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Kerala High Court Directs Government To File Report In Bishop Abuse Case

September 12, 2018

Before the protests, which have been unfolding for two days, take on a life and velocity of their own, the Kerala government should hasten the due process in the matter. What does the police have to say? A special team probing the case has said that according to preliminary investigation, Bishop Franco abused his position and repeatedly raped the nun.

How 9/11 Is Being Remembered at the Sites of the September Attacks

September 11, 2018

A photo captured a fist-pumping President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday as they arrived in Pennsylvania to attend a memorial service on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. In all, four planes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda militants who used them to topple the trade center's twin towers and hit the Pentagon. Currently, eight out of the 40 chimes are installed.

How Brett Kavanaugh will collide with a changing America

September 11, 2018

From what we know now, it appears the case could be made in a Congressional investigation that Mr. Kavanaugh committed perjury in his confirmation processes, this one and the earlier one that put him on the U.S. The Maine senator's support of Kavanaugh is seemingly in defiance of her own constituents, 49% of whom do not want her to confirm Kavanaugh. As it turns out, Kavanaugh was emailed some of the information.

Irish Government Says Trump's Ireland Visit Has Been Canceled

September 11, 2018

He had been due in Ireland the following day. According to Gavan Reilly, of Virgin Media News, 'U.S. officials in contact with Irish counterparts about planning it, say it won't go ahead'. president to come to Ireland as many have in the past. The Irish Government had been heavily criticised for the planned visit. "We can confirm that the proposed visit of the USA president is postponed", said Laura Durkan, a spokeswoman for Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.

Bob Woodward: 'People Need To Wake Up' To What's Happening Under Trump

September 11, 2018

The back-and-forth over the debt was just the first clash between Cohn and Trump on economic policy, according to Woodward's book. "Have you ever done one of these books, know you talked to a source and the source comes out publicly after the publication and says, 'That's not true, '" Guthrie asked.

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom passes away in London

September 11, 2018

In August 2017, it was confirmed that Kulsoom was suffering from lymphoma (throat) cancer and was shifted to London for further treatment. Kulsoom's political struggle against Gen (r) Musharraf's dictatorship was also acknowledged by now Prime Minister Imran Khan during a jalsa held previous year (30th April) in Karachi.

Bob Woodward: Trump Threat ‘Has Not Been Treated Seriously Enough’

September 11, 2018

I am convinced that people need to wake up and not kind of pretend this is just politics or this is partisan. I knew that people in office in these sensitive positions were not going to talk on the record. "Documents and notes make it authentic". Woodward claimed that "the incidents are not anonymous" even if the sources were because he provided dates, times and "who participates - most often the president himself, and what he says".

Russian Federation pension protests: Police break up opposition rallies

September 11, 2018

As in previous rallies, numerous protesters were young, including minors, and pictures of the police manhandling teens went viral on social media . The protests took place as people went to the polls on Sunday to select the governors of 22 regions, including the Russian capital.

Bolton to ICC Judges: Go After US, and You'll Pay

September 11, 2018

Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton said Monday the "extraordinarily ambitious" plan is still being revised and the administration is seeking an ideal time to reveal it. The Trump administration ordered a Palestinian representative office to close today, ending the near 25-year diplomatic presence of the PLO Mission in Washington DC.

At least 19 killed in South Sudan air crash

September 11, 2018

There were 22 people on board the flight that departed Juba International Airport in the morning, said State information Minister Taban Abel. The three survivors are a 6-year-old child, an adult man and an Italian doctor with an aid organisation who was in surgery and in serious condition, Aguek said.

Hospitals bombed as Idlib families flee regime offensive

September 11, 2018

He said that the United Nations had plans to reach up to 800,000 people who might be displaced, and were bracing for around 100,000 people to move into government-held areas and some 700,000 to initially flee within Idlib. The rebel-held region of Idlib and adjacent areas are home to nearly three million people, half of whom have been displaced from other areas in the country, according to the UN.

Venezuela calls march against US for alleged coup bid

September 11, 2018

Trump has been harshly critical of Maduro's leftist regime, as Venezuela has spiraled downward into a grave economic and humanitarian crisis that has sparked violent protests and prompted a wave of emigration into nearby countries. Around the same time , he said publicly that he would not rule out a "military option" to end the chaos there. Maduro's government has since jailed dozens of the conspirators, although many remain at large.

