Publishedduration2 hours agoimage copyrightEPAimage captionMustapha Adib said he did not want to head a cabinet "that was bound to fail"Lebanon's prime minister designate Mustapha Adib has abandoned efforts to form a new government amid popular demands for reform.Mr Adib did not give details about his decision. However, reports say difficulties centred on Shia parties seeking…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump arrived in Finland with First Lady Melania Trump US President Donald Trump will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin later on Monday, ending a tumultuous European tour in which he criticised his allies.Mr Trump said he had "low expectations" ahead of the talks in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, but…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Nicolás Maduro celebrates his victory alongside his wife Cilia Flores Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has won re-election to another six-year term, in a vote marred by an opposition boycott and claims of vote-rigging.Amid food shortages stemming from a severe economic crisis, just 46% of the electorate turned out to vote.The…
Millions of sites that run the Drupal content management system run the risk of being hijacked until they're patched against a vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely execute malicious code, managers of the open source project warned Wednesday. CVE-2019-6340, as the flaw is tracked, stems from a failure to sufficiently validate user input, managers said…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A statue of a Kurdish legendary figure in Afrin city was toppled with a bulldozer Turkish-backed forces have taken full control of the centre of the Syrian-Kurdish city of Afrin.Fighters waved flags and tore down the statue of a legendary Kurdish figure after claiming the city centre on Sunday.The two-month…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption The USGS said "vigorous lava spattering" was happening A number of strong earthquakes have hit Hawaii's Big Island, a day after the eruption of the Kilauea volcano.One quake, a 6.9 magnitude south-east of the volcano, was the most powerful to hit the US state since 1975.It briefly cut power, and…
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States and China are set to relaunch trade talks this week after a two-month hiatus, but a year after their trade war began there is little sign their differences have narrowed. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral…
The monster within — Bad "sexy teen slasher" marketing buried this multi-layered tale of toxic female friendship. Jennifer Ouellette - Sep 21, 2019 1:10 pm UTC Enlarge / Megan Fox starred in the 2009 film Jennifer's Body. It underperformed at the box office, but has since become a horror cult classic.20th Century FoxTypically, when we…
Bare minimum — The benefit is limited to low earners during times of economic hardship. John Timmer - Jan 12, 2020 8:35 pm UTC In the US, suicide is a major public health issue, with double-digit percentages of the preventable deaths for adults under 45. And, disconcertingly, the rates have been rising over recent decades.…
Image copyright Bundesministerium Image caption Austria has issued an arrest warrant for Igor Egorovich Zaytsev. Austria has issued an arrest warrant for a Russian military officer it says recruited a colonel who allegedly spent 30 years spying for Moscow. Police in Salzburg said European and international warrants had been issued for the officer, named by…
