Climate change protesters strip during U.K. Parliament’s Brexit debate to demand action

London — A dozen demonstrators were arrested on Monday after stripping in Britain’s House of Commons to protest climate change. The protesters stripped down to their underpants in the public gallery Monday while lawmakers were debating Brexit. Some had slogans including “SOS” and “stop wasting time” written on their bodies. The group Extinction Rebellion said …

Prince William spends three weeks working with British spies

The name’s Windsor, William Windsor. As one of the most recognizable public figures in the world, Britain’s Prince William would not make as effective a 007 as legendary fictional spy James Bond. But that did not stop the heir to the British throne from spending the last three weeks working with the security services, including …

Brunei defends gay sex death penalty and says it “focuses more on prevention than punishment”

Brunei is defending its new anti-LGBTQ law, which makes homosexuality — as well as sodomy, adultery and rape — punishable by death by stoning. In a letter sent to the United Nations Monday it said there has been a “misconception” in international understanding of the law.  In the letter, Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister of …

CIA Director Gina Haspel praises Trump’s “wisdom” on North Korea

CIA director Gina Haspel said Thursday that President Trump had “shown a lot of wisdom” in his outreach to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, though she sidestepped reports that emerged late Wednesday suggesting Kim observed the testing of a new weapon and wanted a more “mature” interlocutor than Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “I …

Flooding kills dozens in heavily-deforested Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia –– Floods and landslides from torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 31 people and displaced thousands in the past few days, the country’s disaster agency said Monday. It said 29 people have died in Bengkulu province on the island of Sumatra over the weekend. Two people died from flooding in parts …

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg face subpoena from Canadian Parliament

A committee in Canada’s Parliament voted unanimously Tuesday evening to take the rare step of issuing a subpoena demanding appearances from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. Bob Zimmer, chair of Canada’s Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, said in a phone call with CBS News that the subpoena can …

Trump to impose new tariffs on all Mexican goods over migrant crisis

Washington — Faulting the Mexican government for not doing enough to curb an unprecedented flow of Central American families heading toward the U.S., President Trump announced the U.S. will impose new tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico in an effort to pressure the government to take action. In a statement from the White House …

Ironman World Champs 2018: Patrick Lange is the King of Kona

The 40th birthday of Ironman was always going to be a special race, and so it proved with the Kona debut of Javier Gomez, course records broken, emotional stories of redemption and some heavyweights showdowns between the world’s greatest long-course athletes. Advertisement Grabbing the headlines in the men’s elite event was Patrick Lange, who broke …

Riho vs. Maki Itoh to headline AEW Dark: Elevation debut show

AEW’s Tony Khan announced the full card for this Monday’s debut of AEW Dark: Elevation, the company’s new YouTube show. The main event will feature former AEW Women’s champion Riho taking on newcomer Maki Itoh. This will be her AEW singles debut as she teamed with Britt Baker at Sunday’s Revolution and then was part …