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Cambodian opposition leader was not detained at airport, foreign minister says

November 10, 2019

Chhum Socheat. In what may be a possible turnaround in the Cambodian government's position, however, its influential deputy prime minister and interior minister, Sar Kheng, said on his Facebook page Saturday, "As of now, there is not any announcement by the Cambodian government to bar culprit Sam Rainsy and his colleagues from entering the country".

Remembrance Sunday: 10,000 veterans march past the Cenotaph

November 10, 2019

On another balcony, Countess Sophie, the Duchess of Sussex and Princess Anne's husband, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence watched on. The British royal family continued to pay their respects to servicemen and women on Saturday when they attended the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Murderer serving life sentence dies briefly and appeals for release

November 10, 2019

Even though he had a do-not-resuscitate order on file at the hospital, medical staff resuscitated him five times and then operated to fix his organs damaged by the kidney stones. A court has denied his request to be released, because if he can make such a plea, he must still be alive. Judges ruled that Schreiber's argument was original but unpersuasive.

Remembrance Sunday events in Windsor and Slough

November 10, 2019

When the service finishes at 11.30am, the parade will re-form for the mayor's address. A service of remembrance will be held at St Mark's Church at 10am followed by wreath-laying at 11am. It will then head down High Street South to Priory House, where the Town Mayor will take the salute. The two-minute silence is always on Remembrance Day - which is Monday November 11.

Donald Trump opposes public hearings during impeachment probe

November 10, 2019

Schiff said three State Department witnesses are scheduled to appear in two hearings next week. Schiff said three State Department witnesses will appear in two hearings Wednesday and Friday: the US ambassador to Ukraine , Bill Taylor, career department official George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch, the former USA ambassador to Ukraine.

Royals reunite at Festival of Remembrance after Harry and Meghan documentary

November 10, 2019

The Festival of Remembrance is a very important event for the royal family - both the Sussex and Cambridge families have been and will continue to meet with veterans and their families throughout the week - so a reunion of sorts had been on the card for a while, despite the rumoured rift.

US, European regulators want revised Boeing 737 MAX software documentation

November 10, 2019

What? No bonus? Boeing boss gives up perks after Senate grilling over 737 crashes Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg has decided not to take a bonus for 2019 after United States lawmakers hammered him over compensation during Capitol Hill hearings last week in the wake of two 737 MAX plane crashes.

Woman from Las Vegas found in desert after harrowing, weeklong kidnapping

November 10, 2019

Eduardo Hernandez said the female victim was treated at a hospital and released. Lawton was arrested Wednesday and Poche-Lawton early Thursday, Hernandez said. After kidnapping her at gunpoint, authorities say Lawton and his daughter took her to his home in Palmdale, California . They also accused of robbing her at ATMs on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, according to court documents.

Tinder date eyed in backpacker's murder searched 'flesh-eating birds' after her death

November 10, 2019

The Crown has alleged the defendant, who can not be named due to a suppression order, murdered the young woman from Wickford, Essex, and shoved her body inside a suitcase before burying her in a forested area outside Auckland. The 27-year-old is not being named for legal reasons. (Supplied) CCTV footage captures Grace and the accused at Andy's Burger Bar at SkyCity. Ms Crenfeldt said there was no blood on the Adidas bag but stains were found in the carpet, on the fridge and on the suitcase.

Varney: Bloomberg candidacy will put sanity back into Democratic Party

November 10, 2019

Bloomberg adviser Howard Wolfson said other candidates already had a big head start in the first four states to vote - Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and SC. Bloomberg has floated the idea of running for president before, but he's never gone this far. 'Little Michael will fail'. Bloomberg is estimated to have wealth worth about $ 52 billion and will plan on self-funding his presidential campaign, while the rest of the DNC primary field focuses on fundraising.

Mike Pompeo Calls Iran's Treatment Of Nuke Inspector "Outrageous"

November 10, 2019

He also called on the agency to intensify verification and monitoring efforts in Iran in order to unveil more information concerning its nuclear activities, and any other undeclared sites that Iran is likely to use in this regard, especially in light of hostile policies towards the countries of the region and the world at large, and its tendency towards expansion and domination.

Community leaving after Mexico violence arrives in Arizona

November 10, 2019

They are not sure where they will settle down in the long term. "Innocent women, innocent children", said Kenneth Miller, whose daughter-in-law Rhonita was killed with her children Howard Jr, 12; Krystal, 10; and twins Titus and Tiana, eight months.

