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Korea denies torturing United States student Warmbier

June 24, 2017

Warmbier allegedly stole some North Korean propaganda during a tourist visit and was detained for "hostile actions against the state" when he tried to leave the country. The meeting of top USA and Chinese diplomats and defence chiefs was held a day after President Donald Trump said Chinese efforts to use its leverage with Pyongyang had failed, raising fresh doubts about his administration's strategy for countering the threat from North Korea.

USA approves sale of drones to India - General Atomics

June 24, 2017

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar in Washington and told him that Prime Minister Modi's Washington visit would strengthen the Indo-US relationship and help advance the common interest in fighting terrorism and promoting economic growth.

North Korea denies torturing detained United States student Otto Warmbier

June 24, 2017

He returned to the United States last week with brain damage, in what doctors described as state of "unresponsive wakefulness", and died on Monday . "Unfortunately, the very bad, torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today", Warmbier's parents said in announcing their son's death Monday.

MLB Draft begins Monday

June 24, 2017

He became the seventh Alabama native selected in the first round of the draft, according to AL.com . While the early part of the first round played out in a relatively predictable fashion, things still took some wild turns as we saw some top talent slide and some other players picked that surprised us.

Canadian sniper shatters longest confirmed kill record with two-mile shot

June 24, 2017

In 2009 British sniper, Craig Harrison held the previous record as he shot and killed a Taliban attacker from 2,475 meters using a L115A3 long range rifle, this latest confirmed kill is thought to be a new world record. The sniper reportedly fired from an elevated position; for the shot to be accurate, many factors - from wind and gravity to the Earth's curvature - would have to be taken into account.

Portugal likely to rest Cristiano Ronaldo as semis beckon

June 24, 2017

I was reading that Mexico were going to beat us 3, 4 or 5-0. They have other top players. Salcedo was one of only three players to start both Mexico's opening games of the Confederations Cup , but in line with the rules of the competition he can not be replaced.

North Korea denies torturing United States student Warmbier

June 24, 2017

The editorial said the US government was caught in a crisis that might result in "the impeachment of Trump", and it alleged without evidence that Trump is getting ready to assault North Korea to help district from the "tough situation" he faces in his own country.

USA senator met with North Koreans about student

June 24, 2017

A hearse carried Mr Warmbier's casket from Wyoming High School to a burial service at a local cemetery. Otto Warmbier graduated from the school in the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming as salutatorian in 2013. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labor , but was sent home to OH on June 13 in a coma, dying days after his release, after spending 17 months in captivity.

USA lays down gauntlet to China on N. Korea regime

June 24, 2017

Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor but was released and medically evacuated 17 months later. Yet note that, unlike Sen. In the country's first reaction to Warmbier's death, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency accused the USA and South Korea of a smear campaign that insulted what it called its "humanitarian" treatment of him.

US would like nuclear deal with India to go forward

June 24, 2017

Other strains have emerged, with the United States vexed by a growing bilateral trade deficit and Trump accusing New Delhi of negotiating unscrupulously at the Paris climate talks to walk away with billions in aid. It will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Trump became US President earlier this year. It is the first session for them at White House .

Pyongyang denies torturing United States student who died after release from North Korea

June 24, 2017

The diplomat said Warmbier "had been provided with the necessary treatment, although North Korea had no reason at all to show mercy to such a criminal of the enemy state". President Donald Trump called the situation a "disgrace". The North Korean foreign ministry said that Warmbier was a "victim.of strategic patience ", the policy followed by Barack Obama's White House, which sought to avoid ramping up tensions with the Communist state.

North Korea denies U.S. claims that Otto Warmbier was tortured

June 24, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump blamed "the brutality of the North Korean regime" for Warmbier's death and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who had advocated dialogue with the North, said Pyongyang had a "heavy responsibility" in the events leading up to the American's death.

GOP senator: I would have preferred 'better' process on ObamaCare repeal

June 24, 2017

Sandoval said he would do "everything in my power" to make sure those people can maintain the quality of life they now have. Yesterday the Republican leadership in the Senate released a draft bill to replace it, with a vote set for next week.

