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Several countries have breached arms embargo agreed at Libya summit: U.N.

January 28, 2020

Attempting desperately to save the "Berlin commitments", UNSMIL called on the concerned countries to live up to their commitments, and unequivocally and fully respect and implement the arms embargo in Libya established by the UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) and subsequent Resolutions.

Afghan police officers killed in Taliban 'insider' attack

January 28, 2020

On Monday, the USA military said an E-11A aircraft crashed in the province of Ghazni but disputed Taliban claims to have brought it down. The Air Force's four E-11A aircraft are assigned to the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron and operate out of Kandahar airfield.

Impeachment: Democrats undoing 2016 election, say Trump lawyers

January 28, 2020

The Democratic-led House of Representatives impeached Trump last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, setting the stage for the trial in the Republican-led Senate. True to the adage, the president's counsel showed on Saturday that the best defense is a strong offense. Trump defence lawyer Mike Purpura insisted there was no quid pro quo - as asserted by the Democrats.

Stephanie Grisham: Adam Schiff having 'mental issue,' is 'obsessed' with Trump

January 28, 2020

If the vote fails, the Senate could move swiftly to its vote on whether to remove or acquit Trump, giving the president the result he's been looking for as soon as the end of the week. Dershowitz replied that he has done extensive research since then and has concluded that "no, it has to be a crime". Senate Republicans are refusing to acknowledge the facts in front of them.

Turkey earth quake death toll rises to 31

January 28, 2020

Nearly 680 aftershocks shook the region as more than 3,500 rescue experts climbed through destroyed buildings around the clock to reach survivors. Speaking later in Elazig , about 550 km (340 miles) east of the capital Ankara , Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the rescue operation was largely concluded.

400 register for China virus evacuation

January 28, 2020

According to reports, 2,700 people in China remain under observation, 533 cases were confirmed as of Sunday and there might be an extra 500 cases confirmed in the next coming days. The virus is from the coronavirus family that includes the common cold but also more severe illnesses like SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

As Philippines Lowers Volcano Alert Level, Spotlight Shifts to Return and Recovery

January 28, 2020

No one is known to have died in the eruption, but the ash it unleashed forced the brief closure of the capital's main worldwide airport, stranding tens of thousands of travelers. DOST-PHIVOLCS reminds the public that sudden steam-driven and even weak phreatomagmatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes , ashfall, and lethal volcanic gas expulsions can still occur and threaten areas within Taal Volcano Island and nearby lake shores.

China confirms first case of successful treatment for coronavirus

January 27, 2020

Asian and European shares tumbled, with Japan's Nikkei average sliding 2%, its biggest one-day fall in five months. A handful of new cases were reported in nearby Macao, Taiwan and Hong Kong, where protesters firebombed an empty building earmarked to become a temporary quarantine zone.

China extends New Year holiday to February 2 over virus fears

January 27, 2020

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention respiratory disease office, Nancy Messonnier, said Sunday there were five confirmed cases in the United States, and that all five people had direct contact with others in Wuhan . China cut off trains, planes and other links to the city January 22, and has steadily expanded the lockdown to 16 surrounding cities with a combined population of more than 50 million.

Passenger plane slides off slid off runway in Iran and onto highway

January 27, 2020

On Saturday, an Iranian airplane en route from Tehran to Istanbul made an emergency landing at a Tehran airport because of a technical problem. Iranian media reported that the pilot was unable to deploy the landing gear, adding that the incident was being investigated.

Ariana Airlines plane crashes in eastern Afghanistan

January 27, 2020

However, the fate of the passengers was not immediately known. Two other unidentified provincial council members also confirmed the incident to AP. However, another source stated that the plane was an Afghan National Army (ANA) aircraft, adding that there is no information about casualties.

United Nations warns 'ravenous' locusts threatening East Africa

January 27, 2020

Stephen Njoka, director of the Organization for the Control of the Desert Locust for East Africa, based in Nairobi, said that Kenya had five planes spraying pesticides in swarms and four others conducting surveillance. "We know that East Africa is one of the most vulnerable to climate change ". Faced with the specter of large swarms that darken the sky and devastate the vegetation, Kenyans resorted to all potential artisanal means to hunt them, waving sticks, hitting cans and even firing ...

US won’t lift curbs on Iran for talks, says Trump

January 27, 2020

In the interview, the Iranian foreign minister insisted that Tehran was "still at the negotiating table" with Washington following the killing of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani , but called upon the Trump administration to "correct its past".

