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- Read The Letter Barack Obama Left Donald Trump Upon Leaving Office
- Harvey Left Countless Pets Homeless. Here’s What It Takes To Shelter Them.
- Adorable rat portraits look to remove stigma attached to rodents
- Sara Netanyahu undergoes lie detector test in bid to deflect fraud investigation
- China condemns both North Korea and US amid difficult balancing act over Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions
- In line and in life, Harvey's victims wait and worry
- 'Blockbuster' WWII bomb forces evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt
- Mexico breaks world record with 3-tonne guacamole
- Joel Osteen Tells Harvey Survivors Not To Have A ‘Victim Mentality’
- Above Devastated Houston, Armies of Drones Prove Their Worth
- Denmark Is Selling Off Its Last Oil Company And Spending The Money On Wind Power
- South Korea simulates attack on North's nuke site after test
- K-9 Officer Alerts Border Control To Pair Being Smuggled Into U.S. in Trunk
- Defiant 'Dreamers' Call Out Trump: 'We Are Making America Great'
- Small boy's body found encased in concrete in Kansas house
- BRICS leaders 'strongly deplore' N.Korea nuclear blast
- Iran says warns off U.S. U2 spy plane, drone
- Idaho Police Department Thanks 'Heroic' Nurse For Standing Up To Utah Cop
- Row over bears in France intensifies after angry farmers 'fire shots' in protest at sheep deaths
- How a Houston Community Fed Thousands of First Responders
- Jaguar Bets On AI Steering Wheel In Self-Driving Age
- Touchdown! Hall of Fame Quarterback Troy Aikman Marries ‘the Love of My Life’ in California
- Mnuchin: Congress should tie Harvey aid to debt limit bill
- China may be the real target of North Korea's pressure
- Venezuelan President Maduro to address U.N. Human Rights Council
- 9 Luxury Hotels With Sweeping Views of Iconic Architecture
- Mummified Dog And Other Oddities 'Shatter Your Senses' In New Ripley's Book
- Duchess Of Cambridge Pregnant With Third Child
- 'The King of Cocaine'. Alleged mafia drugs kingpin arrested in South America after 23 years on the run
- In Nicaragua, a fight to save endangered tapirs
- Trump promised to put American workers first. He lied | Michael Paarlberg
- 106-year-old Afghan woman faces deportation from Sweden
- Cambodian leader gets China's backing as West condemns crackdown
- Mother's fight to discover fate of dead baby's body finds empty coffin
- Man Tells 911 He Woke From a Dream to Find Wife Stabbed in Their Bedroom: 'I Think I Did It'
- Man charged over missing French nine-year old girl after 'DNA found in car'
- Four Radical Plans to Save Civilization From Climate Change
- 5 Buildings That Show the Power of Modernist Architecture
- On Chinese border, North Korea nuclear test shakes ground, but not routines
- Chelsea Clinton Criticizes Trump Over Harvey Comments
- Teen's bar mitzvah gives Houston chance to commiserate, heal
- Man's Viral Mugshot Gets Him Booked For Fashion Week: 'His Look is Extraordinary'
- Angelina Jolie Confesses That She Does Not ‘Enjoy Being Single’
Read The Letter Barack Obama Left Donald Trump Upon Leaving Office Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:30 AM PDT |
Harvey Left Countless Pets Homeless. Here’s What It Takes To Shelter Them. Posted: 03 Sep 2017 03:32 PM PDT |
Adorable rat portraits look to remove stigma attached to rodents Posted: 04 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT |
Sara Netanyahu undergoes lie detector test in bid to deflect fraud investigation Posted: 03 Sep 2017 09:14 AM PDT Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli Prime Minister, has undergone a lie-detector test in an attempt to deflect allegations she misused public funds. Police are investigating her on fraud and breach of trust charges after the former caretaker of her official residence made claims she had told him to inflate the number of guests at dinners and to record their purpose as state instead of private in order to receive more money for them. She has denied the charges. Avi Hadad, the owner of the company which conducted the test, said that, "upon examination of the test, we did not find in Mrs. Netanyahu's answers to the relevant questions any physiological responses which would indicate she is lying." Mrs Netanyahu is a divisive figure, and has been described as "one of the most unpopular people in Israel". The results of private lie detector tests are not admissible in Israeli courts because they are not believed to be reliable. The news of the test came amid reports on Israeli television that the attorney general was expected to indict her by September 10. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Credit: REUTERS/Amir Cohen Yossi Cohen, her lawyer, told Israeli public radio that the decision to take the test was taken, "following the horrible mudslinging against her and after we heard that she is going to be put on trial". Her husband, Benjamin Netanyahu, is also under investigation in two corruption cases. The first relates to suspicion he received illegal gifts from wealthy supporters, and the second alleges that he attempted to improperly arrange favorable coverage from a daily newspaper in exchange for legislation that would have hurt its competitor. He has been questioned in relation to both the cases. Close associates of his are also implicated in two other corruption investigations, though Mr Netanyahu is not directly suspected in them. The scandals resulting from accusations against him and his inner circle have raised questions about his political survival. He denies all allegations of wrongdoing, and is not required to stand down unless convicted. |
Posted: 04 Sep 2017 10:31 AM PDT China is treading a very fine line as the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions continues to escalate, condemning its neighbour for its latest missile test but also calling for calm from all sides – and in doing so making it clear to the US it will not be bullied into action it does not want to take. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's "dangerous game of brinkmanship" was admonished by Xinhua, China's official news agency. |
In line and in life, Harvey's victims wait and worry Posted: 03 Sep 2017 06:09 AM PDT |
'Blockbuster' WWII bomb forces evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:25 AM PDT At least 60,000 Frankfurt residents were forced to leave their homes on Sunday, in Germany's biggest post-war evacuation, to allow bomb disposal experts to defuse a huge unexploded World War II bomb dubbed the "blockbuster". The operation in central Frankfurt to get residents to safety was the biggest evacuation of its kind in post-war Germany, the city's security chief Markus Frank said. After hours of delay as police struggled to get the area cleared, bomb disposal experts finally managed to disarm the explosive in the evening. |
Mexico breaks world record with 3-tonne guacamole Posted: 03 Sep 2017 05:21 PM PDT By Fernando Carranza CONCEPCION DE BUENOS AIRES, Mexico (Reuters) - The recipe for a record-breaking guacamole? 25,000 avocados and 1,000 people to mash them. That is what avocado growers in Mexico's Jalisco state mobilized on Sunday to break the world record for the biggest guacamole, a whopping 3 tonnes (6,600 lbs) of delicious dip made from "green gold." The mass mash-up was part entertainment and part politicking, as growers and Mexico make the point that they - and the guacamole loving Americans - have benefited from the North American Free Trade Agreement that is now under threat from U. ... |
Joel Osteen Tells Harvey Survivors Not To Have A ‘Victim Mentality’ Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:58 PM PDT |
Above Devastated Houston, Armies of Drones Prove Their Worth Posted: 04 Sep 2017 04:00 AM PDT |
Denmark Is Selling Off Its Last Oil Company And Spending The Money On Wind Power Posted: 04 Sep 2017 10:58 AM PDT |
South Korea simulates attack on North's nuke site after test Posted: 04 Sep 2017 07:54 AM PDT |
K-9 Officer Alerts Border Control To Pair Being Smuggled Into U.S. in Trunk Posted: 03 Sep 2017 01:31 PM PDT |
Defiant 'Dreamers' Call Out Trump: 'We Are Making America Great' Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:47 AM PDT |
Small boy's body found encased in concrete in Kansas house Posted: 04 Sep 2017 12:42 PM PDT |
BRICS leaders 'strongly deplore' N.Korea nuclear blast Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:58 AM PDT Leaders of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies said Monday they "strongly deplore" North Korea's latest nuclear test and hydrogen-bomb claim, which has overshadowed the five-nation group's annual summit. "We strongly deplore the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK," BRICS leaders said, using the initials of North Korea's official name. |
Iran says warns off U.S. U2 spy plane, drone Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:47 AM PDT Iran's air defenses have forced an approaching U.S. spy plane and a reconnaissance drone to change course near its air space over the past six months, a military official was quoted as saying on Sunday . Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Iran's air defense force, said an unmanned RQ-4 drone was intercepted last week and a U2 spy plane was warned away in March, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. |
