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Russian Federation demands sample of nerve agent used on spy

March 25, 2018

The move comes after the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the southern English city of Salisbury on March 4. "But their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events", she said. In a statement whose tone emulated times of Cold War, Theresa May interpreted Kremlin's refusal to render explanations as evidence of "illegal use of Russian state's force against United Kingdom".

France Pays Tribute To Policeman Hailed As 'Hero' During Attack

March 25, 2018

Macron said the police officer, who hoped to be able to negotiate with the attacker once shoppers were taken to safety, had "died a hero". Arnaud Beltrame, 44, a lieutenant- colonel in the paramilitary gendarmerie, handed himself over unarmed on Friday afternoon to a gunman holed up in a supermarket in a usually quiet corner of southwest France .

PM, Lankan president hold one-on-one meeting

March 25, 2018

During the meetings, issues of mutual importance were discussed. The President thanked the Sri Lankan President for accepting his invitation to visit Pakistan. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi stated that Pakistan is committed to the SAARC process and urged the President of Sri Lanka to play his role for early convening of the SAARC Summit in Islamabad.

Australia scraps work visa most popular with Indians

March 25, 2018

The new visa, which came into effect on March 18 will require a higher English proficiency on top of job skills. Australia lists occupations where there is a skill shortage and for which overseas workers can be hired. The study confirmed that Australia is accepting many immigrants who have skills in already oversupplied fields, this makes it hard for immigrants to find employment, which in turn causes strain on the taxpayer purse.

Inflation Heats up 2.2% on Jumps in Food, Energy Prices

March 25, 2018

The index omits volatile factors such as energy costs to indicate a longer term trend of where inflation is heading. The Bank of Canada, which has a 2.0 percent target for inflation, has raised interest rates three times since July 2017 amid a strengthening economy and near record low unemployment, and markets expect another hike by this July.

Trump hails arms sales to Saudi as he hosts Crown Prince

March 25, 2018

And that was a very incredible two days, and we appreciate the investment in our country. Trump has suggested he may break the agreement in May, prompting critics to say that any such move would spark a nuclear arms race in the region between the Saudis and the Iranians, who have threatened to disown the 2015 accord if the USA walks away.

Ryanair Announces 15 New Routes From Kiev And Lviv, Ukraine

March 25, 2018

Michael O'Leary, the CEO of Ryanair claimed this during the signing ceremony. Ryanair will launch several new routes to Ukraine this October, making it the 36th country the Irish airline offers flights to. 'For Ukrainians, Ryanair's arrival brings about the opportunity to travel cheaply and safely. Thus, the airline will launch flights from Kyiv to Barcelona (four flights a week), Bratislava and Wroclaw (three each), Warsaw (four), Krakow (three), Poznan and Gdansk (two each), Vilnius and ...

Protesters block National Basketball Association arena over fatal Sacramento police shooting

March 25, 2018

Stevante Clark described his brother Stephon as an outgoing person who was dedicated to his children, in a local television interview : "He was a people person who everybody wanted to be around". "It's a loss of one night's entertainment for me, but this family will feel this loss forever", season ticket holder Frank Andersen, a 70-year-old retiree from Elk Grove, California , said as he walked with his wife to their vehicle.

China threatens retaliatory tariffs on USA products

March 25, 2018

The sparring between China and the USA has cast a spotlight on hardware makers such as Apple, which assemble the majority of their products in China for export to other countries. "It's basically China's blueprint for domination in the industries of the future", the official said. Canada and Mexico have been given initial exemptions from the 25 percent steel and 10 percent aluminum tariffs.

Cambridge Analytica London search warrant adjourned until Friday: ICO

March 25, 2018

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham wants access to records and data in the hands of the London-based company amid claims Facebook data may have been illegally acquired and used for political campaigns. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are calling on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica to speak with Congress about the situation and privacy concerns.

Craiglist blocks personal ads to protest anti sex-trafficking law

March 25, 2018

In response to the passing of a bill meant to enable states to combat online sex trafficking , Craigslist has removed its "personals" section from its website out of fear of future legal action. Organizations like the World Without Exploitation and people like Ivanka Trump and USA senators argued that existing law did not go far enough to hold internet sites more accountable for their role in providing a platform to promote activities like prostitution.

Italy elects parliament speakers, but still no government

March 25, 2018

Casellati makes history as the first female president to preside at Palazzo Madama, seat of the Senate. Fico's name was proposed shortly before vote for M5S after candidacy of Riccardo Fraccaro, who had been vetoed by parties of right at morning meeting of its leaders, was withdrawn.