Mike Pence calls for author of anonymous NYT op-ed to resign

September 11, 2018

The vice president says his aides are as dedicated as he is to advancing Trump's agenda. The piece, in the New York Times , said that Mr Trump's "erratic behaviour would be more concerning if it weren't for unsung heroes in and around the White House".

Meteorologist's Reaction to Hurricane Florence: 'Wow'

September 10, 2018

By noon EDT on Monday, Florence had top sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (195 kph). A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when maximum sustained winds reach 74 miles per hour. "We here in North Carolina are bracing for a hard hit", Cooper said Monday. Over the weekend, the governors of Virginia, North Carolina and SC declared states of emergency, according to CNN .

Myanmar in Denial Over Genocide Against the Rohingya

September 10, 2018

A recent United Nations report described the campaign as genocide, with an estimated 10,000 deaths; it offered harrowing accounts of gang rapes and the widespread destruction of villages. Rohinga refugee Kabir Ahmed was shot in the shoulder while crossing the border into Bangladesh. Zaw Htay declined to comment in detail on that ruling, but said the government would release a statement later responding to the decision.

Bolton To Set Out Tough U.S. Stance On International Criminal Court

September 10, 2018

The Trump administration is reportedly set to announce the closing of the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington, D.C., in a bid to pressure the Palestinian leadership to participate in Middle East peace efforts. It will be his first major address since joining the Trump White House. The Trump administration will threaten to prosecute ICC judges if they proceed with a case involving American forces in Afghanistan .

Another $267B China tariffs ready to go after $200 already announced

September 10, 2018

For him, tariffs could potentially be positive, depending on which items remain on the massive list of products the Office of the United States Trade Representative has said could be affected if the next round of tariffs on imports from China is implemented.

Trump warns of 'devastating' taxes on Canadian cars

September 10, 2018

Freeland was due to fly out of Washington on Friday evening, a senior Canadian official said, adding that further minister-level discussions would not likely be held until sometime next week. She repeated her earlier statements that the day's discussions were "constructive and productive" amid an atmosphere of "goodwill on both sides".

Driver held after high-speed chase on Lyon airport runway

September 10, 2018

Witness Davd Peste captured the extraordinary scenes on video. The driver, dressed in dark clothing, then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot. He said: "An individual drove his auto onto the runways at Lyon airport!" More than a dozen police cars and a helicopter pursued the fugitive over a distance up the wrong side of a motorway before he broke through security barriers at the Lyon-Saint-Exupery global airport.

Boris Johnson calls for tax cuts for a ‘dynamic’ post-Brexit Britain

September 10, 2018

May's current foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, took a more measured approach. Johnson, a strong supporter of Brexit, quit May's government in July after rejecting her proposal for close economic ties with the bloc after the United Kingdom leaves next year.

Bob Woodward Stands By Reporting In Trump Book, Saying 'These Things Happened'

September 10, 2018

Woodward in the book recounts how Defense Secretary James Mattis had to explain to Trump why the United States pays $3.5 billion a year to station 28,000 troops in South Korea. "That is why many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump's more misguided impulses until he is out of office".

Florence expected to become hurricane, heading to southeast US

September 10, 2018

Tropical Storm Florence turned into a hurricane Sunday morning and swirled toward the USA for what forecasters said could be a direct hit on the Southeast toward the end of the week. The risk of direct impacts in the US are increasing. NHC added that the risk of direct impact from the storm along the U.S. East Coast over the next week has increased, but it is too soon to determine location, magnitude and timing of the impact.

In Early Results, Far-Right Make Gains in Sweden

September 10, 2018

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven's ruling center-left bloc maintained a slight lead with 40.6% of the vote, with the center-right alliance winning 40.3%. The Sweden Democrats are bidding to become the biggest populist party in the Nordic region, topping the Danish People's Party, which gained 21 percent in 2015, and trump the 12.6 percent for the far-right Alternative for Germany, which swept into the Bundestag past year.

Two British tourists among seven people injured in Paris knife attack

September 10, 2018

Two British tourists are among seven injured after they were attacked by an armed man in Paris , local media reported. Four of the people are said to be seriously injured, while the suspect is an Afghan national. There is no initial sign the attack was linked to terrorism. "He had an iron bar in his hand which he threw at the men chasing him, then he took out a knife", a security guard outside a movie hall told AFP .

