Belgian boy Laurent Simons heads off to university aged 8

Laurent Simons earns a secondary school diploma alongside his 18-year-old classmates.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tTKCKs

San Francisco Is So Expensive, You Can Make Six Figures and Still Be ‘Low Income’

By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tSMRhh

Argentina vs. France: World Cup 2018 Live Updates

By ANDREW DAS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2lJkPkw

In Israel, Building a Lacrosse League From Scratch

By AIMEE BERG from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2yTAG9u

How crows can use a vending machine

Watch how Emma the crow creates the currency required to operate a vending machine.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Ku04qV

Afghan government ends ceasefire with Taliban

The Afghan government has formally called off the unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban it had announced for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2lInaw7

#Familiesbelongtogether: Thousands to protest over migrant separations

Tens of thousands are expected to join rallies nationwide calling for family reunifications.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KzVZyz

Maryland shooting: 'I have to live life without my mother'

The daughter of a journalist killed in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper calls it a "senseless tragedy".

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MzFz9H

Morrissey axs tour dates amid racism row

British singer-songwriter Morrissey has called off a series of planned July tour dates in Britain and elsewhere in Europe amid a dispute over claims of racism.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2yT2wTv

Thieves empty bank account of WW2 vet

Someone has stolen the identity of the oldest living veteran in America and emptied his bank account.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2lL2unj

Capital Gazette suspect blocked entrance, then started 'hunting and killing'

Before he stormed into the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland and killed five people, suspected gunman Jarrod W. Ramos first barricaded the paper's back entrance, authorities say.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2lLpRx6

Father's killing at campsite leads to investigation of 7 past shootings

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2yTykYc

US ambassador to Estonia resigns 'over Trump comments'

Criticism of Nato and the EU appears to have been the last straw for the envoy to Estonia.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Mzanr9

National service: What's your view?

As France reintroduces national service for 16-year-olds, what do people think about bringing it back to the UK?

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IEeHTH

'Mansplaining' advert for University of Adelaide draws criticism

An Australian university advert is mocked for showing a man holding forth to five silent women.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ySU7zy

Is Arlene Foster really reaching out?

Is DUP leader Arlene Foster genuinely reaching out or is she, as others claim, on a "charm offensive"?

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KlB6uU

Customers urged to claim £321m from dormant Oyster cards

Transport for London should encourage customers to claim their money, a London Assembly member says.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tFcGC4

Carly Simon and Her Family, on Martha’s Vineyard

By PENELOPE GREEN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2Kwoj86

Wimbledon Players to Watch

By JOHN CLARKE from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2MCYzo6

For Wimbledon’s Grass, It’s Not Easy Being Green

By JOHN CLARKE from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Mzhr7a

Serena Williams Still the Main Draw at Wimbledon

By GRAHAM PARKER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2KnaglW

Sometimes in Tennis, One Hand is Still Better Than Two

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Nci3AJ

At Toys ‘R’ Us, ‘There Is Nothing Left’: The Day It Closed for Good

By MICHAEL CORKERY from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2IE1cDq

11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

By KALY SOTO from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2lGwi4u

Rare tiger cubs born in UK zoo

Four rare Amur tiger cubs were born in Whipsnade Zoo near London. There are only about 500 such tigers believed to be left in the wild, according to the zoo.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2KCj4E4

Air pollution linked to diabetes, study finds

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2ICmLo7

You're washing your hands all wrong

Hand-washing seems pretty simple, but a recent study shows that 97% of the time, we're still doing it wrong -- which can lead to contamination of food and surfaces and result in foodborne illness.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2N6pkCl

Human longevity might be increasing over time

After the age of 105, the risk of death for humans slows, plateaus and even decreases in some instances, according to a new study.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Nec9PQ

Thai cave rescue: A country in prayer

Rescuers have been searching for a group of boys who went to explore a cave with their football coach.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KySVpi

First confirmed sighting of a great white shark off Majorca in 40 years

The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KzZ55z

What It Costs to Be Smuggled Across the U.S. Border

By NICHOLAS KULISH from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KA2DrF