Santander Consumer USA (NYSE:SC) Downgraded by Goldman Sachs

March 25, 2018

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SC. Advisors Preferred LLC boosted its stake in Santander Consumer USA by 1,000.4% in the fourth quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.17 earnings per share. research analysts anticipate that Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc will post 1.98 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Clemson senior Gabe DeVoe saved his best for last, even in defeat

March 25, 2018

The game is set to tip off at 6:09 p.m. E.T. on TBS. Syracuse closed by fouling Trent Jr., who sealed it by improving to 33 of 34 from the line in the last five minutes of games this season. "I don't know why we do that when we have a lead, just kind of relax". "I'll think about how we got up 20 as opposed to how we nearly gave it away". Purdue got it down to one early in the second but the Red Raiders never surrendered the lead.

JeM claims two militants killed in Dooru gunfight

March 25, 2018

The SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police, army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Shistargam village late Friday night after inputs about the presence of militants, the official said. Earlier, police had said that slain militants "apparently" belonged to Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit. A spontaneous shutdown was observed in Anantnag and Kulgam.

Five Indian soldiers, five militants killed in IHK gunbattle

March 25, 2018

The three-day long gunfight in the Halmatpora jungles between the Lashkar-e-Taiba militants who managed to infiltrate the Kupwara region and the security forces came to an end on Thursday, with the troops now launching operations to sanitise the area.

Iran, Yemen in focus as Trump, Saudi crown prince meet

March 25, 2018

Trump and Prince Mohammed discussed an agreement past year for $200 billion worth of Saudi investments with the United States, including large purchases of US military equipment. Under his direction, Saudi Arabia has relaxed a national ban on cinemas and rolled back several of the country's restrictions on women's rights. Saudi to buy US military equipment and invest in the economy to strengthen the US-Saudi alliance.

Thousands march in OH in support of gun laws

March 25, 2018

The silence by now had spread to the thousands thronging Pennsylvania Avenue. At a Salt Lake City high school, a demonstration supporting gun rights began an hour before the March for Our Lives rally in the same spot, according to CNN affiliate KUTV .

Tallahassee's 'March For Our Lives' Rally Draws Crowd of 2500

March 25, 2018

State lawmakers approved a bill increasing mental health funding, establishing protocols for removing guns from people deemed mentally unfit and increasing the purchase age and wait times. The classmate also died. Josephson had mentioned earlier that he hoped to put together a gun-related initiative petition for the November ballot, but said Saturday the group is "rethinking our priorities and may reevaluate".

US Sees a Risk China Will Target American Farmers in Trade Fight

March 25, 2018

The tariffs, announced in a memorandum on Thursday by the Tweeter-in-Chief on Thursday and fleshed out by the office of the United States government's trade representative (USTR), seek to rake in up to $60bn in additional charges on components and products imported from Chinese factories.

Students demand action against gun violence: 'Welcome to the revolution'

March 25, 2018

Thousands in Hawaii joined hundreds of thousands more across the country today to march in support of a national youth movement demanding an end to gun violence. "Anybody who's in high school right now has been growing up on school violence", he said. Westfall, 17, a senior, traveled to the march with her grandmother, mother and two siblings.

Afghanistan: At least 14 killed in vehicle bomb explosion at Lashkargah City

March 25, 2018

Omar Zwak , spokesperson for the governor of Helmand province, said the blast went off near a wrestling match in the city of Lashkar at Ghazi Muhammad Ayoub Khan stadium. "Four of my family members were martyred and three others were wounded", a sobbing Mohammad told AFP at the hospital run by the Italian NGO Emergency.

Trump signs on tariffs against $50bn of China imports

March 25, 2018

Confucius Institutes now come under China's education department. "Most Chinese corporates seems to be quite resilient against a potential trade war given the high share of domestic revenue", said Alicia Garcia Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis.

Judge: Trump can not avoid lawsuit by former 'Apprentice' contestant alleging defamation

March 25, 2018

Her lawsuit sought damages and an apology. Trump also faces a lawsuit by porn actress Stormy Daniels to end an agreement under which she was paid $130,000 in what she called hush money to keep quiet about an affair she claimed to have had with Trump beginning in 2006.

President Trump Says He's Signed $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill

March 25, 2018

Finally, in made-for-TV scheduling, the White House announced a news conference. Democrats were said to have countered they would accept that only if a path to citizenship was guaranteed for all 1.8 million people eligible for Daca. Less than half of the almost 95 miles of approved border construction can be spent on new barriers. The bulk of the money will go to repairing existing fencing segments.

Teen injured in Maryland school shooting dies

March 25, 2018

Doctors said Jaelynn Willey was brain-dead after being shot by a gunman at school in Grand Mills, Md., Tuesday, about 55 miles southeast of Washington , D.C. The boy, Desmond Barnes, was shot in the thigh and has been released from a hospital. A YouCaring fundraising page created for Willey's family has raised more than $72,000 since the shooting.