Obama: US Government 'Not for Sale'

September 10, 2018

Obama continued: "And when people don't participate, then that vacuum is filled by lobbyists and special interests and we get into a downward spiral where people get more and more discouraged and they think nothing's going to make a difference".

Coalition Conducts Defeat-ISIS Exercise in Eastern Syria

September 10, 2018

Bill Urban, the spokesman for CENTCOM. This is all near the USA base at al-Tanf, on the corner between Syria , Jordan, and Iraq. The captured said they belong to "the Lions of the East Army" numbering about 500 people near the US-led global coalition's al-Tanf military base.

Swedish election: Nationalists 'make gains' in early exit polls

September 10, 2018

The Sweden Democrats, born as a far-right political movement and now an anti-immigration party, garnered a little under 18% of the vote. Far-right candidates and parties have seen their stock rise in Italy, Poland, Germany and elsewhere in the past year.

Ex-Trump campaign adviser sentenced to 14 days in prison

September 10, 2018

Breen told the judge. Joseph Mifsud, an elusive professor considered a missing link between President Trump's election campaign and Russian Federation, may have died during the course of being sought in connection with Moscow's alleged meddling in the 2016 race, attorneys for the Democratic National Committee claimed Friday.

Trump aides claim anonymous 'resistance' op-ed is national security risk

September 10, 2018

The op-ed underscored just how little confidence some administration officials and Republicans in Congress have in Trump's ability to handle the presidency. "Family members of the 28,000 people there", said Woodward. Trump couldn't sign them because "this would endanger the country". "It will make President Trump more resistant to sober advice than he already was, which doesn't seem like a good thing for the country".

N. Korea stresses economy, not nukes, on 70th anniversary

September 10, 2018

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) waves with China's Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Zhanshu (L) from a balcony of the Grand People's House on Kim Il Sung square following military parade and mass rally on September 9, 2018.

China's trade surplus with U.S. hit new record in August

September 10, 2018

China's trade surplus with the US has, therefore, risen almost 15 percent from January to August 2018. That could help reignite US demands that Beijing narrow its trade gap, which has temporarily been overshadowed by their clash over complaints China steals or pressures foreign companies to hand over technology.

British Navy warship sails near South China Sea islands, angering Beijing

September 10, 2018

Britain has been courting China for a post-Brexit free trade deal, and both countries like to describe how they have a "golden era" in ties. However, a landmark judgement at the Hague in 2016 criticised Chinese actions in the South China Sea and found no basis for its sweeping historical claims.

Japan natural disaster: Dozens missing, injured as powerful quake hits Hokkaido

September 09, 2018

Although Hokkaido Railway Co. canceled all special express runs for September 7, it planned to resume operations on local lines. A security guard walks on an earthquake-buckled street in Kiyota, on the outskirts of Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan , Sept.

OBAMA RETURNS: Former President Obama Tells Students GOP 'Capitalizing on Resentment'

September 09, 2018

And while some within the administration have come forward - albeit anonymously - this week to sound alarm bells over what they consider to be Trump's unfitness for office, both in an unsigned op-ed in The New York Times and a forthcoming book from journalist Bob Woodward, those actions aren't enough, Obama argued.

Dallas officer who killed black man also shot a man in 2017

September 09, 2018

On Saturday, two days after Guyger killed Jean, friends and family gathered at the Dallas West Church of Christ to remember him. The Dallas Police Department will continue to provide updates on the investigation in coordination with the Texas Rangers.

Watergate's Woodward says Times Trump op-ed not up to his standards

September 09, 2018

He said Trump is "wrong and my reporting is meticulous and careful". Added Trump: "We're going to take a look at what he had, what he gave, what he's talking about also where he is right now". Yesterday the New York Times released an op-ed written by an unnamed author. "The failing New York Times has an anonymous editorial - can you believe it? - anonymous , meaning gutless , a gutless editorial", said Trump.

Sadr calls for televised, emergency parliament session on Basra

September 09, 2018

Security sources said the consulate was empty when the crowd burst in. Iraq's second biggest city, Basra is a stronghold of Sadr who has recast himself as an anti-corruption campaigner and has allied himself with Abadi. His decision came after protesters took to the streets, which made it hard for security forces to enforce the curfew. Iraq's highest-ranking Shia cleric on Friday condemned the use of violence in demonstrations, but said that Iraqis "no longer tolerate more government ...