These 20 Representatives Have Not Had a Primary Challenger for at Least a Decade

By TROY GRIGGS and ADAM PEARCE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IECkvm

Bavaria: Affluent, Picturesque — and Angry

By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://ift.tt/2yX5IgX

War Robbed Him of His Family, Then His Eyes, Then His Love

By MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://ift.tt/2tTky24

Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering

By MICHAEL WINES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tRSoom

A Long Journey North for Migrants That May End Where It Started

By TODD HEISLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2lI9NMr

Conjuring Spirits in Florida

By MICHAEL ADNO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IECqmI

Spain’s Migrant Wave Grows, Even as Europe’s Subsides

By RAPHAEL MINDER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2yVFKdw

WW2 pilot takes helicopter to make comrade's funeral

A 94-year-old World War Two glider pilot takes his first helicopter flight to attend a comrade's funeral.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KAtEes

Comedian claims to have successfully prank-called Trump

A comedian pretending to be Sen. Bob Menendez for a bit says he got through to the President, who called him back from Air Force One.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2N7SWPE

Tesla races to fulfill its Model 3 promise

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2MzC3fD

Donald Trump gets prank call on Air Force One

Donald Trump was fooled by a comedian into taking a prank call while on board Air Force One.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KjgnYt

NHS England to stop 'ineffective' treatments

Tonsils removal and breast reductions are among 17 procedures that will be offered to fewer patients.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N6gAw1

Steel firm Thyssenkrupp backs Tata merger

The UK's biggest steelworks at Port Talbot will become part of the newly merged group.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tFD0fk

Virgin Atlantic stops accepting forced deportations

The move comes amid concern over the treatment of Windrush migrants and LGBT asylum seekers.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N6aZWx

Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black become parents

Olympic diver Daley and Dustin Lance Black announce the birth of their son, Robert Ray.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KjHe6K

Canada 'will not back down' over US metals tariffs

Canada also unveiled $2bn in aid to protect its steel and aluminium industries from the US tariffs.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IHjuE8

'I can't sleep. I can't breathe'

A Honduran mother describes her "horrible" ordeal after being separated from her six-year-old son.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KvREw1

DR Congo: Oil drilling allowed in wildlife parks

Virunga and Salonga national parks in DR Congo are home to threatened mountain gorillas and bonobo.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lGo0JP

New NHS app 'puts patients in control of their own healthcare'

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt unveils a new NHS app which "puts patients in control".

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MAKabE

Trump to name nominee for Supreme Court on 9 July

The US president has five people in mind, including two women, and will name his choice on 9 July.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yUJ6xr

Newspaper shooting suspect 'barricaded exit'

The Capital Gazette gunman shot one victim trying to flee through a door he barricaded, say police.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IDKAfb

Lettuce growers warn of imminent shortage

Leafy salad growers say the summer's high temperatures have boosted demand but damaged crops.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yS45RK

The Papers: Fizzy drink rationing and ops dropped

The carbon dioxide shortage is still making headlines while there are reports of cuts in NHS services.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tNtaaA

How can you dance without music?

The story of a deaf dance star.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lFMNOe

Five circus tigers re-homed on the Isle of Wight

Five former Spanish circus tigers have found a new home on the Isle of Wight.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tPPnVn

Adam Sandler: Wedding Singer turns wedding crasher

One couple were treated to a big surprise on their wedding day by a cameo appearance from Adam Sandler.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2yXAA0M

Week in pictures: 23 - 29 June 2018

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tO5djr

Wingsuit flyer in Snowdon close proximity feat

Sam Laming has become the first wingsuit flyer to soar over Mount Snowdon.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lKrBqo

Ed Sheeran's wedding chapel plan rejected

The singer had hoped to marry in the building at his Suffolk home but planners turned down his bid.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2My23YH

What a hoot! Tawny owl takes a bath

The owl was seen bathing in a pool of water in Thixendale in North Yorkshire.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tPFG9s

Saudi wastes no time to rap at the wheel

Leesa A sings in the music video of her driving released on the day a decades-old ban was lifted.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N9McAP

How long will this heat last?