Idaho Police Department Thanks 'Heroic' Nurse For Standing Up To Utah Cop Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:58 AM PDT |
Posted: 04 Sep 2017 09:25 AM PDT A bitter dispute over bears in France's Pyrenees mountains has intensified after farmers were accused of firing "50 shots" at state experts who came to assess how many sheep the beasts had killed. Prosecutors in the Ariège, south-west France, have launched a judicial investigation into "violence with weapons" after a group of "thirty aggressive people" allegedly unleashed a hail of bullets in the vicinity of four experts from the national hunting and wildlife office, ONCFS. The agents had come to check damage to sheep on August 25 after farmers reported fresh bear attacks on their livestock. The farmers threatened to kill the terrified experts, according to the Ariege authorities. A brown bear Credit: UKRAINE-BEAR/CENTER/REUTERS No-one was hurt but the shots were "manifestly to intimidate them", said Karline Bouisset,the local prosecutor, who denounced a "general climate of hostility". The experts' car tyres were also slashed. They have pressed for charges. Nicolas Hulot, the environment minister, swiftly condemned the incident. Tensions have reached boiling point in the mountain range that straddles the French-Spanish border since July, when more than 200 sheep died after they hurtled over the edge of a cliff in the Pyrenees while being chased by a bear. The sheep belonged to a farmer in the Couflens area on the French side of the border, but their bodies were found at the foot of a cliff just over the border in Spain. Local authorities sent experts to examine the scene and they concluded that the sheep had been running away from a bear. A female brown bear with cubs Credit: TASS / Barcroft Images Owners are compensated for each animal killed under a deal between the government and farmers when brown bears from Slovenia were introduced in the late 1990s. But local sheep rearers complain that the bears have killed 400 livestock in the past month and say that cohabitation is no longer possible. "Given the situation, it is clear that the bear and pastoralism are incompatible," warned three farmers' unions. They received the support of a group of local elected representatives who officially requested the French state remove the bear population, estimated at 39. The officials from the Ariège council said that the animals, should be "sent back" to their native Slovenia. France, eastern Pyrenees , aerial view of Villefranche de Conflent, Mont Canigou Credit: Brigitte MERLE/ Getty Images Alain Servat, mayor of Uvuas, where most of the sheep deaths have occurred, has even unilaterally passed a decree banning bears from "wandering" into the mountainous area around his village. "There will one day be a problem with man - a tourist or inhabitant," he warned. "Bears are no more peaceful here than in Canada where they take precautions," he told La Dépêche du Midi. Local state authorities say that coexistence is possible, pointing out that in return for re-introducing the bears, farmers receive financial compensation for any damage and funding to buy Pyrenean dogs capable of keeping bears at bay. "The state places supportive means to better protect shepherds and their flocks," Marie Lajust, the regional state prefect told AFP. "But pastoralism must evolve." "I'd rather shoot a bear than see sheep rearer shoot himself in his barn out of despair," replied Bruno Besche-Commenge, spokesman for the anti-bear Association for the Sustainable Development of the Identity of the Pyrenees ADDIP. He refused to condemn the shooting incident, saying that it was understandable that farmers were starting to "lose the plot" and that they had only fired in the air. He said that it was in practice impossible to implement the recommended protective measures given the "very steep" terrain and the fact that "bears like wolves are intelligent and find ways round them". "Last year the bears attacked and killed two 'patou' sheep dogs supposed to protect the flocks so it doesn't work," he told the Telegraph. If nothing is done, "pastoralism in the central Pyrenees will die out within three years," he predicted. For the pro-bear camp, bears only account for a tiny part of sheep losses in the Pyrenees. "The amount of sheep killed (by bears) , without playing down the tragedy for rearers, is only a very small part of deaths due to falls, storms, parasites or other animals like stray dogs or wild boar," said Alain Reynes, president of Pays de l'Ours-Adet, a pro-bear association, who put figure of deaths from other causes at up to 30,000 per year. "The bear is a scapegoat." If anything, pro-bear activists warn, the bear population is at risk of dwindling because no new ones have been have been reintroduced to the region since 2006, with successive governments avoiding the issue. |
