On Jan. 30, 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse , a Hindu extremist. In 1815, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in agreeing to purchase the personal book collection of former President Thomas Jefferson to replace volumes lost when the British burned the U.S. Capitol and its congressional library during the War of 1812.
Day: January 31, 2017
Amirah Droudis jailed for murder of Lindt cafe siege gunman Man Monis’ ex-wife
Amirah Droudis, 37, the partner of Lindt cafe siege gunman Man Haron Monis, appearing in one of the many videos she made with him. Amirah Droudis, the partner of gunman Man Haron Monis who carried out the 2014 Lindt cafe siege in Sydney, has been jailed for at least 33 years for the stabbing murder of Monis’ former wife in the stairwell of an apartment block.
The Latest: Hundreds rally against order in New Jersey
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at a joint press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. At the press conference, Zarif refused to confirm that the country conducted a missile test, saying Iran’s missile program is not part of a 2015 nuclear deal between his country and world powers.
Unicef launches appeal of $3.3 bn to children affected by conflict, disasters
United Nations, Feb 1 – The UN Children’s Fund launched an appeal of $3.3 billion to provide emergency assistance in 48 countries around the globe, against the backdrop of children driven from their homes due to conflict, disasters and climate change. A total of 48 million children living through some of the world’s worst conflicts and other humanitarian emergencies will benefit from Unicef’s 2017 appeal, which was launched on January 31, Xinhua news agency cited a UN press release.
Two top public schools investigated in child abuse inquiry
Two top public schools attended by Prince Charles and Tony Blair are investigated as part of major inquiry into child abuse A former teacher at Gordonstoun, the alter mater of Prince Charles, has been accused of child sex crimes dating back to the 1980s The boarding schools are being probed as part of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry into more than 60 residential care establishments Two top public schools attended by Prince Charles and Tony Blair are being investigated by a major national inquiry into child abuse. Gordonstoun, the alter mater of the heir to the throne, and Fettes College – where the former Labour Prime Minister was a pupil – both feature in the statutory probe.
Celebrating 27 Years of the San Diego Film Festival
Celebrating the San Diego Jewish Film Festival’s 27th Season, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 8-19, 2017. On February 13th, as part of the 27th San Diego Jewish Film Festival, an outstanding group of twenty-three short films from around the world will be presented in a day-long program beginning at 10:00 am to 10:00 pm at the ArcLight La Jolla Cinemas in La Jolla, CA.
How Trump’s first counter-terror operation in Yemen turned into chaos
Greek special forces and US Navy Seals clear a stairwell during Sarisa 16, an annual Greek exercise, near Thessaloniki, Greece, last year. Photo / US Army Their aim was to detain Yemeni tribal leaders collaborating with al-Qaeda and gather intelligence that could plug a critical gap in US understanding of one of the world’s most dangerous militant groups.
Piranhas in Brazil savagely devour huge bull’s head
This is the gruesome moment a bull’s head was ripped to the bone by a shoal of bloodthirsty piranhas. The fish tore into the animal’s flesh after it was dipped into the murky waters of the Amazon river by a local man standing on a gondola.
Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad celebrates immigrant tale of its co-founder
Moving away from the stories of love, puppies and horses from years past, Budweiser took a deeper approach to their 2017 Super Bowl commercial. Titled “Born The Hard Way,” the beer ad tells the story of a young immigrant , Adolphus Busch, on his journey from Hamburg, Germany to St. Louis, where he meets future Budweiser co-founder Eberhard Anheuser.
‘Extreme vetting’ awaits refugees in US-Australia resettlement deal
Men shave, brush their teeth and prepare for the day at a Australia’s offshore processing refugee camp on the Island of Nauru. Pic: AP THE United States will apply “extreme vetting” to up to 1,250 asylum seekers it has agreed to resettle as part of an agreement with Australia, a spokesman for President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
BJP calls for expunging Mehbooba Mufti’s speech
Rajeev Jasrotia drew his attention to the statement made by Mehbooba in the House on Monday demanding that her remarks on article 370 stating that every political party has its own ideology which cannot be dubbed anti-national should be expunged Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti suffered a major embarrassment on Tuesday when her ally BJP sought to expunge her speech in the Legislative Assembly after she dubbed those demanding abrogation of article 370 as “anti-nationals.” The Speaker expunged the remarks but retracted it after a ruckus broke out in the House.
