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WA MP Julie Bishop to quit politics

February 21, 2019

Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at a press conference. The news is not necessarily surprising. She has served as a political figure for almost two decades, including as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 2007-2018. The PM referred to Bishop as "a good friend" whose judgement and insight he valued and appreciated throughout his career. She was thrown into the global spotlight after the downing of MH17, in which 38 Australian citizens and permanent residents were killed.

Hopes fade for missing tourists in NSW

February 21, 2019

Other personal items, including travel documents, were found in their rental auto - a silver Commodore station wagon with Queensland registration plates 141-YML - which was located in the Shelly Beach vehicle park. The men, both 20, who had attended the same school in East Grinstead, had been travelling together along the New South Wales coast. She was previously a writer and editor at Daily Life.

Trump may have meddled in Cohen investigation

February 21, 2019

Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy said Wednesday that a report claiming President Trump asked if a us attorney could lead the probe into Michael Cohen despite his recusal is "all wind and no rain". Napolitano had previously criticized Whitaker because he felt that Trump's appointment of the acting attorney general was unconstitutional. The report said Trump subsequently "soured" on Whitaker and that he "complained about his inability to pull levers at the Justice Department that could ...

Vatican has secret rules for priests who father kids

February 21, 2019

Vincent Doyle , whose father was a Catholic priest , founded a campaign group called " Coping International " to bring together the children of priests, which he says has members in 175 countries. However, the New York Times received differing information on the subject from another Vatican official. Pope Francis recently moved to acknowledge, for the first time , the rape and sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops operating within the Catholic Church.

Aero India 2019: Sitharaman invites investors to tap India's defence market

February 21, 2019

Two Indian Air Force jets practising for an aerobatic display collided in midair Tuesday killing one of the pilots, officials said. Aero India is a platform to prowess capabilities of India's air defence with the participation of indigenously developed aircraft including HAL's Combat aircraft Tejas, HTT-40, Civil Do-228, Light Combat Helicopter, Light Utility Helicopter, Advanced Light Helicopter, 61 metal birds and other eye-catching formations.

Bernie Sanders joins 2020 race, to defeat ‘racist’ Donald Trump

February 21, 2019

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during an event to introduce the Raise The Wage Act in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington DC , January 16, 2019. While the contestants share much of Sanders's platform, most are either women or ethnic minorities, characteristics bearing an advantage from the perspective of the intersectional politics of the Democratic party.

Saudi foreign minister refuses to condemn Pakistan over Pulwama attack

February 21, 2019

The crown prince received a lavish welcome on his first two stops in India and Pakistan , both of which required delicate handling. A one-sided retrenchment from India against Saudi Arabia's overtures to Pakistan is also going to be a mostly one-sided loss of strategic foresight, despite New Delhi historically being accustomed to such outcomes.

Jewish graves desecrated near Strasbourg in eastern France

February 21, 2019

He especially denounced Twitter for taking days, sometimes weeks, to remove hate content and to help authorities so a judicial investigation can be led. In the past week vandals defaced portraits of the late Holocaust survivor and French minister Simone Veil, scrawled the German word for "Jews" on a Parisian bakery and cut down a tree planted in memory of a Jewish youth tortured to death by an anti-Semitic gang.

Fire kills dozens in centuries-old Bangladesh district

February 21, 2019

Mahmud Hossain Opu/DhakaTribune " Our priority right now is to douse the fire completely and tend to the wounded", Khokon said, but did not respond to questions from journalists about the warehouses in the buildings in Old Dhaka where chemicals are kept in unsafe conditions.

Coast Guard Officer Accused of Terrorist Plot Targeting Media, Lawmakers

February 21, 2019

When he was arrested this week in Silver Spring MD, he had a stash of guns and a list of people he wanted to kill. Chuck Schumer, of New York, Cory Booker , of New Jersey, Richard Blumenthal , of CT and Kamala Harris , of California and former Rep.

Grand Canyon Looking Into Possible Radiation Exposure

February 21, 2019

The public was not made aware of the drums or the alleged exposure to radiation until Elston Stephenson, the park's safety, health and wellness manager, emailed his colleagues to warn them of the incident and tell them that nothing was done to warn employees or the public.

After surgery, Michael Cohen's prison date postponed to May

February 21, 2019

His congressional testimony, Monico added, "will require Mr. Cohen to spend substantial time in preparation that will limit the time he has to get his affairs in order and spend time with his family, especially given such a short period between the anticipated hearings and the present reporting date".

