By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters battled to contain nearly 150 fires burning in New South Wales state on Friday as strong winds fanned the flames and again shrouded Sydney, Australia's biggest city, in hazardous smoke ...Fires are still burning in New South Wales, Victoria, SouthAustralia and Queensland states ... ....
In her next decade, Taylor Swift intends on calling the shots.
With her 30th birthday fast approaching on Dec. 13, the superstar songstress is looking forward to feeling "a bit more... ....
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling. On the day SenatorKamala Harris decided to drop out of the presidential race, writing that. "I'm not a billionaire. I can't fund my own campaign;" polls showed Michael Bloomberg, a relative newcomer to the race, had just moved ahead of her. Unlike Sen ... In the meantime, and with Sen ... Harris ... Harris wrote....
Hyderabad vet rape-murder case. SeniorPolice officials arrive at the site of the encounter. All four accused in the rape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian were killed in an encounter with the Telangana Police in the early hours of Friday ... One of the four accused had gestured to the other three to flee after attacking the cops ... More ... ....
WASHINGTON. Iranian security forces may have killed more than 1,000 people, the top US diplomat for Iran said on Thursday, since protests over gasoline price hikes began in mid-November, a crackdown US PresidentDonald Trump described as "horrible." ... 25 ... A separate UN resolution on Yemen bans the supply of weapons to Houthi leaders ... ....
The United States said Thursday it was considering deploying fresh forces to counter Iran, with an official saying some 5,000 to 7,000 troops could head to the region. Testifying before Congress, John Rood, the under secretary of defence for policy, said the United States was "observing Iran's behaviour with concern." ... "It's clearly not ISIS... GET IT....
Asian stocks gained on Friday as investors took heart from U.S. PresidentDonald Trump saying trade talks with China were "moving right along", and U.S. oil prices sat near 2-1/2-month highs after OPEC and other producers agreed to cut output ... ....
Ridesharing company Uber stated on Thursday that it has received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault in the United States in 2018. Uber reported that there was a 16% drop in the rate of sexual assault incidents in its five most serious categories from the previous year ... They will all be right." ... US Uber sexual assault cases Uber in US. ....
London — Measles infected nearly 10-million people in 2018 and killed more than 142,000, mostly children, as outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday ... Globally, measles vaccination rates have stagnated for almost a decade, the WHO said ... Highly contagious ... ....
WASHINGTON Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the House of Representatives on Thursday to begin drafting impeachment articles against President Trump, pushing ahead with a rapid timetable that could set the stage for a deeply partisan vote before Christmas to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors. Ms ...Biden Jr ... Pelosi said ... Read more ... ....
Millions of transport workers, teachers, police and other professionals took part in France's biggest strike in years. Rioters and police faced off in protests that will test President Macron's political strength ... ....