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Virginia girl: Classmates grabbed her, cut her dreadlocks

September 28, 2019

A black middle school student from Virginia is accusing three white boys of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks . "When I held it in, I felt like a weight was being added to my shoulders each day that I held it in", Amari said.

Seized oil tanker sets sail: Iran authorities

September 28, 2019

According to tracking data, the Stena has set a new destination for Port Rashid in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates , about 250 km (155 miles) away. A day after the seizure of the Stena Impero, Iran released footage showing Iranian speedboats cruising near the tanker as a military helicopter hovered over the vessel.

Anand Mahindra's Message To Greta Thunberg On Climate Change

September 28, 2019

Then promises to introduce a national prescription drug plan, to commit Canada to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, to teach every Canadian how to camp by grade 8. Some school districts, including Vancouver and Surrey, are allowing students to attend the strike as long as they have parental permission. With so many students expected to attend the marches, Edmonton Public Schools said it discussed the issue on September 27 and passed a motion saying students may attend with their parents' ...

Congress Subpoenas Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Trump Impeachment Inquiry

September 28, 2019

Ulrich Brechbuhl, and Ambassador Gordon Sondland. The committees announced the subpoenas after the Trump administration missed a Thursday deadline to provide documents and information about contacts with Ukrainian officials, as well as a July telephone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Mike Pompeo subpoenaed for documents related to Ukraine

September 28, 2019

They include former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was sacked by Team Trump earlier this year; Ambassador Kurt Volker, the special representative for Ukraine; and European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland. military aid to Ukraine. Calling her "bad news", Trump promised on the call that "she's going to go through some things", according to the White House's record of the call.

Cop: Entering home only option she thought of

September 28, 2019

Guyger shot and killed Jean last September in his apartment, which was directly above hers. She said Jean was moving toward her speaking loudly. "Yes, sir", replied Guyger, who wore a light blue dress and a dark cardigan. Jean had art hanging on the wall behind the couch, an ottoman in the living room and a workstation set up near the bar. The defense countered by pressing witnesses on the similarities in the hallways leading to their apartments.

Barr is thrust back in harsh glare as Ukraine scandal grows

September 27, 2019

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. President Donald Trump did not ask Attorney General William Barr to contact Ukraine following a conversation the president had with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky , according to the Justice Department (DOJ).

Labradoodle creator calls the breed his "Frankenstein's monster"

September 27, 2019

Wally Conron, who worked for Guide Dogs Victoria in Australia , recently spoke on a podcast for the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC ) where he said he was just trying to breed a new efficient type of guide dog but he ended up creating "Frankenstein's monster".

Mont Blanc: Roads closed as experts warn glacier may collapse

September 27, 2019

While it's impossible to predict the exact timing of the collapse, observations in August and September showed that the glacier was shifting at a speed of 50 to 60 centimeters (20 to 24 centimeters) a day, experts said. But Fosson stressed that the preventive measures taken so far were for an "unprecedented situation" for a glacier in the region. Meanwhile, glaciers are dripping away, with a funeral being held for the Swiss Pizol glacier just a few days ago after the vast ice mass ...

Greta Thunberg -- the next Nobel Peace victor?

September 27, 2019

But the passionate young woman says they will not stop her from fighting for change. The award comes with a cash prize of around $100,000. She would be the first to win the prize for environmental work since former USA vice president Al Gore shared it in 2007 for raising awareness of climate change.

Saudi Arabia says to offer tourist visas for first time

September 27, 2019

Female foreign nationals will not have to wear the abaya, the mandatory attire for women in the country, but they will be directed to wear "modest clothing", the minister said. "I get all the responsibility, because it happened under my watch", he told PBS' Martin Smith, according to a preview of a documentary, "The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia", set to air on October 1, ahead of the one-year anniversary of Khashoggi's death .

Pompeo Accuses Syrian Government Of Using Chlorine In May 19 Attack

September 27, 2019

In September 2018, a USA official said there was evidence that the Syrian government was planning to use chemical weapons in Idlib. "It is also the latest instance in a long pattern of Assad's chemical weapons attacks that have killed or wounded thousands of Syrians".

Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch,' Saudi crown prince

September 27, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives for the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. Two highly anticipated appearances of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's on two major American TV channels have created much anticipation since their announcement.