South Carolina Dem Runs for House Seat on Anti-Nancy Pelosi Platform

June 24, 2017

She is a great leader. Kathleen Rice , D-N.Y., on Friday. And Rice backed Pelosi in last year's leadership fight. "Obviously people are very concerned about where we are and they want to have a conversation about where we need to be", Rep.

Republican proposed Senate health bill; not enough votes to pass

June 24, 2017

Also, Dean Heller of Nevada, Rob Portman of OH and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia said they're concerned about the bill's cuts to Medicaid and drug addiction efforts. It would also repeal most of the tax increases imposed by the Affordable Care Act to help pay for expanded coverage, in effect handing a broad tax cut to the affluent in a measure that would also slice billions of dollars from Medicaid, a program that serves 1 in 5 Americans, not only the poor but also nearly ...

Qatar Airways seeks 10 pct stake in American Airlines

June 24, 2017

The US carrier said anyone seeking to acquire at least 4.75 per cent of the company's stock is required to receive approval from its board. And foreign ownership laws would prevent it from buying more than 24.9%. Qatar Airways also has designs on a stake as large as 10%, American said. The action comes as Qatar feels the pinch from a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia and other neighbouring countries.

Down the Front Stretch, Tapwrit Wins 2017 Belmont Stakes

June 24, 2017

They paid $1.2 million for this horse . Meantime (+1400) will start in the front, but with only one graded stakes race to his credit, even this diluted Belmont field could be above his pay grade, in a matter of speaking. Hoppert: Running second in the Derby and fourth in the Preakness , he is the only contender who has run in the previous two legs of the Triple Crown .

North Korea says it's 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death

June 24, 2017

One of his former school counselors, who was attending the funeral, told CNN the community had been holding its collective breath while he was imprisoned in North Korea , "praying for a quick release, rallying around the Warmbiers as much as possible".

Queen's Speech: Pomp, ritual in delivering United Kingdom gov't program

June 24, 2017

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said Donald Trump's planned state visit to the United Kingdom will go ahead, despite its omission from the Queen's Speech on Wednesday. May, who called a snap election expecting to fatten her party's majority, is promising her minority government will be one "that consults and listens".

Nancy Pelosi is beside the point

June 24, 2017

Many of her campaign e-mails told supporters that Pelosi and the "resistance" were pouring millions into the district to sway the results in Ossoff's favor. Seth Moulton , D-Mass., said over Twitter. At his big rallies last fall President Trump kept telling his supporters that, "We're just going to win and win so much you're going to get exhausted of winning".

Trump under fire from AG's over business ties

June 24, 2017

The lawsuit argues that Trump's continued relationship with his businesses may indicate that he is making decisions with "self-interested motivations grounded in the global and domestic business dealings in which [his] personal fortune is at stake".

Putin Fields Questions From Russian Citizens In Annual Live Call-In Show

June 24, 2017

Comey political asylum in Russia ", Mr. Putin said , likening the former director to Edward Snowden , the former NSA contractor now living in Russia in 2013 after leaking classified information from the spy agency. Speaking of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, Putin said he hopes it could start a new stage of cooperation in Eurasia and beyond. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed fresh sanctions approved by the US Senate as coming "out of nowhere" and ...

Al Jazeera faces closure demand

June 24, 2017

Earlier this week, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the USA was "mystified" as to why the Gulf states hadn't yet issued such a list of demands . He warned that "leakage will further exasperate and prolong the Qatar crisis". Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said recently that his country would rely on other countries if the blockade continues.

GOP senator on health care: "It depends on how you define 'better' "

June 24, 2017

Also , Dean Heller of Nevada, Rob Portman of OH and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia said they're concerned about the bill's cuts to Medicaid and drug addiction efforts. None of the Senate's 48 Democrats are expected to support the package, meaning the legislation survives only if no more than two Republicans vote no.

Kushner meets with Netanyahu and Abbas - KVOA | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona

June 24, 2017

According to Israeli media, Lieberman also said that an end to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict would "not solve the problems - it will make them worse", and noted that Israel should first "reach a regional agreement with moderate Sunni states, and only then an agreement with the Palestinians".

