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Emergency services are tackling a blaze in the Clearway industrial estate in Belfast (Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye) Firefighters are battling a huge fire at an industrial unit in Belfast. A huge column of black smoke was seen rising from a metal …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page If spending 13 hours on a plane to get to Hong Kong sounds like too much …

A few weekends ago, I went to see Sammy Obeid at the Laugh Factory for a packed Sunday afternoon show. Sammy is a Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian and Italian American comedian, known for political comedy and math jokes. I’ve been following …

Cheryl Rex hasn’t planned what she’ll say during her speech at the unveiling of a Gold Star memorial monument in Rancho Cucamonga on Memorial Day, but said she’s confident her son, Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, will help her. Merola, 20, …

Route 66 remains beloved in the popular imagination in part for the commercial enterprises, sometimes charming or hokey, that lined the road from Illinois to California. At the Los Angeles County Fair through May 31, an area in Expo Hall 9 …

By Hanna Webster, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Researchers are getting closer to ensuring a vial of powder the size of a quarter — and with the potential to prevent tens of thousands of unintentional deaths per year from bleeding — is a …

By AARON MORRISON “No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans.” “Colored served in rear.” “For whites only.” It’s the type of signage that hung from the doors and windows of establishments across much of the American South for many years. The …

Reform donor Christopher Harborne (Chakrit Sakunkrit) purchased the Kamalaya resort in Koh Samui, Thailand in 2021 (Picture: Handout) In 2021, the Kamalaya resort in Koh Samui was acquired by billionaire Chakrit Sakunkrit. The secluded Thai retreat has since been transformed …

The proposed ‘hard work bonus’ would create a tax-free allowance for overtime (Picture: Getty) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have promised a £5 billion tax break for workers doing extra hours. The ‘hard work bonus’ would create a tax-free allowance for overtime above a 40-hour week for …

An e-scooter rider collided with a policeman outside Buckingham Palace (Picture: Yui Mok / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Cyclists were told they were ‘in a crime scene’ following an e-scooter crash with a police officer near Buckingham Palace. …

While the Trump administration is actively trying to rewrite American history, this Memorial Day would be a good time to remember and honor the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of Hispanic Americans who have served in our country’s wars. Sixty …

As a girl raised in the South, I had romantic fantasies about sipping mint juleps under a magnolia tree. I would be wearing a long dress with ruffles on the sleeves and neckline, my hair swept up in a knot …

When environmental destruction, abuse, violence, and public disorder emerge from homeless encampments, many of America’s most vocal advocacy organizations suddenly fall silent. Recently, a major stretch of Interstate 110 in Los Angeles was shut down for nearly 24 hours after …