes with OK). The raw fish bowl served with rice, vegetables, sauce and other toppings, gets its name from the Hawaiian word meaning to slice or cut. “It’s fresh and healthy, […]

The royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is just around the corner. Here’s a cheat sheet of everything you need to know about the big day: The Date On Dec. 15, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan and Harry will tie the knot on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Other notable May weddings in the […]

More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed and exploded near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban state media say. Three people have survived but are in a critical condition in hospital, Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported. The plane came down shortly after take-off, crashing in a field. It […]

LONDON (AFP) – Street parties, open-air screenings and hipster bars are all offering Britons a chance to join in celebrations of the Windsor Castle wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday (May 19). Here are ways five ways in which Britons are celebrating – or bemoaning – the royal nuptials: HEN AND STAG […]

People who moved out of southern China cultivated big changes across ancient Southeast Asia, a new analysis of ancient human DNA finds. Chinese rice and millet farmers spread south into a region stretching from Vietnam to Myanmar. There, they mated with local hunter-gatherers in two main pulses, first around 4,000 years ago, and again two […]

Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said China had “ripped off” the United States for too long and that he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that “we just can’t do that anymore.” But he praised the efforts of U.S. and Chinese officials to try to rebalance the relationship through trade talks. “Will that […]