Nothing Unnatural about it: SC decriminalises Gay Sex, reads down Section 377

September 09, 2018

The defence will continue to be a valid legal defence, even with the scrapping of Section 377 , because the defence was never birthed from the criminalization of same-sex intercourse and homosexuality, but by a culture of homophobia and non-conformity and anything but heteronormativity being met with violence.

In Massachusetts Elections, Breaking Racial Barriers and Political Traditions

September 09, 2018

Pressley campaigned on the slogan "change can't wait", casting herself as a movement-building candidate. Her victory provided a renewed hope and inspired vision to women of color across the district - that the doors of power are no longer closed.

Boris Johnson to divorce - but will it hit his leadership hopes?

September 09, 2018

We will not be commenting further". Former Mayor of London Boris and his human rights lawyer wife have four children together, Lara, 25, Cassia, 21, Milo, 23, and Theodore, 19. The Tory MP and former London Mayor Wednesday first wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen in 1987 after they met at Oxford, but split when he had an affair with Marina.

"Israel Has Been Betrayed" Says Former Paraguayan President

September 09, 2018

It was US President Donald Trump, who had recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December previous year, that had set in motion the plan of a very few countries to follow suit. Palestinian Authority officials on Thursday praised Paraguay's decision. In May, Paraguay had followed the U.S. and Guatemala in establishing embassies in Israel's contested capital city.

Rudy Giuliani: Proposed sit-down between Trump and Mueller is a 'no-go'

September 09, 2018

President Trump has been insistent in wanting to answer questions from the special counsel under oath, despite hesitation from his legal team. An outright denial could have forced the Mueller team to subpoena the president. Giuliani said. "Show us why you didn't get there the first time". It's now unknown whether an interview will take place about other topics. Mueller's team raised the prospect in March that it could subpoena the president, though this would unquestionably prompt a ...

Russian suspects arrested over Sergei Skripal nerve agent poisoning

September 09, 2018

A nerve agent was used in the attack in Britain, where two Russian agents are wanted for attempted murder . Wallace said his government would seek to "maintain the pressure" on Russian Federation "to say that the behaviour we've seen is totally unacceptable".

Two economists step down from EAC in protest against Atif Mian's expulsion

September 09, 2018

Jemima Goldsmith, former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched an attack on her ex-husband for sacking economist because of his Ahmadi Muslim faith. Friday's decision came after hard-liners also forced the federal law minister to resign his post following anti-blasphemy protests last November, in a deal brokered by the military.

Women and children among dead bodies found at a home in Perth

September 09, 2018

The road is blocked off at the Coode Street and Beaufort Street intersection. "This is a tragic event and it will no doubt have an impact not only the family and friends of the deceased but for the whole of the community, those first repsonders who are faced with attending a scene with multiple deceased people", Steele said.

Egypt sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit

September 09, 2018

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday (Sept 8) including prominent Islamist leaders Essam al-Erian and Mohamed Beltagi over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters. "The Egyptian authorities should be ashamed". Osama Morsi, the son of the detained Mohamed Morsi and 21 others were jailed for 10 years. Others received jail sentences ranging from five to 15 years.

#PlaidShirtGuy from Trump rally steps forward

September 09, 2018

The high school student told the Montana newspaper he requested tickets to the rally earlier in the week. Images caught the teen appearing surprised or amused during the speech and even at one point he mouths "have you?" after the president said he's picking up support for his team.

Flash flood watch in effect for mid-Missouri counties

September 09, 2018

This "lift" basically increases the area of rain over Missouri and IL, leading to a heavy rain threat for much of Friday night through Saturday. The storms come as a cold front approaches the region and then stalls to the south, bringing rainy conditions throughout the weekend.

Trump visits Montana to boost Democratic Sen. Jon Tester's GOP challenger

September 09, 2018

Trump is in Fargo to speak at a fundraiser. The gun group's Institute for Legislative Action said it would be spending six figures to buy time for the 30-second TV ad throughout Montana. "They treated me fine", he said. He engaged in a mock conversation, playing both the role of supporter and defender, during one portion of the rally.

Elizabeth Warren: Time To Employ 25th Amendment To Oust Trump From Office

September 09, 2018

According to an op-ed in The New York Times on Wednesday, officials within the Trump administration have been talking about this amendment themselves. After the declaration is submitted, if two-thirds of both houses of Congress don't vote to uphold the decision and keep the vice president in charge within 21 days, then the powers and duties automatically transfer back to the president.

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