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Barcelona - Massacre in terrorist attack, hostages in restaurant
- August 19, 2017
In Cambrils , five attackers in an Audi A3 killed one woman, injured six, and critically injured seven more people. "Police were not touching the severely injured but were carrying the minorly wounded people off the street". A statement said, "The perpetrators of the Barcelona attack are soldiers of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting coalition states". (more...)
- August 19, 2017
In Cambrils , five attackers in an Audi A3 killed one woman, injured six, and critically injured seven more people. "Police were not touching the severely injured but were carrying the minorly wounded people off the street". A statement said, "The perpetrators of the Barcelona attack are soldiers of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting coalition states". (more...)
Do-it-yourself solar eclipse viewers at home
- August 19, 2017
News and Tribune reporters and photographers will be on the ground in Clark and Floyd counties covering the eclipse , but we want to see the day unfold from YOUR perspective. Herman Wong, a University of Toronto engineering and photonics Phd. student, tests eclipse glasses with an ellipsometer at the University of Toronto on Thursday, August 10, 2017. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
News and Tribune reporters and photographers will be on the ground in Clark and Floyd counties covering the eclipse , but we want to see the day unfold from YOUR perspective. Herman Wong, a University of Toronto engineering and photonics Phd. student, tests eclipse glasses with an ellipsometer at the University of Toronto on Thursday, August 10, 2017. (more...)
Daesh Militants Surrendering to Hezbollah at Syrian-Lebanese Border
- August 19, 2017
Dubbed "If You Return We Will Return", the operation aims to clear the badlands of the Qalamoun region in Syria , just a couple of weeks after both allies dislodged the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front from the region and the adjacent Juroud Arsal barrens on the Lebanese side of the border, Xinhua news agency quoted a military official as saying. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Dubbed "If You Return We Will Return", the operation aims to clear the badlands of the Qalamoun region in Syria , just a couple of weeks after both allies dislodged the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front from the region and the adjacent Juroud Arsal barrens on the Lebanese side of the border, Xinhua news agency quoted a military official as saying. (more...)
New US ambassador calls Japan alliance 'ironclad'
- August 19, 2017
The annual exercises have taken on greater significance this year due to the rise in tensions around North Korea's rapid progress in developing nuclear weapons and missiles capable of reaching the USA mainland. And in a sign that Japan recognizes it may need to build a stronger relationship with China independent of its American ally, Mr. Abe, in a reversal, said this summer that his country would cooperate with Beijing's " One Belt, One Road " infrastructure initiative. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
The annual exercises have taken on greater significance this year due to the rise in tensions around North Korea's rapid progress in developing nuclear weapons and missiles capable of reaching the USA mainland. And in a sign that Japan recognizes it may need to build a stronger relationship with China independent of its American ally, Mr. Abe, in a reversal, said this summer that his country would cooperate with Beijing's " One Belt, One Road " infrastructure initiative. (more...)
Final Call on Merger With AIADMK Expected Soon, Says OPS
- August 19, 2017
Dinakaran has been sacked as the AIADMK Deputy General Secretary by the ruling faction led by Chief Minister Palaniswami . As per the latest updates on the merger talks, leaders of both the parties met today and Panneerselvam said that the merger talks were going on smoothly and a positive result is expected in a day or two. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Dinakaran has been sacked as the AIADMK Deputy General Secretary by the ruling faction led by Chief Minister Palaniswami . As per the latest updates on the merger talks, leaders of both the parties met today and Panneerselvam said that the merger talks were going on smoothly and a positive result is expected in a day or two. (more...)
Last rites of Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' Ruth Pfau today
- August 19, 2017
Dr Ruth Pfau breathed her last on August 10, 2017. She was later buried in a nearby cemetery. Ruth Pfau, who lived in Pakistan for more than 50 years, set up 150 leprosy clinics across the country. She never left. She started treating leprosy sufferers in a hut in a city slum, which eventually became the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, and also founded a social work organisation for patients and their family members, later branching out into tuberculosis treatment and blindness prevention. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Dr Ruth Pfau breathed her last on August 10, 2017. She was later buried in a nearby cemetery. Ruth Pfau, who lived in Pakistan for more than 50 years, set up 150 leprosy clinics across the country. She never left. She started treating leprosy sufferers in a hut in a city slum, which eventually became the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, and also founded a social work organisation for patients and their family members, later branching out into tuberculosis treatment and blindness prevention. (more...)
