Emily Taylor

Prosecutors may reopen an investigation into a rape allegation against the Wikileaks co-founder.
BBC News – Europe

The shadow Brexit secretary says there must be a new referendum on any cross-party Brexit deal.
BBC News – UK

Trade War Is Coming
The wisdom of Donald Trump seemingly knows no bounds as he denies that US consumers will pay higher prices due to the higher tariffs on Chinese imports. The US increased the previous 10% […]

Islamic Terrorist Gunmen have attacked a Church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, killing six, one of whom was the resident Priest. This is the 3rd attack on churches in five weeks and is most probably the work […]

Golden State & in particular Stephen Curry showed why they are favourites to make it three NBA Final wins in a row with a hard fought game 6 win over Houston, despite Kevin Durant missing the game through injury. […]

The president’s comments come after the US raised tariffs on $ 200bn of China’s products.
BBC News – Business

Hopes For Peace In Yemen Take A Step Forward

Finally, there is some progress being made in the tragic civil war in Yemen which has claimed so many civilian lives as well as causing mass suffering. The […]

Cuba is the latest country to suffer the wrath of President Trump, who reintroduced a number of sanctions previously lifted by the Obama administration. Reintroduced in 2017 these sanctions are being blamed by the […]

Survivors say the boat left Libya on Thursday and ran into trouble during strong waves.
BBC News – Europe

Gerald Corrigan, 74, suffered “horrendous” injuries when he was shot outside his Holyhead home.
BBC News – UK

A Congressional committee seeks six years of the president’s tax returns, which he has refused to give.
BBC News – US & Canada

French Special Forces Troops staged a daring night raid in the north of Burkina Faso to rescue two Two French tourists who were being held by Islamist Extremists. Two other hostages one American and one South […]

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The aim of today is to raise awareness of the plight of the oceans apex predator, particularly among […]

Britains Economy grew by a faster than expected 0.5% in the last quarter, bringing rolling annual growth up to 1.8%. However, this was largely due to Manufacturers stockpiling raw materials as a precaution against […]

The future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed back in 2015 in a way to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions took another backwards step when the main European partners UK, France and Germany […]

With the largest known oil reserves on the planet, Venezuela should be a rich and prosperous nation, however, it is on the verge of collapsing into chaos and in what sounds more like the plot for a B movie […]

Ireland has become the latest to announce the grand statement of there being a “climate emergency” although like all other announcers details on what they intend to do remains light.

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German national and pretend heiress Anna Sorokin has been found guilty of theft of services and grand larceny, having conned her way into receiving more than $200,000 in the way of goods and luxury accommodation […]

South Africa’s ruling party is tipped to win, but with a reduced majority amid anger over corruption.
BBC News – Africa

Happy 73rd Birthday wishes from all at Five Minutes Spare to Dave Mason one of Worcesters most famous musical sons. Probably best known for his work as part of the English rock band Traffic, but he also played […]