Soaring temperatures and widespread water shortages in flood-hit areas of Japan have prompted fears of disease outbreaks, as the death toll topped 200. More than 70,000 rescue workers are scouring through debris and mud in a bid to find people who are still missing following Japan’s worst weather disaster in 36 years. Rainy skies have
Italian authorities have started restricting motor traffic into the Dolomite mountains during summer to prevent the Unesco world heritage site being overrun by tourists. In previous summers as many as 5,000 cars a day trundled through the Sella Pass, at the border between Trento and the German-speaking province of Bolzano. Now only 350 vehicles with
US President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because "everybody wants me to" and there are no Democratic candidates who could defeat him. Asked by British journalist Piers Morgan in an interview given on Friday whether he was going to run in 2020, Trump was quoted by the Mail on Sunday as saying: "Well I
President Donald Trump arrived in the UK yesterday, whipping up a fresh political storm on his European tour with a series of extraordinary broadsides at Theresa May. Today, the US president will meet the Queen, the prime minister again , before flying to Scotland to play golf. It follows his dinner at Blenheim Palace last night, and a stay at
Thousands of Muslims gathered at a mosque in northwestern China on Friday to protest its planned demolition in a rare public pushback to the government’s efforts to rewrite how religions are practiced in the country. A large crowd of Hui people, a Muslim ethnic minority, began congregating at the towering Grand Mosque in the town
Australian MPs have been inundated with requests for portraits of the Queen thanks to a quirk which means those down under are entitled to request free "nationhood material" from their local politician. Under the little-known “constituents’ request program” voters can receive images of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as well as national flags and recordings
A group of South American lizards that can grow up to four feet long has established a home in the Florida wild after being brought to the United States as pets – and the reptiles could begin a voracious march across the US South, according to a new study. Tegu lizards, which currently live in two
Click:Construction diagnostic tool Donald Trump said on Monday he was ready to meet with Iran’s leadership "whenever they want" without any preconditions as he hailed the benefits of diplomacy. It comes just a week after the US president warned Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian President, that threats against America would be met with "consequences the likes
Easter Island’s indigenous community want the British Museum to return a unique Moai statue that was taken from them 150 years ago and given to Queen Victoria as a gift. The 2.4-metre tall Hoa Hakananai’a sculpture was allegedly removed by Richard Powell, captain of HMS Topaze, in 1868 and Queen Victoria later gave it to
In the US, a country chock full of evangelical megapreachers, Andrew Brunson was hardly a household name. The 50-year old from North Carolina moved to Turkey 20 years ago, living quietly in the port city of Izmir. His congregation numbers around 25 people. And yet Pastor Brunson is now at the centre of a row