LONDON - British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in “In the Name of the Father”, has died aged 64 following a lengthy illness, a friend announced Monday.
LONDON - British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in “In the Name of the Father”, has died aged 64 following a lengthy illness, a friend announced Monday.
GLADSTONE - Military aircraft flew supplies to an Australian town slowly disappearing beneath floodwaters on Monday, as record flooding in the country’s northeast continues to cut coal exports and devastate wheat production.
SYDNEY — Sixteen people are believed trapped in an Australian cinema after the roof partially collapsed after heavy rain, a report said Monday.
MOSCOW — Russia’s transport oversight agency is calling on the country’s airlines to stop using the Tu-154 plane until the cause of a passenger jet fire and explosion that killed three people is determined.
Spain has introduced a tough anti-smoking law that prohibits lighting up in enclosed public places including bars, restaurants, airports and even some outdoor spaces.
LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron could face a parliamentary defeat over Europe but is set to avoid a damaging split in the ruling coalition over a controversial counter-terrorism measure, reports said on Sunday.
Australia’s coastal northeast disappeared under floodwaters in a spreading disaster that brought some of the highest floods on record and forced thousands from their homes.
LONDON - The landlord of slain landscape architect Joanna Yeates, held for two days on suspicion of murder, was released without charge on police bail on Saturday.
ARUNDEL, England - Rioting prisoners torched buildings at a low-security British jail on Saturday, an incident the prison guards’ union said highlighted the risks of government plans to slash spending on the justice system.
ARUNDEL, England - Rioting prisoners torched buildings at a low-security British jail on Saturday, an incident the prison guards’ union said highlighted the risks of of government plans to slash spending on the justice system.