Pregnant indigenous women in Canada’s North are routinely denied escorts when relocating to cities like Thunder Bay to give birth. Lillian Slipperjack with her 7-month-old son, Owen, in Thunder Bay.
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Air Marshal Anil Khosla takes over as AOC-IN-C Eastern Air Command, IAF
Kolkata, Jan 1 : Air Marshal Anil Khosla AVSM VM took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command on Jan 1,2017, officials said. The Air Marshal is an alumni of the National Defence Academy, was commissioned in the fighter stream of Indian Air Force in Dec 79. Air officer has to his credit over 4000 hours of accident free flying mainly on different variants of Jaguar, Mig-21 and Kiran aircraft.
Drug taken by man who died at New Year’s rave fast-tracked for testing
A drug taken by a group at a rave that left one person dead and two others fighting for their lives in hospital has been fast-tracked for testing. Up to 500 people were at the party at Mount Lindesay near the Queensland-New South Wales border on New Year’s Day when emergency services were called to treat five people hallucinating and behaving erratically .
Gregson’s slice of history
On top: Bulli’s Ryan Gregson came from the scratch mark to take out the Burnie Open Mile in Tasmania on New Year’s Day. Picture: Getty Images The Bulli runner, who holds the Australian 1500m record and made the Olympics final in Brazil last year, became the first athlete to win the Burnie Mile from the scratch mark since 1967.
Composite teams into semis
Scott Mathieson skips his compositie team with the confidence of two strong knockout wins on semi-final day in Tuesday’s South Pacific Fours at Fairy Meadow Bowling Club. On track: Scott Mathieson will skip his composite team in Tuesday’s semi-finals of the South Pacific Fours at Fairy Meadow Bowling Club.
New York trains roll on new subway line envisioned in 1920s
In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo provided by the Office of New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the escalator leading down to the platform to the Second Avenue subway station at 72nd Street in New York is shown. New Yorkers can take their first ride under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side at noon on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
Bihar
City parks and major hotspots brimmed with revellers on Sunday as people ventured out with family members, friends and relatives to soak in the festive spirit and usher in… Police claimed to have busted a biker gang, including its kingpin Manish Malik, following the arrest of five people from the Patna College area on Sunday. Several… The stage is all set for the 34th Kalchakra puja to begin with the Dalai Lama conducting ritual preparations at Kalchakra ground on Monday.
Dropouts’ college gift
Daspur, Jan. 1: Two jewellers in Andhra Pradesh, who decades ago dropped out of school in West Midnapore, have purchased land and donated it for a private BEd College back in their home village. Mohan and Kartik, also members of the trust, have donated Rs 10 lakh more to start the construction of the college.
Welsford back to best
Having been conspicuously absent in his last two wheel finals, rising Australia cycling star Sam Welsford hit back with a bang on Sunday to take out his second consecutive Burnie Wheel. Having been conspicuously absent in his last two wheel finals, rising Australia cycling star Sam Welsford hit back with a bang on Sunday to take out his second consecutive Burnie Wheel.
Edmondson claims wheel win trifecta
It was another tough battle, but the class of Olympic cyclist Annette Edmondson shone through again as she took out the 2017 Burnie women’s wheel on Sunday. It was another tough battle, but the class of Olympic cyclist Annette Edmondson shone through again as she took out the 2017 Burnie women’s wheel on Sunday.
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Tasmanian man Rye Duval Hunt was declared missing in Rio De Janeiro after disappearing from the city’s international airport on May 21. Mr Hunt and a friend were at Rio De Janeiro International Airport deciding on their next destination when they split after getting into a heated discussion. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed a body found washed up on a Brazil beach on June 9 was Mr Hunt.
New UN leader pledges to promote peace
Antnio Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year’s Day, promising to be a bridge-builder but facing an antagonistic incoming U.S. administration led by Donald Trump , who thinks the world body’s 193 member states do nothing except talk and have a good time. The former Portuguese prime minister and U.N. refugee chief said after being sworn-in as secretary-general on Dec. 12 that he will engage all governments – “and, of course, also with the next government of the United States” – and show his willingness to cooperate on “the enormous challenges that we’ll be facing together.”
Israeli teen injured in Istanbul terror attack ‘very happy to be back’
Reva Mansour, an Israeli woman injured in a terror attack in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve on Secember 31, 2016, is transfered to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba on January 1, 2017. An Israeli woman injured in a terror attack in a nightclub in Istanbul on Saturday arrived in Israel and was transferred to a local hospital for further treatment on Sunday.
