Queen is feeling better, says Princess Anne
Image caption The Queen's Christmas message was pre-recorded The Queen is feeling "better" despite missing a New Year's Day church service at Sandringham, her daughter the Princess Royal has said.Princess Anne spoke to well-wishers outside the church after attending the service with her father Prince Philip, brother Prince Edward and other royals.Buckingham Palace said the Queen is "still recuperating" from a heavy cold.Missing church was a "precautio..>> view originalTrump's Russia claims drive this week in politics
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January 1 at 10:26 PM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is in the “last stage” of preparations to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile, refusing to slow his nuclear-arms development as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office in Washington. Kim made his remarks in a New Year’s televised address as he outlined his country’s military achievements for the past year, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday. North Korea has conducted thr..>> view originalRussian diplomats expelled in connection with cyber hacks depart US
The 35 Russian diplomats expelled by President Obama in connection with cyber-attacks during the 2016 White House race departed Sunday from a Washington, D.C.-area airport. The State Department confirmed shortly after noon that the diplomats and their families had departed from Dulles International Airport, about 30 miles west of the nation’s capital. Earlier in the day, Russian news agencies reported the departure, based on information from the Russian embassy. The diplomats were suspected s..>> view originalMigrants storm border fence in Spanish enclave of Ceuta
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A migrant clings to the fence in Ceuta during a failed crossing Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish border guards were injured when 1,100 African migrants attempted to storm a border fence.The migrants were attempting to reach Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta.Only two were successful, but both were injured scaling the six-metre (20 ft) fence and needed hospital treatment. One guard lost an eye, officials said.Th..>> view original
Monday, April 17, 2017
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