A HOMELESS man who was found sleeping rough while armed with a Samurai sword in Chard told police he would “whip it out” and threaten to attack people if they hassled him. Somerset magistrates heard that concerned members of the public called the police, saying that they had seen a male in Chard in possession of a “long knife”.
Day: December 27, 2016
US tops Latvia 6-1 in its world junior opener
Clayton Keller scored twice and the United States overcame a slow start to beat Latvia 6-1 at the world junior hockey championship on Monday. Patrick Harper opened the scoring for the Americans 6:27 into the game, but Renars Krastenbergs responded for Latvia to make it 1-1 after the first period in the tournament opener for both teams at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
Samples taken from tank that fueled Russia plane
The ministry employees lift a fragment of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia. Rescue workers on Tuesday, Dec. 27, found a flight recorder from the Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea over the weekend, the defense ministry said.
Fake news fools Facebook’s Safety Check system in Bangkok
Fake news reports of an explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, triggered Facebook’s Safety Check program in the region, The Independent reports. For an hour beginning at 9PM local time on December 27th, anyone in Thailand’s capital city saw reports of an explosion and a prompt to mark themselves as safe.
Trump says UN just a club for people to a have a good timea
Donald Trump is questioning the effectiveness of the United Nations, saying it’s just a club for people to after the U.N. Security Council voted last week to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, The decision by the Obama administration to abstain from Friday’s U.N. vote brushed aside Trump’s demands that the U.S. exercise its veto and provided a climax to years of icy relations with Israel’s leadership. That was only one subject on which Trump tweeted Monday.
Donald Trump and Rick Perry have very different views of wind energy. Whoa ll win?
Wind turbines, north of Roscoe, Texas, are part of one of the largest wind farms in North America. Wind farms grew in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry, who was recently tapped to be President-elect Donald Trump’s potential secretary of energy.
Recipe: ‘Fancy-pants’ Earthy Coddled Eggs, just in time for New Year’s Eve
Like kale and quinoa, kimchi and anything charred, the egg is having its moment. The hashtag #putaneggonit turns up close to 60,000 times on Instagram.
Man trampled to death at quincea era where a everyonea was invited
Rubi Ibarra looks at her mother Anaelda as journalists struggle to get images during a Mass part of Rubi’s down-home 15th birthday party in the village of La Joya, San Luis Potosi State, Mexico Sunday Dec. 25, 2016. Rubi Ibarra, in an elaborate fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, sits for a Mass part of her down-home 15th birthday celebration in a field at her hometown of La Joya, San Luis Potosi State, Mexico, Monday Dec. 26, 2016.
Judge indicts former Argentine president in corruption case
In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez pushes her hair back after unveiling a bust of her late husband, and former president, Nestor Kirchner, at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An Argentine judge indicted Fernandez on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, in a corruption case involving public works.
Judge indicts former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez in corruption case
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Ny Ag: Trump can’t dissolve foundation during investigation
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will shutter his family’s charitable foundation, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest when he takes office in January. However, that can’t happen yet because of an investigation the New York Attorney General has launched a probe into the the foundation’s spending.
Turkey says Saudis, Qatar should attend Syria peace talks
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Saudi Arabia and Qatar should join its meeting with Russia and Iran to discuss Syrian peace efforts. Russia, Turkey and Iran, which helped broker the withdrawal of civilians and militants from the Syrian city of Aleppo, have agreed to hold talks on Syria in Kazakhstan next month.
Post-Christmas brawls
Memphis police officers block off the entrances to the Oak Court Mall in Memphis on Monday after a disturbance there. Almost all of the incidents were started by juveniles, police say.
Justin Bieber ‘is trying to block release of deposition video’
The on-screen evidence relates to a case brought against the 22-year-old pop star by his neighbour, who has accused Justin of egging his house and spitting on him back in 2014. Lawyers for the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker believe that the release of the video could create an unwelcome storm around Justin, who recently courted controversy when he lashed out at a fan in Barcelona, Spain, after he reached into his car and tried to grab him.