How a Houston Community Fed Thousands of First Responders Posted: 04 Sep 2017 06:59 AM PDT |
Jaguar Bets On AI Steering Wheel In Self-Driving Age Posted: 03 Sep 2017 11:37 PM PDT |
Touchdown! Hall of Fame Quarterback Troy Aikman Marries ‘the Love of My Life’ in California Posted: 04 Sep 2017 12:30 PM PDT |
Mnuchin: Congress should tie Harvey aid to debt limit bill Posted: 04 Sep 2017 10:35 AM PDT |
China may be the real target of North Korea's pressure Posted: 04 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT North Korea's escalating nuclear provocations are putting putative ally China in an increasing bind, and may be part of a strategy to twist Beijing's arm into orchestrating direct talks between Pyongyang and Washington, analysts said. The North's Kim dynasty has repeatedly used nuclear brinkmanship over the years in a push to be taken seriously by the United States but traditionally avoided causing major embarrassment to China, its sole major ally and economic lifeline. Communist propaganda deifies Xi as an infallible father figure, but Kim's actions are puncturing the facade and exposing the Chinese leader's impotence toward the nuclear crisis on his doorstep. |
Venezuelan President Maduro to address U.N. Human Rights Council Posted: 04 Sep 2017 07:52 AM PDT By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro, accused of trampling on human rights and democracy in Venezuela, is expected to address the opening day of a three-week U.N. Human Rights Council session on Sept. 11. Maduro's government has been criticized by the United Nations, Washington and other governments for overriding Venezuela's opposition-led Congress, jailing hundreds of opponents and failing to allow the entry of foreign humanitarian aid to ease a severe economic crisis. "We received a 'note verbale' today that he is coming," U.N. human rights spokesman Rolando Gomez said on Monday. |
9 Luxury Hotels With Sweeping Views of Iconic Architecture Posted: 04 Sep 2017 05:30 AM PDT |
Mummified Dog And Other Oddities 'Shatter Your Senses' In New Ripley's Book Posted: 04 Sep 2017 09:48 AM PDT |
Duchess Of Cambridge Pregnant With Third Child Posted: 04 Sep 2017 03:06 AM PDT |
Posted: 04 Sep 2017 07:31 AM PDT An alleged mafia boss nicknamed "the King of Cocaine" has been captured in South America after 23 years on the run. Rocco Morabito, who was wanted by Italian police for allegedly masterminding the trafficking of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, was arrested in a hotel in Uruguay. He is considered to be one of Italy's five most dangerous fugitives and has been on the run from arrest since 1994. During a search of his home in Uruguay, police found 13 mobile phones, which investigators said were used for drug deals, a 9mm pistol, ammunition, a hunting knife and 150 passport photos of himself in different guises. Morabito had been on the run for more than 20 years when he was captured in Uruguay. Credit: EPA Morabito, an alleged kingpin in the 'Ndrangheta mafia, is believed to have been living in Uruguay for around a decade under the alias Francisco Capeletto Souza. He had been able to obtain Brazilian identity documents as well as the right to live in Uruguay. His arrest was the result of a joint operation between police in South America and investigators in Calabria, the home of the much-feared 'Ndrangheta. The villa in which Morabito lived with his wife in Uruguay. Credit: Uruguay interior minister The organized crime network, which for years has been extending its reach from its home territory to other parts of the world, makes millions by smuggling cocaine into Europe, often via Italy. Italian police described Morabito as "one of the most important members of the 'Ndrangheta". He was arrested in a hotel in Punta del Este, a tourist resort about 90 miles from the capital, Montevideo. Morabito was on Italy's list of most wanted fugitives. Credit: Italian police The arrest came "after months of intense international cooperation in intelligence matters," the Italian police said in a statement. His false identity was known to Interpol and when he checked into the hotel, an alert was generated. "He didn't put up any resistance," said Emilio Russo, an