Brussels has cancelled a controversial plan to punish Britain during the Brexit transition if it breaks EU rules following a furious backlash. EU negotiator Michel Barnier included the clause in a draft transition agreement last week, setting out powers to penalise the UK during the two years after Brexit begins next March. Brexit Secretary David…

Updated February 16, 2018 00:31:52 Video: Prime Minister bans sexual relations between ministers and staff. (ABC News) Related Story: Turnbull bans ministers from sex with staffers, but Joyce keeps his job Related Story: Joyce to take leave next week as Senate calls for his head An uncomfortable gulf has been exposed between the Prime Minister…

Die Discounter Aldi Süd und Aldi Nord wollen ihre Zusammenarbeit im Einkauf und Marketing in Deutschland ausbauen. Die beiden Ketten arbeiteten « kontinuierlich an einer Optimierung dieser seit jeher gepflegten und etablierten Kooperation », teilten Aldi Süd und Aldi Nord in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung mit. Die Discounter reagierten damit auf einen entsprechenden Bericht des Manager Magazins. Die…

A « troubled » 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people when he opened fire at a school in Florida yesterday. The shooting, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, is now ranked as the second deadliest act of gun violence on a US public school campus. The suspect, Nikolas Cruz, was arrested in a nearby community one…

Fiona and Tom were asked to leave an attraction because they have a no adults-only policy (Picture: BPM)A couple have been kicked out of a farm adventure park because they didn’t have any children with them. Fiona and Tom Offord, 48 and 68, said that they were made to feel like paedophiles after they were…

[Meme of that guy checking out another woman in front of his girlfriend, except the other woman has a bird head and 4-foot-long arms.]

The global stock rally marched ahead as investors took in stride a jump in benchmark Treasury yields toward 3 percent. The dollar fell for a fifth day, while the the yen and crude oil advanced. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index took its cue from a rally in Asian equities to advance for a second day.…

Dresden – Großeinsatz der Polizei am Donnerstagmorgen an der St. Petersburger Straße in Dresden. Die fand nach Zeugenhinweisen gegen 3.40 Uhr einen Mann (54) tot in seiner Wohnung. Ein Nachbar hatte Blutspuren im Flur des Mehrfamilienhauses bemerkt und Hilfe geholt. Als Polizisten die Wohnung betraten, fanden sie den leblosen Körper des 54-jährigen Mieters. Ein hinzugerufener Arzt…