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Oklahoma small town police chief and entire police department resign

The police chief and three officers that make up the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma resigned on Thursday with little explanation.

Wegovy's creator invested £6bn in this town. So why is it not booming?

Europe's most valuable company has invested billions in Kalundborg on Denmark's coast - but it has many problems.

A Lebanese Town Tries to Stay Out of Israel-Hezbollah War

While Lebanese are united against Israel’s onslaught, some in southern towns where Hezbollah does not hold sway say they feel caught between Israel’s firepower and Hezbollah’s fighters.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 3

Israel says commandos seized Hizbollah operative from coastal town

IDF raid is first operation of its kind inside Lebanon since hostilities erupted with militant group

Business - Financial Times - November 3

Mud and insults thrown as Spanish king and PM visit flood-hit town

King Felipe heckled in Paiporta, one of the municipalities worst affected by last week’s floods. Hundreds of people have heckled Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia, as well as the prime minister ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

The town Joe Biden will call home after leaving White House

BBC News NI's Chris Buckler talks to voters in Wilmington, Delaware, as Biden's presidency comes to an end.

William takes on illegal wildlife trade in Cape Town speech

Prince William warns that wildlife crime has "ripple effects" that are "profound for us all".

Moo-ve over Moo Deng! There’s a new baby pygmy hippo in town

Moo Deng is the beloved baby pygmy hippo from Thailand who went viral for her cuteness. Now there’s a new hippo in town named Haggis. The Edinburgh Zoo introduced the little one to social media and ...

This Texas city is the No. 1 college town in the U.S.—here are the top 10

These 10 cities rank as the best college towns in America, per WalletHub. And you don't necessarily need to be a student to reap the potential benefits.

Business - CNBC - November 8

Towns scores 32 in Knicks' 116-94 win over struggling Bucks

Karl-Anthony Towns had 32 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and the New York Knicks snapped a two-game losing streak with a 116-94 win over the Milwaukee Bucks

Sports - ABC News - November 8

Town's wish for another wonky Christmas tree comes true

March has got another leaning tree after last year's resulted in global media attention.

How Laken Riley's death sent "a reality shock" through a college town

For many students, Athens, Georgia, no longer feels like the safe haven they once thought it was, after the killing of Laken Riley.

Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles

Council in Yukon territory deadlocked, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region. The council of a town in Canada’s Yukon territory has been locked for weeks in ...

World - The Guardian - November 20

Fear and sympathy: small Irish town divided over asylum camp

A year after Dublin’s anti-immigration riots, a tent camp for asylum seekers faces hostility while some locals try to support the new arrivals. In the small town of Newtown Mount Kennedy, a holding ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Town council in Canada at standstill over refusal to take King Charles oath

The council has refused to take the oath due to the Crown’s history with Canada’s indigenous people.

Israel Strikes Across Lebanon After Ordering Evacuations of Southern Towns

The wide-scale bombardment continued a day after a U.S. envoy held talks with Israeli officials on a possible cease-fire with Hezbollah militants.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Free shots and beer buckets in party town at centre of suspected methanol deaths

Six foreign tourists have died after apparently drinking contaminated alcohol in a remote Laos party town.

Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian backpacker town

A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

The circus that bought a tiny California town: ‘We’re creating our own Disneyland’

Nipton sat neglected for years until Las Vegas’s Spiegelworld turned it into a circus haven. From 10 miles out, the tiny town of Nipton suddenly appears in the middle distance like a mirage: a ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Ipswich Town 1-1 Manchester United: Premier League – live reaction

Marcus Rashford scored after just 81 seconds of Ruben Amorim’s regime but Omari Hutchinson equalised. Managerial news from elsewhere: . Alex Kamilewicz writes: “My heart believed it would turn ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

India says frontier disengagement with China along their disputed border is 'almost complete'

India's defense minister says India and China have pulled most of their frontline troops further away from their disputed border in the remote Himalayan Ladakh region

World - ABC News - October 31

About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US

Antony Blinken warns that Russia is preparing to deploy the troops into combat ‘in the coming days’. About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Israel's Netanyahu says goal is to keep Hezbollah from border

World - Yahoo News - November 3

2 killed, 4 wounded by Mexico's National Guard near U.S. border

Colombia's foreign ministry said that all of the victims were migrants who had been "caught in the crossfire."

South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest

World - Yahoo News - November 6

Post-Brexit border scheme to simplify trade put on pause again

Single Trade Window designed to reduce friction on imports and exports will be halted until at least 2026 amid cost fears. A key part of the UK’s post-Brexit border strategy has been put on pause ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

Graham: Use budget reconciliation to bypass filibuster and pass border security legislation

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of President-elect Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, is calling on Republicans to advance ambitious economic and border security legislation through Congress ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

Trump names former ICE director Homan ‘border czar’

President-elect Donald Trump late Sunday announced former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan would serve as “border czar” in his second administration, installing a key ...

Politics - The Hill - November 11

Trump Names Thomas Homan ‘Border Czar’ With a Wide Portfolio

Mr. Homan, a senior immigration official in the last Trump administration, has said that workplace raids would restart under the new government.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 11

Trump says "border czar" will be Tom Homan, ex-immigration enforcement chief

President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as "border czar" in his incoming administration.

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