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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightAFPImage captionMs Schiappa told French media the government had decided to set the age of consent at 15 France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, meaning sex with someone younger than that would be considered rape. Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move, whichContinue reading “France to set legal age of sexual consent as 15”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe latest school shooting has sparked nationwide calls for gun control Florida lawmakers have voted to enact new gun control measures, weeks after one of the worst school shootings in US history took place in the state. The Senate narrowly passed a bill that would raise theContinue reading “Florida shooting: State lawmakers pass gun control measures”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Media captionFootage shows the aid convoy reaching “hell on earth” Medics in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area of Syria say they have been treating people with breathing problems after a suspected chlorine attack. The reports follow government air strikes and shelling just hours after the last UN aid envoy leftContinue reading “Syria war: ‘Chlorine attack’ on besieged Eastern Ghouta”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightKYMILLMAN.COMImage captionExperts confirmed the bottle was jettisoned as part of a German oceanographic experiment in 1886 A Perth family has found the world’s oldest known message in a bottle, almost 132 years after it was thrown into the sea, Australian experts say. Tonya Illman picked up the bottle whileContinue reading “Oldest message in a bottle found on Western Australia beach”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightAFP/GETTY IMAGESImage captionAn-26 – like this one in an archive photo – is a twin-engine turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft A Russian transport plane has crashed in Syria killing all 26 passengers and six crew members believed to have been on board, the defence ministry says. The An-26Continue reading “Russian plane crash in Syria ‘kills 32’”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightPAUL G. ALLENImage captionThe USS Lexington was scuttled during the Battle of the Coral Sea The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington was located at a depth of about 3km (2Continue reading “USS Lexington: Lost WW2 aircraft carrier found after 76 years”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightMUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP Myanmar has not stopped its ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Rakhine state, a United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday. The UN envoy’s assessment of a continued “campaign of terror and forced starvation” comes six months after a military crackdown caused a massContinue reading “Rohingya crisis: UN envoy says refugees facing ‘forced starvation’”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionKim Jong-un was pictured welcoming delegates to the dinner North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he wants to “vigorously advance” closer ties with South Korea, according to state media. The report follows a rare visit to Pyongyang by senior South Korean officials, who had dinner with theContinue reading “Kim Jong-un ‘wants closer North-South Korea ties’”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightAFP The OP’S NEWS  has obtained leaked emails that show a lobbying effort to get US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sacked for failing to support the United Arab Emirates against regional rival Qatar. Major Trump fundraiser and UAE-linked businessman Elliott Broidy met US President Donald Trump in OctoberContinue reading “Emails show UAE-linked effort against Tillerson”

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionGuillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water won the most Oscars The Oscars Awards ceremony attracted its smallest recorded US television audience. The live show averaged 26.5 million total viewers, down from 32.9 million in 2017, according to Nielsen data reported by the ABC network, which broadcast theContinue reading “Oscars 2018: US TV audience smallest for awards ceremony”