BBC Weather's Helen Willetts with the latest update on the hot weather.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tX8uNB

'Silly' cancer nurse Debbie reunited with patient

Liz Brown said nurse Debbie Bye did "silly things" to make her cancer treatment less painful.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MwTFsw

The death of a Poundworld

Discount retailer Poundworld is teetering on the brink. For staff and customers, it's more than just a brand that could be lost.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KtG9Zh

Thai cave rescue: Drones, dogs, drilling and desperation

A full-scale international effort is under way to reach 12 young Thais and their coach lost in a vast cave.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ICDyrb

The young Austrian leader sharing power with the far right

Is Sebastian Kurz getting too close to the far right as he pursues a hardline migrant policy?

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tRYncH

Reality Check: Are butterflies getting rarer?

It's often said that butterflies are dying out in the UK, but do the statistics back this up?

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IAbJ2F

Fortnite: A fortnight in my 40s in Battle Royale

A lapsed gamer is challenged to spend a fortnight playing Fortnite to understand its appeal.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Myy5nq

Doug Ford: Brother of notorious Rob Ford takes over Ontario

The province's new premier, a businessman and politician, had been called Canada's Donald Trump.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2z2aw4O

Little hope ahead of polls in Mexico's Sinaloa state

Mexicans will be voting in general elections on Sunday against a backdrop of record levels of violence.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lHky1B

Luxury’s Chess Masters Prepare for a New Game

By ELIZABETH PATON and VANESSA FRIEDMAN from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2Nd4cuj

3-year-old ordered to appear in court

Immigration attorney Lindsay Toczylowski talks with CNN's Poppy Harlow about representing a three-year-old in court for a deportation hearing.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Ku9JL0

Scotland's 5,000-year-old carved stone balls shrouded in mystery

Hundreds of elaborately carved stone balls dating from Prehistoric Scotland have been discovered over the centuries, but their purpose remains a mystery.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2tMfBYM

'What really happened?': The Casey Anthony case 10 years later

The 1990s had a slow police chase with a white Ford Bronco.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2tGsdBK

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Supreme Court Justice nominee coming July 9, Trump says

06/29/18 5:41 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Capital Gazette shooting suspect blocked staffers from escaping rampage: official

06/29/18 12:05 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

New mugshot released of alleged Capital Gazette gunman

06/29/18 8:05 AM

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Suspect in Capital Gazette killings charged with 5 counts of first-degree murder

06/29/18 6:04 AM

More Americans Evacuated From China Over Mysterious Ailments

By STEVEN LEE MYERS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2tOJjN5

Miguel Andujar Gives Yankees a Boost Against the Red Sox. And in the Trade Market?

By BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2NbGwGz

Mets Lose to a Marlins Pitcher Making His First Start

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2tFLAuJ

How to Clean Those Pesky Summer Stains

By JOLIE KERR from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2yVqE7Q

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘It’ and ‘Liquid Science’

By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2Kw7JSl

Love and Pride in Alabama: A Photo Album

By REBECCA LIEBERMAN and ANNIE FLANAGAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2lLf0Di

A Place by a Lake or in the Woods: the Canada Letter

By IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KA38Ss

3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime

By SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yY1Jka

Prankster Calls the President, and the White House Puts Him Right Through

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tPGSda

Here Are the Biggest Stories in American Politics This Week

By EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yWV2i9

Quotation of the Day: A Black Soldier Achieves a Dream That the Army Denied, Until Now

By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://ift.tt/2KmjWNF

Red Sox Fine-Tune Their Roster for a Visit With the Yankees

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2KC3isu

Next Task for Vegas Golden Knights: Attract Free Agents

By MATT RYBALTOWSKI from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Nanikx

Larry Nassar Is Indicted on Sexual Assault Charges in Texas

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2lISY47

Corrections: June 30, 2018

By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections https://ift.tt/2KA5NLW

At the Capital Gazette, the Death of a Reporter’s Reporter

By LAURA LIPPMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2KCQH8N

Will Mexico Get Its Donald?

By BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2N8e0W6

Dave Eggers: A Cultural Vacuum in Trump’s White House

By DAVE EGGERS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2IETLfl

Funeral Is Held for Firefighter Killed by Ground Zero Toxins

By BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2lLfnOi

Reason to Bow

By CAITLIN LOVINGER from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2MAcuuT

A French Fry Gets Soggy in 5 Minutes. This Company Wants to Keep It Crispy for 60

By RACHEL ABRAMS from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2lHdYbt

Brief Tales for New Readers and Little Listeners From Philip Stead and More

By MARJORIE INGALL from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Kk96Yi

Revisiting Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ as a Work in Progress

By LAUREN CHRISTENSEN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2N6eMTw

Should We Worry About Trump’s Fawning Admiration of the Military?

By GARY J. BASS from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2KrErrx

Notes From the Book Review Archives

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2tP1ZvT

New in Paperback: ‘Sapiens,’ ‘Men Without Women’

By JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Kk45zd

As Their Publicists Cringe, Best-Selling Authors Enter the Political Fray

By TINA JORDAN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2yTr7HT

Stefan Herheim’s Glittering Collisions Have Changed Opera

By DAVID ALLEN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2yTrUbJ

Love Island: Danny Dyer 'didn't want' daughter Dani to go on the show

The EastEnders star reveals he's struggled with his daughter Dani appearing on the reality TV show.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KvnOuN

Energy drinks sold to under-16s despite supermarket ban

A BBC investigation found four out of eight stores sold high-caffeine drinks to an underage girl.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IBiXmW

Newspaper shooting suspect in faces 5 murder charges

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2KxVcOC

Gunman was 'continually shooting people' in newsroom

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2tDXc18

H&M needs to offload $4B in unsold clothes

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2N7xSc6

Trump reckons he's nailing the whole 'President' thing

On Wednesday night, speaking to a packed house in North Dakota, President Donald Trump seemed to suggest that this whole being President thing wasn't so tough.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2KuUrJ5

South Koreans conscientious objectors may no longer face jail

South Korea jails more conscientious objectors than any other country, but that may be about to change.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2lG8pKb

UK's BAE to build $26B Aussie warship

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2tOYWnr

Man clings to car hood going 70mph

911 calls have been released of a man clinging to the hood of a car zooming down the interstate at 70 miles per hour. CNN's Jeanne Moos has the tapes.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2tUHiPx

Michael Jackson through the eye's of world's top artists

From a bell-bottomed child prodigy performing in lockstep with his siblings to a gaunt recluse marred by scandal and addiction, Michael Jackson left behind no shortage of indelible images by which he can be remembered.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2KAspw8

The race car of the future?

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2sR0wIt

Julian Zelizer: Democrats badly underestimated Trump

President Trump has proven to be far more formidable in changing US politics and policy than his Democratic critics had imagined, writes Julian Zelizer

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2lHlfbl

Jonathan Cristol: N Korea's nuclear facilities cannot be closed with a handshake

On Wednesday, the North Korea watchers at 38 North released satellite imagery that shows North Korea making improvements to the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center. While this report is unsettling, it is not at all surprising.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2yY8rqy

Agreement means the burden of resettling refugees will be shared more widely among member states

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2N5z8wd

The Outstanding Goals of Ronaldo and Kroos as You’ve Never Seen Them

By SYDNEY SHEA, JOE WARD and LARRY BUCHANAN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2KgHtzw

Deprived areas 'have five times more fast food outlets'

Local authorities should restrict planning applications for fast food outlets, Public Health England says.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2tEQhom

Boy going blind gets dream come true

Fred, 8, wanted to meet his hero Mickey Mouse before losing his sight to a degenerative eye condition.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lFvooJ

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines

By CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2KuSCsm

Ocasio-Cortez Tells Colbert: ‘We Changed Who Turns Out’

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2lFpi7K