Iraq forces hold 60% of east Mosul, draw U.S. praise, face close-quarters fight west of Tigris
Iraqi forces gather in the Al-Intisar area in eastern Mosul after recapturing it in an ongoing military operation against Islamic State group jihadis, on Sunday. Iraqi forces have retaken more than 60 percent of eastern Mosul from the Islamic State group since the battle for the city began in mid-October, a top commander said.
Intruder guns down ex-wife, son, at least 10 others, self at Brazil home party
A man broke into a house in southeastern Brazil where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed her, their son and at least 10 other people before taking his own life, military police said Sunday. The man was carrying “several firearms,” when he attacked the family in Campinas, about 60 miles from Sao Paulo, according to Cpl.
A taste of independence
Modena, Italy, is known for fine things. The region is home to manufacturers of Ferrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini automobiles.
Bodies of Hamas terrorists won’t be returned, ministers decide
The December 24, 2014 Gaza funeral of Tayseir Smeiry, a Hamas operative, who was killed by Israeli troops after gunmen from Gaza opened fire on an IDF force within Israel Israel will no longer give up the bodies of Hamas terrorists killed during attacks, but instead bury them, the high-level security cabinet decided on Sunday, launching a renewed effort to pressure the Palestinian group into returning two Israeli civilians and the remains of two soldiers. Gaza-based Hamas is currently holding the remains of IDF soldiers Staff Sgt.
Suspect in Istanbul nightclub attack who killed 39 still at large
Turkish police officers block the road leading to the scene of an attack in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations, killing dozens of people and wounding tens of others in what the province’s governor described as a terror attack.
Terror strikes Turkey again
An injured woman is carried to an ambulance from a nightclub where a gun attack was carried out during a New Year party in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. Photo: Reuters Thirty-nine people, including many foreigners, were killed yesterday when a gunman went on a rampage at an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating the New Year.
Police secure the area near an Istanbul nightclub, following a gun attack, in Turkey, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal A gunman opened fire on New Year revellers at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday killing at least 39 people, including many foreigners, then fled the scene.
Garbage pollutes Khowai
The Khowai river beside Habiganj town has become narrow and polluted due to encroachment and mindless dumping of garbage on its banks. Photo: Star The indiscriminate dumping of garbage in the river Khowai is not only causing environmental pollution but also creating water-logging in Habiganj town.
Reality Bites
This is a bigger deal than it may look. The past 25 years of world politics have rested on a series of polite fictions, agreed-upon conventions and hypocritical pretenses: That we had a policy to end the North Korean nuclear drive ; That Europe was becoming a great posthistorical power based on the mighty engine of the euro; That the two-state solution was just a settlement freeze away; That international institutions and civil society were replacing national governments at the center of world politics; That immigration was a no-brainer; That the progress toward free trade was inexorable; That democracy was irresistibly on the march; and so on.
PM opens Dhaka trade fair
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses with the recipients of the National Export Trophy for fiscal 2013-14, at the inaugural ceremony of Dhaka International Trade Fair 2017, at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka yesterday. Photo: BSS Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated the Dhaka International Trade Fair, announcing leather as the “product of the year” for 2017.
Trafficking Human Organs: China jails 16
Sixteen people including two surgeons have been jailed for between two and five years in China for trafficking in human organs, a practice still widespread in the country. The group — which also included an anaesthesiologist, a nurse and an assistant doctor — were involved in a vast illegal trade in kidneys, according to the judgement cited by the official Xinhua news agency Saturday.
Recruitment of Judges: Delays result in cases piling up
Shortage of judges at the Supreme Court and other courts across the country is intensifying and creating a huge backlog of pending cases day by day due to recruitment delays. More than four lakh cases have been pending with the High Court, which currently has only 89 judges.
Rebel fire from Yemen kills Saudi soldier
Cross-border rebel fire from Yemen has killed a soldier in Saudi Arabia, which is leading a coalition fighting the insurgents in its war-torn neighbour, the interior ministry said. The soldier was killed on Saturday in the southern border area of Jazan as an army post came under a barrage of gunfire and shelling from the Huthi rebels in northern Yemen, state news agency SPA quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.
