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Foreign Investors Face Tax for Vacant Property
- May 16, 2017
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday echoed the theme of budget fairness. It is squarely directed at trying to undo continuing damage from the harsh Abbott government 2014 budget. Western Sydney Airport will receive $5.3 billion, Victoria will receive a $1 billion infrastructure package, and Western Australia will receive $3.6 billion for projects. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday echoed the theme of budget fairness. It is squarely directed at trying to undo continuing damage from the harsh Abbott government 2014 budget. Western Sydney Airport will receive $5.3 billion, Victoria will receive a $1 billion infrastructure package, and Western Australia will receive $3.6 billion for projects. (more...)
Voters in Canada's British Columbia head to polls in dead-heat race
- May 16, 2017
Weaver spoke briefly with Liberal Leader Christy Clark and NDP Leader John Horgan , but he said it was too early to make any decisions about forming coalitions or informal working agreements with the other parties. British Columbia's election has brought unwelcome uncertainty for the business sector, given the prospect of an ascendant Green Party influencing policy on pipelines, natural gas exports, hydroelectricity and other resource projects. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Weaver spoke briefly with Liberal Leader Christy Clark and NDP Leader John Horgan , but he said it was too early to make any decisions about forming coalitions or informal working agreements with the other parties. British Columbia's election has brought unwelcome uncertainty for the business sector, given the prospect of an ascendant Green Party influencing policy on pipelines, natural gas exports, hydroelectricity and other resource projects. (more...)
Ian Brady dies at high security psychiatric hospital on Merseyside aged 79
- May 16, 2017
Brady never revealed where 12-year-old victim Keith Bennett's body was buried, and the boy's elderly mother passed away without ever knowing his final resting place. Mr Kilbride said: "We'll certainly celebrate his death when it comes". As before, Brady and Hindley took their victim to Saddleworth Moor on the pretext of searching for a lost glove. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Brady never revealed where 12-year-old victim Keith Bennett's body was buried, and the boy's elderly mother passed away without ever knowing his final resting place. Mr Kilbride said: "We'll certainly celebrate his death when it comes". As before, Brady and Hindley took their victim to Saddleworth Moor on the pretext of searching for a lost glove. (more...)
Sean Spicer Denies Trump Tweet Was a Threat to James Comey
- May 16, 2017
Jeff Mason of Reuters, who is president of the White House Correspondents' Association, asked if Trump recorded his conversations with Comey. Mr Spicer later said that the president had not asked for a pledge of loyalty. Trey Gowdy, the South Carolina Republican who ran the House committee that investigated Secretary of State Clinton's actions in connection with the 2012 attack on a US compound in Benghazi, Libya. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Jeff Mason of Reuters, who is president of the White House Correspondents' Association, asked if Trump recorded his conversations with Comey. Mr Spicer later said that the president had not asked for a pledge of loyalty. Trey Gowdy, the South Carolina Republican who ran the House committee that investigated Secretary of State Clinton's actions in connection with the 2012 attack on a US compound in Benghazi, Libya. (more...)
Trump says he did not ask Comey for his loyalty
- May 16, 2017
Asked, then, if the president thinks "it's appropriate to threaten someone like Comey ", Spicer said, "I don't think, that's - that's not a threat". "I'm sure he will be, I hope". The Oval Office visit by a Russian entourage? Trump said in a string of Twitter posts on Friday morning. But the public could soon find out as Reps. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Asked, then, if the president thinks "it's appropriate to threaten someone like Comey ", Spicer said, "I don't think, that's - that's not a threat". "I'm sure he will be, I hope". The Oval Office visit by a Russian entourage? Trump said in a string of Twitter posts on Friday morning. But the public could soon find out as Reps. (more...)
Leigh Sales grills Scott Morrison over budget
- May 16, 2017
Morrison said the budget had a "fair and responsible path" back to balance, which is due to be reached in 2020-21, with a projected surplus of A$7.4 billion, somewhat higher than previously estimated. Borrowing would be limited to spending on capital works - infrastructure counted as assets and thus removed from debt calculations. "This budget is about making the right choices to secure the better days ahead", Mr Morrison told parliament on Tuesday. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Morrison said the budget had a "fair and responsible path" back to balance, which is due to be reached in 2020-21, with a projected surplus of A$7.4 billion, somewhat higher than previously estimated. Borrowing would be limited to spending on capital works - infrastructure counted as assets and thus removed from debt calculations. "This budget is about making the right choices to secure the better days ahead", Mr Morrison told parliament on Tuesday. (more...)
Mizzou lands four-star center Jeremiah Tilmon
- May 16, 2017
Martin, intelligently, did what Romar did: He hired Porter's father, who is a legitimate basketball coach (he previously coached women's basketball at Mizzou), to his staff. In just his second year in Berkeley, Martin nabbed two elite players in Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb and immediately made the Golden Bears a top-20 team. (more...)
