Far-right demonstrators clash with police at Liverpool hotel housing asylum seekers

Read More Disturbances have broken out in the Knowsley area of Liverpool after several hundred demonstrators from the far-right group Patriotic Alternative protested against asylum seekers who have been housed in a local hotel by the Home Office. Eyewitnesses said that the protest at the Suites hotel turned violent when far-right supporters set a police […]

Fetterman discharged from hospital after tests rule out stroke, seizures

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., was released from George Washington University Hospital on Friday after being hospitalized on Wednesday. Fetterman was taken to the hospital on Wednesday after feeling lightheaded while attending a Democratic retreat in Washington, D.C. Joe Calvello, a spokesperson for Fetterman, said on Friday that tests ruled out a stroke and seizures. “A […]

Kentucky Senate passes bill to ban TikTok from state-issued devices

The Kentucky Senate passed a measure Friday to ban TikTok from state government-issued devices, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the Chinese-owned social media app. The bill easily cleared the Senate on a 31-0 vote to advance to the House. The action reflects a growing push among American lawmakers to block the social media platform from government […]

Coast Guard to Probe US Casualties on Antarctic Cruise Ships

The U.S. Coast Guard said it is investigating four incidents involving Antarctic cruise ships that resulted in a combined four deaths and five injuries to U.S. citizens from Nov. 15 to Dec. 1. In a Feb. 2 news release, the U.S. Coast Guard Activities Europe, the National …

Russia to Cut Oil Production in Response to Western Sanctions

Read More Russia will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) next month, amounting to about 5 percent of its output, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, following through on the Kremlin’s previous threats made in response to recent Western sanctions such as proposed price caps on Russian oil. “Today, we […]

Second world war bomb detonates unexpectedly in Great Yarmouth

Read More A 250kg second world war bomb has exploded unexpectedly in Great Yarmouth, police have said. Emergency services and agencies declared a major incident following the discovery of the large unexploded device at a river crossing in the Norfolk town on Tuesday, and had been working to disarm it. On Friday afternoon, Norfolk constabulary […]