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ASEAN foreign ministers express 'grave concern' over North Korea provocations
- April 29, 2017
The ASEAN diplomat said the two rounds of talks so far this year gave the impression of progress, but details worked out so far were "essentially the same" as the DOC. 'Who can pressure China? Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines, will play host to fellow Asean leaders and preside over the opening ceremony on Saturday at the Philippine International Convention Center and the Leaders' Retreat at the Coconut Palace. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
The ASEAN diplomat said the two rounds of talks so far this year gave the impression of progress, but details worked out so far were "essentially the same" as the DOC. 'Who can pressure China? Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines, will play host to fellow Asean leaders and preside over the opening ceremony on Saturday at the Philippine International Convention Center and the Leaders' Retreat at the Coconut Palace. (more...)
Israel Shoots Down Aircraft That Entered Airspace From Syria
- April 29, 2017
Israel's intelligence minister Yisrael Katz declined to comment on the strike but said told the Associated Press (AP) the reports "absolutely match our declared policy, a policy that we also implement". "A fire broke out in the area, but the cause of the explosion is still unknown", he said. In Israel, the army said Thursday its "Patriot Aerial Defence System intercepted a target above the Golan Heights", without elaborating. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Israel's intelligence minister Yisrael Katz declined to comment on the strike but said told the Associated Press (AP) the reports "absolutely match our declared policy, a policy that we also implement". "A fire broke out in the area, but the cause of the explosion is still unknown", he said. In Israel, the army said Thursday its "Patriot Aerial Defence System intercepted a target above the Golan Heights", without elaborating. (more...)
Trump's trade actions bring uncertainty to Canadian lumber country
- April 29, 2017
President Donald Trump says Canada has "outsmarted" the USA for a long time but his administration is "not going to put up with it". The move, which affects some $5.66 billion worth of imports of the construction material, sets a tense tone as the two countries and Mexico prepare to renegotiate the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
President Donald Trump says Canada has "outsmarted" the USA for a long time but his administration is "not going to put up with it". The move, which affects some $5.66 billion worth of imports of the construction material, sets a tense tone as the two countries and Mexico prepare to renegotiate the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. (more...)
Liberal Leader Christy Clark explains difference between Liberal, NDP donations
- April 29, 2017
Horgan hit back that the Liberal government has allowed raw logs to be exported from B.C.at "unprecedented " levels, at the expense of B.C. sawmills that can't get enough logs. Then he slammed the NDP caucus for following the party line on every vote for four years and told Horgan: "As a career politician, you know nothing but saying no and being antagonistic to the Liberals". (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Horgan hit back that the Liberal government has allowed raw logs to be exported from B.C.at "unprecedented " levels, at the expense of B.C. sawmills that can't get enough logs. Then he slammed the NDP caucus for following the party line on every vote for four years and told Horgan: "As a career politician, you know nothing but saying no and being antagonistic to the Liberals". (more...)
Japan, US test anti-missile ships during joint military exercises
- April 29, 2017
Seoul lies only 25 miles from the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, well within artillery range. Tensions have soared in recent months as North Korean missile tests have brought ever-more bellicose warnings from US President Donald Trump's administration. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Seoul lies only 25 miles from the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, well within artillery range. Tensions have soared in recent months as North Korean missile tests have brought ever-more bellicose warnings from US President Donald Trump's administration. (more...)
French presidential hopeful slams Pope Francis for welcoming migrants
- April 29, 2017
French anti-riot officers stand next to a placard of far-right National Front leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen during a protest march from suburban Aubervilliers to Paris, Sunday, April 16, 2017. "With Mr Macron, it would be Islamism on the move", Le Pen said, in a play on the name of his En Marche (On the Move) party. In a previous poll published by Ipsos France, Ms Le Pen and Mr Macron were on 25 per cent in the first round, comfortably ahead of of Mr Fillon, in third ... (more...)
- April 29, 2017
French anti-riot officers stand next to a placard of far-right National Front leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen during a protest march from suburban Aubervilliers to Paris, Sunday, April 16, 2017. "With Mr Macron, it would be Islamism on the move", Le Pen said, in a play on the name of his En Marche (On the Move) party. In a previous poll published by Ipsos France, Ms Le Pen and Mr Macron were on 25 per cent in the first round, comfortably ahead of of Mr Fillon, in third ... (more...)
