Another foodservice worker in Kentucky has been confirmed infected with the hepatitis A virus, but this time a McDonald’s location is implicated and the customers who ate and drank there are not the only people at risk. The fast food giant’s shareholders saw their stock dip with the news. Madison County (Kentucky) Health Department officials […]

Ministers agree ‘need for action’ in Syria Downing Street says ministers have agreed the use of chemical weapons in Syria “must not go unchallenged”, but no mention has been made of any plans to use force. Nevertheless, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says she understands the UK is planning a “genuinely joint effort” with the […]

Strained relations between Ankara and Washington have started going in a positive direction in recent months amid “accelerated cooperation” against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a senior U.S. official in Ankara has stated. “We have seen in recent months that U.S. and Turkish collaboration against the PKK has accelerated,” the official told the Hürriyet […]

[youtube v=”gVWW4LgJ_-Q”] As Mark Zuckerberg prepares for another day of Congressional testimony, many Americans are asking themselves if it was really such a great idea to voluntarily sign up for an online panopticon to begin with. Unfortunately, Facebook is so integrated into our daily lives now that outright quitting seems unthinkable. But as this PSA from […]

Lavrov says strike a ‘very dangerous development’; No comment from Israel on allegations it carried out attack The United States, Russia and Syria said Israel carried out a deadly airstrike on an Iran-operated air base in Syria’s central Homs province overnight Monday, with Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov describing the raid as a “very dangerous […]

Shares slump almost 50% as investors fret over firm’s outlook U.S. actions may have ‘materially adverse’ impact on company The giant aluminum producer owned by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska plunged 50 percent in Hong Kong trading after U.S. sanctions cast doubt on the future of the company’s banking and trading relationships. Prices of the metal, vital for […]

VATICAN CITY — A monsignor who had been recalled to the Vatican as a diplomat in the Holy See’s Washington Embassy was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of possessing child pornography in the United States and Canada. Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella was arrested by the Vatican police on a warrant issued by the Holy See’s […]

Rising tensions between China and the United States pummeled stocks again on Friday, as investors began to take seriously the risk of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Markets began to slide at the start of trading after President Trump’s threat on Thursday to heap fresh tariffs on China, and the sell-off gained […]

Al-Wafideen – Evacuations of rebels and civilians from the last opposition pocket in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta stalled on Thursday as divisions continued within the Islamist faction that holds the area, state media said. A convoy of 20 buses organised by the government had entered the former rebel bastion’s main town of Douma to prepare for […]

SAO PAULO – A former shoeshine boy and steelworker who rose to become one of Brazil’s most popular presidents, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s downfall has been just as dramatic. At 72, the lifelong fighter finds himself on the ropes following a Supreme Court ruling that could see him soon sent to prison. The two-term former […]