Windang surf lifesavers Jayson Norris , Doug Hockey, Russell Trott and Kaye Norris at Lake Illawarra. Picture: Sylvia Liber A mass-rescue at Windang on Boxing Day shows the dangers of swimming at the entrance of Lake Illawarra aren’t always visible, an Illawarra surf lifesaver says.
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U.S. charges Chinese citizens with hacking, insider trading
Prosecutors said the men made over $4-million by placing trades in at least five company stocks based on inside information from unnamed law firms, including about deals involving Intel Corp. and Pitney Bowes Inc. Prosecutors said the men made over $4-million by placing trades in at least five company stocks based on inside information from unnamed law firms, including about deals involving Intel Corp. and Pitney Bowes Inc. Three Chinese citizens have been criminally charged in the United States with trading on confidential corporate information obtained by hacking into networks and servers of law firms working on mergers, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
One Group of Oil Investors Didn’t Cash In on Crude’s 2016 Rally
Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude futures have gained 45 percent so far this year as OPEC engineered the first global output cut in 15 years. The U.S. Oil Fund LP, an ETF designed to track oil prices that has seen investors pour in nearly $3 billion in the past two years, only grew 6.6 percent over the same period.
Modi’s Mastery of the Message to Be Tested as India Enters 2017
In what will be a busy year of state elections, economists are slashing India’s growth forecasts because Modi’s unprecedented cash clampdown is denting demand. The experiment has missed its Yet, analysts point to the fact that India hasn’t seen bloody riots of the kind witnessed in Venezuela, which followed Modi in banning higher-value banknotes before it reversed the move .
Splendid Isolation:
Israel’s foreign ministry has said the country is “reducing” ties with nations that voted for last week’s UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to settlement building in Palestinian territory.
Cuba passes law banning naming sites after Castro
President Raul Castro had already announced that his older brother did not want to be immortalized with statues or public places named with his name. Photo: Getty Images Cuba’s National Assembly approved a law on Tuesday that bans erecting commemorative statues of Fidel Castro or naming public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of the revolutionary leader who died last month.
Ex-Argentine leader indicted, linked to nuns and guns
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted on Tuesday on charges she ran a corruption scheme with a public works secretary who was arrested in June while trying to stash millions of dollars in a convent. A federal judge accused them and other officials of the Fernandez administration of crimes “including the deliberate seizure of funds principally meant for public road works.”
Man dies during horse race at Mexico girl’s ‘quinceanera’
Heavy traffic blocks a road as visitors try to get to a party honoring Rubi Ibarrafor her down-home 15th birthday near the village of Laguna Seca, San Luis Potosi State, Mexico, Monday Dec. 26, 2016. Rubi’s 15th birthday party resembled a rock concert on Monday after thousands of people showed up in response to an invitation by her father that went viral and made her the toast of the country.
Child hospitalised after dog bite
The boy was flown at 2am this morning from Wairoa to Napier in the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter before being put on an aircraft to Wellington. Photo / Supplied A child was airlifted from Wairoa Hospital by the Hawke’s Bay Rescue helicopter early this morning with serious facial injuries after being bitten by a dog.
Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Departs 6th Fleet
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower , guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto , and guided-missile destroyers USS Mason and USS Nitze concluded missions in the Mediterranean, which included maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and air support to Operation Inherent Resolve . Upon arriving in the eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea, Ike conducted dual carrier operations with the French ship Charles de Gaulle to combine their efforts in support of OIR in Iraq and Syria.
More years lost for whites versus South Asians, blacks with T2DM
Whites with type 2 diabetes have more life years lost than South Asians or blacks, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in Diabetes Care . Alison K. Wright, Ph.D., from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, and colleagues conducted a cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data from 383 general practices in England.
Obama, Japan’s Abe to seek reconciliation at Pearl Harbor
Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan are coming together at Pearl Harbor for a historic pilgrimage to the site where a devastating surprise attack sent America marching into World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit Tuesday with President Barack Obama is powerful proof that the former enemies have transcended the recriminatory impulses that weighed down relations after the war, Japan’s government has said.
