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Mexico Slammed by DOJ After Documents Released in Drug Case
- January 18, 2021
On Lopez Obrador's instructions, Mexico's foreign ministry on Friday published a 751-page document showing the USA evidence against Cienfuegos, including detailed logs of alleged Blackberry communications. Court documents filed by US prosecutors claim Cienfuegos was a close ally of the Beltran Leyva Cartel ("H-2"); helped move drugs; and leaked sensitive information in exchange for hefty bribes. (more...)
- January 18, 2021
On Lopez Obrador's instructions, Mexico's foreign ministry on Friday published a 751-page document showing the USA evidence against Cienfuegos, including detailed logs of alleged Blackberry communications. Court documents filed by US prosecutors claim Cienfuegos was a close ally of the Beltran Leyva Cartel ("H-2"); helped move drugs; and leaked sensitive information in exchange for hefty bribes. (more...)
Nine injured as bus left dangling from highway
- January 18, 2021
The Fire Department of NY said the bus, run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, came off the road at University Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx on Thursday about 11:10pm local time. The rest of the bus remained on the highway near University Avenue, with its design likely preventing a greater catastrophe. "Now we are making sure all the fuel and other hazardous materials within the vehicle is secured until the bus can be pulled onto the roadway", FDNY Acting ... (more...)
- January 18, 2021
The Fire Department of NY said the bus, run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, came off the road at University Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx on Thursday about 11:10pm local time. The rest of the bus remained on the highway near University Avenue, with its design likely preventing a greater catastrophe. "Now we are making sure all the fuel and other hazardous materials within the vehicle is secured until the bus can be pulled onto the roadway", FDNY Acting ... (more...)
Kremlin Critic Navalny Lands in Moscow Amid Threat of Arrest
- January 17, 2021
The prison service, which has asked a Moscow court to turn Mr Navalny's three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence into a real one, said it was "obliged to take all the necessary action to detain Navalny pending the court's ruling". In a case that drew wide worldwide attention, Navalny was poisoned last summer by what German military tests showed was a Novichok nerve agent , a version of events the Kremlin rejects. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
The prison service, which has asked a Moscow court to turn Mr Navalny's three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence into a real one, said it was "obliged to take all the necessary action to detain Navalny pending the court's ruling". In a case that drew wide worldwide attention, Navalny was poisoned last summer by what German military tests showed was a Novichok nerve agent , a version of events the Kremlin rejects. (more...)
Guatemalan Forces Clash With Major U.S.-bound Migrant Caravan
- January 17, 2021
On Friday, Guatemalan military detained hundreds of migrants, including many families with young children. How Biden's America and China can turn page on a rocky relationshipThese ranged from the deep partisan divisions that saw last week's breach of the Capitol building - with five people killed and lawmakers threatened - to the lives and livelihoods destroyed by the pandemic, and the nation's wobbly infrastructure, education and race relations, speakers said.Panellists also cited the ... (more...)
- January 17, 2021
On Friday, Guatemalan military detained hundreds of migrants, including many families with young children. How Biden's America and China can turn page on a rocky relationshipThese ranged from the deep partisan divisions that saw last week's breach of the Capitol building - with five people killed and lawmakers threatened - to the lives and livelihoods destroyed by the pandemic, and the nation's wobbly infrastructure, education and race relations, speakers said.Panellists also cited the ... (more...)
Parliamentary, Presidential Elections to Be Held in Palestine after 15 Years
- January 17, 2021
The Palestinians want to strengthen ties with the United States with the arrival of Joe Biden, who will be sworn in as the new president of the United States next week. But many obstacles remain , and past attempts at reconciliation have repeatedly failed. Those accords dismayed Palestinians and left them increasingly isolated in a region that has seen allegiances shift to reflect shared fears of Iran by Israel and Sunni-led Gulf Arab states. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
The Palestinians want to strengthen ties with the United States with the arrival of Joe Biden, who will be sworn in as the new president of the United States next week. But many obstacles remain , and past attempts at reconciliation have repeatedly failed. Those accords dismayed Palestinians and left them increasingly isolated in a region that has seen allegiances shift to reflect shared fears of Iran by Israel and Sunni-led Gulf Arab states. (more...)
United Kingdom to close all travel corridors from Monday
- January 17, 2021
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that the stricter rules are because it is "impossible" for the government's Joint Biosecurity Centre to "provide live scientific updates to predict which countries or regions will now originate new variants". (more...)
- January 17, 2021
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that the stricter rules are because it is "impossible" for the government's Joint Biosecurity Centre to "provide live scientific updates to predict which countries or regions will now originate new variants". (more...)
