Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play
President Donald Trump said the Secret Service agents assigned to protect him make it impossible for him to cheat at golf.
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First openly trans congresswoman tells trans youth not to give up hope amid GOP onslaught
McBride’s words come as Republicans continue to attack Democrats when it comes to transgender athletes in women’s sports
Club Med guest claims shark attack left her with ‘permanent nerve damage’ and ‘massive scarring’: lawsuit
Exclusive: Traveler Yvonne Martin survived, but, her attorney told The Independent, the incident has left her ‘permanently marred’
Married true-crime buffs embarked on an obsessive mission to prove a double murderer’s innocence. It got complicated
Eileen and Keen Umbehr's obsession with the prosecution of Dana Chandler led them to spend more than 15 years trying to prove her innocence — an all-consuming odyssey that’s the subject of a new, three-part HBO docuseries
Trump’s $5,000 ‘bribe’ to Americans is no match for Republicans’ plummeting polling
Donald Trump’s last-ditch midterms pitch to voters comes as Republican candidates are falling behind in polling red-purple states, writes John Bowden
Iceland considers ban that would leave just two countries that allow whaling
A bill to be submitted by Iceland's government in February could outlaw whaling, leaving Norway and Japan as the world's only remaining nations to permit commercial hunts.
Trump Ireland visit latest: US president says he’d ‘love to see’ a united Ireland while in Dublin
US President Donald Trump has said he would "love" to see a united Ireland and that he thinks it will happen eventually.
Police find cartel crypto farm hidden in Mexican mountains
Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely traveled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm.
Plans for new airport in Damascus sparks outcry over disturbance of thousands of graves
Syrian government plans to turn a former military airport in Damascus into a hub for private jets are raising alarm among rights groups and residents who say redevelopment could disturb suspected mass graves and override private land claims.
Succession battle rocks Uganda after death of ‘boy king’ Oyo Nyimba
The funeral has been held in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34, triggering a succession dispute that has rocked the royal family and gripped the nation.
3 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Putin warns Europe against sending troops
Russian strikes killed three civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia.
Miliband’s ‘brave’ settlement trade ban has come too late, say West Bank Palestinians
Palestinians praised the ban but say it has taken too long - and that the government must go further if it wants to tangibly improve life in the West Bank
Woman, 54, gives birth in Greece after using embryo frozen for 22 years
She was running up against the Greek government's 54-year age limit for women to complete in vitro fertilization procedures
Lebanon’s president makes a rare visit to southern city as fears of Israeli attacks grow
Lebanon’s president made a rare visit to a southern city Saturday, close to where Israel captured a strategic hill, amid fears of more Israeli attacks.
Sweden faces prospect of far right at heart of government – a week after AfD’s victory in Germany
Sweden was once seen as one of the most liberal nations in Europe, now Swedes head to the polls for a tight contest that could see the far-right move from untouchable pariah to coalition partner, writes James C. Reynolds
Rapper Lil Durk acquitted in gas station murder-for-hire trial
US rapper Lil Durk has been cleared by a federal jury of involvement in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting rival artist Quando Rondo, which left Rondo's cousin dead at a Los Angeles gas station.
How a small supplement pill could stop mothers dying during childbirth around world
Multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy reduces the risk of maternal anaemia, stillbirth and small births – but it is only just starting to be rolled out across the countries that need it most. Liz Cookman reports
Huge protests set to overshadow Trump’s golfing trip to Ireland: ‘We don’t want him here’
Nine months before Donald Trump was voted in as US president for the first time in 2016, he was asked at a campaign rally about a large golf course he purchased on a picturesque sliver of Ireland’s Atlantic coast.