JPMorgan Chase CEO slams Trump over Charlottesville
- August 19, 2017
In summary, racism is bad, we left a dying forum, and of course we still want Uncle Sam's dollars. In Rometty's letter to IBM employees, she wrote, "In the past week, we have seen and heard of public events and statements that run counter to our values as a country and a company". (more...)
- August 19, 2017
In summary, racism is bad, we left a dying forum, and of course we still want Uncle Sam's dollars. In Rometty's letter to IBM employees, she wrote, "In the past week, we have seen and heard of public events and statements that run counter to our values as a country and a company". (more...)
Russian officials say 8 wounded in Siberia stabbing attack
- August 19, 2017
No motive has been established yet. The police were also trying to verify claims that the attacker was suffering from some mental illness, reports said . The attacker was, however, shot at by the police and arrested few minutes later. According to witnesses, there were two attackers; one of the criminals managed to escape. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
No motive has been established yet. The police were also trying to verify claims that the attacker was suffering from some mental illness, reports said . The attacker was, however, shot at by the police and arrested few minutes later. According to witnesses, there were two attackers; one of the criminals managed to escape. (more...)
North Korea: The Controlled Escalation
- August 19, 2017
This would be a deeply provocative act from the United States perspective, and there has been widespread debate about whether Washington would try to shoot the missiles down if they're fired. The missile plans were previously announced. Trump was criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for issuing a threat of launching a nuclear strike against North Korea with which the U.S. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
This would be a deeply provocative act from the United States perspective, and there has been widespread debate about whether Washington would try to shoot the missiles down if they're fired. The missile plans were previously announced. Trump was criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for issuing a threat of launching a nuclear strike against North Korea with which the U.S. (more...)
South Korea's President Pledges There Will be 'No War on Korean Peninsula'
- August 19, 2017
Next week's start of U.S. This could make attempts at diplomacy between the two nations even more hard. Of course, Japan , as North Korea's ultimate historical enemy, would have no leverage over Kim anyway. The allies could look to make a conciliatory gesture towards Pyongyang by not involving United States strategic assets such as stealth bombers or aircraft carriers, said Koo Kab-Woo, a professor at the Seoul-based University of North Korean Studies. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Next week's start of U.S. This could make attempts at diplomacy between the two nations even more hard. Of course, Japan , as North Korea's ultimate historical enemy, would have no leverage over Kim anyway. The allies could look to make a conciliatory gesture towards Pyongyang by not involving United States strategic assets such as stealth bombers or aircraft carriers, said Koo Kab-Woo, a professor at the Seoul-based University of North Korean Studies. (more...)
North Korean Ambassador says Self-Defense is Non-Negotiable
- August 19, 2017
Dunford told reporters that he has advised the US leadership not to dial back on the exercises with South Korea . The United States withdrew its nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991, when the two Koreas signed an agreement to make the peninsula nuclear-free. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Dunford told reporters that he has advised the US leadership not to dial back on the exercises with South Korea . The United States withdrew its nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991, when the two Koreas signed an agreement to make the peninsula nuclear-free. (more...)
Taliban Letter to Trump Is Tactic to Counter Pressure
- August 19, 2017
The president participated in a briefing with the National Security Council at the retreat in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Md., according to his public schedule. Senior White House strategist Steve Bannon is reportedly among a cadre of Trump advisers who favor withdrawing troops or dispatching private military contractors to replace them. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
The president participated in a briefing with the National Security Council at the retreat in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Md., according to his public schedule. Senior White House strategist Steve Bannon is reportedly among a cadre of Trump advisers who favor withdrawing troops or dispatching private military contractors to replace them. (more...)
'Moral equivalency' between white supremacists and murdered protester is 'disgusting lie'
- August 19, 2017
Lee and this week, Stonewall Jackson". McConnell issued a statement saying "messages of hate and bigotry" from white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups should not be welcome anywhere in the US. Lindsey Graham of SC misrepresented his comments and called the senator "publicity seeking" in a series of tweets Thursday morning. "History is watching us all". (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Lee and this week, Stonewall Jackson". McConnell issued a statement saying "messages of hate and bigotry" from white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups should not be welcome anywhere in the US. Lindsey Graham of SC misrepresented his comments and called the senator "publicity seeking" in a series of tweets Thursday morning. "History is watching us all". (more...)