Gender reveal stunt led to plane crash in Texas

November 10, 2019

An Air Tractor AT 602 (like this one) crashed on September 7 in Turkey, a small city just 90 miles west of the Oklahoma border, after slowing down too much in order to dump out "350 gallows of pink water" as a part of a gender reveal, the National Transportation Safety Board said .

Japanese women see red over workplace glasses ban

November 10, 2019

Reports suggested that glasses-wearing shop assistants gave a "cold impression". "This has nothing to do with the way women work". It is still not clear if the bans were based on company policies or was a practice that should be followed in workplaces.

Chinese surveillance goods illegally sold to USA, prosecutors say

November 10, 2019

Six of the seven defendants - Jack Cabasso, Frances Cabasso, Jonathan Lasker, Christine Lavonne Lazarus, Eduard Matulik and Alan Schwartz - were arrested early Thursday and made their first appearances later in the day in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.

Iraqi PM concedes 'mistakes made' as protesters pushed back in Baghdad

November 10, 2019

Al Jazeera's Natasha Ghoneim, reporting from Baghdad , said clashes between several hundred protesters and security forces were ongoing in Tahrir square. Live fire is often used against demonstrators and even tear gas canisters, fired directly at protesters instead of being lobbed into crowds, have killed at least 16 people, New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Baghdadis wife revealed ISIS secrets and inner workings after capture

November 10, 2019

The capture came two days after the sister of al-Baghdadi was captured in Azaz, a town in northern Syria . "The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel". On Wednesday, a senior Turkish official said that the operation in which Baghdadi's wife was detained took place on June 2, 2018 when Turkish police captured a group of 11 Islamic State suspects in Turkey's Hatay province.

Cyclone Bulbul: Operations at Kolkata airport suspended for 12 hours

November 10, 2019

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is also expected over areas like West Medinipur, Howrah and Hooghly. The weather office said coastal districts were likely to be inundated by storm surges of 1½-2 meters (5-7 feet) above normal tide because of the impact of the cyclone .

Republicans Should be "Scared" After Democrats Take Over Delaware Election

November 10, 2019

Republicans '[w] on 5 out of 6 elections in Kentucky , including 5 great candidates that I spoke for and introduced last night, ' the president tweeted . Voters in suburban swaths of Kentucky and Virginia sided with Democrats, a trend that would complicate Trump's path to reelection if it holds. In other words, Virginia - which was once comfortably Republican and recently had been considered a swing state - is solidly Democratic blue.

Amid protests, Morales says the "coup,quot; risks democracy in Bolivia"

November 10, 2019

Police guards outside the presidential palace in Bolivia left their posts on Saturday, allowing anti-government protesters to walk up to the doors of the building. Growing dissension in police ranks poses a new threat to Morales, who claimed victory after the October 20 vote but has since faced protests in which three people have been killed and hundreds injured.

Heavy Fighting between Syrian and Turkish Troops

November 09, 2019

He noted that although the EU "hates" the Turkish leader, European nations can not but listen to what he has to say. Maj. Gen. Yuri Borenkov, the chief of the Russian military's Reconciliation Center in Syria, said in a statement that the first helicopter patrol was conducted on Thursday.

Iraqi forces kill several protesters in Baghdad and Basra

November 09, 2019

The cleric urged security forces to avoid using violence , especially excessive violence in response with peaceful protesters. In Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi state television said that explosive experts detonated a bomb under a bridge that has been a daily flashpoint between security forces and protesters trying to force their way into the heavily fortified Green Zone , which hosts the government's headquarters.

China jails nine for sale of fentanyl to U.S. buyers

November 09, 2019

They arrested more than 20 criminal suspects and seized 11.9 kilograms (26.23 pounds) of fentanyl as well as 19.1 kilograms (42.11 pounds) of other drugs. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tipped off the Chinese government that an worldwide fentanyl trafficking ring seemed to be operating out of China.

France Will Start Setting Quotas for Migrant Workers Next Year

November 09, 2019

Starting next year, authorities and executives will earmark industries fast of qualified group and develop it more straightforward to hire foreigners to bear the gap, stated Labour minister Muriel Penicaud. Around 33,000 economic migrants were granted French working visas in 2018 according to AFP, while a record 122,743 asylum requests were received by France , surging by 22% in comparison to 2017.