Vehicle bomb near stadium kills 12 in Afghanistan, says official

March 25, 2018

U.S. airstrikes and Afghan army operations have recently inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban fighters in Helmand province, the country's main opium-growing region and a heartland of the insurgency, Reuters said. Both the Taliban and the ISIS group, whose affiliate in Afghanistan has grown stronger since it emerged in 2014, have stepped up attacks recently, in what analysts say is a campaign of violence meant to undermine the US-backed government.

Trump asks Saudi prince to buy more United States arms

March 25, 2018

Enrichment facilities would potentially allow the Saudis to enrich uranium to weapons grade. Trump sounded an ominous note as he looked ahead to a May decision about whether to stay in the Iran nuclear deal , loathed by both Trump and the Saudis.

Bannon says he doesn't remember purchasing Facebook data

March 25, 2018

Cambridge Analytica has denied Wylie's claims, and said that it had deleted all of the Facebook data once it became aware of how it had been obtained. Bannon, along with GOP mega-donor Robert Mercer, helped expand the data analytics firm. The letter appears to have been sent in response to a request for guidance regarding "the participation of Cambridge Analytica, LLP, a foreign corporation, and of foreign nationals in connection with United States elections for federal, state and local ...

Boris Johnson compares Putin's World Cup to Hitler's Olympics

March 25, 2018

Safety for England's fans was already a hot topic, but Johnson's remarks have provoked outrage in Russian Federation where hooligan gangs are rife - with Putin's government doing relatively little to discourage them. "There's absolutely no way I would be going to Russian Federation to watch the national team". Johnson suggested that Russian Federation - and even Putin personally - was responsible for the attack, saying that he "wanted to convey a message those who deserted Moscow's ...

Knowles (KN) Reaches $13.04 52 Week Low; Pathfinder Bancorp Has 1.33 Sentiment

March 25, 2018

The stock of Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN) has "Buy" rating given on Tuesday, December 5 by Robert W. Baird. On the other hand the company has Relative Strength Index (RSI 14) of 28.21 along with Average True Range (ATR 14) of 0.38, Consequently Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN)'s weekly and monthly volatility is 2.50%, 2.53% respectively.

Youngstown Lions announce annual Easter egg hunt

March 25, 2018

Children between the ages of 1 and 10 are welcomed to participate. Easter Egg hunts will be broken into four age groups: ages 0-3, ages 4-6, ages 7-9, and from 10 and older. Candy will be provided for all participants. More than 200 eggs were hidden and a visit with the Easter Bunny set the stage for the day's events. The rain did not stop one special Easter egg hunt from happening this weekend.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May Expels 23 Russian Diplomats After Spy Poisoning

March 25, 2018

But Russia stands accused of killing 15 former spies on United Kingdom soil, and experts tell Business Insider it's unlikely the United Kingdom will go to war over the nerve agent attack . Separately, Washington on Thursday slapped sanctions on two of Russia's biggest intelligence agencies, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the GRU military intelligence service, in response to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and malicious cyber attacks.

Stocks tumble as investors fear escalating United States and China trade conflict

March 25, 2018

A second day of big losses pushed USA stocks to their worst week in two years. "Currently U.S. pork doesn't have much of an advantage", said Feng. As for the impact of the US actions, the ambassador said the world economy is closely interconnected with shared interests among countries. "That process has failed".

Facebook sells your data, says Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon

March 25, 2018

The Washington Post reports that a former employee of the controversial data analytics firm says Bannon was involved with the firm in 2014 as it gathered information on thousands of Americans apparently without their knowledge. "The progressive left and opposition media can not get over one basic fact: Donald J. Trump is President". But Bannon insisted Trump won the election without assistance.

Boris Johnson likens SWC to 1936 Olympics

March 25, 2018

The timing of an attack using military-grade nerve agent against a former Russian spy in England was probably connected to the weekend election won by President Vladimir Putin , British foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. "I don't believe that for a minute", he said. In a further development to the nerve agent row yesterday, Russia's foreign ministry head of non-proliferation and arms control insisted Moscow bore no responsibility for the incident and dismissed British ...

Turkish forces target Kurdish militants across border in N

March 25, 2018

The PKK is blacklisted as a terror organisation by Turkey and its Western allies. The PKK, which is based in Turkey , Iraq and parts of Syria, has been involved in an armed conflict with Turkey for the past 30 years. Turkey has shut down its airspace to flights to the Kurdish region following a controversial referendum vote in northern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region six months ago that overwhelmingly backed independence from Baghdad.