‘Let’s make history’ says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on peace trip

January 27, 2020

Aaron David Miller, a Mideast expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Kushner's team wants to "finally, basically demonstrate that they have a plan" - and to do so ahead of the United States presidential election. The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, signed in Washington in 1995, sought to put into practice the first Oslo peace deal agreed two years earlier.

Five US coronavirus cases now confirmed

January 27, 2020

Its spread has come amid China's busiest travel period of the year, when millions crisscross the country or head overseas for the Lunar New Year holiday. With non-essential vehicles banned from the road, volunteers stepped up to drive sick fellow citizens to hospitals. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is following up with people who have been in close contact with those patients and are at risk of infection.

John Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to Biden probe

January 27, 2020

He later tells Trump: "She's basically walking around telling everybody, 'Wait, he's gonna get impeached". The attorney for Lev Parnas said his client has more recordings of President Donald Trump . He is now under indictment for campaign finance violations in a separate criminal case. "The biggest problem - where we need to start - is we gotta get rid of the ambassador".

Trump attends March For Life in support of anti-abortion activists

January 27, 2020

Bush. "It's because we are not afraid to stand up for life". "So every day that we get up, we fight (for life), and every day that we pray, we pray (for life) and every day that we talk to our friends and our families, we fight (for life)", she said.

London police to use face scan tech, stoking privacy fears

January 26, 2020

Real-time crowd surveillance by British police is among the more aggressive uses of facial recognition in wealthy democracies and raises questions about how the technology will enter people's daily lives. "It's not just in respect of live facial recognition, it's in respect of covert operations, stop and search - there's any number of examples where we have to balance individuals' right to privacy against our duty to prevent and deter crime".

Wuhan virus: Chinese toddler, parents who dodged quarantine in Johor detained

January 26, 2020

The patient is in isolation at a hospital and in good condition, a release from the agency said. The Chinese community in Rome said there won't be any public celebrations of the Lunar New Year on February 2 either for the same reason. Measles, mumps, rubella, and chicken pox all spread that way, he said. Officials said the patient met the criteria for the test but nothing has been confirmed.

KDHE provides information on China Coronavirus outbreak Posted Jan 24, 2020

January 26, 2020

Officials said health providers quickly recognized that the student met the criteria to be tested and were awaiting test results. The union that represents two Toronto paramedics who transported Canada's first presumptive case of the coronavirus to hospital on Saturday say they're upset they had to hear about the man's likely diagnosis from the news, but officials say that is standard procedure.

6 killed, several injured in Germany shooting

January 26, 2020

More than 100 officers were deployed to the crime scene and the surrounding areas were temporarily cordoned off. "We are working on the assumption that this was a single attacker". The bodies of three men and three women were found inside the restaurant. In October past year, an extreme right-wing attacker shot and wounded two people in the east of Halle after he had not broken into a synagogue equipped with homemade weapons.

Trump captured on tape demanding firing of ambassador to Ukraine, attorney says

January 26, 2020

Trump asserted Yovanovich was disliked by the Ukraine president as well - and repeated his outrage that a presidential portrait was not hung up in the embassy immediately. When they tell Trump this, the US President is heard saying, "Get rid of her!" Ms Yovanovitch said she was shocked that her enemies appeared to find allies in the Trump administration, including the president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

United States troops had brain injuries from Iran's missile strike

January 26, 2020

Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told a news conference that eight of the affected service members have returned to the United States from a us military hospital in Germany . As we've discussed , the next morning, Donald Trump delivered a odd speech, littered with unnecessary falsehoods , though the president stressed an important bottom line.

Trump Says NY, VA Allowed Abortion 'Up Until Moment of Birth'

January 26, 2020

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama posted a video on Twitter today after the opening statements by President Trump's lawyers in the impeachment trial, saying the Senate needs testimony from key witnesses to fully understand the case. "God says he knows you before you're even born, so in the womb, he knows you", Mr Harris said. The march happens on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade , the supreme court decision which made abortion legal in all 50 states .

U.S. service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile strike

January 25, 2020

Nearly half have returned to duty in Iraq but the rest continue to be treated in Germany or the United States. Sixteen other service members diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries while in Iraq have returned to duty, said Hoffman.