Trump tells NRA: 'You have a true friend' in White House
- April 29, 2017
But an upstart Democrat, 30-year-old Jon Ossoff, used an anti-Trump wave to raise more than $8 million ahead of an April 18, multiparty primary and nearly won the seat outright, finishing almost 30 points ahead of Handel, the top Republican vote-getter. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
But an upstart Democrat, 30-year-old Jon Ossoff, used an anti-Trump wave to raise more than $8 million ahead of an April 18, multiparty primary and nearly won the seat outright, finishing almost 30 points ahead of Handel, the top Republican vote-getter. (more...)
France's dark Nazi history colours presidential campaign
- April 29, 2017
The 44-year-old won the World Cup with France in 1998 and played for Juventus as well as Real Madrid during a glittering playing career, regularly voted among the world's best players. Meanwhile, interim National Front leader Jean-Francois Jalkh resigned Friday over comments reported in a 2000 interview in which he allegedly cast doubt on the truth of Nazi gas chambers. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
The 44-year-old won the World Cup with France in 1998 and played for Juventus as well as Real Madrid during a glittering playing career, regularly voted among the world's best players. Meanwhile, interim National Front leader Jean-Francois Jalkh resigned Friday over comments reported in a 2000 interview in which he allegedly cast doubt on the truth of Nazi gas chambers. (more...)
Donald Trump is the best troll in all of politics
- April 29, 2017
The NRA first endorsed Trump for president in March 2016 and subsequently pumped $30 million into his campaign, running four times as many ads in his support than it did for Mitt Romney in 2012. The underdog emerging victorious proved popular to those in the crowd who view Trump as their champion - most especially when it comes to gun rights. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
The NRA first endorsed Trump for president in March 2016 and subsequently pumped $30 million into his campaign, running four times as many ads in his support than it did for Mitt Romney in 2012. The underdog emerging victorious proved popular to those in the crowd who view Trump as their champion - most especially when it comes to gun rights. (more...)
Protest mobs storm Macedonian parliament over election of Albanian
- April 29, 2017
Despite strong opposition, Zaev and his coalition partners elected ethnic Albanian Talat Xhaferi as speaker on Thursday. "President Ivanov is part of the crisis and can't offer a solution", Zaev said at a briefing via video link from Skopje , adding he expects "the office of the speaker to be handed over", then, after several days "I hope the president will give me the mandate to form a government". (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Despite strong opposition, Zaev and his coalition partners elected ethnic Albanian Talat Xhaferi as speaker on Thursday. "President Ivanov is part of the crisis and can't offer a solution", Zaev said at a briefing via video link from Skopje , adding he expects "the office of the speaker to be handed over", then, after several days "I hope the president will give me the mandate to form a government". (more...)
Turkey launches airstrikes against U.S.-backed Kurds in Iraq, Syria
- April 29, 2017
Meanwhile Turkey conducted new airstrikes on Kurdish-held regions in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing six militants, according to a Turkish military statement cited by Reuters . Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who has long said Ankara would not allow Iraq's Sinjar to become a PKK base, said all partners were informed ahead of the operation. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Meanwhile Turkey conducted new airstrikes on Kurdish-held regions in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing six militants, according to a Turkish military statement cited by Reuters . Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who has long said Ankara would not allow Iraq's Sinjar to become a PKK base, said all partners were informed ahead of the operation. (more...)
Colorado closer to allow medical pot for PTSD
- April 29, 2017
Colorado officials are offering advice to IL lawmakers as they consider whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. And women are now as much in favor of legal marijuana as men are; in previous years they were less so. Nine percent said neither alcohol nor marijuana was harmful. Brohl, who heads Colorado's Department of Revenue, said there are about 3,000 licensed marijuana businesses in her state, about half medical and half recreational. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Colorado officials are offering advice to IL lawmakers as they consider whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. And women are now as much in favor of legal marijuana as men are; in previous years they were less so. Nine percent said neither alcohol nor marijuana was harmful. Brohl, who heads Colorado's Department of Revenue, said there are about 3,000 licensed marijuana businesses in her state, about half medical and half recreational. (more...)
Ivanka Trump calls Syrian refugees a 'global humanitarian crisis'
- April 29, 2017
Merkel and Ivanka Trump were part of a high-powered panel discussion at the W20 Summit, a women-focused effort within the Group of 20 countries, entitled Inspiring Women: Scaling up Women's Entrepreneurship. Asked whether that would include opening the borders to Syrian refugees, Ivanka Trump, who formally serves in the administration as assistant to the President, indicated openness. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Merkel and Ivanka Trump were part of a high-powered panel discussion at the W20 Summit, a women-focused effort within the Group of 20 countries, entitled Inspiring Women: Scaling up Women's Entrepreneurship. Asked whether that would include opening the borders to Syrian refugees, Ivanka Trump, who formally serves in the administration as assistant to the President, indicated openness. (more...)