George Michael’s 100m fortune to go to Godchildren
The Wham! singer was the Godfather to Roman and Harley Kemp – the children of his band’s vocalist Shirlie Holliman and her husband Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp – and has reportedly asked for his estate to be divided up between them following his shock death from heart failure at the age of just 53 on Christmas Day . The ‘Careless Whisper’ hitmaker is also expected to leave a wad of cash to Geri Horner’s 10-year-old daughter Bluebell, who is the Goddaughter of his ex-boyfriend Kenny Goss, and will make sure his older sisters Melanie and Yioda, his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz and his cousin Andros’ two children, to whom he is also a Godfather, are left in a financially stable condition.
Shvabe supplies night hunting sights to USA
A company of Shvabe Holding has shipped the first batch of Trifecta Gen1+ night sights to the USA, Rostec informed. A total of 25 night vision devices were shipped.
Airbus to Slow A380 Production in 2017 in Accord With Emirates
Airbus Group SE will put off a dozen deliveries of the A380 plane in the next two years following an agreement with Emirates, its largest customer for the model, as demand continues to fade for the double-decker. Handovers of six A380s apiece that were originally planned for 2017 and 2018 will be shifted to a year later following an agreement with Emirates and engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, the Toulouse, France-based planemaker said Tuesday in an e-mailed statement.
RusAg Harbin Bank signs agreement
Rosselkhozbank has signed an agreement with China’s Harbin Bank on the establishment of a yuan-denominated correspondent account, the bank informed. This will increase the share of domestic currency-denominated settlement operations in relation to commercial transactions between the two countries.
Maharashtra Cabinet to setup separate ministry for development of OBCs
Mumbai , Dec. 27 : The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday decided to create a new ministry for welfare of Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes , OBCs and Special Backward Classes. [NK Maharashtra] A proposal to this effect was approved by the cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Israeli Settlements Push Ahead, The Next Step in Cyber Deterrence,…
A Jewish settler covers herself from rain in Amona, an unauthorized Israeli outpost at the West Bank, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. In defiance of a U.N. Security Council Resolution, Israel will move ahead with plans to build thousands of new settlements in a predominantly Palestinian section of East Jerusalem.
United Nations’ Resolution Condemns Israeli Settlements
Palestinian protesters wave the national flag as they face-off with Israeli soldiers following a weekly demonstration against the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, on April 25, 2014. This past Friday, the United Nations Security Council and 14 of its member countries voted on a resolution that demanded a halt to all Israeli settlements in the occupied territories of the Palestinians.
Gaming fan spends thousands creating 1980s-style ARCADE in his back garden
A retro computer games fan has built the ultimate man cave in his back garden after converting his garage into a 1980s-style ARCADE. Mat Corne, 40, has spent thousands of pounds on dozens of classic video games machines – including Pac Man, Star Wars and Street Fighter II.
East Kilbride pensioner launches campaign to save ‘Dracula’ castle
A Scots pensioner has launched a campaign to save a castle renowned for being an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s horror novel ‘Dracula’. Joe Allan, 82, wants to have Slains Castle taken away from developers and given back to the people of Scotland.
N. Korea plans nuclear push in 2017, says defector
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning a “prime time” nuclear weapons push in 2017 to take advantage of leadership transitions in South Korea and the United States, a high-ranking defector said Tuesday. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivers a speech to top delegates of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang In his first press conference since fleeing his post as North Korea’s deputy ambassador to Britain in August, Thae Yong-Ho said Kim had issued a directive at a rare ruling party congress in May to “complete” nuclear development by the end of next year.
Korean manned robot takes first baby steps
A giant South Korean-built manned robot that walks like a human but makes the ground shake under its weight has taken its first baby steps. Designed by a veteran of science fiction blockbusters, the four-metre-tall , 1.5 ton Method-2 towers over a room on the outskirts of Seoul.
Blackburn with Darwen Council to replace 52 ageing pay and display machines
BLACKBURN with Darwen Council will start replacing its 52 ageing pay and display car parking machines across the borough early next year. Cllr Kay said: “This is case of investing to save money in future from increased income and reduced maintenance costs.”