Questions after AOC's boyfriend gets congressional email account

February 21, 2019

U.S. House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other NY politicians just chased off 25,000 Amazon jobs that could have created salaries of at least $115,000 jobs each. The Green New Deal is a stimulus package that aims to address global warming, and it has received the support of dozens of Democrats who want to address the threats that Climate change poses to Earth .

Woman who joined Islamic State cannot return to U.S., Pompeo says

February 21, 2019

Swift said Muthana had in fact been issued two US passports: one when she was a child, and a renewal she applied for herself just before leaving for Syria . Her passport was revoked after she joined the Islamic State. "I would tell [US officials] please forgive me for being so ignorant", she said, "and I was really young and ignorant and I was 19 when I made a decision to leave".

‘#MeToo’ spray-painted on statue of WWII sailor kissing nurse

February 21, 2019

Navy photographer at the same moment that photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured his famous photographic, which was published in Life magazine. According to NPR, the man pictured in the photo, George Mendonsa, also confirmed he did not know Friedman.

Bladen County elections director anxious about leaked early voting numbers, witness says

February 21, 2019

Mark Harris listens during a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th Congressional District investigation at the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. And it's bad", Britt said. Dowless paid his workers $150 for every 50 absentee ballot request forms they collected and $125 for every 50 absentee ballots they collected.

Saudi Arabia Defends 'Abusive' App That Monitors Women

February 20, 2019

Among those services is a feature for male guardians to decide whether their dependents can travel overseas and the parameters around their travel plans. The only unlikely thing among the services offered by this app is a feature for male guardians to decide whether their dependents can travel overseas and limitations about their travel plans.

Syrian Forces Aim to Oust ISIS From the Last Area They Hold

February 20, 2019

From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq , the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land in Baghouz in Deir el-Zour province, on the countries' shared border. In a statement issued in Geneva, Michel Bachelet, the U.N.'s human rights chief, said the extremists are actively preventing civilians, including women and children, from leaving the area near the border with Iraq.

Trump's Space Force is coming, but not as originally planned

February 20, 2019

USA air force chief Gen. David Goldfein, speaking Tuesday at the Brookings Institution think-tank, said the establishment of a space force was still a long way off, including "intricate details of how we move forward in establishing this service within the department of the air force".

Covington High student's legal team sues Washington Post

February 20, 2019

In a photo that was widely circulated at the time, Sandmann was seen standing face to face with Nathan Phillips , a Native American activist. Social media was outraged, and then so too was the media. Mr Phillips claimed in a separate video that he heard the students chanting " build that wall " during the encounter - a reference to Mr Trump's pledge to build a barrier along the United States border with Mexico.

Andrew McCabe Thinks 'It's Possible' That Trump Is A Russian Asset

February 20, 2019

In a conversation on NBC's "Today" show , Andrew McCabe , the former FBI Deputy Director, revealed that the FBI briefed congressional leaders on its counterintelligence investigation into President Trump in the days after the President fired James Comey .

Russian Federation may be forced to aim weapons at Washington, suggests Putin

February 20, 2019

Moscow will match any US move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russian Federation by stationing its own missiles closer to the United States or by deploying faster missiles or both, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Putin added that the military will deploy more Kinzhal airborne hypersonic missiles, which entered service a year ago. He said the Zircon programme will not be too costly as the missile has been created to equip Russia's existing surface ships and ...

Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates

February 20, 2019

In response to the Department of Transportation's cancellation of the grant, Newsom told CNN in a statement, "It's no coincidence that the Administration's threat comes 24 hours after California led 16 states in challenging the President's farcical 'national emergency .' The President even tied the two issues together in a tweet this morning".

Three Conservative MPs quit over May's 'disastrous handling of Brexit'

February 20, 2019

Upon quitting the party she had been a member of since 1983, Mrs Ryan branded Mr Corbyn a "danger" who had introduced antisemitism within the left-wing party. Members of the TIG have indicated they will resist demands from the leadership, including shadow chancellor John McDonnell, to step down and seek a fresh mandate from voters in a by-election.

Democrats warn Trump may rush nuclear transfer to Saudis

February 20, 2019

The House of Representatives Oversight Committee report said former national security adviser Michael Flynn and two aides promoted the plan with Tom Barrack, the chairman of Trump's inaugural committee, and a consortium of USA firms led by retired military commanders and former White House officials.

