Face masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump hang for sale at a souvenir street shop in St.Petersburg, Russia, this month. Face masks depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump hang for sale at a souvenir street shop in St.Petersburg, Russia, this month.
Month: December 2016
CCP expels ex-deputy intelligence chief
China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled the former deputy chief of the country’s top intelligence agency, it said Friday, the latest high-ranking figure to face prosecution in a much-publicized corruption crackdown. Ma Jian, former deputy head of China’s ministry of state security, was suspected of taking bribes and abusing power, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection – the party’s internal watchdog – said in a statement on its website.
CCP expels ex-deputy intelligence chief
China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled the former deputy chief of the country’s top intelligence agency, it said Friday, the latest high-ranking figure to face prosecution in a much-publicized corruption crackdown. Ma Jian, former deputy head of China’s ministry of state security, was suspected of taking bribes and abusing power, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection – the party’s internal watchdog – said in a statement on its website.
Year’s top news filled with division – and no middle ground
In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 file photo, Trump supporters “boo” members of the media after a heckler was removed during a campaign stop by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Birmingham, Ala.
Year’s top news filled with division – and no middle ground
In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 file photo, Trump supporters “boo” members of the media after a heckler was removed during a campaign stop by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Birmingham, Ala.
Domestic buyers seen as key driver
In real estate across the country, domestic buyers are expected to dominate big or block investment deals worth 100 million yuan or more each in the New Year, an industry report said. That’s because buyer interest in office buildings, serviced apartments and commercial complexes is rising, said a research report by DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield, a realty services provider.
Banned Pakistani group’s student wing protests US terror tag
Dozens of activists from a student wing of the banned anti-India Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group have rallied in Islamabad to condemn a recent U.S. ban on their organization. The protest comes two days after the U.S. State Department designated the Al-Muhammadia Students wing a terrorist organization.
U.S., Iraqi sources say Islamic State leader Baghdadi alive despite death reports
Though posts on social media in recent weeks suggest Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has died, comments by a U.S. official and reports of his actions in Iraq suggest otherwise. CNN reported there have been few signs of Baghdadi in months and in recent weeks there have been unverified social media reports that he was killed or injured.
More oil possible from Nigeria
A minority player in OPEC-member Nigeria said it was able to stimulate crude oil production at one of its operating areas by about 15 percent. Africa-focused San Leon Energy, which lists its headquarters in London, holds a minority stake in oil mining lease No.
Councillor cash goes to worthwhile local projects
Hertsmere Borough Council ‘s Ward Improvement Initiative Scheme gives each of the 39 councillors A 500 to spend on projects throughout the year. Cllr Morris Bright , Leader of the Council, said: “Our Ward Improvement Initiative Scheme is all about funding small projects in local areas to benefit active communities.
The crash took place at the Whippendell Road junction leading down to Hagden Lane
Police were called to the scene of the crash on the junction of Whippendell Road and Hagden Lane at around 6pm on Thursday. Two ambulance crews arrived to treat three patients, one of whom – a woman in her 20s – complained of neck and back pain, and was taken to Watford General Hospital .
China to ease curbs on foreign investment after complaints
The Chinese government said Friday it will ease restrictions on foreign investment in sectors ranging from banking and internet services to rail equipment and motorcycles, in response to mounting complaints from foreign business groups and governments. An official with China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the economic planning agency, said service sectors such as accounting and auditing, architectural design and ratings services will be open to foreign investment.
Putin says Russia won’t expel US diplomats in hacking flap
President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and … . This image provided by the FBI shows the wanted poster for Evgeniy Bogachev.
Putin says will not expel anyone in response to U.S. sanctions
Russia will not expel anyone in response to U.S. sanctions against Moscow and the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the United States, the Kremlin quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in the statement on Friday. Earlier, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had proposed to Putin that Russia expel 35 U.S. diplomats and ban U.S. diplomatic staff from using two facilities in Moscow in retaliation for expulsions and sanctions imposed by Washington.
