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Emily Bishop (played by Eileen Derbyshire) was last seen on the cobbles of Coronation Street in January 2016, leaving Weatherfield to join her nephew Spider Nugent (Martin Hancock) in Peru. The ITV soap stalwart has been back in Britain for some time however, returning to the UK last year to look after niece, Freda Burgess […]
Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Donald Trump told House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi that Mexico would pay for a wall along the US-Mexico border through the updated North American Free Trade Agreement. The deal does not include any provisions compelling Mexico to pay for a border wall. Trump also argued that increased economic growth from the agreement […]
Australia won a clear victory in a major trade dispute over its pioneering tobacco packaging law.
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for FanDuel Paddy Power Betfair confirms takeover talks with US fantasy sports startup FanDuel. Talks are ongoing and a deal is not guaranteed. The talks come after a landmark ruling from the US Supreme Court on Monday that opens the door for legalised sports betting in the US. LONDON — Irish bookmaker […]
Nicolas Asfouri/AP Pool Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power, and other crimes. If the court finds her guilty, Park would be the third South Korean president convicted of crimes. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison […]
Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 14:43 Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has called on Russia and the US to come to terms over the crucial 1987 nuclear arms control treaty. Its breakdown may trigger the collapse of international disarmament, he said. Speaking to Kyodo News, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate said: “Now the task of […]
GETTY Daniel opens up on favourite Christmas songs and traditions “At Christmas time that year I was on top of the world,” recalls 56-year-old O’Donnell. He had met Majella, a divorcee with two children, in her parents’ bar in Tenerife two years earlier. “Before we sat down for Christmas dinner I said to her, ‘Phone […]
China will not tolerate meddling in the domestic affairs of any nation and anything undermining its own interests, according to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The leader has vowed to turn the People’s Army into a “world class force” in 30 years. Xi was on Wednesday addressing more than 2,000 party delegates of the Chinese Communist […]
Google Maps has almost all corners of the globe covered. But a task that big allows a little room for error. Tourists in Australia found out the hard way that there was a mistake in Google Maps’ location of an iconic landmark. The Three Sisters are a group of iconic rock formations in the Blue […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers moved closer Monday to renewing a climate initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as a model for confronting global warming to be replicated around the world. But a key hurdle remains. The state Senate voted to give another decade of life to California’s cap-and-trade program, sending the measure to the Assembly, […]