United Kingdom tanker Stena Impero held in Iran leaves Bandar Abbas port

September 27, 2019

The U.S. had requested the continued detention of the Grace 1 but authorities in Gibraltar released it on August 15, saying Iran had assured that it would not transport oil to Syria . "The Stena Impero started sailing from the mooring towards the Persian Gulf's worldwide waters as of 9:00am (05:30 GMT) today", Hormozgan province's maritime organisation said on its website.

Massive fire engulfs factory in Rouen, northern France

September 27, 2019

Castaner later said that it could take days before the fire is extinguished. The fire broke out at a storage facility owned by Lubrizol, a United States specialty chemical manufacturer owned by the billionaire investor Warren Buffett. The cause of the fire is being investigated. It advised residents not to eat fruit or vegetables from gardens without washing it thoroughly, and not to touch the soot or other particles on the ground.

United Kingdom court stays execution on Nigeria's P&ID's $9.6b judgment

September 27, 2019

Granting the stay conditionally, the judge ordered Nigeria to make a $200m security payment into its account within 60 days. It also must pay some court costs to P&ID within 14 days. P&ID called the Abuja case a "sham investigation". But government attorney Matovu countered that Nigeria should not be forced to turn over such a huge sum when the jurisdiction of presiding courts was still under dispute.

UAE Sends First Astronaut Into Space

September 27, 2019

He was seen pumping his fist in the air before the launch. Writing on Twitter before the launch, Mansoori said he was "filled with this indescribable feeling of glory and awe ". Here's what you need to know about Meir and her upcoming mission. Russian Orthodox clergymen blessed the spacecraft forward of the launch, in a conventional prayer service typically held earlier than Russian rocket launches.

Climate change march: Thousands of schoolkids' action inspired by Greta Thunberg

September 27, 2019

And we're not alone, the internet has come out in force to support Thunberg and drown out the whingeing voices of the grown adult men annoyed at a teenage girl for speaking the truth. Thunberg has been protesting outside the Swedish Parliament every Friday since August 2018 against inaction over climate change. Greta Thunberg , the teenage Swedish environmental activist who has taken social media by storm through her rousing speech at the UN Climate Change Summit in NY, was lauded by India ...

Two children beaten to death in India for defecating openly

September 27, 2019

Two brothers have been arrested in regards to the attack. The police have given the family of the children $845 in financial aid, and they will also be receiving $5,600 from the government. Manoj Balmiki, a labourer whose youngest sister Roshani (12) and his only son Avinash (10) became victims of the horrific crime, alleged that the family faced discrimination in the village due to their caste.

Trump sets cap for refugee admission at an all-time low

September 27, 2019

A group of retired United States military generals and officers had also sent a letter to the Trump administration , expressing their "grave concerns" about reports of further cuts to the refugee programme. Beneficiaries are meant to include persecuted religious minorities, people whose lives are in danger for assisting the USA military, orphaned children, and victims of female genital mutilation, the experts say.

Autistic 5-Year-Old Punished for Hugging Classmate in Tennessee School: Family

September 27, 2019

Nathan, a 5-year-old kindergartner at East Ridge Elementary in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is pictured in a provided photo. Nathan's autism makes it hard for him to understand social cues, Putnam said, adding that the boy's teacher simply misunderstood his actions.

Couple gets surprise package of $550K in ecstasy pills

September 27, 2019

The couple, who live in Linz in the north of Austria , hastily returned the parcel and its contents to the post office, where the police were then called to inspect it. Upper Austria police were able to determine the package was actually meant for a person in Scotland. Dutch authorities have launched an investigation into who sent the package.

Egypt detains more than 1000 after protests against President Sisi: NGOs

September 27, 2019

The figures had been compiled by the Cairo-based NGO the Egyptian Middle for Financial and Social Rights. Authorities have identified the detained activists as Hazem Hosny and Hassan Nafaa, political science professors at Cairo University, and Khaled Dawoud, a journalist and former head of the liberal al-Dustour party.

International Space Station Hosts 9 People First Time Since 2015

September 27, 2019

The United Arab Emirates is about to send its first astronaut to space . NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and two fellow crew members arrived Wednesday for their mission aboard the International Space Station , temporarily increasing the orbiting laboratory's population to nine people.

More Americans say vaping is as unsafe as smoking cigarettes

September 27, 2019

Conley added that numerous vaping-related health issues involved people who used e-cigarettes to smoke street-bought drugs or liquids that contain ingredients from cannabis, not tobacco. "But does it have anything to do with vaping illnesses sweeping the nation?" USA doctors say the illnesses appear to be a response to the inhalation of a caustic substance.