Cosby accompanied by wife for the first time at his trial

June 24, 2017

The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial instructed jurors to break for the evening on Monday, after four hours of deliberations. Steele said. Actor Bill Cosby could charm jurors at his sexual assault trial if he testifies this week, but experts say the risk would be considerable. But a spokesman said last week it still was a possibility.

What Is Gerrymandering? Supreme Court to Hear Potentially Landmark Case

June 24, 2017

Schimel appealed a November 2016 ruling by a federal three-judge panel in the USA 7th Circuit District Court that found Wisconsin's current State Assembly map to be unconstitutional on a 2-1 decision . The electoral results under the Wisconsin map were remarkably similar to court-drawn maps in past decades, the state's brief states. He said on Monday that Wisconsin's "redistricting process was entirely lawful and constitutional, and the district court should be reversed".

Taliban storm Afghan police compound; 1 police dead

June 24, 2017

The service members, who weren't immediately identified, were medically evacuated from Camp Shaheen in Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province, according to an updated statement from the press office of Operation Resolution Support, the USA and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation mission to train and advise Afghan forces.

North Korea censures United States for 'smear campaign' over student's death

June 24, 2017

He was released and returned in a coma to the United States on June 13 and died six days later. USA officials have not been able to provide a cause of death for Warmbier, in part because his family objected to an autopsy being performed.

United States shoots down Iranian drone in Syria: Coalition

June 24, 2017

Alongside Australia, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Jordan and Iraq are part of the US-led coalition combating IS in Syria and Iraq. But Damascus has said the jet was carrying out a "combatant mission against ISIS terrorist organisation". FILE - In this file picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Monday, June 19, 2017, a missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting the Islamic State group.

Pyongyang denies torturing USA student who died after release from North Korea

June 24, 2017

It said that the public opinion Warmbier had died due to beating and torture was "groundless". The University of Virginia student was touring North Korea in January 2016 when he was detained for allegedly stealing a propaganda banner at his hotel.

Police arrest 18 protesters over motorist shooting verdict

June 24, 2017

Saturday, a few dozen protesters had gathered in front of the Governor's Residence, the site of a almost three-week encampment after Castile's death last summer". "The public will be best served if Officer Yanez is no longer a police officer in our city", a statement on the city's website said. "We've got to think bigger than that", she said.

Multiple terror attacks across Pakistan leave 62 dead, 100 injured

June 24, 2017

The second explosion, heard miles away, came just minutes after people and rescue workers had rushed to evacuate the dead and wounded in the relatively smaller first blast. Police stopped the vehicle carrying the explosives at a checkpoint, Anwar Ul Haq Kakar, the spokesman for the provincial government of Balochistan, told CNN.

The Washington Redskins Just Got Legal Help From A Rock Band

June 24, 2017

The appeals court ruling led the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to appeal to the Supreme Court with the argument that trademarks are government speech, not private speech, and trademarks should be considered either a form of government subsidy or a government program, but not a citizen's "free speech".

Qatar receives list of demands from 'siege countries'

June 24, 2017

The U.S. State Department has been urging a "reasonable" solution to the diplomatic crisis . Qatar did not immediately comment, but Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani had said on Monday Qatar would not negotiate with the four states until economic, diplomatic and travel ties cut this month were restored.

Nevada senator's opposition deals new blow to GOP health bill

June 24, 2017

Senate Republican leaders may rely on the deal-making former businessman to lean on conservative senators who are balking at the bill. At least five GOP Senators say they won't vote for it in its current form, but are open to negotiating.

Idaho drivers ranked most polite by survey

June 24, 2017

A group called "Kars 4 Kids" asked people across the country a series of questions to find, such as "how often to you signal", "would you steal someone's parking spot,": and others.

After demands aired, solution to Qatar crisis seems far off

June 24, 2017

State-run Qatar News Agency said Qatar's ministry of foreign affairs received the list on Friday. The list of 13 demands circulating on social media also says Qatar must cut ties to groups including the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic State organisation, Al-Qaeda and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.

Dileep blackmailed in actress assault case!