Court rejects bail appeal by activist ‘Pai Dao Din’
THE Region IV Court of Appeal in Khon Kaen yesterday rejected a petition by pro-democracy activist Jatupat Boonpatararaksa, who is better known as “Pai Dao Din”, which sought to block the revoking of his bail. In a video-conference hearing, the court upheld the bail revocation on the grounds that Jatupat had shown a “lack of consideration” regarding state authority and the law, and that he might tamper with evidence if released.
More volunteers wanted for befriending service
Silver Talk, run by housing provider Isos, needs additional call handlers to join its nine-strong team – which keeps in regular, weekly contact with elderly tenants. Operating from its offices in Burn Lane, Hexham, the free and confidential befriending service is available to its tenants across the county.
Rabbi Amsalem: Haredi establishment responsible for assimilation
Rabbi Haim Amsalem, former Shas MK and candidate for the Jewish Home party, arrived today for a Knesset hearing on the crisis between Diaspora Jewry and the State of Israel. Rabbi Amsalem pulled no punches while sharing his opinion of the subject at the hearing.
The Latest: Israel says White House a pusheda for UN rebuke
Israel is stepping up its attacks on the Obama administration, saying it has proof from Arab sources that the U.S. actively helped craft a U.N. resolution that declared Israeli settlements illegal. David Keyes, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says Israel has “ironclad information” that the White House helped draft the language of the resolution.
Abbas eyes Paris summit after UN slams Israeli settlements
The Palestinian president said Tuesday that he hopes an upcoming Mideast conference in France will set a timetable for independence after the U.N. delivered a harsh rebuke over the construction of Israeli settlements in lands claimed by the Palestinians. Israel is meanwhile advancing plans for thousands of new homes in east Jerusalem despite the U.N. Security Council resolution.
Dutch medical centre probes suspected IVF sperm mix-up
A doctor injects sperm directly into an egg during an in-vitro fertilization procedure at a clinic in Warsaw October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel The Hague: A Dutch medical institution announced an investigation Tuesday after discovering that up to 26 women may have been fertilised by the wrong sperm cells at its IVF treatment laboratory.
Massive Seal Wanders into Australian Suburb and onto Parked Car
A massive fur seal made itself at home on top of a parked car in a suburban community in Tasmania, Australia. After wandering into the suburb of Launceton on Monday, the fur seal slid on top of a car, denting its hood and cracking its windshield, reported ABC News’ partner, Seven News in Australia.
Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi says needs three months to eliminate IS2 min ago
Baghdad, Dec 27 : Iraq’s premier said today security forces need another three months to eliminate the Islamic State group from the country after launching their offensive against IS in October. “The available data indicate that Iraq requires three months to eliminate Daesh,” Haider al-Abadi told a televised news conference, referring to the jihadist group by an Arabic acronym.
Why FIR filed against Zee News reporter for covering Dhulagarh riots, …
New Delhi, Dec 27: An FIR has been filed against a Zee News reporter Pooja Mehta and cameraperson Tanmay Mukherjee for covering the Dhulagarh riots, claims channel’s editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary. The FIR also includes the name of Sudhir Chaudhary.
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Donald Trump Perez: Trump team’s agency inquiries ‘illegal’ Top House Intel Dem to Obama: Expose Putin’s corruption Trump Organization’s top attorney named to administration post MORE has tapped a former national security aide in the George W. Bush administration as his counterterrorism adviser. Tom Bossert , who served as Bush’s deputy homeland security adviser, will join Trump’s White House as the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.
Obama’s Betrayal of Israel at the UN Must Not Stand
President Barack Obama’s ill-advised decision to order the U.S. to abstain on a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements breaks with past U.S. policy, undermines a vital ally and sets back the cause of Middle East peace. Yet it also offers Democrats and Republicans a chance to unite around a more realistic approach to resolving one of the world’s most intractable conflicts.
.com | Obama, Japan’s Abe to seek reconciliation at Pearl Harbour
Putting 75 years of resentment behind them, the leaders of the United States and Japan are coming together at Pearl Harbour for a historic pilgrimage to the site where the devastating surprise attacks thrust America into World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit on Tuesday with President Barack Obama is powerful proof that the former enemies have transcended the recriminatory impulses that weighed down relations after the war, Japan’s government has said.
Chard homeless man ‘who slept with a samurai sword’ appears in court
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”.
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.
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.