Actress Felicity Huffman reports to prison for part in U.S. college scandal
“Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman reported to a federal prison in California on Tuesday to begin serving a 14-day sentence for her role in a...
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads not guilty to pinching woman’s buttocks in club
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to pinching a woman’s buttocks in a nightclub last October, four months after he was charged...
U.S. foreign military sales total $55.4 billion, down from $55.6 billion in 2018: U.S. official
Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments fell slightly in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 to $55.4 billion from $55.6 billion a year...
Canadian early voting rises, tight race prompts talk of need for partners
Canada’s federal elections watchdog said on Tuesday more Canadians voted early this year compared with four years ago, while on the campaign trail party leaders...
Ethiopia postpones autonomy referendum for ethnic Sidama: Fana news agency
Ethiopia postponed by a week a referendum on self-determination for its ethnic Sidama community that would have created the country’s 10th autonomous region, Fana news...
Portugal’s new cabinet list approved; Centeno keeps finance job
Portugal’s president accepted the line-up of a new minority Socialist government on Tuesday, with Mario Centeno, the mastermind behind the country’s first balanced budget in...
Scientists find how deadly malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans
Scientists who resurrected a 50,000-year-old gene sequence have analyzed it to figure out how the world’s deadliest malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans –...
Fewer emergency surgeries, more deaths in British hospitals vs U.S.
(Reuters Health) – When patients in England or the U.S. have abdominal emergencies like appendicitis or a ruptured aneurysm, half as many in England get...
Here’s an octopus that looks like a bell pepper
Scientists found this distinctive “bell pepper-shaped” octopus deep in the Pacific waters of Jarvis Island....
Britain narrows gap in last-gasp Brexit talks, only hours remain
Britain and the EU made headway in eleventh-hour talks on Tuesday to reach a Brexit deal in time for a leaders’ summit, but with hours...