Longtime NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer dies at 85

January 25, 2020

He co-founded PBS' NewsHour and won numerous honors - including Peabody and Emmy awards and a National Humanities Medal - in a career that spanned some 50 years. But the real-life Lehrer - who had a tradition of buying a new tie for good luck before each debate - was more colorful than he might have seemed on the air.

Coronavirus outbreak, Hong Kong declares emergency, Iraq protests and more

January 25, 2020

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Sadr supporters, who had supported anti-government demonstrators and sometimes played a role in protecting them from attacks by security forces and unidentified gunmen, began withdrawing from the sit-ins early Saturday after Sadr's announcement.

Jeff Bezos' girlfriend's brother sells their private chats to media!

January 25, 2020

The Enquirer claims that Michael Sanchez was their source for the bombshell story that revealed Bezos' affair, while Michael Sanchez denies he had anything to do with it. Two United Nations experts this week connected the hacking of Bezos's phone with coverage of Saudi Arabia's involvement in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist who was critical of Riyadh and wrote for The Washington Post, which Bezos owns.

No breakthrough, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband after meeting the prime minister

January 25, 2020

Mr Ratcliffe said he was told at the meeting that the government is trying to resolve "other issues" but that they are "complicated". But her husband's latest step in his long-running campaign came with the meeting in No 10 with the PM, who he has criticised for his handling of the charity worker's case, potentially worsening her plight.

Erdogan arrives in quake-hit eastern Turkish province

January 25, 2020

The death toll from a strong quake that rocked eastern Turkey has climbed to 22 with more than 1,000 people injured, emergency officials have said. Another video shows rescue workers searching for survivors and clearing out the rubble of a collapsed building in the same town situated dozens of miles away from the most-affected Elazig.

Hong Kong declares emergency & cancels New Year celebrations as coronavirus spreads

January 25, 2020

Almost all flights at Wuhan's airport have been cancelled and checkpoints blocked the main roads leading out of town on Friday. Apart from the three confirmed cases , the other travellers tested negative for the virus and were sent back to China on Saturday morning, said Minister Dzulkefly.

Coronavirus: Hotlines for Indians in China

January 25, 2020

The SARS hospital was built from scratch in 2003 in just six days to treat an outbreak of a similar respiratory virus that had spread from China to more than a dozen countries and killed about 800 people. Streets and shopping centres in Wuhan were eerily quiet after authorities told residents not to leave the major city of 11 million people, where most of the cases have been identified.

AD volcano eruption turned brain into rockz

January 25, 2020

The eruption killed people in the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum . The seaside town of Herculaneum is one of the Roman settlements best preserved by the volcanic ash , however there has been much speculation over the years as to what exactly killed its residents as the eruption unfolded.

Trump Heard On Tape Telling Parnas, Fruman To 'Get Rid Of' Yovanovitch

January 25, 2020

Trump has repeatedly said he does not know Parnas well.He has also attacked Yovanovitch on Twitter by claiming everywhere she went "turned bad". "Get her out tomorrow". A spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan, Nicholas Biase, said about the recording: "I can not confirm or comment on whether the documents exist or are part of the discovery in a criminal proceeding In progress".

Von Der Leyen formally signs the current Brexit deal

January 25, 2020

The European Parliament still has to back the deal in a vote next week but its approval in London is a historic moment, as Britain edges closer to becoming the first country to leave the 28-member EU. The prime minister has said the 11-month period available without further extension is "ample" time to reach agreement on a comprehensive deal. During this time, Britain and the rest of the bloc will continue to apply the same rules of business to avoid economic disruption while officials try ...

Soros: Facebook is conspiring to reelect Trump

January 25, 2020

Soros didn't offer any evidence for his claim. In 2018, he compared Facebook to a gambling company that fosters addiction among users, and a year ago reiterated the need to regulate technology firms. and China. This, in turn, led to the rise of nationalism, the great enemy of the open society, Soros said. This year, Soros also came out against Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and the leader of the Italian far-right Matteo Salvini.

The Bodies Of Three Children Discovered In Newcastle, Dublin

January 25, 2020

It is understood the three children are all aged under ten, and the woman who has been taken to hospital is their mother. Gardaí are investigating after the bodies of three children were discovered at a house in a housing estate off the N7.

