A number of top US officials have denied that they are the author of a damning anonymous editorial that attacks President Donald Trump.   The New York Times article, said to be written by a senior White House official, says Trump’s appointees are trying to stifle his agenda.  There is fierce speculation over who is responsible – with the vice-president ...

A gunman opened fire at a bank building in the US city of Cincinnati Thursday, fatally wounding three people before police shot and killed him, authorities said.   The incident occurred after 9:00 am local time (1300 GMT) at the lobby and loading dock of the 30-story Fifth Third Bank building in the city’s downtown business district.  “An individual entered ...

US President Donald Trump pledged Thursday to complete a deal on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula together with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling that negotiations remain alive after weeks of an apparent deadlock.   “Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims ‘unwavering faith in President Trump.’ Thank you to Chairman Kim. We will get it done together!” Trump exclaimed ...

Theresa May receives international support for claim that Salisbury attack was perpetrated by Russian secret service agents Theresa May has received strong international backing for her claim that the Salisbury attack was perpetrated by Russian secret service agents, in a joint statement from the French, Canadian, US and German governments. As Britain prepares to confront Russia about the findings of ...

Councillors and politicians tell Home Office to ‘get a grip’ on voluntary housing system Afghan refugees Rahman Sahah (left) , 32 and Mirwais Ahmadzai, 27, sit outside the Home Office in Glasgow, Scotland, last month to protest against their treatment in the UK. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Britain’s asylum dispersal system is on the brink of collapse, according to a ...

Tower Hamlets Council is supporting National Organ Donation Week which aims to increase family conversations around donation and encourage residents to register to become a donor, particularly those from the Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) community. Running from 3-9 September, the campaign aims to highlight the difference that organ donation can make. NHS Blood and Transplant research shows that people from BAME ...

Scientists in Australia have built a watch which is more accurate than any commercial system out there on the planet and is claimed to not lose time for 40 million years.   Called, Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator, the system uses 1,200-carat sapphire crystal that is cooled down to minus 267 degrees Celsius, Cnet reported. It is 1,000 times more precise than ...

 Three Bangladeshi Banks– Dutch-Bangla Bank, Prime Bank and Mutual Trust Bank– are among winners of the fourth annual Trade Finance Programme (TFP) Awards announced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The TFP Awards recognised 23 leading partner banks from 15 countries this year. Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited has been recognised as Leading Partner Bank in Bangladesh. Prime Bank Limited has been ...

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, celebrates after defeating John Millman, of Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in New York. New York, Sep 6 : Novak Djokovic put aside all of it, from his opponent’s unheard-of, middle-of-a-set chance to change out of sweat-soaked clothes and shoes, to consecutive time violations ...

A tense truce within German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative camp shattered Thursday after her hardline interior minister defended protests marred by neo-Nazi violence and blasted migration as “the mother of all political problems”.   The latest shots across Merkel’s bow came just two months after the minister, Horst Seehofer, threatened to torpedo her ruling coalition over the explosive border issue.  ...