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Storm Gordon to hit U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane: NHC
7:15pm, 3rd September, 2018

Storm Gordon to hit U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane: NHC

Tropical Storm Gordon whipped the southern tip of Florida with high winds and rain on Monday, and was expected to have strengthened into a hurricane by the time it makes landfall along the central U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday night, the National Hurric...
Brazil Uber driver accused of kicking out blind woman
5:46pm, 3rd September, 2018

Brazil Uber driver accused of kicking out blind woman

A blind woman said an Uber [UBER.UL] driver abruptly left her on the side of a Rio de Janeiro street last week after loudly berating her over her request that he turn down the car's air conditioning, the latest safety incident involving the ride...
Critics 'chuck rocks from both sides' at May's Brexit plans
2:54pm, 3rd September, 2018

Critics 'chuck rocks from both sides' at May's Brexit plans

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy means disaster for Britain, her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said, as critics at home and officials in Brussels stepped up their opposition to her plans for how to leave the European Union.
World Court weighs Britain's claim to Chagos Islands
10:55am, 3rd September, 2018

World Court weighs Britain's claim to Chagos Islands

Mauritius tried to persuade judges at the World Court on Monday to find that it was illegally stripped by Britain of another Indian Ocean archipelago, the Chagos Islands, now home to a major U.S. air base.
On Labor Day, Trump hits back at largest union leader
9:38am, 3rd September, 2018

On Labor Day, Trump hits back at largest union leader

U.S. President Donald Trump on Labor Day hit back at Richard Trumka, president of the United States' largest federation of labor unions, after Trumka said on Sunday that the president's policies had hurt American workers.