Germany, Allies Mark 30 years Since Berlin Wall Fell

November 09, 2019

The toppling of the wall, which had divided the Communist-ruled East and the capitalist West Berlin for almost three decades and became a potent symbol of the cold war, was followed a year later by the reunification of Germany in 1990. "We were wrong", he said. Meanwhile across the German capital at the west Berlin ground of German first division side Hertha, a replica of the Berlin Wall was erected on midfield Saturday, only to be knocked down just before the match kicked off between the ...

House Democrats Release Two More Witness Testimony Transcripts in Trump Impeachment Probe

November 09, 2019

He later walked back his remarks, but Democrats said that was tantamount to a confession and have cited it as evidence in their inquiry. Hill also is said to have told investigators that her then-boss, then-national security adviser John Bolton, also didn't want to go along with Trump's plan.

North Korean defectors decry South's expulsion of two fishermen

November 09, 2019

South Korea and Russian Federation have agreed to put radiation detectors on the passenger ships that ply between the countries, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday, an apparent move to enhance their watch against Japan's planned release of radiation-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.

Why The U.S. Won't Back Down From Syrian Oil Fields

November 09, 2019

In the same briefing , the Pentagon said the ceasefire in northeastern Syria was generally holding. "They've moved to a position where they are doing clandestine insurgent operations, but they still have an eye with trying to grow that back and our steps are to prevent that", Hoffman said of the terror group, also known as IS or ISIS.

Bangladesh, India move hundreds of thousands away from Cyclone Bulbul

November 09, 2019

And then almost northwards till 9th November morning and then re-curve northeastwards towards Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal . "The Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul over west-central & adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph during past 06 hours, intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm and lay centred at 0530 hours IST of today, the 08th November 2019, over west-central & adjoining the east-central Bay of Bengal ".

Sunny Deol to visit Pakistan tomorrow for Kartarpur Corridor inauguration

November 09, 2019

The Cabinet had also approved the building and development of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak to the worldwide boundary, to facilitate pilgrims from India to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, round the year, in a smooth and easy manner.

Liberal Democrats enter election pact with Plaid Cymru and Greens

November 09, 2019

Voters in Montgomeryshire will not get the opportunity of putting the cross in the box for Plaid Cymru on 12 December. The Green party will not be challenged by the Lib Dems in Brighton Pavillion, which is being defended by Caroline Lucas.

ICC judges to sentence Congolese 'Terminator' warlord Bosco Ntaganda

November 09, 2019

Ida Sawyer , Human Right's Watch deputy Africa director, said the sentence "sends a powerful message that those who commit serious crimes against the people, no matter their positions, can be held to account ". He was also the first-ever suspect to voluntarily surrender to the ICC, having walked into the U.S. embassy in the Rwandan capital Kigali in 2013 and asked to be sent to the court in the Netherlands .

Australian wildfires leave two dead and 100 homes destroyed

November 09, 2019

There were still 77 bus or grass fires burning in NSW with 42 uncontained, the fire service said . While Ashton said the figures were not updated after Friday's renewed fires, she noted that around two-thirds of the koala's habitat in the area had been destroyed previously, and predicted that as many as 350 koalas may have perished in total.

Woman Found Dead In Derbyshire After Body Recovered From Flood Water

November 09, 2019

One man told the BBC he carried children from his gym in Rotherham, wading through water that had submerged the streets outside. Her body was found about two miles away in Darley Dale. Allen Cowles, 68, a councillor for Whiston, Rotherham where residents were evacuated as the Whiston Brook burst its banks, said: "I am laying the blame squarely on the Environment Agency".

Secretary of State Pompeo's role examined in impeachment inquiry

November 09, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday narrowly denied the testimony of a top aide of his who resigned partially out of frustration that the State Department wasn't willing to publicly support a diplomat who President Donald Trump had attacked.

Republicans asked to submit witness requests in public impeachment inquiry hearings

November 09, 2019

Jordan's presence on the intelligence committee could greatly increase the drama at public hearings . A senior Republican supply Thursday instructed the Los Angeles Instances that Jordan's momentary addition to the committee can be meant as a complement to Nunes.

Brazil judge authorises ex-president Lula's release from jail

November 09, 2019

Now, defendants may remain free throughout an appeals process that can take several years. Brazil's corruption scandal, known as Operation Car Wash, initially centred on the state-run oil company Petrobras, but subsequently billions of dollars of bribes were uncovered - and dozens of high-profile business leaders and politicians were jailed.

British tourist met alleged killer on Tinder dating app | Buzz travel

November 09, 2019

Prosecutors have made the allegation that the Briton was murdered through strangling after she met her murderer on a dating app called Tinder. The defence claims her death was an accident during consensual sex. About an hour and a half later, about 7.15pm, they left SkyCity and walked down Federal Street to Mexican Cafe on Victoria Street. "Both parties probably anticipated sexual activity", the prosecutor added.

