Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta submitted his resignation Friday after 10 months as the head of two bickering Left-right coalitions. Before tendering his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano, Letta thanked those who had “helped me” amid constant sniping where “every day seemed my last”, ANSA reported. Napolitano is expected to give the mandate for the formation of a new government ... Read More »
Russia has tabled another draft resolution against terrorism at the UN Security Council (SC), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday after a meeting between Russian and Egyptian foreign and defense ministers. “We do not only rely on basic principles, namely the need to fight terrorism without exception approved by the SC and the UN’s other units, but also bear ... Read More »
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17-year-old-girl was found dead in Surrey. Officers were called to a house in Amy Road in Oxted just before 17:20 GMT on Friday, when they found the body. Officers from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team said they thought the pair knew each other. The girl’s family ... Read More »
Komla Dumor one of the well-known familiar faces of BBC World has died. He was just 41. He died of a heart attack in his home in London. Ghana-born Dumor was a presenter for BBC World News and its Focus on Africa programme. One of Ghana’s best-known journalists, he joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a ... Read More »
Do you smell protest? Well, members of the French Parliament sure are. A lone protester decided to make sure they do. On Thursday a protester dumped a truck full of animal excrement in front of the National Assembly in Paris and the French air outside the parliament was full of this stench. According to local reports, the driver left the ... Read More »
Robbers have killed former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her husband Henry Thomas Berry. All this was done in the presence of they 5-year-old daughter. Monica Spear, 29, and Henry Thomas Berry, 39, were slain late Monday night on a roadside near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela’s main port, after their car broke down, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It ... Read More »
Nick Griffin is officially bankrupt! A bankruptcy order was made at Welshpool County Court on Thrusday declaring the BNP leader as bankrupt. Mr Griffin tweeted: “Being bankrupt does NOT prevent me being or standing as an MEP. It does free me from financial worries.” He added: “I am now turning the experience to the benefit of hard-up constituents by producing ... Read More »
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