
Jim Jordan takes speaker vote to the House floor in bid to end GOP leadership vacuum
Conservative Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is bringing the House back to the floor Tuesday to vote on whether he will succeed ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy and finally end the chamber's prolonged paralysis amid deep GOP divisions.
2023-10-17 17:18

Belgium shooting: Video shows moment gunman opened fire, killing two people in Brussels
Footage shows the moments before two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels on Monday night (16 October). In a video circulating on social media, people can be seen running for their lives as gunshots ring out in the centre of Belgium’s capital city. Belgian authorities have raised the terror alert to its highest level in Brussels and the second-highest level across the rest of the nation. The violent incident came ahead of a qualifier game for Euro 2024 between Sweden and Belgium at the Heysel Stadium, some three miles away. Belgian media reported the suspected assailant was shot in a cafe in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood of Brussels on Tuesday morning. Read More Police on scene of Brussels shooting as Belgium raises terror alert to highest level Richard Madeley asks British-Palestinian MP if family knew Hamas attack was imminent Putin arrives in China on second foreign trip since March 2023
2023-10-17 17:00

Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh elected to be an International Olympic Committee member
Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has been elected an International Olympic Committee member
2023-10-17 16:15

Police on scene of Brussels shooting as Belgium raises terror alert to highest level
Belgian authorities have raised the terror alert to its highest level in Brussels and the second-highest level across the rest of the nation after two Swedish people were shot dead in the city centre on Monday night (16 October). Footage shared online showed a man dressed in an orange jacket unloading several shots, using a large weapon. The violent incident came ahead of a qualifier game for Euro 2024 between Sweden and Belgium at the Heysel Stadium, some three miles away. The suspected assailant was shot in a cafe in the Schaerbeek neighbourhood of Brussels on Tuesday morning, Belgian media reported.
2023-10-17 15:20

UK regular pay growth slows for the first time since January
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Growth in British workers' regular pay - which is being watched closely by the Bank
2023-10-17 14:53

Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out
Vital humanitarian aid is piling up at the shuttered Gaza border, despite diplomatic efforts to open a corridor with Egypt, as the World Health Organization warned that water is running out for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the bombarded territory.
2023-10-17 14:45

Belgian Police Hunt for Suspected Terrorist Who Killed Two
Belgian police are searching Tuesday for a Tunisian man who killed two Swedish football fans as they investigate
2023-10-17 14:26

Belt and Road Latest: Forum for Xi’s Signature Project Starts in Beijing
Russian leader Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing as China kicks off its Belt and Road Forum in a
2023-10-17 14:16

Japan to give $10 million aid to Gaza civilians - foreign minister
By John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will provide $10 million in emergency aid for civilians in Gaza, foreign minister Yoko
2023-10-17 13:22

Sam Neill shares blood cancer update as he reveals he’s ‘not remotely afraid’ of death
Sam Neill has been warned by doctors that his cancer treatment drug will stop working at some point, the actor said as he provided a health update months after revealing that he had been diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer. Earlier this year, the Jurassic Park star released his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, in which he revealed that he was being treated for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. At the time, Neill shared that he had originally undergone chemotherapy, but that the cancer had soon stopped responding. He then went onto an experimental anti-cancer drug. In a new interview, Neill, 76, shared that he’d upped his dosage of the “grim and depressing” drug from once a month to every two weeks. However, he said, he has now been in remission for 12 months. Neill told ABC’s Australian Story that while he would be on the treatment indefinitely, doctors have told him that, at some point, it will stop working. “I’m prepared for that,” he said, adding that he is “not remotely afraid” of death. The Piano star said that he had first found lumps in his neck in early 2022, and soon learnt that he had cancer. “I started to look at my life and realise how immensely grateful I am for so much of it,” Neill said. “I started to think I better write some of this down because I’m not sure how long I have to live. I was running against the clock." First sharing his cancer diagnosis in March, the New Zealand actor – who is best known for playing palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise – said that dying would “annoy” him. “I’d really like another decade or two, you know?” he said. “We’ve built all these lovely terraces, we’ve got these olive trees and cypresses, and I want to be around to see it all mature. And I’ve got my lovely little grandchildren. I want to see them get big. But as for the dying? I couldn’t care less.” In an interview with The Independent earlier this year, however, Neill threw out the idea of retiring. “The idea of giving up my day job? Intolerable!” he said. “I love acting. It’s really good for me to keep walking onto new sets with young actors and all that stimulation. New words, new ideas, there’s nothing like it. I never want to give that up. The idea of retirement, of having to play golf, fills me with untold dread,” he said. Read More Sam Neill says Robin Williams was ‘the loneliest man on a lonely planet’ Amy Dowden delights Strictly Come Dancing fans in surprise appearance amid breast cancer treatment Richard E Grant says there are friends he’ll ‘never speak to again’ after death of wife Joan Sam Neill says he’s ‘not remotely afraid’ of death as he shares blood cancer update Pregnant Jana Kramer shares details of her recent hospitalisation 4 black women on their experiences with breast cancer
2023-10-17 13:16

New Zealand Inflation Slowdown Sees Traders Pare Rate-Hike Bets
New Zealand inflation slowed more than economists expected in the third quarter, adding to signs that the central
2023-10-17 12:46

Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed near Chicago had celebrated his 6th birthday just 8 days earlier
In the photograph that introduced millions of people to Wadea Al-Fayoume for the first time, the kindergartener is seen celebrating his sixth birthday at his home near Chicago.
2023-10-17 12:28