Italian officer involved in the investigation. "He tried to deny who he really was, but when put under pressure admitted to his real identity. "We maintain that Morabito was still actively involved in criminality. He was not a former member of the 'Ndrangheta, he was still very much an active member." Police found weapons, ammunition and 13 mobile phones when they searched Morabito's home in Uruguay. Credit: Uruguay interior ministry His wife, a 54-year-old Angolan woman with a Portuguese passport, was also arrested. When police searched their home, also in Punta del Este, they found the 13 mobile phones and weapons, as well as a dozen credit cards. A Mercedes car was impounded. Morabito is expected to be extradited back to Italy in the coming months, where he faces 30 years in prison for various crimes, including mafia association and drug trafficking. Italy's most notorious fugitive remains Matteo Messina Denaro, the alleged head of the Cosa Nostra mafia in Sicily, who has been on the run for 24 years. His ability to elude capture has earned him almost mythical status among some Sicilians, and he has not been seen in public for years. He is among the 10 most wanted criminals in the world, according to Forbes magazine. He is alleged to have killed up to 50 people and once boasted: "I filled a cemetery all by myself." It is believed that he moves between safe houses in the Trapani area of western Sicily. |
In Nicaragua, a fight to save endangered tapirs Posted: 04 Sep 2017 03:25 AM PDT The largest land mammals in Central America, the brown, pig-like animals with sloping snouts came into the world in captivity, in an enclosure a short distance from the country's Masaya Volcano, under a scheme to save their endangered species. "Here, they're well fed," said Eduardo Sacasa, a wildlife expert who runs the reproductive program. Human encroachment and climate change have decimated the woodland habitat of the Baird's tapir, one of five species left in the world, and, along with human and feline predators, have helped wipe out 16 other tapir species. |
Trump promised to put American workers first. He lied | Michael Paarlberg Posted: 04 Sep 2017 07:29 AM PDT 'It's hard to imagine a more anti-worker agenda from any president, much less one claiming the mantle of champion of the American worker.' Donald Trump in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in June, where he spoke about renegotiating Nafta. As Donald Trump celebrates Labor Day by proposing to slash taxes for CEOs such as himself, it may come as a shock that a president who was previously best known for firing people on TV might not have been completely sincere in his promise to put "American workers first". |
106-year-old Afghan woman faces deportation from Sweden Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:30 PM PDT |
Cambodian leader gets China's backing as West condemns crackdown Posted: 04 Sep 2017 08:09 AM PDT By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen won words of support from China on Monday after the United States and European Union condemned the arrest of his main rival and a widening crackdown on his critics before next year's election. A day after Kem Sokha was arrested in a midnight raid on his house, one of his deputies said donor countries should open their eyes to Cambodia's "false democracy" and put more pressure on Hun Sen. When asked about Kem Sokha's arrest at a press briefing in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China "supports the Cambodian government's efforts to protect national security and stability." Opposition politicians, rights groups and independent media have come under growing pressure as next year's election approaches. |
Mother's fight to discover fate of dead baby's body finds empty coffin Posted: 04 Sep 2017 12:27 PM PDT |
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Man charged over missing French nine-year old girl after 'DNA found in car' Posted: 04 Sep 2017 01:01 AM PDT A 34-year old man has been charged and remanded in custody over the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl during a wedding in the Alps, say prosecutors. Maelys de Araujo was last seen in the early hours of Sunday August 27 at a community hall where the wedding was held in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, a village some 30 miles north of Grenoble. The suspect has told investigators that she "got into his car", his lawyer told AFP, but denies abducting her. The vehicle had previously caught the attention of investigators, as the owner had washed it after the wedding, he said in order to sell it. Maelys