Image copyright AFP Image caption The sanctions on Iran’s oil industry have led to a sharp downturn in the country’s economy US President Donald Trump has decided to end exemptions from sanctions for countries still buying oil from Iran.The White House said waivers for China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey would expire in May,…
Image copyright Ranger Mathieu Shamavu Image caption The gorillas are apparently trying to imitate humans Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies.The image was taken at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park, DR Congo, where the animals were raised after poachers killed their…
Image copyright Handout Image caption From left: Jess Roskelley, Hansjörg Auer and David Lama on what is believed to be the summit of Howse Peak last Tuesday a day before they were reported missing Three professional mountaineers have been found dead after an avalanche at Canada’s Banff National Park.Austrian climbers David Lama, 28, and Hansjörg…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVolodymyr Zelensky and his supporters celebrate winning Ukraine’s presidential election Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election.With nearly all ballots counted in the run-off vote, Mr Zelensky had taken more than 73% with incumbent Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind on…
(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) — At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka’s capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, pitching the South Asian island nation into the worst chaos it has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade…
George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, is looking to date, but Tinder and Bumble don’t want to help. Tinder confirmed to TIME that Zimmerman’s profile has been deleted in a statement. “At Tinder, we take our users’ safety very seriously and our team has removed this profile from our platform,” a…
A Florida man was arrested Friday after he allegedly threatened to kill Democratic members of Congress. John Kless, 49, of Tamarac, Fla., sent racist and anti-Muslim voicemails to members of Congress, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. He faces up to five years in prison for threatening someone through…
PARIS — French yellow vest protesters set fires along a march route through Paris on Saturday to drive home their message to a government they see as out of touch with the problems of the poor: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t the only problem France needs to solve. Like the high-visibility vests…
President Donald Trump and his staff misled the public on a number of important matters, and even at times on minor details, according to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. After issuing thousands of subpoenas and interviewing hundreds of witness under oath, Mueller’s team of investigators carefully documented how Trump and his staff made false statements…
Former Vice President Joe Biden has recorded a video near his childhood home that will launch the third attempt at the Democratic presidential nomination in his long career. As of midday Friday, the plan was for him to post the video on Wednesday. As has been the case with so many pieces of Biden’s political…