BC Liberal leader says all Canadians involved in United States softwood offer balked
- April 29, 2017
BC Liberal Christy Clark used the final leaders' debate to present herself as the best candidate to take the province through the hard softwood lumber dispute, using the issue to deflect her political opponents' accusations that her government failed to curb skyrocketing housing prices and became addicted to big-money corporate donations. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
BC Liberal Christy Clark used the final leaders' debate to present herself as the best candidate to take the province through the hard softwood lumber dispute, using the issue to deflect her political opponents' accusations that her government failed to curb skyrocketing housing prices and became addicted to big-money corporate donations. (more...)
First 'Made in China' aircraft carrier unveiled
- April 29, 2017
China reportedly began development work on the aircraft carrier in November 2013 and took almost five years to complete it. While its main hull is completed and the main components for its power supply are installed, it isn't yet fitted out, China's military said Wednesday. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
China reportedly began development work on the aircraft carrier in November 2013 and took almost five years to complete it. While its main hull is completed and the main components for its power supply are installed, it isn't yet fitted out, China's military said Wednesday. (more...)
Federal judge temporarily blocks Arkansas from executing eight men in ten days
- April 29, 2017
An Arkansas federal judge issued an order Saturday to halt planned inmate executions, launching yet another blockade to the state's plan to put at least seven inmates to death in an 11-day period. A different federal judge has issued a stay for one of the eight condemned prisoners and the state Supreme Court has issued one for another inmate. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
An Arkansas federal judge issued an order Saturday to halt planned inmate executions, launching yet another blockade to the state's plan to put at least seven inmates to death in an 11-day period. A different federal judge has issued a stay for one of the eight condemned prisoners and the state Supreme Court has issued one for another inmate. (more...)
Russian Federation says Israeli strikes on Syria are unacceptable
- April 29, 2017
Israel has a policy of not commenting on attacks such as this, but in an interview to Army Radio, Israel's Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz said, "I can confirm that the incident in Syria corresponds completely with Israel's policy to act to prevent Iran's smuggling of advanced weapons via Syria to Hezbollah in Iran". (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Israel has a policy of not commenting on attacks such as this, but in an interview to Army Radio, Israel's Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz said, "I can confirm that the incident in Syria corresponds completely with Israel's policy to act to prevent Iran's smuggling of advanced weapons via Syria to Hezbollah in Iran". (more...)
Palestine Authority to stop paying for Gaza electricity
- April 29, 2017
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday voiced its readiness to relinquish authority in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank-based Palestinian "unity" government. This is the first significant step taken by the Palestinian Authority as part of its change of policy toward the Hamas government in Gaza. "With power outages at 20 hours a day and emergency fuel supplies running out, basic services are grinding to a halt", Robert Piper, the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian aide and ... (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday voiced its readiness to relinquish authority in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank-based Palestinian "unity" government. This is the first significant step taken by the Palestinian Authority as part of its change of policy toward the Hamas government in Gaza. "With power outages at 20 hours a day and emergency fuel supplies running out, basic services are grinding to a halt", Robert Piper, the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian aide and ... (more...)
Restraining order granted against mother of Elizabeth Thomas
- April 29, 2017
Tad Cummins, 50, a former Tennessee high school teacher accused of abducting a 15-year-old student in March, seen in this booking photo after his arrest by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department's Special Response Team (SRT) in Cecilville area of Siskiyou County, California, U.S. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Tad Cummins, 50, a former Tennessee high school teacher accused of abducting a 15-year-old student in March, seen in this booking photo after his arrest by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department's Special Response Team (SRT) in Cecilville area of Siskiyou County, California, U.S. (more...)
Afghanistan Defence Minister, Army Chief of Staff resign over deadly attack
- April 29, 2017
Five persons were killed and eight injured in a suicide vehicle bombing, claimed by Taliban militants, near a US-operated military base in Afghanistans Khost city on Monday, police said. Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster visited Afghanistan this month, becoming the first senior official from the new administration to do so. (more...)
- April 29, 2017
Five persons were killed and eight injured in a suicide vehicle bombing, claimed by Taliban militants, near a US-operated military base in Afghanistans Khost city on Monday, police said. Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster visited Afghanistan this month, becoming the first senior official from the new administration to do so. (more...)
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