A plumber who provides free work to elderly and disabled customers is aiming to raise enough money to help 1,000 families this winter – and is calling on other tradesmen to come forward and offer their help, too.
France is getting ready for massive, nationwide transport strikes against government plans to overhaul the state pension system. The strike will disrupt train, buses and airline services, AP reports. In Paris, workers' unions are planning a march on Thursday. Police warned Wednesday of possible violence and damages and ordered all businesses, cafes and restaurants along...
A free online service has more users learning Scottish Gaelic than the number of people who speak the language in its first week, according to the app's developers.
As Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg heads to Madrid for a climate summit, signs of her growing up will concern her handlers who will fear that her greatest asset, childhood, is slipping away and there's nothing they can do. Anyone with a teenager at home knows how unreasonable and unexpected their moments of rage can be,...
Public opinion always fractures along party lines when it comes to President Donald Trump, and the congressional impeachment inquiry into whether he abused his office for personal political gain in his handling of Ukraine has done little to change that.
US President Donald Trump defended American tech giants while meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in London. Trump railed against France's new digital tax which targets the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple. “They're American companies. They're tech companies. They're not my favourite people, but that's OK, I don't care, they're American companies. And we...
More than 200 people have been arrested in 13 countries as part of a global crackdown on money laundering, the European police authority Europol said on Wednesday. The swoop by law enforcement authorities in European countries, as well as Australia and the United States took place between September and November, AFP reports. The operations resulted...