Mugabe’s family announces burial in his hometown on Saturday

September 27, 2019

THE remains of former President Robert Mugabe will now be buried in Zvimba tomorrow at the insistence of his family, though Government had started working on the mausoleum it had demanded earlier. In line with government policy to respect the families of deceased heroes, government is cooperating with the Mugabe family in their new position. We've been meeting with the government and everything has been very smooth.

'OK' hand gesture added to hate symbols database

September 27, 2019

The Anti-Defamation League ( ADL ) has added the "OK" hand signal to its hate symbol database . The "Operation O-KKK" campaign was launched in 2017 to trick liberals and the media into thinking that the gesture-often used by President Donald Trump during his speeches-promotes white supremacy as the fingers spell out WP (white power).

Quake shakes eastern Indonesia, damage being evaluated

September 27, 2019

An official from the local search and rescue agency said one man died after falling off his motorbike while trying to flee to higher ground, while another person was missing after being buried in a landslide. Two houses and a local government office were also damaged. Local BMKG head Oral Sem Wilar called for calm. Indonesia , home to more than 260 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location along the "Ring of Fire", the string of seismic faults ...

White House: President Trump Has Nothing to Hide

September 27, 2019

The Department of Justice released a transcript of the call on Wednesday, which detailed the two leaders discussing Biden, but not military aid. An anonymous whistleblower has claimed that over the course of the call, Trump on multiple occasions suggested to Zelensky that U.S.

Quake with magnitude of 5.7 hits Istanbul

September 26, 2019

The Istanbul Governorship said primary and secondary schools have been temporarily suspended today due to the quake, while there are no reports of damage as yet. The epicenter was 22 km from the nearest inhabited area, Silivri, AFAD said. Phone calls could not be made on mobile phones for a while, as people were trying to reach their loved ones and relatives.

Jacques Chirac dead: Former French president dies aged 86

September 26, 2019

His son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told The Associated Press that Chirac died "peacefully, among his loved ones". The two-term French president was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the USA invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Compromise Keeps US in Universal Postal Union

September 26, 2019

Trump gave me". The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to reform postal pricing in general, and has framed the dispute in the light of the U.S. -China trade war, citing the status quo as another example of how China has gamed the global commerce system to its advantage. He said the accord would include payouts of $40 million over five years, a sum more than offset by "anywhere from 300 million to five hundred million dollars in savings and subsidies" elsewhere.

Why did Trump mention CrowdStrike in a call with Ukraine's President Zelensky?

September 26, 2019

Under the US Constitution, the House has the power to impeach a president for "high crimes and misdemeanors". Zelensky on Wednesday said he thought only President Donald Trump's side of their phone call would be released after the White House disclosed a transcript of a conversation between the two world leaders.

UK Supreme Court hears cases that PM Johnson's Parliament suspension was illegal

September 26, 2019

Then, early Tuesday, lawmakers rebuffed, for a second time, Johnson's request for an early election, which he said was "the only way to break the deadlock in the House". Mr Johnson says the five-week suspension is to permit the Authorities to set out a brand new legislative agenda in a Queen's Speech when MPs return to Parliament on 14 October.

Boeing settles with some victims of Lion Air 737 MAX plane crash

September 26, 2019

But even US pilots have bristled at attempts to blame the crashes on pilots in developing countries and preliminary accident reports highlight the role of a Boeing flight-control system called MCAS that pushed the noses of the planes down. If MCAS does operate it can only operate once unless the problem had been "completely resolved", he added. Boeing said in a statement it is "committed to working with the FAA in reviewing the NTSB recommendations".

USA reaches asylum deal with Honduras

September 26, 2019

In addition to South and Central American migrants, the deal would also affect Africans and Cuban nationals, many of whom take the plane to the Northern Triangle and travel north on buses. Supreme Court , this deal is the latest in a deadly set of policies that outsource worldwide protection obligations, while putting asylum seekers in extreme danger.

Putin, Maduro hold talks in Moscow

September 26, 2019

Trump told around two dozen Latin American leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that socialism had "destroyed" oil-rich Venezuela , but that the country's people "will be free". The rest of the money will go toward Venezuela's neighboring countries that have been dealing with the influx of 4.4 million people who have fled the country in recent years due to economic hardships.

