The world loses about $400bn (€362bn) of food before it even gets delivered to stores, according to the United Nations.
'My government's priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on October 31." These were words of the 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth in a speech to the UK Parliament which was written for her by the government.
Rescue crews dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers yesterday as they looked for those missing from a typhoon that left as many as 48 people dead and caused serious damage in central and northern Japan.
Ex-England footballer Paul Gascoigne sexually assaulted a train passenger by planting a "sloppy", drunken kiss on her lips and later told police he did it to boost her confidence, a court has heard.
A baby girl found buried alive in India was a suspected case of female infanticide, police said yesterday, the latest to highlight the preference for sons in a country where the number of girls has been declining.
Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, warned that efforts to divide or destabilise China would end with "shattered bones", as international pressure mounted over the government's handling of protests in Hong Kong and a widespread crackdown on Muslim minority groups.
An absolutely fascinating phenomenon accompanying the Turkish invasion of Syria has been watching the reaction of western journalists who once shilled for ‘moderate rebels' now falling into the trap of having to condemn them. Spearheading the Turkish invasion are the very “Free Syrian Army” and other “moderate” militants that the mainstream Western outlets have promoted...