Huawei founder says USA can not 'crush' telecoms giant

February 20, 2019

Ren didn't get into specifics, but he called the accusations leveled against his company " politically motivated ". With Brexit approaching the United Kingdom will be removed from the European Union, and as we reported earlier the National Cyber Security Centre claims they could mitigate the risk of using Huawei equipment on 5G networks, with the final decision still to be made by the government .

Pakistan accuses Indian on death row of 'terrorism' at United Nations court

February 20, 2019

Pakistan uses military courts to try civilians, and this was done by amending Pakistan's Constitution, Salve said. A 10-member bench of the ICJ , which was set up after World War II to resolve global disputes, on May 18, 2017 had restrained Pakistan from executing Jadhav till adjudication of the case.

Heather Nauert withdraws bid for United States envoy to UN

February 20, 2019

But she said in a statement released on Saturday that the past two months have been " grueling " for her family and therefore it is in the best interest of her family that she withdraw from consideration. In December, when he first nominated her for the United Nations position, Trump described Nauert as "very talented, very smart, very quick, and I think she's going to be respected by all".

Trump, Giuliani deny president tried obstructing Michael Cohen investigation

February 20, 2019

During Whitaker's tenure, Mueller moved forward with his investigation, subpoenaing people and organizations and indicting Roger Stone, a longtime friend of Trump. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman could be placed in charge of the Cohen investigation. I think it's because of a structure of how the Justice Department operates, how cases are run by U.S.

Over 1000 Islamic State Terrorists Flee Syria To Iraq With $200 Million

February 20, 2019

US-backed fighters appear poised to capture Islamic State's last enclave in Syria and Trump on Saturday pressed France, Britain and Germany to bring home more than 800 captured Islamic State fighters and put them on trial. President Trump on Saturday asked European allies to "take back" about 800 ISIS fighters and put them on trial. "The US does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe , which is where they are expected to go".

Former New York Congressman Weiner released from federal prison

February 20, 2019

On May 19, 2017, Weiner pleaded guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor. The former NY representative will spend the rest of his 21-month sentence at a halfway house in Brooklyn, according to prison records. While investigating Weiner's alleged crimes, the FBI found 141,000 emails on Weiner's laptop it believed potentially relevant to the Clinton investigation.

Taliban say unable to attend Pakistan talks; blame travel blacklist

February 20, 2019

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry confirmed that Islamabad will host a meeting between the Afghan Taliban and the United States in Islamabad . The Afghan government, led by President Ashraf Ghani, sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council late last week to lodge a complaint against Pakistan over the meeting, calling it a "violation of the national sovereignty of Afghanistan".

Winter storm watch in effect Wednesday for the Princeton region

February 20, 2019

Periods of snow mixed with rain beginning late in the morning. The most likely chain of events is for a mixture of rain, sleet and snow to arrive from south to north late Tuesday evening just after sectional basketball games end. Rain will be the final precipitation type we experience before the system exits our region. During the transition from snow to rain, there will be the potential for some icing to occur with freezing rain falling in some areas.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls for public inquiry over SNC-Lavalin affair

February 20, 2019

In his 2014 biography, Trudeau - the son of a former prime minister - recounts how a childhood friend introduced him to Butts at Montreal's McGill University. A Trudeau spokeswoman said no decision had been taken on who would replace Butts. Butts has confirmed that Wilson-Raybould briefly raised the matter of SNC-Lavalin during a meeting in December; he advised her to speak with the clerk of the Privy Council, Michael Wernick.

Several trapped following avalanche in Switzerland

February 19, 2019

The avalanche happened at the Crans-Montana resort in southern Valais. Frederic Favre, head of the Valais department of police and justice, said no one was known to have been killed. "The amount of snow is incredible, two meters deep and 300 meters long". The avalanche coincided with school holidays in some cantons, including Geneva, as well as overseas.

Feel the Re-Bern: Sanders in for 2020

February 19, 2019

The party Sanders seeks to lead in 2020 has changed since 2016, becoming more liberal and confrontational since Trump's election. "I think we have had real success in moving the ideology of the Democratic Party to be a pro-worker party, to stand up to the billionaire class", Sanders told NPR during the 2018 midterms .

Southern Plains Winter Storm & Mid-Atlantic Storm

February 19, 2019

Milder weather will follow the storm on Thursday , allowing for a quick melt of any snow and ice across the region. Wednesday morning through Thursday morning. The changeover will occur fastest in our southwest zones. WHAT.Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Eventually, the storm is expected to change over to all rain but this isn't going to occur until later in the day.