Jab fears after Pfizer vaccine-linked deaths in Norway
- January 17, 2021
Officials on Friday reported that 23 people died shortly after receiving their coronavirus shots, of which 13 have been autopsied. The Israeli government signed a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech in November for 8 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
Officials on Friday reported that 23 people died shortly after receiving their coronavirus shots, of which 13 have been autopsied. The Israeli government signed a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech in November for 8 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine. (more...)
French Foreign Ministry Hopes Russia Will Refrain From Leaving Open Skies Treaty
- January 17, 2021
MOSCOW-Russia said on Friday that it will withdraw from an global treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities after the USA exit from the pact, compounding the challenges faced by the incoming administration of president-elect Joe Biden. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
MOSCOW-Russia said on Friday that it will withdraw from an global treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities after the USA exit from the pact, compounding the challenges faced by the incoming administration of president-elect Joe Biden. (more...)
'QAnon Shaman' Rioter Hires High-Powered Attorney, Seeks Trump Pardon
- January 17, 2021
A man who donned fur, horns and red, white and blue face paint while storming the US Capitol last week is now requesting a pardon from President Donald Trump . Five people died in the riot, including one police officer as well as one Air Force veteran and Trump supporter who was shot dead by police. A spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office in Arizona told Reuters that the office plans to amend the filing made against Chansley. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
A man who donned fur, horns and red, white and blue face paint while storming the US Capitol last week is now requesting a pardon from President Donald Trump . Five people died in the riot, including one police officer as well as one Air Force veteran and Trump supporter who was shot dead by police. A spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office in Arizona told Reuters that the office plans to amend the filing made against Chansley. (more...)
Brazilian coronavirus variant likely to be in UK already, top scientist warns
- January 17, 2021
Dr Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist who advises the Government on its scientific pandemic influenza group on modelling group, said the United Kingdom was late in imposing the travel ban but that it should minimise the risk from the "more transmissible" variant. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
Dr Mike Tildesley, an epidemiologist who advises the Government on its scientific pandemic influenza group on modelling group, said the United Kingdom was late in imposing the travel ban but that it should minimise the risk from the "more transmissible" variant. (more...)
Australia to kill racing pigeon that survived 13,000km journey from US
- January 17, 2021
He said the Oklahoma-based American Pigeon Union had confirmed that Joe was registered to an owner in Montgomery, Alabama. Consequently, the statement from AQIS said that the bird presents a "direct biosecurity risk to Australian birdlife and our poultry industry". (more...)
- January 17, 2021
He said the Oklahoma-based American Pigeon Union had confirmed that Joe was registered to an owner in Montgomery, Alabama. Consequently, the statement from AQIS said that the bird presents a "direct biosecurity risk to Australian birdlife and our poultry industry". (more...)
Two Afghan female judges shot dead in Kabul ambush
- January 17, 2021
The Taliban, in return, pledge to provide guarantees that the country will not become a haven for terrorist groups. Faramarz did not specify the identities of the casualties. Earlier this month the U.S. military for the first time directly accused the Taliban of orchestrating the attacks. However, the negotiations were off to a slow start as the insurgents continue their attacks on Afghan government forces while keeping their promise not to attack USA and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ... (more...)
- January 17, 2021
The Taliban, in return, pledge to provide guarantees that the country will not become a haven for terrorist groups. Faramarz did not specify the identities of the casualties. Earlier this month the U.S. military for the first time directly accused the Taliban of orchestrating the attacks. However, the negotiations were off to a slow start as the insurgents continue their attacks on Afghan government forces while keeping their promise not to attack USA and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ... (more...)
Heavily armed man arrested at Washington security checkpoint with fake credentials
- January 17, 2021
Wesley Allen Beeler , 31, of Front Royal, Virginia, was arrested shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday after police found two unregistered Glock 9mm handguns, 509 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 21 12-gauge shotgun shells, and one 17-round Glock 17 magazine, all in his truck, according to a police report . (more...)
- January 17, 2021
Wesley Allen Beeler , 31, of Front Royal, Virginia, was arrested shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday after police found two unregistered Glock 9mm handguns, 509 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 21 12-gauge shotgun shells, and one 17-round Glock 17 magazine, all in his truck, according to a police report . (more...)