Not just 'Saaho', there is another connection between Shraddha and Prabhas
- August 19, 2017
Bankrolled by UV Creations, Saaho has been aimed for summer release next year. Finally, he came and joined the shooting in Hyderabad . The ambience of Saaho sets may look quite different for Prabhas after he had spent about five years in the world of Mahishmathi Kingdom. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Bankrolled by UV Creations, Saaho has been aimed for summer release next year. Finally, he came and joined the shooting in Hyderabad . The ambience of Saaho sets may look quite different for Prabhas after he had spent about five years in the world of Mahishmathi Kingdom. (more...)
Skeptics dismiss Bannon's call for economic war with China
- August 19, 2017
According to the article, Bannon's line of attack includes: a complaint under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act against so-called Chinese forced technology transfers, and follow-up complaints against steel and aluminum dumping. In the interview, Bannon also vowed to battle so-called trade doves inside the Trump administration. Trump's announcement drew an angry reaction from Beijing, which also pushed back on Bannon's remarks. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
According to the article, Bannon's line of attack includes: a complaint under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act against so-called Chinese forced technology transfers, and follow-up complaints against steel and aluminum dumping. In the interview, Bannon also vowed to battle so-called trade doves inside the Trump administration. Trump's announcement drew an angry reaction from Beijing, which also pushed back on Bannon's remarks. (more...)
Omar snubs PM's "Kashmir remark" Independence Day Speech
- August 19, 2017
The latter is a significant overture as it suggests that while bullets or stones will not change anything, should there be a mindset shift or the emergence of new leadership in Kashmir, the Centre is listening and willing to reciprocate. The call for achieving "New India" by 2022 was "remarkable", Paswan said. The US energy supply commitment to India is essentially aimed at weaning New Delhi away from the Gulf/Arab countries that have always been India's primary suppliers. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
The latter is a significant overture as it suggests that while bullets or stones will not change anything, should there be a mindset shift or the emergence of new leadership in Kashmir, the Centre is listening and willing to reciprocate. The call for achieving "New India" by 2022 was "remarkable", Paswan said. The US energy supply commitment to India is essentially aimed at weaning New Delhi away from the Gulf/Arab countries that have always been India's primary suppliers. (more...)
Carl Icahn Steps Down as Adviser to President Trump
- August 19, 2017
He steps away from the role as multiple presidential advisory committees disassembled this week after Trump's controversial statements about the white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Va . Rao's important work", referring to newly minted Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Neomi Rao. However, in Icahn's resignation he says he "never sought any special benefit for any company with which I have been involved" and merely shared his ideas with the president that he ... (more...)
- August 19, 2017
He steps away from the role as multiple presidential advisory committees disassembled this week after Trump's controversial statements about the white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Va . Rao's important work", referring to newly minted Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Neomi Rao. However, in Icahn's resignation he says he "never sought any special benefit for any company with which I have been involved" and merely shared his ideas with the president that he ... (more...)
Nick Xenophon Now Embroiled In Section 44 Dual Citizenship Drama
- August 19, 2017
Today he confirmed the Home Office had informed him that he was considered a British overseas citizen according to law. Along with Xenophon and Nash, the freakish mess around section 44 of the constitution has ensnared deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts and Nationals senator Matt Canavan. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Today he confirmed the Home Office had informed him that he was considered a British overseas citizen according to law. Along with Xenophon and Nash, the freakish mess around section 44 of the constitution has ensnared deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts and Nationals senator Matt Canavan. (more...)
Charlottesville mayor calls for swift removal of Lee statue
- August 19, 2017
The Charlottesville City Council approved the measure to remove the monument and rename the park where it stands earlier in 2017. Some attendees at the rally were heavily armed, and Signer said in his statement he was also calling for legislation that would let localities ban open or concealed carry of weapons at some public events . (more...)
- August 19, 2017
The Charlottesville City Council approved the measure to remove the monument and rename the park where it stands earlier in 2017. Some attendees at the rally were heavily armed, and Signer said in his statement he was also calling for legislation that would let localities ban open or concealed carry of weapons at some public events . (more...)
Two Kissimmee police officers shot to death
- August 19, 2017
Two suspects in the shooting were arrested but a third one might be on the run, a police source told WFTV . The identity of the officers have not been released other than they are both men. The Kissimmee Police Department confirmed the information via Twitter. No further details about the Florida shooting incidents were yet released. (more...)
- August 19, 2017
Two suspects in the shooting were arrested but a third one might be on the run, a police source told WFTV . The identity of the officers have not been released other than they are both men. The Kissimmee Police Department confirmed the information via Twitter. No further details about the Florida shooting incidents were yet released. (more...)
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