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- May 16, 2017
Martin, intelligently, did what Romar did: He hired Porter's father, who is a legitimate basketball coach (he previously coached women's basketball at Mizzou), to his staff. In just his second year in Berkeley, Martin nabbed two elite players in Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb and immediately made the Golden Bears a top-20 team. (more...)
Macron takes over as French president
- May 16, 2017
More than 230 people have died in France in attacks claimed by Daesh over the past two years as the country has taken part in military action against the militant group that controls parts of Syria and Iraq. Emmanuel Macron used his inauguration ceremony to deliver a message of hope to France. Macron met with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo later Sunday and visited the Percy military hospital in the Paris suburb of Clamart to meet with two soldiers injured during French operations in Mali ... (more...)
- May 16, 2017
More than 230 people have died in France in attacks claimed by Daesh over the past two years as the country has taken part in military action against the militant group that controls parts of Syria and Iraq. Emmanuel Macron used his inauguration ceremony to deliver a message of hope to France. Macron met with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo later Sunday and visited the Percy military hospital in the Paris suburb of Clamart to meet with two soldiers injured during French operations in Mali ... (more...)
France's new president moves quickly on first full day in office
- May 16, 2017
The 39-year-old centrist leader laid out his ambitious plans for France as he took power on Sunday, promising to restore France's shattered self-confidence and help rebuild the flagging European Union. In a lofty but lucid inaugural speech, Macron vowed to lift France out of its sense of decline and lost objective, and seize again its place in the world. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
The 39-year-old centrist leader laid out his ambitious plans for France as he took power on Sunday, promising to restore France's shattered self-confidence and help rebuild the flagging European Union. In a lofty but lucid inaugural speech, Macron vowed to lift France out of its sense of decline and lost objective, and seize again its place in the world. (more...)
Malaysia seizes smuggled tortoises worth $300000
- May 16, 2017
It could be for the local market or for re-export. The slow-moving reptiles, which are usually kept as pets, had been flown into the country the same day without a permit via an Etihad Airways flight from the island nation of Madagascar. They were found in five boxes during an inspection at the air cargo warehouse of the airport after customs officials received a tip-off. Madagascar's radiated tortoise - considered one of the most attractive species of the animal - is also rapidly nearing ... (more...)
- May 16, 2017
It could be for the local market or for re-export. The slow-moving reptiles, which are usually kept as pets, had been flown into the country the same day without a permit via an Etihad Airways flight from the island nation of Madagascar. They were found in five boxes during an inspection at the air cargo warehouse of the airport after customs officials received a tip-off. Madagascar's radiated tortoise - considered one of the most attractive species of the animal - is also rapidly nearing ... (more...)
Tillerson tells State Dept. workers to embrace agency reorg
- May 16, 2017
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson launched a "listening tour" this week, asking his employees for their insight into how the State Department functions as the agency prepares for a proposed 30 percent cut to its $50 billion budget. A 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea is legally non-binding. In a joint statement, the ASEAN foreign ministers said they "discussed the issue of South China Sea and both sides underscored the importance of peaceful resolution of ... (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson launched a "listening tour" this week, asking his employees for their insight into how the State Department functions as the agency prepares for a proposed 30 percent cut to its $50 billion budget. A 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea is legally non-binding. In a joint statement, the ASEAN foreign ministers said they "discussed the issue of South China Sea and both sides underscored the importance of peaceful resolution of ... (more...)
Turkey slams U.S. arming Syrian Kurds in IS fight
- May 16, 2017
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, have been battling IS for control of Tabqa for weeks and recently have received heavier weaponry from the United States to bolster their campaign in a move that alienated North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally Turkey. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, have been battling IS for control of Tabqa for weeks and recently have received heavier weaponry from the United States to bolster their campaign in a move that alienated North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally Turkey. (more...)
China's Xi uses Silk Road summit to call for rejection of protectionism
- May 16, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for the summit, and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also expected to attend. Xi described the " Belt and Road " initiative as a "project of the century" before pledging an additional 100 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) for China's Silk Road Fund, 380 billion yuan in new lending for participating nations, and 60 billion yuan in coming years to developing countries and global organizations that join the program. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for the summit, and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also expected to attend. Xi described the " Belt and Road " initiative as a "project of the century" before pledging an additional 100 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) for China's Silk Road Fund, 380 billion yuan in new lending for participating nations, and 60 billion yuan in coming years to developing countries and global organizations that join the program. (more...)
Reporter cuffed after 'yelling' questions at Trump cabinet member
- May 16, 2017
At an appearance Wednesday in Concord, New Hampshire, Price said police in West Virginia "did what they felt was appropriate" and that arresting Heyman was "not my decision to make". "We just don't understand why he got arrested". "They [the Trump administration] have shown us every day since Donald Trump took office that they don't care about the First Amendment, or the free press". (more...)