Investigators enter Cambridge Analytica offices after being granted search warrant

March 25, 2018

The move comes after a British High Court judge granted a warrant to the data watchdog Information Commissioner's Office, allowing its investigators to search the firm's offices. Brittany Kaiser, a business development director at the company from 2014 until earlier this year, told the Guardian that Cambridge Analytica carried out data-crunching and analysis work for Leave.EU, while publicly denying it was doing so.

A quiet weather weekend but rain is on the way

March 25, 2018

Despite that front, our temperatures will still be comfortably warm with highs well into the 70s this afternoon! A weak low pressure system to the north will move southeast into the Tennessee Valley by this evening dragging a cold front south into North Alabama tonight.

Brother of Parkland shooter spends night in jail after arrest

March 25, 2018

The three troubling incidents happened a day after Zachary Cruz , the teen brother of killer Nikolas Cruz was arrested for trespassing after he cruised around campus on a skateboard . "Zachary wishes that he had been "nicer" to his brother". Students will also be required to wear identification badges at all times and could soon see metal detectors installed in the Parkland school, the site of a mass shooting last month that killed 17 students and educators.

CWG: IOA unhappy over Ministry's decision to trim down support staff

March 25, 2018

They contribute to the good performance of the players", he said. Extra officials are the requirement of every team. Batra maintained that the physio or the medical officer are mandatory requirements of any contingent and further said that it is the ministry who should shoulder the responsibility if an athlete underperfoms in such a scenario.

Nicolas Sarkozy: Life is 'living hell' since Libya funding accusations

March 25, 2018

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has defended himself after being put under formal investigation for receiving illegal campaign funding. Sarkozy, who served as French president from 2007-2012, has vehemently denied allegations he received funding from the Libyan regime since the allegations came out.

Proposed legislation would protect DACA Dreamers in Rhode Island

March 25, 2018

This week, Trump tweeted that Democrats "refused to take care of DACA ". DACA , created by DHS through an executive order by former President Barack Obama in 2012, allows about 850,000 immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children - often referred to as " Dreamers " - to work and study openly without fear of deportation.

UK Investigators Raid Cambridge Analytica Offices In London

March 25, 2018

The notice comes just days after Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned the social media giant Facebook of stringent action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft. Facebook is pressing Cambridge Analytica for answers while U.S. senators and the UK Parliament want Mark Zuckerberg to explain the allegations.

US Senate passes huge spending bill to avert govt shutdown

March 25, 2018

The president then blasted Democrats for excluding a fix for DACA and for wasting money, saying he will never sign a bill like this again. Congress tacked the CLOUD Act onto the massive spending bill Wednesday night ahead of voting on the bill Thursday, and it became official Friday morning.

Revenue Estimates Analysis PG&E Corporation (PCG)

March 25, 2018

The stock decreased 2.85% or $7.1 during the last trading session, reaching $241.92. About 4.47M shares traded. BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) has risen 20.68% since March 23, 2017 and is uptrending. Webster State Bank N A owns 2,705 shares. Lakewood Mngmt Ltd Partnership owns 297,500 shares or 2.42% of their U.S. portfolio. Stonebridge Capital Advsr Ltd Liability Corporation reported 20,577 shares stake.

Thousands gather across US to march for gun control and spark activism

March 25, 2018

Bearing signs reading "We Are the Change", "No More Silence" and "Keep NRA Money Out of Politics", protesters packed Pennsylvania Avenue from the stage near the Capitol, stretching many blocks back toward the White House. The March for Our Lives rally is led by survivors of last month's shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed after a former student allegedly went on a shooting rampage inside the school.

Amazon.com (AMZN) Rating Reiterated by Deutsche Bank

March 25, 2018

The company has a market capitalization of $760,861.63, a PE ratio of 344.67, a P/E/G ratio of 6.92 and a beta of 1.54. The stock decreased 4.72% or $0.95 during the last trading session, reaching $19.17. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) for 2,122 shares. Benchmark maintained Amazon .com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) was sold by Olsavsky Brian T. Lafayette Invs has 219 shares for 0.08% of their portfolio.

Kidde smoke alarms might not alert you to fire — RECALL ALERT

March 25, 2018

The model numbers for the smoke alarms in question are PI9010 AND PI2010. The type of devices in the Kidde smoke alarm recall are dual sensor ones that can detect photoelectric and ionization. Remove and discard the recalled smoke alarm only after receiving and installing the replacement alarm, officials said. If you have a Kidde smoke detector, you should inspect it today.

Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi jailed for eight months

March 25, 2018

An Israeli military court sentenced a 17-year-old Palestinian girl to eight month in prison Wednesday for slapping two Israeli soldiers. The proposed arrangement, which would also see Tamimi pay a $1,500 fine, must still be approved by the military court.