Officers inspect one of the armoured vehicles from Singapore. Photo: Facebook
Ng Eng Hen also says without elaborating that the Singapore city state has changed its practices to protect its assets The Singapore military had learned a lesson from the seizure of its armoured vehicles by the Hong Kong authorities and had changed its practices to protect its assets, the country’s defence minister said on Friday in a Facebook post. In the post, titled 2016 – A Look Back , Ng Eng Hen described the episode as “a low point in 2016 from the defence perspective”.
Taiwan president to transit Houston, San Francisco next month
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit through Houston and San Francisco during her January visit to allies in Latin American countries, her office said on Friday, a move certain to anger mainland China which a day earlier urged the United States to block a stopover. Tsai is transiting in the US on her way to and from visiting Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador.
it Flew, Orville:
With no college education between them, the Wright brothers became entrepreneurs. They ran a series of failed daily and weekly newspapers and repaired and sold bicycles in a store close to their Dayton home.
Man gets death sentence for murder of female classmate
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death by a Beijing court on Friday for the murder and attempted rape of a fellow student. Li Sida, who was studying audio engineering at the same university as the victim, Zhou Yunlu, had asked her to star in an amateur film in August last year, the Legal Evening News reported.
Malaysia’s 1MDB Scandal Claims Another Scalp
The legal ramifications following the scandal linked to the 1MDB fund continues to resonate with a court in Singapore convicting a private banker of trying to obstruct investigations into the indebted fund founded by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Yeo Jiawei, 34, a former wealth planner at Swiss private bank BSI where he was known for his taste of the good life, was convicted of four charges related to obstructing, preventing or perverting the course of justice in regards to 1MDB or 1Malaysia Development Bhd.
Pilot fired in Indonesia after alleged attempt to fly drunk
An Indonesian budget airline has fired a pilot who was suspected of trying to fly a plane while he was drunk. Citilink President Director Albert Burhan also announced Friday that he and the production director would resign over the impropriety.
How Trump Can Stop Erdogan from Playing the United States
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has big ambitions. He wants to become an Imam Ataturk, a leader who replaces Turkey’s national secularism with autocratic political Islam.But this week, by claiming the United States supports ISIS, Erdogan crossed a line.
All the fun of the Bear! Whittlesey to fight off winter blues with…
Thousands of people are expected to descend on the Fenland town from all over the world for the annual event, which this year runs from January 13-15. The colourful folk festival will see about hundreds of performers follow the Straw Bear around the town, on what promoters say will be a “fascinating weekend of music, colour, humour and dancing.”
Actor Mark Pellegrino Takes To Twitter To Defend Israel While Holidaying Here
As I’ve posted before , he’s a huge mensch and one of the most articulate celebrities I know on this issue. Case in point: check out is tweets from Israel: he’s here visiting and taking in the sites and sounds, yet also makes sure to defend Israel from unfair criticism.
Love at first sight for a couple from Devon who travelled 289 miles…
A couple travelled nearly 300 miles to the Fens to give a dog her forever home after falling in love with her online profile with a local rescue group. The pair made the 289 mile journey from Barnstaple to collect Misty from March rounding 2016 off in style for Ravenswood Pet Rescue who say the couple are the this year’s furthest travelled new owners.
Stuart Hogg to make first start at fly-half for Glasgow Warriors against Treviso
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India to start taxing capital gains to Singapore investors from April
India will start imposing capital gains tax on investments coming from Singapore from April and fully withdraw exemptions in two years as the two countries agreed to amend a decade-old treaty after New Delhi rolled back similar concessions to Mauritius and Cyprus earlier this year. India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gestures as he addresses a gathering on July 10, 2016.
Berlin truck attacker may have got gun in Switzerland – report
The Tunisian man who killed 12 people last month by ploughing a truck into a Berlin Christmas market had made several trips to Switzerland and may have procured a gun there that he used to hijack a truck for the attack, German broadcaster ZDF reported. “A lot speaks for that in the investigations so far,” ZDF said of the possibility that Anis Amri, a failed asylum seeker from Tunisia, obtained the gun in Switzerland.
Pictures of the Week: Dec. 30, 2016 – Jan. 6, 2017
Georgia Tech running back Nate Cottrell, right, is tackled by Kentucky cornerback J.D. Harmon on a kick return during the second half of the TaxSlayer Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 33-18.
