International
BY Denis Slattery HELEN Marshall, a long-time Queens, New York politician and the first African-American to serve as the borough’s president, died last Friday.
[NY Times] – President Trump on Monday signed a revised version of his executive order banning migrants from predominantly Muslim nations, removing citizens from Iraq
[BBC] – The US defence department is investigating reports that a number of marines shared naked and semi-naked photographs of female colleagues on Facebook. The
[BBC] – FBI director James Comey has rejected Donald Trump’s claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered a wiretap of his phone before he was
[BBC] – The plan was a simple one. We’d arranged to meet a woman in her village in China’s central Hunan Province and to
[BBC] – Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda has revealed she is a rape survivor and suffered sexual abuse as a child. In an interview with
[BBC] – Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was abducted from his yacht
[BBC] – Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars – but only after an error saw La La Land initially declared the winner. The
[BBC] – The White House has confirmed it asked an FBI official to discredit reports President Trump’s campaign aides were in touch with Russian intelligence.