Supreme Court declines to stay Jallikattu Act, slams TN over protests
The special bench had in December 2016, reserved its order on an issue that challenged a January 2016 notification issued by the Centre allowing Jallikattu – a bull taming sport played during the festival of Pongal. Though the Supreme Court declined to stay the operation of the new Tamil Nadu Jallikattu Act, it sharply censured the southern state for its failure to curb the recent massive protests earlier this month.
Greek Freakology – 2. Patriotism
You have voted for Chapter 3 to be about Sepolia, Giannis’ neighbourhood, so I will be visiting the area and take some fresh pictures in the following weeks . If you happen to know of a place in Sepolia of major significance, please add it as a comment together with a google maps link.
UP Elections 2017: Parties not so generous in giving tickets to women
BJP candidate from Sarojini Nagar seat Swati Singh with her husband Dayashankar Singh on her way to file nomination papers for the 2017 UP elections, on Tuesday in Lucknow The Bahujan Samaj Party is dependent almost entirely on Mayawati to campaign for its candidates for the Assembly polls here. The Samajwadi Party and Congress are keen on using Dimple Yadav and Priyanka Gandhi as their star campaigners.
Balotelli says Italian transfer deadline day was dull
” Even Mario Balotelli was disappointed at the lack of action by Italy’s top clubs on transfer deadline day on Tuesday. Inter Milan was the only top team in Serie A to complete a signing on a low-key final day of Europe’s winter transfer window.
Six Nations: England, Ireland set to slug it out for title
Picture the scenario: Ireland vs. England for a Grand Slam decider in the final match of the Six Nations on St. Patrick’s weekend in Dublin. The Irish going for a third title in four years.
How Donald Trump Has Left Queen Elizabeth In A ‘Very Difficult Position’
British citizens are upset with Prime Minister Theresa May for inviting Donald Trump to the U.K., Cosmopolitan reports. A petition to revoke the invitation has gathered nearly two million signatures.
15,000 Somalis ‘heartbroken’ by Trump refugee ban
Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jSsoTC This file photo taken April 28, 2015, shows an aerial view of part of the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp, north of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. NAIROBI, Kenya – Nearly 15,000 Somalians who planned to flee their war-torn country for the United States are now stuck in the world’s largest refugee camp because President Trump suspended the U.S. refugee program.
Refugees anticipate family reunions, instead endure doubt
Rab… . Iraqi refugee Raed Rabban, 49, speaks by phone from his garage in El Cajon, Calif., with his brother Luey Rabban, 47, in Baghdad, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017.
Thermomix rocked by another scandal
The Thermomix costs $2089 and combines 10 appliances in one. It has a cult following in Australia, but has also been criticised for malfunctioning and burning users.
Canadian Golf Hall of Famer Stanhope-Cole dies at 79 after brief cancer battle
Golfer Betty Stanhope-Cole, who won the 1957 national women’s amateur championship and represented Canada five times in international competition over her long career, has died. She was 79. Stanhope-Cole, a Calgary native, died last Friday after a brief battle with cancer, Golf Canada said Tuesday in a news release.
Tomorrow Group founder abducted in Hong Kong
Chinese billionaire protected by all-female bodyguards is feared to have been abducted from Hong Kong amid rumours he has been kidnapped by Beijing agents A Chinese billionaire, who was supposedly protected by eight female bodyguards, has vanished in Hong Kong, amid speculation he has been abducted by agents of Beijing. Xiao Jianhua, a former student leader turned financier who founded the Tomorrow Group, had been living at Hong Kong’s luxury Four Seasons Hotel.
List of some terrorism cases in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau branded the Quebec mosque massacre as a terrorist attack, although the accused in the rampage is only facing murder charges. Here are some recent high-profile cases involving terrorism-related offences: Hiva Alizadeh: The Ottawa resident, who wanted to form a terrorist group dedicated to violent jihad in Canada, pleaded guilty to explosives possession with the intent to cause harm as part of a terrorist conspiracy in 2014.
European Union president declares Trump as ‘threat’
The European Union declared the Trump administration a “threat” on Tuesday, laying bare what many Europeans think privately and setting the stage for increased tension between the US and EU. European Union President Donald Tusk’s diplomatic bombshell listed the Trump administration as a threat alongside China, Russia, terrorism and radical Islam, adding that “worrying declarations by the new American administration all make our future highly unpredictable.”
NEWS Reports: Foxconn considering Pennsylvania molding plant
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group is in early discussions about setting up an injection molding factory in Pennsylvania, as part of a look at a larger manufacturing presence in the U.S., according to press reports. The Japanese media outlet Nikkei Asian Review said that Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told reporters after a company function Jan. 22 that the firm was looking at the investment in molding in Pennsylvania, as part of a $7 billion investment in making display panels.