Cyber-warfare comes of age
In an intriguing and significant development in the deepening confusion around what’s permitted and forbidden to states in cyberspace, the White House yesterday issued sanctions against Russia via Executive Order 13694, ominously entitled “Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities.” The Order is being called the most severe imposition of US sanctions on Russia since the end of the Cold War.
China state broadcaster rebrands in international push
State broadcaster Central China Television has rebranded its international networks and digital presence under the name China Global Television Network as part of a push to consolidate its worldwide reach. CCTV on Friday unveiled several new mobile apps under the CGTN brand, and visitors to CCTV’s non-Chinese language websites are directed to a new http://www.cgtn.com site.
Guardiola tuning up for Klopp’s heavy metal attack
No coach in football is better at crafting the type of attacking play Jurgen Klopp implements at Liverpool, says Man City’s Pep Guardiola. Pep Guardiola hopes not to be on the receiving end of another lesson from Jurgen Klopp when Manchester City travel to face Liverpool and a man he believes to be the best out-and-out attacking coach in world football.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s Firearms Nescience
I was at the Crossroads of the West gun show in Las Vegas when I learned about Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s agitation for limits on firearm magazine sizes . Lombardo’s statement to the Las Vegas Sun, “I’m a very avid hunter, I was in the military myself, and there’s no need to have a high-capacity magazine for any practical reason,” is prima facie evidence that he is either grossly unqualified for his job; or willing to subordinate public safety to a political agenda that is far better suited to Los Angeles than any place in Nevada.
Jimmy Carter’s Lifelong Pursuit of a Palestinian State
Perhaps sensing that he would soon have to relinquish his position as America’s worst ex-president, Jimmy Carter reminded everyone last month how he earned the title with yet another call for the U.S. to recognize a Palestinian state. Carter’s call is a departure from American diplomacy, which insists, per UN Resolution 338, that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement can only be reached through negotiations “between the parties.”
What Kerry Should Have Said
When Secretary of State John Kerry delivered his comprehensive statement on the Arab-Israel conflict in front of a safe audience at the State Department, he took over an hour to defend the decision of the United States to in essence allow passage of the recent UN anti-Israel resolution by abstaining from it, rather than adhering to the longstanding policy of the U.S. to veto such resolutions. The general thrust of his message was to chastise Israel for building “settlements” on land defined as “occupied Palestinian territory,” as the main obstacle preventing a two-state solution.
KONE’s share capital increases through the subscription of shares with 2013 option rights
A total of 806 new KONE class B shares have been subscribed for with 2013 option rights. The corresponding EUR 100.75 increase in KONE Corporation’s share capital has been entered into the Finnish Trade Register on December 30, 2016.
Chelsea vs. Stoke City: Team News, Preview, Live Stream, TV Info
Chelsea will be vying for a 13th win in a row in the Premier League when they host Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on New Year’s Eve. The Blues will also be keen to stretch their six-point lead at the top ahead of Liverpool’s game with Manchester City later in the day, a meeting of second against third.
C-RAD to supply advanced surface tracking solution to German customer
RAD has secured an order for Catalyst HDa and Sentinel 4DCTa systems for the radiation therapy center in Gera, Germany. The order has a total value of approximately 3 MSEK.
ITALEAF: TerniEnergia signed agreement with JuicePower for a pipeline …
TerniEnergia has subscribed today a partnership agreement with JuicePower , a company established in London , to develop and build clean energy generation plants and energy management structures which combine on-site and off-site generation and storage, and to support the management of JuicePower portfolio of customers with smart energy management systems. JuicePower, is a Clean Energy Platform which aims at directly selling energy to commercial and industrial customers as well as special smart grids, in emerging markets, starting with India, by generating and trading energy using Smart Energy Management systems.
South Tama Band and Choir working toward New York City trip
Since 2005 South Tama County High School Band students have received what Director Mike Carnahan calls a once in a lifetime opportunity. That opportunity has been band trips.
Syria’s cease-fire holding despite minor violations
Osama Abu Zeid of the the main moderate Syrian opposition group Free Syrian Army, shows what he said is a copy of the five-point cease-fire agreement for Syria, during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Abu Zeid said that his group, one of the 13 armed opposition factions, had agreed to abide by the nationwide cease-fire agreement that will go into effect at midnight Thursday.