Pompeo loses his temper with journalist over Ukraine questions

January 25, 2020

Pompeo unloaded on NPR's Mary Louise Kelly after an interview in which she questioned him on Ukraine and Iran, among other issues. As luck would have it, we also learned more about the beginnings of the smear campaign against Yovanovitch on Friday.

Recording links Trump to Ukraine ambassador ouster

January 25, 2020

The recording appears to substantiate accounts of the dinner Parnas has provided in interviews, at a time when he has emerged as one of the central figures of the impeachment proceedings against the President. Parnas and Fruman were arrested in October of that year and are charged with making illegal campaign contributions in order to further their business interests and political goals.

At least 4 dead as magnitude 6.8 quake rocks eastern Turkey

January 25, 2020

Turkish aid organisations said they had sent teams to affected areas and Soylu described the quake as a "level 3" incident according to the country's emergency response plan. Soylu described the quake as a "Level 3" incident according to the country's emergency response plan, meaning that it called for a national response but did not require worldwide help.

President Unveils New Space Force Logo

January 25, 2020

Observers immediately noticed the similarity between the seal and Star Trek's Starfleet Command, leading one military veteran to claim the Air Force may have ripped off the design - but provides evidence that it happened long before President Trump took office.

Trump says to discuss trade deal with EU's Von der Leyen

January 25, 2020

Trump has previously made threats to place duties on European automobile imports, with the intent of receiving better terms in the U.S. -Europe trade relationship. "They want to do a deal and we'll see what we can do", he said. "They have no choice", Trump said. "I think what we never should forget that we have a long history of common foundation, of a lot of business compacts, friendship", she said.

Coronavirus reaches Europe, first cases confirmed in France

January 25, 2020

Buzyn said this patient was 48 years old and had returned two days ago from a trip to China which included a stop in Wuhan. "We will probably have other cases". French authorities say there will likely be others confirmed soon. The minister urged people who suspect they've sickened to call emergency services and to stay at home to avoid spreading the virus.

Animal shelter looking for ‘socially awkward human’ to adopt ‘world’s worst cat’

January 24, 2020

Evidently, the cat now at Mitchell County Animal Rescue agency in Spruce Pine, North Carolina has no problem biting the hand that feeds it-she doesn't mind scratching or swatting at the hand either. While Lowery admits that Perdita bit someone earlier in the day and typically growls from the back of her cage, she does enjoy a certain amount of human interaction.

Iran raid left '34 United States troops with traumatic brain injuries'

January 24, 2020

Seventeen service members who were injured have since returned to duty in Iraq, sixteen of whom were treated locally in the country. Nine service members remain in Germany and are undergoing evaluations and treatment. The most common form of TBIs in the military are mild TBIs, according to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. While Trump credited the bases' early-warning missile detection systems for the troops' ability to flee to safety before impact, Iraq was tipped off to the ...

Iran Will Never Seek Nuclear Weapons, With or Without a Deal: Rouhani

January 24, 2020

Last week, France , the UK and Germany confirmed that they had launched the Iran nuclear deal's dispute resolution mechanism , created in order to deal with possible violations of the JCPOA concluded between Iran, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom , United States, and Germany in 2015.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin mocks teen climate activist Greta Thunberg

January 24, 2020

He paused before adding that his comments were "a joke". "After studying economics, she can come back and explain it to us", he concluded. But Thunberg hit back with a thinly-veiled riposte to Mnuchin this afternoon, arguing on social media that "it doesn't take a degree in economics to realise that our remaining 1.5C carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and investments don't add up".

Obama Worried Rising Sanders Not Fit to Beat Trump

January 24, 2020

Clinton said: "I think that both the press and the public have to really hold everybody running accountable for what they say and what their campaign says and does". I think the contrast is the best. If it were a one-off, you might say, 'OK, fine.' But he said I was unqualified. From a general election perspective, socialism is not going to be what Democrats are going to want to defend.

Egyptian mummy`s last wish fulfilled as voice echoes after 3000 years

January 24, 2020

Nesyamun was a priest at the temple of Amun in the Karnak complex at Thebes. The reason why only one sound is created is that the sound path created in the experiment, and therefore the sound path from the mummy in Nesyamun's sarcophagus, has only one shape.

'Truth Matters,' Schiff Tells Senate in Impeachment Trial

January 24, 2020

On the second day of their arguments for Trump's removal from office , Democratic House of Representatives members acting as prosecutors argued that Biden was carrying out official USA policy when he pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, Victor Shokin, because of corruption concerns.

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