Blackburn man caught – driving’ for drug dealer makes fishy claim
A 30-YEAR-OLD man caught ‘driving’ for a drug dealer claimed he was only doing it because the man had promised to invest in his fish and chip shop. Blackburn magistrates heard that since the offences in May Yasser Mahmood had obtained funding from another source and was running a takeaway business in Preston.
SitRep: China’s Aircraft Carrier Making Taiwan Nervous; Russia Hits Obama, Looks Forward to Trump
Cruise control. Taiwan has been nervously watching as Beijing’s aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, cruised past Taiwan on its way to the South China Sea in recent days, though Chinese officials said the movement was a routine drill.
Fireworks drama in King’s Lynn on Christmas Day
The drama unfolded at about 2.30pm when the ambulance were called to the park off Tennyson Avenue to deal with a man who had been badly burnt by “an explosion of fireworks”. The East Anglian Air Ambulance was called and the man was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge but later transferred to the critical burns unit at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
Christmas Moonshine Kills at Least 23 in Pakistan
People mourn the death of their family member, in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, Dec. 26, 2016. Pakistani police say many Christians died after drinking contaminated homemade alcohol during the Christmas holiday.
Will Muhammadu Buhari be a-One-Term President (2015-2019)?Moshood Fayemiwo, Cameron, Texas, Usa
This love should permeate the body of His redeemed children as He exhorted us while here with us thus: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” .” As 2016 winds to an eventful close and 2017 promisingly beckons, the “election” of Mr. Donald Trump as president-elect of the United States continues to weigh down heavily on us.
US President-elect Donald Trump says UN just a club for people to ‘have a good time’
Donald Trump is questioning its effectiveness of the United Nations, saying it’s just a club for people to “have a good time,” after the UN Security Council voted last week to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, The president-elect wrote Monday on Twitter that the UN has “such great potential,” but it has become “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. So sad!” The United Nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.
Seven missing after freak rains drench Australia’s outback
Unusual torrential rain in Australia’s outback turned the Uluru monolith into a series of cascading waterfalls and triggered flash floods, and seven people are missing including a Japanese tourist who was swept away in a car and an Australian family. Police were using helicopters to search for the family of six, missing since Christmas Day downpours drenched the desert that is usually sweltering in the midst of the southern summer at this time of year.
Perpetual LOYAL leads Sydney to Hobart race on record pace
Supermaxi Perpetual LOYAL remained on course Tuesday to win the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in record time after inheriting the lead when race favorite Wild Oats XI withdrew due to a hydraulic failure.
China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020
In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, ground crew check on the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou 11 spacecraft, which brought back a pair of Chinese astronauts from a monthlong stay aboard China’s space station, after it landed in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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JULY 31: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic makes an initial appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on July 31, 2008 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Karadzic was formally charged on 11 counts for war crimes commited during the Bosnian war of the 1990s, following his arrest in Belgrade last week and extradition to the Netherlands after evading capture for 13 years.
7 missing in Australia’s Northern Territory
Seven people including a child and an Asian tourist are missing after heavy rain over Christmas caused severe flooding in Australia’s Northern Territory. Two cars went missing on Christmas Day while driving between Kiwirrkurra and Kintore, across the Western Australian and Northern Territory borders, police said at a press conference on Tuesday.
“New world order and national idea” book by Academician Ramiz Mehdiyev published
A new book by academician Ramiz Mehdiyev, head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, titled “New world order and national idea” has been published. In his book, Ramiz Mehdiyev says that Azerbaijan has gained global influence thanks to President Ilham Aliyev’s wise and consistent policy.
Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis marked in Japan
Chairman of the Society Khalil Kalantar, Counsellor of the Embassy Farid Talibov congratulated the event participants on the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis and spoke of the importance of this holiday, which was founded at the initiative of national leader Heydar Aliyev in 1991. They noted that the Day of Solidarity represents the unity of the Azerbaijani people and fully justifies itself as an important step towards the protection of the compatriots living in different countries of the world.
Malaysian boy loses penis during botched laser circumcision
KAJANG: A routine circumcision for a 10-year-old boy went horribly wrong when his penis was severed during a laser-based procedure at a clinic in Taman Cheras Utama here. It is learnt that the incident occurred at about 8.15pm on Dec 20 at the clinic during the surgery, which was performed using a laser scalpel.