de Araujo went missing in the early hours of Sunday morning Credit: Gendarmerie Nationale Sniffer dogs lost the scent from Maelys's cuddly toy in a car park outside the venue, raising fears she was kidnapped and whisked away by car. She has not been found despite intense searches in the heavily wooded area where the wedding took place. Grenoble's prosecutor said that the suspect has been charged with "kidnapping, illegal confinement or arbitrary detention of a minor of less than 15 years" following a police probe. He was at the wedding during which the little girl - who was attending the event with her parents - went missing, the statement said. French gendarmes search through a forest in Pont-de-Beauvoisin on August 30 Credit: PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP The charged man is one of two suspects who were detained on Thursday over inconsistencies in their statements, but then released on Friday evening. Fresh evidence uncovered during the police probe had led to the suspect, who had been released, being recalled and questioned again, said the prosecutor. "Brought before investigating judges at the end of the afternoon, he contested the facts. Confronted with testimony, findings and scientific evidence, he persisted in his denials and explanations," the statement said. "This did not convince the investigative judges, who decided to hold him," it added. "After the debate... between the prosecutor and the defence," the man was placed "in provisional detention," the statement added. A group of citizens walks before taking part in a research operation, seven days after Maelys, 9, was reported missing on September 2 Credit: PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP Police technical and forensic teams found DNA evidence and were trying to determine whether the missing girl had been in the suspect's car, said a source close to the investigation. The DNA was found on the dashboard of the suspect's Audi, his lawyer confirmed on Monday. The lawyer, Bernard Méraud, said that his client had told investigators that Maelys had got into his car that night, but that he denied the charges "He declared that the little girl got into the vehicle with a little boy, on the back seat, to see if (the suspect's) dog was in the boot." They were able to do so because all of the car's windows were open, he said. But he added: "One should avoid drawing any clear conclusions." He stressed that his client "continues to totally deny" any involvement in her disappearance and that the DNA on the dashboard "may have been transferred" from someone else. The suspect's mother had earlier played down the significance of the DNA findings, saying wedding guests took part in party games organised that evening. "The little girl touched (the games). He touched them afterwards, then he goes in his car and touches his car and that's how you find tiny (DNA) traces. If they found something very significant I'd understand, but we're talking about tiny traces," she told RMC. Police have interviewed many of the 250 guests at the wedding, with partygoers from two other events in the area also being questioned. Along with search and rescue teams, divers and cavers, they have spent the past week trawling through the heavily wooded area near where the wedding was held for signs of her - to no avail. |
Four Radical Plans to Save Civilization From Climate Change Posted: 04 Sep 2017 04:00 AM PDT |
5 Buildings That Show the Power of Modernist Architecture Posted: 04 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT |
On Chinese border, North Korea nuclear test shakes ground, but not routines Posted: 03 Sep 2017 03:44 AM PDT By Sue-Lin Wong YANJI, China (Reuters) - Residents of the Chinese border city of Yanji felt the jolt from North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test but did not let it get in the way of a Sunday of shopping and dining. At a high-end downtown mall in the city of about 400,000, clothing store Uniqlo did brisk trade and there wasn't an empty table at a nearby Starbucks. North Korea said it had tested a hydrogen bomb which it declared a "perfect success" and said no radiation had leaked. |
Chelsea Clinton Criticizes Trump Over Harvey Comments Posted: 03 Sep 2017 04:39 AM PDT |
Teen's bar mitzvah gives Houston chance to commiserate, heal Posted: 03 Sep 2017 09:54 AM PDT |
Man's Viral Mugshot Gets Him Booked For Fashion Week: 'His Look is Extraordinary' Posted: 03 Sep 2017 12:41 PM PDT |
Angelina Jolie Confesses That She Does Not ‘Enjoy Being Single’ Posted: 03 Sep 2017 02:26 PM PDT |
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