Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The lava flows are encroaching on the Puna Geothermal Venture plant on Hawaii’s Big Island Lava from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has crept towards a geothermal power plant, prompting workers to shut down facilities amid fears of deadly gases. Workers removed flammable substances and the plant’s deep underground […]
Image copyright Google Maps Image caption The home near Syracuse, New York that is at the centre of the family dispute The parents of a 30-year-old man have resorted to drastic measures in an effort to get their son to fly the coop: they are suing him. Court documents say Michael Rotondo does not pay […]
Image copyright CBS Image caption The men were thrown from the Maserati when it crashed into a tree and flipped over Two New York police officers, one a bridegroom on his wedding day, have been killed after their Maserati sports car crashed. Officer Michael Colangelo, who had just got married, and detective John Martinez died […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Moon (right) will try to calm nerves in his meetings with Mr Trump (right) US President Donald Trump and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in are due to hold talks in Washington, amid uncertainty over a planned US-North Korea summit. Last week the North said it may cancel the summit if […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kendrick Lamar at Coachella festival in April A white woman has been booed at a Kendrick Lamar gig for singing the N-word on stage. The rapper invited the woman, who identified herself only as “Delaney”, to sing M.A.A.D City during his set at the Hangout Festival in Alabama. But […]
Media captionBorder patrol: ‘I heard you speaking Spanish’ Two high-profile incidents of Spanish speakers being challenged for not using English have raised familiar arguments over language and immigration in America. What happened? Ana Suda and Mimi Hernandez were queuing inside a petrol station in rural Montana when a Border Patrol agent demanded to see their […]
Image copyright Getty Images If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Right? That is the mantra we are taught as children and teenagers. It is the story arc for almost any romantic comedy ever made – Boy meets Girl. Girl rejects boy. Boy pesters girl in evermore inventive ways until she gives in […]
Image copyright Israel Defense Forces Image caption Israel has ordered 50 F-35s The US-made F-35 stealth fighter has seen its first ever combat action, flying in an operation for the Israeli air force. The air force chief showed an image of jets over Beirut, Lebanon, and said the planes had “already attacked twice on two […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mike Pence made the comments in a Fox News interview broadcast on Monday night US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned North Korea’s Kim Jong-un not to “play” President Donald Trump if they meet next month. Mr Pence said in a Fox News interview that such a move would be […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mike Pence made the comments in a Fox News interview to be broadcast on Monday night US Vice President Mike Pence has warned North Korea’s Kim Jong-un not to “play” President Donald Trump if they meet next month. “It would be a great mistake for Kim Jong-un to think […]
