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China ups domestic spending as economy slows

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
BEIJING (AP) -- China's premier outlined plans Monday to fuel domestic consumption, including subsidies for social programs and higher spending for businesses, as the government grapples with a slowing economy and rising public demands for greater fairness....

Female Red Arrows pilot to leave

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
The first female pilot to fly with the Red Arrows display team is to move to a ground-based role.
Categories: BBC, News

Firefighters leave power station

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Firefighters leave Tilbury power station, five days after a fire broke out in a fuel storage area.
Categories: BBC, News

The left, not social conservatives, threatens religious liberty

No Republicans on the national political scene, including Rick Santorum, threaten our religious liberty.

Fresh appeal over Belfast murder

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Police investigating the murder of a man in Belfast city centre make a fresh appeal for information about the attack.
Categories: BBC, News

MSP suspended over abuse claims

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
A member of the Scottish parliament is suspended by his party over allegations of domestic abuse published in a Sunday newspaper.
Categories: BBC, News

Trains collide in Poland; 16 dead

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Rescuers combed through mangled wreckage early Sunday searching for survivors after two passenger trains collided in southern Poland, leaving at least 15 dead.
Categories: CNN, News

Obama accuses Republicans of 'madness' in Maine

AP - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of clinging to economic policies that preceded the Great Depression and the more recent economic downturn, accusing his rivals of showing signs of "madness."...

Star Wars artist McQuarrie dies

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Ralph McQuarrie, an artist credited with helping George Lucas bring Stars Wars to the big screen, dies aged 82.
Categories: BBC, News

Can Obama force nuns to pay for abortion-inducing drugs

President Obama is making you choose between your religious faith and your health care coverage.

Church service for shot student

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
A church service is being held in Salford to promote peace in the area where a student was shot dead.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Vatican opens secret document archive

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
One hundred unique documents selected from among millions from the Vatican's secret archive have gone on show to the public in Rome for the first time.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Inside Pakistan's 'Little Britain' town

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Around a million people of Pakistani origin who live in the UK will be allowed to vote in Pakistan's elections.
Categories: BBC, News

'Scores killed' in Congo blasts

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
At least 200 people are reported killed and hundreds more injured after accidental explosions at a munitions dump in Congo's capital Brazzaville.
Categories: BBC, News

More clinics for implants removal

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Extra clinics could be laid on to cope with the number of women in Wales who need faulty PIP breast implants removed, a plastic surgeon says.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Meteor witnessed across Britain

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Police forces say they have received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been a meteor.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Extreme British weather explained

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Dr Helen Czerski explains how cold polar air from the north and warmer air from the Tropics push against each other to create the UK's changeable weather and unpredictable winters.
Categories: BBC, News

Death toll in Polish train collision rises to 15

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into how a train ended up on the wrong tracks after two engines collided head on late Saturday, killing 15 people and leaving 54 in hospitals....

Fury over Libya war graves attack

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
Attacks on the graves of British servicemen in the Libyan city of Benghazi are described as "horrific" by Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt.
Categories: BBC, News

Ind. town hard to find, but tornado leaves mark

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 03:48
DAISY HILL, Ind. (AP) -- This is a town that's almost impossible to find, even if you're trying. But a massive tornado did....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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