- May 16, 2017
At an appearance Wednesday in Concord, New Hampshire, Price said police in West Virginia "did what they felt was appropriate" and that arresting Heyman was "not my decision to make". "We just don't understand why he got arrested". "They [the Trump administration] have shown us every day since Donald Trump took office that they don't care about the First Amendment, or the free press". (more...)
India, Pakistan armies trade fire along LoC in Rajouri
- May 16, 2017
Hundreds of families residing along frontier areas were affected and have fled their homes, officials said Monday. In the second ceasefire violation on 3 April, Pakistani troops had shelled Indian posts along the LoC in Digwar area in Poonch sector. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Hundreds of families residing along frontier areas were affected and have fled their homes, officials said Monday. In the second ceasefire violation on 3 April, Pakistani troops had shelled Indian posts along the LoC in Digwar area in Poonch sector. (more...)
Syria safe zones deal to come into force in hours — Russian military
- May 16, 2017
A rebel commander confirmed that fighting had broken out after midnight, Reuters reports . The Observatory said government forces shelled and bombed the nearby town of Latamneh and surrounding areas. The deal also aims at ensuring "emergent and continuous humanitarian aid" be sent to the regions. The largest covers northern Idlib province, the opposition-held enclave near the Turkish border, and parts of neighboring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces where fighting has been fierce. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
A rebel commander confirmed that fighting had broken out after midnight, Reuters reports . The Observatory said government forces shelled and bombed the nearby town of Latamneh and surrounding areas. The deal also aims at ensuring "emergent and continuous humanitarian aid" be sent to the regions. The largest covers northern Idlib province, the opposition-held enclave near the Turkish border, and parts of neighboring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces where fighting has been fierce. (more...)
BC has first minority government in 65 years
- May 16, 2017
Greens won three seats, all on Vancouver Island, and as a result will hold the balance of power in a minority government. In the B.C. election, a party needed 44 out of 87 seats to win a majority mandate. "What they wanted really out of this election is that they wanted to make sure that we did things differently". The Greens haven't said anything about who they would support in the new government. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Greens won three seats, all on Vancouver Island, and as a result will hold the balance of power in a minority government. In the B.C. election, a party needed 44 out of 87 seats to win a majority mandate. "What they wanted really out of this election is that they wanted to make sure that we did things differently". The Greens haven't said anything about who they would support in the new government. (more...)
Raising the Steaks: Ranchers Applaud Trump's China Trade Deal
- May 16, 2017
President Trump tweeted about the deal on Friday , saying in part, "China just agreed that the USA will be allowed to sell beef , and other major products, into China once again". "The United States can no longer sustain this inflated trade deficit with our closest trading partners", Ross said in a press release. During last year's campaign, Trump had threatened to impose trade tariffs and label Beijing a currency manipulator, neither of which he has done. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
President Trump tweeted about the deal on Friday , saying in part, "China just agreed that the USA will be allowed to sell beef , and other major products, into China once again". "The United States can no longer sustain this inflated trade deficit with our closest trading partners", Ross said in a press release. During last year's campaign, Trump had threatened to impose trade tariffs and label Beijing a currency manipulator, neither of which he has done. (more...)
Duterte may not accept Trump invitation
- May 16, 2017
The call may have been an attempt at an apparent reset of relations, but Trump's invitation to Duterte drew deep outrage from human-rights groups, and reportedly surprised members of Trump's own administration. In a New York Times article, Human Rights Watch's John Sifton says that "b$3 y essentially endorsing Duterte's murderous war on drugs , Trump is now morally complicit in future killings". (more...)
- May 16, 2017
The call may have been an attempt at an apparent reset of relations, but Trump's invitation to Duterte drew deep outrage from human-rights groups, and reportedly surprised members of Trump's own administration. In a New York Times article, Human Rights Watch's John Sifton says that "b$3 y essentially endorsing Duterte's murderous war on drugs , Trump is now morally complicit in future killings". (more...)
The Shadow League's Mother's Day Playlist
- May 16, 2017
Most consumers will give cards (77.9%) and flowers (68.5%) to their mothers or take her out to eat (55.9%) in 2017, but more money will be spent on jewelry ($5 billion) than any other category, according to the NRF. "We had to wait all day for the postman to come and let the dog out of the mailbox". My mom lived her a year ago or so in the nursing home. The highlight was Sunday dinner. (more...)
- May 16, 2017
Most consumers will give cards (77.9%) and flowers (68.5%) to their mothers or take her out to eat (55.9%) in 2017, but more money will be spent on jewelry ($5 billion) than any other category, according to the NRF. "We had to wait all day for the postman to come and let the dog out of the mailbox". My mom lived her a year ago or so in the nursing home. The highlight was Sunday dinner. (more...)
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