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BREXIT negotiations have hit another hurdle in the road after rumours have been circulated suggesting Brexit Secretary David Davis could resign over Theresa May’s backstop plans. What is a Brexit backstop? Will David Davis resign? Daily Express :: News Feed

BREXIT Secretary David Davis last night increased pressure on Theresa May over her plans for a “backstop” customs system for Northern Ireland. Daily Express :: News Feed

Donald Trump’s White House broke a two-decade-old tradition last year by cancelling the president’s annual Iftar dinner. On Wednesday night, the annual Ramadan reception, conceived in the 1990s to celebrate Muslim-Americans, was back on. All that was missing? It seems any Muslim-American guests. CBC | World News

Thanks to the same force between the Earth and its moon that regulates tides in the ocean, our days are slowly getting longer. According to Space, as a result of this tidal force, the moon is slowly being pulled away from Earth. Because of a new statistical method called astrochronology, astronomers have now peered into the “Earth’s deep geologic past ...

Comedian Samantha Bee returned to her TBS show on Wednesday, apologizing again for using a crude epithet to describe Ivanka Trump but expressing anger that the ensuing controversy distracted from more important issues. CBC | World News

Troublesome rain and more volcanic activity are hindering search and rescue efforts around Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, but when teams have been able to work in the hardest hit areas the death toll has continued to rise. CBC | World News

At least 46 Ethiopian migrants drowned early on Wednesday after a smuggler’s boat carrying capsized as it approached Yemen, the UN migration agency said. CBC | World News

In an unfortunate turn of events, a large fire consumed parts of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London. The fire happened just one week after it completed “the most extensive restoration in its 115-year history” in order to “confirm this historic hotel’s position as one of the best in the world,” reported the BBC. The hotel website says that it ...

THE seven-year conflict in Syria may finally come to an end as the US-backed Syrian Kurdish party revealed it is ready to hold talks with President Assad, with the aim “to develop a Syrian-Syrian solution”. Daily Express :: News Feed

In 1986, Top Gun hit theaters and brought forth a collection of what would be some of the biggest stars in all of Hollywood. Now, it has been more than three decades since that high-flying epic film was released and the sequel is finally happening. Fans already knew that Tom Cruise was going to be in Top Gun: Maverick, but ...