10 h. ago Donald Trump insists Putin 'is not going to mess around with me' as he prepares for Alaska meeting... while Russia readys its new cruise missile nuke for tests

The eyes of the world will be on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, where the two men are due meet at 8.30pm UK time on Friday.

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42 h. ago Inside the remote military base where Trump and Putin will hold historic summit

The two world leaders will meet in the base in Anchorage, Alaska, which is home to 32,000 people

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3 d. ago All seasons of 'addictive' crime drama compared to House now streaming

The show's premise is actually based on real world psychological research

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4 d. ago Japan rocked by bullying scandal after team withdraws from high school baseball tournament

Koryo high pulled out of the popular competition after an outcry over reports that some of its members had bullied a junior playerOne of Japan’s most popular sports tournaments is reeling after the sudden withdrawal of a team whose teenage players have been accused of abusing a younger teammate.Koryo high school, which had been representing Hiroshima prefecture in the summer high school baseball championships, announced on Sunday it would no longer take part. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘The dream came true’: Major League Baseball gets its first female umpire

Jen Pawol, 48, was given an ovation when she took to the pitch for a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta BravesIt was, she said, the day “the dream came true”. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former art teacher, made US sporting history at the weekend when she became the first female umpire of a Major League Baseball game during the regular season.Pawol, whose debut came on Saturday in a game between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves, was given a standing ovation as she arrived on the pitch. Supporters held up signs reading “Pawol making HERstory” and “the time has come for one and all to play ball” – a nostalgic reference to A League of Their Own, the classic sports film about a women’s baseball league during the second world war. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Amazon Prime's most watched film has rare zero rating and 'not a single good thing'

Ice Cube-starrer War of the Worlds, which is directed by Rich Lee and based on HG Wells's 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, has one of the rarest ratings on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes

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7 d. ago A sergeant allegedly shot five soldiers on an army base. He sent an ominous text to his aunt before opening fire

Authorities identified the suspected shooter as Quornelius Radford, but didn’t speculate on a motive.

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7 d. ago A sergeant allegedly shot five soldiers on an army base. He sent an ominious text to his aunt before opening fire

Authorities identified the suspected shooter as Quornelius Radford, but didn’t speculate on a motive.

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8 d. ago A sergeant allegedly shot five soldiers on an army base. His past criminal history was news to his commander

Authorities identified the suspected shooter as Quornelius Radford, but didn’t speculate on a motive.

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8 d. ago Who is Quornelius Radford, the solider accused of a mass shooting at Fort Stewart Army base in Georgia?

Authorities identified the suspected shooter as Quornelius Radford, but didn’t speculate on a motive.

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8 d. ago Who is the solider accused of a mass shooting at Fort Stewart Army base in Georgia?

‘There is no active threat to the community,’ officials said

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8 d. ago 'Suspenseful' period drama is based on 'one of the world's best

The series stars Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Aidan Turner and Anna Maxwell Martin

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9 d. ago Russia nuclear submarine base damaged after earthquake – report

Satellite images show damage to floating pier at Rybachiy base after last week’s 8.8-magnitude earthquakeA nuclear submarine base in Russia’s remote far east region was damaged last week after one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing satellite images.Photos captured by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite imaging firm, show damage to a floating pier at the Rybachiy submarine base on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Explosion at law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles kills three

The blast happened at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training in the east of the city on Friday morning

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3 w. ago Explosion at law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles kills three as federal investigation launched

The blast happened at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training in the east of the city on Friday morning

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