Joe Biden Tells Jimmy Kimmel President Trump Committed ‘Blatant Abuse of Power’

September 26, 2019

The whistleblower complaint focuses largely on the July 25 call between Trump and Zelensky, which the whistleblower sees as evidence of Trump's efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate his political opponents, according to a person who has read the complaint and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss its contents.

Princess Beatrice announces she's engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

September 26, 2019

Reports of an impending engagement have been following Beatrice and Edoardo for months now as the smitten pair were said to have fallen hard for one another. "Her Royal Highness and Mr Mapelli Mozzi became engaged in Italy earlier this month. Handsome couple", while another wrote: "Beatrice looks attractive!" Earlier this year, she was seen out with them at London club Annabel's in March, and they were also all spotted dining together at swanky London steak spot 34 Mayfair in April.

Johnson sparks outrage by saying 'getting Brexit done' would honour Jo Cox

September 26, 2019

He added: "I don't think he (Johnson) is an evil man... we should remember our humanity... all of us should take a deep breath and step back from this polarisation". "At a time of strong feelings we all need to remind ourselves of the effect of everything we say on those watching", Culture and Media Minister Nicky Morgan said.

A&J Fire Extinguisher Applauds New Generation of 2020 NYC Firefighters Joining FDNY

September 26, 2019

One of those women is Rebecca Asaro, whose firefighter father Carl was killed on 9/11. Of the New York City Fire Department's class of 301 probationary members, 21 are the children of fallen first responders, including some who died on 9/11 .

House intelligence committee: Whistleblower complaint goes beyond transcript, provides new leads

September 26, 2019

It said the move was partly aimed at forcing the White House to make an explicit legal decision on whether it was going to assert executive privilege over the whistleblower complaint , which Maguire has so far withheld from Congress. There's no longer any doubt that Donald Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, seeking his foreign counterpart's assistance in a political scheme.

Johnson fails to get ‘New York breakthrough’ on Brexit

September 26, 2019

They also discussed three papers recently submitted by London with ideas on replacing the backstop provisions in the Brexit deal struck previous year but rejected by British lawmakers. "This is just another step on the way and there will be many more twists and turns in the saga", he said. "That's not going to happen". "I think we're in uncharted territory".

Canberra becomes first Australian city to legalise marijuana for personal use

September 26, 2019

The change makes the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) the first of Australia's six states and two main territories to legalize marijuana for personal use. While the House has approved historic cannabis amendments in the past, including one this summer that would protect all state marijuana programs from federal intervention , those have had to be renewed annually.

Imran reiterates nuclear blackmail if world doesn't pressure India

September 26, 2019

The meeting called on India to allow full and free access to the OIC, IPHRC and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir in order to independently investigate reports of the gross and systematic human rights violations taking place there.

Greta Thunberg Trolled Donald Trump After He Tweeted About Her

September 26, 2019

Laura Ingraham , the Fox News host, called Thunberg's United Nations speech "chilling" on her Monday night show and ran a segment about how climate change "hysteria" is changing American youth. The Brown University study says bullies are more likely to have a mental disorder, according to the report presented previous year at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting.

Schiff condemns Trump's Ukraine call as a 'mafia shakedown'

September 26, 2019

According to the call record released by the White House, Trump brought up one particular attack, among others, that Giuliani has been pushing - that Joe Biden intervened in a Ukrainian investigation that dealt with a natural gas company, Burisma, on whose board Biden's son, Hunter, Saturday.

Private schools to be scrapped ‘to improve lives of all children’

September 26, 2019

This would come with withdrawal of charitable standing and "all other public subsidies and tax privileges", together with enterprise price exemption. Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has vowed to "integrate" all private schools into the state sector if Labour comes to power.

Maine's First Female Astronaut To Launch Into Space

September 25, 2019

He will return to Earth Oct. 3 along with Hague and Ovchinin on the Soyuz spacecraft, landing in Kazakhstan. An American, a Russian and the first space flyer from the United Arab Emirates blasted off Wednesday on a mission to the International Space Station.

Momentum for impeachment builds amid Donald Trump Ukraine whistleblower scandal

September 25, 2019

Trump said that Giuliani would be traveling to Ukraine . U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the 74th session of the U.N. Napolitano added that the Trump administration was "on very thin ice" regarding the blocking of the whistleblower complaint regarding the phone call.

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