Mississippi State alum remembered after IL shooting

February 19, 2019

She texted and FaceTimed him - and got no response. She wrote in a Facebook post Sunday that she read the text message several times before it "hit me that it was for real". 'You have covered me, my children, our families with so much love and prayer. And I will cry out to God during this vast time of sadness and need.

Roger Stone Attacks Judge Presiding Over His Case In Bizarre Instagram Post

February 19, 2019

In a caption accompanying the Instagram post, Stone attacked U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson as an "Obama appointed judge". Stone has since taken down the post, but said in a subsequent statement that any inference this was a threat to Judge Jackson was false, adding, "This was a random photo taken from the Internet".

Fashion Icon Karl Lagerfeld Dead at 85

February 19, 2019

According to multiple reports, iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. This was the first time he had ever missed giving a bow at the end of a Chanel catwalk show. At the time, the fashion house said Lagerfeld was exhausted. The cause of his death is yet to be released. A spokesman for the fashion brand was not immediately available for comment.

Eastenders star Danny Dyer wades into Shamima Begum controversy

February 19, 2019

It is in the interest of justice that she is tried and sentenced where... I can't even believe it's even being debated. In a recent interview she also said she was "okay" with the brutal methods used by the terror group including beheadings.

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein expected to leave Justice Department in mid-March

February 19, 2019

According to Fox, the new deputy attorney general would be Jeffrey Rosen , now the deputy secretary at the Transportation Department. Rosenstein , the No. Fox News reported in January that Rosenstein was expected to step down in the coming weeks to ensure a smooth transition for Barr, who was sworn-in on Thursday.

Family: UK teen who joined Islamic State has baby in Syria

February 19, 2019

Here, she said, she applied to "marry an English-speaking fighter between 20 and 25 years old". This is to determine if individuals have committed any terrorist or other criminal offences, regardless their motivation, and to ensure that they do not pose a danger to the public or the UK's national security.

French police fire tear gas as latest 'yellow vest' protests turn violent

February 19, 2019

Lines of riot police used tear gas and an impressive backup, a special horse brigade and water cannon - apparently not used - to force the agitated crowd to disperse. The image of the " yellow vests " has also been tarnished by accusations of anti-semitism, with offensive slogans appearing in Paris around the time of the protests last weekend and the government reporting a 74 per cent surge in offences against Jews.

Four People Killed in Northern US Michigan State Shooting

February 19, 2019

LaJoye-Young couldn't confirm the identities and ages of the victims, pending the investigation and next-of-kin notification. She added that they are investigating the possibility of a murder suicide. LaJoye-Young didn't say how numerous victims were children. "We also have to work forensically through the scene to collect all of the evidence and get all of the information possible so we can know what happened here", Young said.

Sailor who kissed woman in iconic Times Square photo dies at 95

February 19, 2019

On his final day on leave, he was NY when it was announced that the war had ended and he instantly joined in on the booze-filled celebrations. But Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was on hand to capture a moment between strangers that expressed everyone's surprise and relief that a long and frightful world war was finally over.

Pulwama terror attack mastermind Abdul Rasheed Ghazi killed by Army

February 19, 2019

The ensuing gunfight with Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists saw four soldiers , including Major DS Dondial killed . The encounter is underway. Four Indian soldiers and a policeman were killed, while nine troops were wounded, including a brigadier, one of the army's top roles, and a deputy inspector general of police.

U.S. prison inmates help rescue baby girl accidentally trapped in SUV

February 19, 2019

The inmates involved were all considered low-risk and seemed pleased to have helped the family out, with Shadow Lantry capturing the incredible moment they freed her daughter on camera. Another person in the viral video by mother Shadow Lantry can be heard commenting on the "hilarious situation", with deputies watching the crew wearing black-and-white stripes unlock the auto.

Britain 'believes Huawei 5G security risks can be mitigated'

February 19, 2019

The United States has released no evidence to support its accusations against Huawei and other tech companies. Huawei , meanwhile, says this is all " pride and prejudice " and that it isn't doing any spying , although that latter announcement was somewhat undermined by the inclusion of praise for Donald Trump as "a great president".

UK trade minister Fox

February 19, 2019

Japanese officials have reportedly accused Jeremy Hunt and Liam Fox of taking a "high-handed" approach towards a post-Brexit free trade deal, and briefly considered cancelling bilateral talks due to take place this week. But their move underlines the increasing frustration within Labour over Corbyn's reluctance to change his Brexit strategy - the leftist leader and long-time critic of the European Union has stuck to his preference for a new election or his plan to leave the bloc.