The Latest: Group sues on behalf of US green-card holders
The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions : A civil rights group in Michigan has sued on behalf of U.S. green-card holders objecting to President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries. The Arab-American Civil Rights League argues in the suit filed Tuesday in Detroit’s U.S. District Court that the executive action is unconstitutional and targets immigrant communities.
Toyota confirms date for end of Australian assembly
Two weeks ago Holden confirmed that it will end vehicle production at its Elizabeth, Adelaide plant on October 20 – and now Toyota has announced it will end its Australian vehicle assembly on October 3. The two closures will come exactly a year after Ford ended its assembly operations at Melbourne and Geelong in October last year, with the loss of 600 manufacturing jobs. Toyota Australia has confirmed that as part of the shutdown process, its Altona, Melbourne manufacturing plant will stop building V6 Aurions in August, Camry hybrids in September and Camry petrol models in October.
Spark partners with UnisonFibre for home and small business fibre installations
Spark will use UnisonFibre to connect new customers to Spark fibre broadband, in areas covered by the UnisonFibre network. UnisonFibre has an extensive fibre network, with more than 700kms of cabling reaching nearly 13,000 homes and businesses across the Hawke’s Bay region and Taupo and Rotorua and offers fibre network capabilities equivalent to those available via the Ultra-Fast Broadband network in other parts of New Zealand.
Petrol prices! Collins to get to the bottom of it
Both stations are owned by BP as I understand it, and fuel comes ashore in both Port of Tauranga and Seaview in Wellington, yet a 40c difference. From what I’ve been reading, the petrol companies are milking Wellington to make up for the price wars happening elsewhere.
NZ unemployment jumps to 5.2 per cent
The construction industry continues to create jobs, but the number entering the work force outnumbered job creation at the end of 2016. Unemployment jumped to 5.2 per cent at the end of 2016, with new entrants to the workforce swamping the number of jobs created.
a Apple devotees blind to MacCessories rip-off
Customers queue outside an Apple store prior to the sale of the iPhone 6S in London, England, in September 2015. I’d been resisting a high-end phone for some time.
a Fake news is undermining the work of journalists
Workers oversee the new rotary printing press during a test phase at French media Ouest-France headquarters in Rennes in November 2014. We are living in an era of increasingly narrow populist politics, corruption and inequality.
Border breakfast wrap | Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The sky was on fire last night as the sun set across our region. Chance of a shower today and 31 in Albury-Wodonga.
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GasBuddy, a leading technology company changing the way consumers find, purchase and save money on gasoline, will surprise and delight drivers with thousands of gallons of free gas in multiple U.S. cities throughout the year, as part of GasBuddy’s exclusive 2017 Tank Takeover Series. The series kicks off in Houston, Texas on Feb. 1, at a Corner Store location just in time to get the city’s football fans ‘pumped’ for The Big Game.
Romania’s govt decriminalizes official misconduct
Protesters march outside the Justice Ministry in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Some 10.000 people marched through the Romanian capital and other cities to protest a government proposal to pardon thousands of prisoners which critics say could reverse the anti-corruption fight.
Cruise news for 2017: Alaska boom, more in-depth experiences
This June 26, 2014, file photo, shows a cruise ship docked in Juneau, Alaska, while a paraglider soars above. Alaska expects 1.06 million cruise passengers this year, breaking its 2008 record of 1.03 million visits.
In Kenya, Reproductive Clinics Fear Trump Policy’s Detrimental Effects
President Trump’s Mexico City policy will harm nonprofits providing healthcare for women. A USAID-funded clinic in Nairobi is afraid it will prevent it from helping Kenyan women in need of abortions.
AP Top News Garcia gives fan his wish after 206-day Twitter campaign
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Rocker on the mend in hospital
FRIENDS of Steve Grimmett, who had to have part of his leg amputated after falling ill on tour in Ecuador, have rallied together to organise a fundraising gig for the musician once he is well enough to fly home. Steve, 57 who lives in West Swindon , was only seven days into a five week tour of South America when he started to feel unwell, resulting in all future gigs with his band Grim Reaper being put on hold indefinitely.
Francysk Skaryna, Belarus’s Martin Luther
THIS year, the 500th anniversary of his “95 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences”, Martin Luther’s legacy is being re-examined. A cacophony of events , ranging from exhibitions to church services, will consider the global impact of the Reformation.