NewsReutersNew IRA apologises for journalist's killing, police release woman
The New IRA militant Irish nationalist group has apologised for the killing of journalist Lyra McKee - its first acknowledgement that one of its members was involved, the Irish News newspaper reported on Tuesday. The organisation, which opposes Northern Ireland's 1998 peace deal, described McKee
FinanceReutersFAA paves way for Alphabet unit to make first U.S. drone deliveries
Alphabet Inc's Wing Aviation unit on Tuesday got the okay to start delivering goods by drone in Virginia later this year, making the sister unit of search engine Google the first company to get U.S. air carrier certification, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Wing Aviation plans to start
huffpostHuffPostTrump Orders Staff To Boycott White House Correspondents' Dinner
The Trump administration has ordered officials to boycott the annual WhiteHouse Correspondents' Association dinner, scheduled to take place on Saturday,according to multiple reports
NewsReutersUK's May assures Ukraine's new president of continued support
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May told Ukraine's President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a congratulatory call on Tuesday that Britain would continue to support his country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, her office said.
NewsReutersLyft's IPO banks give troubled stock a flurry of 'buy' ratings
Following the required 25-day wait for deal underwriters to issue an investment opinion following an IPO, at least 10 of the banks that brought Lyft public gave positive recommendations on a stock that has slumped 30 percent from its opening price on March 29, its first day of trading. KeyBank appeared
NewsReutersLibyan forces push back Haftar's forces south of Tripoli: witnesses
Forces supporting Libya's internationally recognised government pushed back troops loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar more than 60 km southwest of the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, Reuters reporters said. The town of Aziziya was fully under the control of the Tripoli forces, with shops reopening
NewsAFP NewsFrench court denies appeal for IS followers to return home
A supreme legal tribunal in France on Tuesday rejected appeals by families for their relatives who had gone to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) radical militant group to return home. The Council of State, which acts as legal adviser to the French government and top arbiter of administrative cases
huffpostHuffPostBeto O'Rourke's Non-Media Strategy
But he hasn't held a single nationally televised town hall, a medium someargue is a more effective way of reaching voters across the country
NewsReutersFormer U.S. vice president Biden to announce 2020 election run on Thursday
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday that he is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for the 2020 election, a source familiar with the plans said on Tuesday. Biden, 76, a longtime senator who served for eight years under Democratic President Barack Obama
huffpostHuffPostThe Good Ol' Boys: 2 Years In, Trump Is Making Our Courts A Lot Less Diverse
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has done something remarkable to thenation's federal courts: he's filled up their empty seats with clones of VicePresident Mike Pence
NewsReutersChina's Tencent backs Argentina mobile banking startup Uala
Uala founder Pierpaolo Barbieri said the company planned to collaborate with the Chinese social media-to-gaming giant to further develop its app. Chinese tech firms have been ramping up their interest in Latin America, from ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing to telecoms firm Huawei and search engine
NewsReutersKushner says Mueller probe damaged U.S. more than Russia did
White House advisor and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election harmed U.S. democracy more than Moscow's interference did. "You look at what Russia did, buying some
NewsAFP NewsWhite House economist sees no impact on oil prices from Iran sanctions
The decision to tighten sanctions on Iran will have "no material impact" on oil prices given the large US supply of petroleum, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Tuesday.
NewsReutersSudan protesters take the train to support demonstrators
Piled onto the roof of a train or packed inside, hundreds of protesters from the birthplace of the uprising that toppled Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir rolled into Khartoum on Tuesday to support activists demanding that the military relinquish power to civilians. About 4,000 protesters,
NewsAFP NewsAlbanian police arrest an Islamist sought by Italy
Albanian police on Tuesday arrested a 28-year old man following a request from Italy where he is sought for "terrorist activities". Bledar Ibrahimi, arrested in the central Albanian town of Elbasan, is "considered as a dangerous person for public security in Italy and is suspected to
NewsAFP NewsIslamic State group claims Sri Lanka suicide bombings
The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a devastating series of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people. The claim, accompanied by a photo and video of the men the group said had unleashed the carnage, emerged more than 48 hours
NewsReutersExclusive: Sri Lanka warned of threat hours before suicide attacks - sources
Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by Islamist militants hours before a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Three churches and four hotels were hit by suicide bombers
NewsReutersTrump on track for Supreme Court victory on census citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a victory on his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a move opponents call a Republican effort to deter immigrants from taking part. Conservative justices
NewsReutersWhite House aide Kushner says has urged Saudi prince to be transparent about Khashoggi killing
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday he had urged Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to be transparent about the circumstances surrounding the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Taking questions at a Time magazine forum, Kushner was not specific about when
NewsAFP NewsFor Sri Lanka grave digger, a grim parade
Piyasri Gunasena rarely digs more than one grave a day at the Madampitiya cemetery in Sri Lanka's capital. "Police have not released all the remains yet but I think we will be busy for a while," he said as he dug his tenth grave of the day. "Every time I dig a grave for a child I
NewsAFP NewsChina uses US-made satellites for internal security: report
A fleet of US-made satellites helps China's government police its people and supports its military despite growing wariness in Washington over Beijing's power, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. While the United States will not let China buy US-made satellites for national security reasons
NewsAFP NewsKushner: Mideast plan to come after Ramadan, seek Palestinian investment
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said Tuesday he would present his long-awaited Middle East peace proposal around June and that it would include a "robust business plan" for the Palestinians. Kushner, speaking at a forum of Time magazine, said he had hoped to offer
NewsAFP NewsSyrian presidency says Instagram account blocked
The Syrian presidency Tuesday said its Instagram account has been blocked, one week after the photo-sharing website shut down the accounts of several Iranian Revolutionary Guards because of US sanctions. A statement released on the presidency's other social media channels said the move came without
StyleAFP RelaxMalawi rolls out ground-breaking malaria vaccine
Malawi on Tuesday rolled out the world's first licensed malaria vaccine in a landmark campaign against a disease that each year kills hundreds of thousands of people, especially African children. After more than three decades in development and almost $1 billion (890 million euros) in investment
NewsAFP NewsTop Myanmar court rejects appeal of award-winning Reuters reporters
Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected the latest appeal Tuesday by two Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as hopes now turn to a presidential pardon. Reporters Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have been