Nepalese mountaineers reach peak of Pakistan's K2 during winter for first time
- January 17, 2021
The Sherpa group on the summit of K2. The whole team waited 10 metres below the summit to form a group then stepped onto the summit together whilst singing our Nepalese National Anthem. To underline K2's perils, a Spanish climber called Sergi Mingote collapsed and died lower down the mountain on the same day. "Savage Mountain" is named after the conditions there. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
The Sherpa group on the summit of K2. The whole team waited 10 metres below the summit to form a group then stepped onto the summit together whilst singing our Nepalese National Anthem. To underline K2's perils, a Spanish climber called Sergi Mingote collapsed and died lower down the mountain on the same day. "Savage Mountain" is named after the conditions there. (more...)
Armin Laschet Elected New Leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union
- January 17, 2021
The Christian Democratic Union will elect a new leader in a vote that could define what the party will look like in a post-Merkel era. . Laschet and Roettgen are expected to continue with Merkel's more moderate centrist course. Laschet called for unity after Saturday's vote and said Merz remains "an important personality for us". But he faces a changed political landscape following the Covid pandemic. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
The Christian Democratic Union will elect a new leader in a vote that could define what the party will look like in a post-Merkel era. . Laschet and Roettgen are expected to continue with Merkel's more moderate centrist course. Laschet called for unity after Saturday's vote and said Merz remains "an important personality for us". But he faces a changed political landscape following the Covid pandemic. (more...)
US reduces troop numbers in Afghanistan to 2,500
- January 17, 2021
The defense legislation provides two conditions under which the Pentagon could get around the prohibition - a presidential waiver or a report to Congress assessing the effect of a further drawdown on the US counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan and the risk to USA troops there. (more...)
- January 17, 2021
The defense legislation provides two conditions under which the Pentagon could get around the prohibition - a presidential waiver or a report to Congress assessing the effect of a further drawdown on the US counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan and the risk to USA troops there. (more...)
Iran seeks leverage in nuclear standoff with US
- January 16, 2021
Analysts say that with the move toward the production of uranium metal, Iran is possibly trying to put pressure on the next USA administration of incoming President Joe Biden, in an attempt to have sanctions lifted. While both countries indicate interest in rejoining the deal, the time window for negotiations may be brief, with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani's time in office set to end with elections in June. (more...)
- January 16, 2021
Analysts say that with the move toward the production of uranium metal, Iran is possibly trying to put pressure on the next USA administration of incoming President Joe Biden, in an attempt to have sanctions lifted. While both countries indicate interest in rejoining the deal, the time window for negotiations may be brief, with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani's time in office set to end with elections in June. (more...)
Utah National Guard members will 'protect lives' in DC during the inauguration
- January 16, 2021
The National Guard sent about 350 service members at the request of national command authorities. Members of the 35th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package - which consists of 208 service members - assist with outcome management. (more...)
- January 16, 2021
The National Guard sent about 350 service members at the request of national command authorities. Members of the 35th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package - which consists of 208 service members - assist with outcome management. (more...)
Dutch Government Collectively Resigns over Childcare Subsidies Scandal
- January 16, 2021
Some were targeted because of minor errors in paperwork such as mis-matched signatures, while up to 11,000 were subjected to extra scrutiny for being dual nationals - leading to claims of systemic racism. Rutte also said that the cabinet would remain in place in a caretaker role to deal with the coronavirus crisis. Despite this scandal, polls suggest that the Rutte-led government deserves the approval of two-thirds of the Dutch . (more...)
- January 16, 2021
Some were targeted because of minor errors in paperwork such as mis-matched signatures, while up to 11,000 were subjected to extra scrutiny for being dual nationals - leading to claims of systemic racism. Rutte also said that the cabinet would remain in place in a caretaker role to deal with the coronavirus crisis. Despite this scandal, polls suggest that the Rutte-led government deserves the approval of two-thirds of the Dutch . (more...)
India, US have common interest in promoting security in Indo-Pacific: MEA
- January 16, 2021
This has increasingly become more enduring in Beijing . But lo and behold, the strategic framework literally starts off by describing America's main "national security challenge" in the following way: "How to maintain US strategic primacy in the Indo-Pacific region and promote a liberal economic order while preventing China from establishing new, illiberal spheres of influence, while cultivating areas of cooperation to promote regional peace and prosperity?" The document lays out a vision ... (more...)
- January 16, 2021
This has increasingly become more enduring in Beijing . But lo and behold, the strategic framework literally starts off by describing America's main "national security challenge" in the following way: "How to maintain US strategic primacy in the Indo-Pacific region and promote a liberal economic order while preventing China from establishing new, illiberal spheres of influence, while cultivating areas of cooperation to promote regional peace and prosperity?" The document lays out a vision ... (more...)
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