Migrants in Malaysia: Employers start paying foreign workers’ tax
Around six lakh Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia would get benefited as the Southeast Asian country’s government has asked employers to pay levy of foreign workers. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Friday said the employers would no longer be able to deduct the wages of their foreign workers for the levy or tax on their monthly income.
‘Govt making shady arms deals to stay in power’
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday accused the government of making “shady arms deal” with different countries in its own interest. “Hasina’s government is purchasing arms from different countries including India without floating any tender.
No celebrations for Bulgaria and Romania’s EU’s 10th anniversary
Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007. On 1 January 2017, no celebration whatsoever marked their 10th accession anniversary, confirming that EU enlargement is no longer fashionable.
New Year, New Missile Threats from North Korea: North Korea plans to…
NEW YEAR, NEW MISSILE THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA : North Korea plans to test a new long-range missile. It’s the same old extortion racket, but South Korea and Japan are no longer putting up with it.
Deal reached to end DRCongo political crisis
The government and opposition parties in the DR Congo on Saturday clinched a hard-won deal over President Joseph Kabila’s fate, ending a political crisis that sparked months of deadly unrest. Under the terms of the deal, Kabila will stay until the “end of 2017” but a transition council will be established, headed by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi.
Australiaa s prime minister makes impromptu visit to synagogue
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull paid an unexpected visit to Sydney’s Central Synagogue to join its Friday night service and menorah lighting, telling the congregation that Australia stands “shoulder to shoulder” with Israel. The synagogue’s rabbi, Levi Wolff .had received a call from Turnbull on Friday afternoon wishing him greetings and in return he received an impromptu invitation to attend the evening’s service together his wife Lucy.
Prime Minister Shocked By Gun Attack In Istanbul, Offers Condolences To Families Of Victims
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sunday expressed shock over the recent gun attack in Istanbul, Turkey which saw at least 39 people killed. Najib in his latest Twitter account said Malaysia offers its condolences to Turkey and those who were affected by the attack.
Queen Elizabeth II misses church due to ‘heavy cold’
Queen Elizabeth II missed a traditional New Year’s Day church service Sunday because of the effects of a lingering cold. Buckingham Palace said the queen “does not yet feel ready to attend church as she is still recuperating from a heavy cold.”
14 Best Skywatching Events of 2017
Another year of skywatching is upon us, and there’s a lot to look forward to in 2017! Here are some of the more noteworthy sky events that will take place this year, including multiple meteor showers, occultations of bright stars and the first total eclipse of the sun for the United States in nearly four decades. Space.com’s Night Sky column will provide more extensive coverage of these events as they draw closer.
Turkey nightclub attack: What we know
Thirty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when a gunman stormed a popular Istanbul nightclub and sprayed bullets at revellers celebrating the New Year. Turkish special force police officers and ambulances are seen at the site of an armed attack January 1, 2017 in Istanbul The assailant shot dead a policeman and a civilian at the entrance to the Reina nightclub and then went on a shooting rampage inside, officials said.
New UN chief aims to make 2017 ‘a year for peace’
The new United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he would like to make 2017 a year to “put peace first,” in a message heralding the new year and marking his first day as the world body’s chief. Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after being sworn in as UN secretary general December 12, 2016 at the United Nations in New York The Portuguese former prime minister, 67, took over as UN Secretary-general from South Korea’s Ban Ki-moon, inheriting complex crises in Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, North Korea and elsewhere.
Manhunt in Turkey after New Yeara s nightclub shooting
A manhunt is on in Turkey for an assailant in a Santa Claus hat who unleashed a salvo of bullets in a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations Sunday, killing at least 39 people. Foreigners were among the fatalities, including an 18-year-old Israeli woman and a Belgian national, according to the two countries’ respective foreign ministries.
23 dead after ferry catches fire near Indonesiaa s capital
At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire Sunday off the coast of Indonesia’s capital, officials said. The vessel was carrying more than 230 people from Jakarta’s port of Muara Angke to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu chain, when it caught fire, officials said.
South Korea’s Park Says She Was Set Up, Charges False
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday rejected allegations of wrongdoing in the political scandal that threatens her presidency, saying she was “set up” and the allegations were “fabrication and falsehood,” said South Korean media. Park said Choi Soon-sil, her long-time friend, was “merely an acquaintance” and denied Choi was allowed to wield undue and wide-reaching influence over state affairs, Yonhap news agency and YTN television reported.