June 24, 2017

A man, identified as Vishnu, is learnt to have telephoned Dileep's friend and actor-director Nadirsha demanding Rs 1.5 crore. Dileep has asked for a thorough investigation of the case, adding that he would be at the forefront. Official sources said the actor had already filed a complaint in this direction with the office of the State Police Chief (SPC) on April 20. "The investigation team is looking into it and more details could not be divulged at this point".

Alaska bear kills teen during race, troopers say

June 24, 2017

Sixteen-year-old Patrick Cooper was participating in the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb , which takes place in a thickly wooded area. A ranger shot the bear in the face, but it fled and officials from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as well as rangers were searching for it.

Rebels still holding hostages in school — Philippine military

June 24, 2017

Members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) raided a school in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato on Wednesday morning, possibly trapping civilians, according to reports gathered by The Manila Times. There was no word of casualties in the incident at Pigcawayan town, which is about 190 km (120 miles) south of Marawi City, where fighting between government troops and pro-Islamic State militants has entered its fifth week.

20 killed as car bomb targets Afghan bank

June 24, 2017

Calling for "complete independence of the country and establishment of an Islamic system", he warned against plans under consideration to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan by up to 3,000-5,000. Most of the injured were in a serious condition and the number of dead could increase further, he said, adding that children are among the casualties.

Sanders 'sickened,' shooter possibly linked to 2016 campaign

June 24, 2017

Over the years, Hodgkinson has had multiple scrapes with local police and disputes with neighbors and his daughter, records show. Records show that the 2006 battery case, which resulted in his arrest, was later dismissed after a period of "supervision".

Darjeeling Gorkha separatists clash with police

June 24, 2017

The GJM which is in power in the semi-autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, is spearheading the agitation there demanding a separate state - Gorkhaland. A Union home ministry official said the Centre was treading with caution because of two factors. Meanwhile in what seemed like the Hill agitation is slowly spreading in the Plains the GJM and associated parties had called a 12-hour bandh in Dooars region on Sunday.

Shiv Sena non-committal on BJP Presidential candidate

June 24, 2017

However, he said the party would not tolerate if the candidature is intended for ensuring provision of Dalit votes, as the Shiv Sena keeps away from vote-bank politics. While Meira Kumar's candidature is strong enough, NCP's Sharad Pawar could also be worth exploring. Venkaiah Naidu reached out to several regional parties for their support.

Cosby jury sent home after 4 hour meeting

June 24, 2017

For Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney, McMonagle's most rattling win may have been the 2014 rape case. Jurors were expected to hear closing arguments and could get the case in the afternoon. In the civil deposition, he admitted that he had previously obtained prescriptions for Quaaludes, a powerful sedative, with the intention of giving the drugs to women with whom he wanted to have sex.

Facebook To Work With Non Profit Organisations To Identify & Remove Hateful Videos

June 24, 2017

Facebook is launching the Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI) in the United Kingdom, a programme aimed at countering online extremism and hate speech, in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Further, Sandberg stated that through this partnership, Facebook has focused on counter-speech by giving a voice to people to speak against violence and extremism.

MSCI will include China A shares in its EM index

June 24, 2017

The index provider also left the door open to include more A-shares in its indexes, subject to a greater alignment of the China A shares market with the standards of accessibility in other worldwide markets and the resilience of the exchange links connecting Shanghai and Shenzhen with Hong Kong.

BJP Chief Amit Shah's remarks on Gandhiji

June 24, 2017

Shah said Gandhi knew the weakness of the Congress party and thus suggested its dissolution after the country gained independence. Shah added that the Congress party did not follow any ideology or principle and was, in a way, a "special objective vehicle" to secure freedom.

Senator Cantwell's plan to stop Republican health care bill

June 24, 2017

He becomes the fifth GOP senator to say he will not back the bill as it is now written, and the first in Senate Republicans' so-called moderate wing. The House approved its version of the bill last month. Consumer advocates fear waivers that allow insurance companies to set which Essential Health Benefits they cover, if any, could be used as a pretense for denying expensive services for someone who has a pre-existing condition.

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