Mike Remkiewicz is in a pretty pessimistic mood as he hauls lobster traps onto his boat in Ogunquit, a picturesque town in southern Maine which owes its livelihood to fishing and tourism. In common with other lobstermen in the town, Mr Remkiewicz, 53, does not see a bright future ahead for the industry which has…
CCTV footage has emerged of the moment George Clooney was catapulted through the air after his moped collided with a car in Sardinia. The Hollywood actor was lucky to escape with relatively minor leg injuries after smashing into the bonnet of a Mercedes estate car as he drove along a road on the island. The…
Six more members of the cult behind the deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo’s subway have been executed. Japan’s public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said all six Aum Shinrikyo cult members remaining on death row had been executed on Thursday morning. There was no immediate official confirmation. The executions come after authorities hanged "guru" Shoko Asahara…
Serena Williams has revealed that her coach told her to stop breastfeeding to improve her tennis, saying the advice was "hard to take from a guy". The tennis champion described how she chose to nurse her daughter for her first eight months – despite believing it was harming her return to peak physical form. However,…
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Mr Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to reports. CNN and NBC, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen is willing to make that assertion to…
Rick Gates, a longtime business associate of US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, on Monday testified at trial that he helped Manafort file false tax returns and hide his foreign bank accounts. Gates is expected to be the government’s star witness in its case against Manafort. Gates, who also served on Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty in February…
Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has waded into New York City’s Uber debate, defending the ride-sharing app and arguing that it helps minority communities. The city is considering proposals to freeze the number of Uber licences, owing to overcrowding on roads and dwindling revenues for yellow cab drivers. Six drivers of yellow cabs have…
Vote counting began in Mali on Sunday evening with expectations of low turnout in presidential elections following threats by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists who have tightened their grip on the fragile West African nation, and targeted attacks on polling centres. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is seeking a second five-year term, but his popularity has plummeted as insecurity once confined…
A Thai court has sentenced a disgraced former monk to 114 years in prison for charges including fraud, money laundering and computer crime. Wiraphon Sukphon became known as the “jet set monk” after he was appeared in a 2013 YouTube video on private jet, wearing sunglasses and showing off wads of cash and Louis Vuitton…
Greek authorities said Thursday there were serious indications that a deadly wildfire that gutted a vacation resort near Athens was started deliberately, while experts warned that the devastated coastal town had been built like a "fire trap," with poor safety standards and few escape routes. The death toll from Monday’s blaze east of the Greek…