Man Eaten By Shark, Wife Identifies Remains Through Wedding Ring

November 09, 2019

The shark was examined on Wednesday and a wedding ring was also found inside. He is believed to were on per week-long vacation along with his spouse in Saint-Gilles and his stays were identified by his marriage ceremony ring, in conserving with a native tv channel.

Rep. Jim Jordan appointed to impeachment committee to defend Trump

November 09, 2019

That will begin next week. " Jim Jordan has been on the front lines in the fight for fairness and truth. His addition will ensure more accountability and transparency in this sham process", House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement.

‘Hope Supreme Court delivers a verdict which will be acceptable to all’

November 09, 2019

The decision is due on Saturday at about 10:30 local time (05:00 GMT). " The verdict will be delivered by the highest court of the land and therefore we will all have to accept it whichever way it goes, " he said. Navaid Hamid, president of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, the top forum for Islamic organisations, said thousands of Muslim religious leaders had pledged to maintain peace and harmony after the court verdict.

Centre to revoke Aatish Taseer’s Overseas Citizen of India card

November 08, 2019

He later converted it to an OCI card. "Mr. Taseer was given the opportunity to submit his reply/objections regarding his PIO/OCI cards, but he failed to dispute the notice", the Home Ministry said in its statement on November 7 night. Earlier on May 9, Taseer had written the cover story for the US-based weekly news magazine which is a critique of India's current political scenario.

United Kingdom police say three boys among Vietnamese truck victims, consulting over repatriation

November 08, 2019

The victims were found not long after the container arrived in Britain from Zeebrugge in Belgium. "We have worked closely with the National Crime Agency, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the Vietnamese Authorities to identify and locate their families".

Man claims he served life sentence after being revived in medical emergency

November 08, 2019

In March 2015, Schreiber developed large kidney stones and was hospitalized after septic poisoning caused him to pass out in his cell at the Iowa State Penitentiary. Schreiber had signed a "do not resuscitate" order years earlier, but hospital staff administered fluids through an IV after his brother in Texas said Schreiber should be given something to ease his pain.

Biden Tops Dems In National Count Despite Slide In Iowa Poll

November 08, 2019

Senator Bernie Sanders , former vice president Joe Biden , Senator Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg are introduced before the Democratic Presidential Debate at Otterbein University on October 15 in Westerville, Ohio.

Woman dies in swollen river as floodwater breaches banks and defences

November 08, 2019

The UK Environment Agency issued five severe "danger to life" flood warnings in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on Friday morning after heavy rain. Train services on England's Northern Rail Network were disrupted across the region, the BBC reported, and according to the Manchester Evening News , an amber weather alert was put in place for Manchester and Sheffield until 6 pm on November 8.

Buffalo Wild Wings chemical mixture leaves 1 dead, 10 hospitalized

November 08, 2019

Interim Burlington fire chief Michael Patterson said at a news conference Thursday that the man had been exposed to the chemical, which was being used to clean the floor, after another individual mixed it and became ill. The incident at the restaurant in Burlington began around 5:30 p.m., with workers and customers - some coughing - streaming out of the facility as fumes spread, witnesses told CNN affiliate WCVB .

Man charged in case of missing UFC fighter's stepdaughter

November 08, 2019

The police believe that at least one other person may be involved in Blanchard's disappearance, and more arrests could come. Before Yazeed's arrest, he was out of jail on bond for attempted murder, two counts of first-degree kidnapping and two counts of first-degree robbery in connection to a Montgomery case dating back to February, WSFA 12 reported .

Dozens of out of control bushfires ravage massive areas in Australia

November 08, 2019

The fires an ominous orange glow over large areas of eastern New South Wales, with some locals describing the scene as "apocalyptic". Flames from the fire skirt the edge of the vehicle as they race through the bush. On Queensland's Sunshine Coast, police ordered the total evacuation of Tewantin, a suburb of 4,565 people, before scaling back the order. A firefighter looks at a burning fire.

AP Job interview: Ex-speaker Bercow makes Brexit a large blunder

November 08, 2019

Mr Bercow stressed that he "completely respects" British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as his right to "try to get support for his position, which is to get Brexit done". During a speech in the capital, Mr Bercow stated he expected the Brexit process to rumble on further and admitted it "won't be resolved any time soon".

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