Ukip has told Vladimir Putin to keep out of the Stoke by-election after typically pro-Russian Twitter accounts turned on party leader Paul Nuttall. Ukip has told Vladimir Putin to keep out of the Stoke by-election after typically pro-Russian Twitter accounts turned on party leader Paul Nuttall.
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Mass funeral held for 20 Haitians who died in dismal prison
Relatives wailed in grief or stared stoically as flowers were placed on 20 caskets at a mass funeral Tuesday for the latest group of inmates who died miserably in Haiti’s largest prison, most without ever having been convicted of any crime. Marie Lumane Laurore broke into piercing screams as she collapsed in a church pew before the coffin of her son, Eddy.
North Koreaa s history of assassinations
One man said that North Korean agents are operating right now in South Korea, the United States and many other countries.
TripAdvisor names 2017’s best beaches in the world
‘Do not breathe under the water’? ‘Falling can be deadly’? You don’t say! The world’s most entirely pointless signs revealed You can marry a dog in India and identify as a dragon in Russia: Revealing the most baffling laws in the world Tourist in Thailand faces up to a year in prison for ‘feeding BREADCRUMBS to fish in a forbidden part of the sea’ A secret floor, a chauffeur-driven Tesla and exclusive ocean views: The $2,100-a-night hotel-within-a hotel where the one per cent hide out in Florida Forget Bond Street: Why a trip to Bicester Village will satisfy all designer label junkies A 15,000sq-foot spa, a cigar room and an in-house cinema: The Austrian ski-in-ski-out five-star hotel that will appease even the most reluctant snow bunny ‘They’re just bags of intestines – full of faeces’: Explorer Ed Stafford reveals that eating TADPOLES was a new low as he tackled the Patagonia wilds … (more)
German foreign minister: Greece should stay in eurozone
Germany should do all it can to keep Greece in the eurozone, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in an interview on Tuesday , amid renewed tensions between Athens and its international creditors over its bailout programme. Greece and its creditors agreed on Monday to resume talks on a review of the bailout, easing a standoff which had threatened to block the disbursement of another tranche of its 86 billion financial aid programme.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces Skype Lite just for India
Skype Lite is a lighter, more data friendly version of the video calling app. It will only be available in India.
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Unfazed by criticism over his massive donations to temples apparently using taxpayers’ money, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao Wednesday offered gold ornaments – worth Rs 5.6 crore – at the famous Lord Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati. The offering has been made to keep his vow of doing so if a separate Telangana state was formed.
Even at anything-goes Carnival, these lyrics raise eyebrows
In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, a couple dances during the “If you don’t give me….then you lend me” Carnival street party on Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typical view of Carnival in Brazil is anything goes, with no headdress too big, no outfit too small, no song too ribald, but this year some organizers of the world’s best known party are drawing the line at lyrics that are sexist, homophobic or racist.
Finding poison in N. Korea attack may be hardest part
A paranoid dictator’s estranged brother. Two young female assassins. A crowded international airport.
Futures Movers: Oil sticks to 19-month highs after upbeat OPEC comments
U.S. oil prices stayed at a 19-month high Wednesday after OPEC leaders affirmed that the supply cut effort by heavyweights producers was making headway. traded at $54.52 a barrel, up $0.19, or 0.2%, in the Globex electronic session.
Netanyahu blasts UN ‘hypocrisy’, Australian PM opposes ‘one-sided resolutions’
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a staunch defence of Israel on Wednesday, criticising the United Nations and vowing never to support “one-sided resolutions” calling for an end to Israeli settlement building on occupied land. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull upon their arrival at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 22, 2017.
German Social Democrats still hard on heels of Merkel’s conservatives – poll
Germany’s Social Democrats held steady at 31 percent support in a survey published on Wednesday, remaining hard on the heels of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives – on 34 percent – seven months ahead of a federal election. Journalists during news conference of new Social Democratic Party leader Martin Schulz at their party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, January 30, 2017.
Amnesty blames Trump, others in global rollback of rights.
Amnesty International says “toxic” fear-mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them President Donald Trump and the leaders of Turkey, Hungary and the Philippines, is contributing to a global pushback against human rights. Releasing its 408-page annual report on rights abuses around the world Wednesday, the watchdog group described 2016 as “the year when the cynical use of ‘us vs. them’ narratives of blame, hate and fear took on a global prominence to a level not seen since the 1930s,” when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany.
South Sudan and Somalia to receive 100 million UK aid packages
International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced the new packages of UK aid for 2017/18 and called on the global community to step up their support in helping those in need. The Department for International Development said parts of South Sudan were now in famine, adding that in 2017 there was a credible risk of another three famines in Yemen, North East Nigeria and Somalia.
Jamie Foxx gets straight back to filming on Robin Hood
Firebrand right-wing columnist Milo Yiannopolous quits Breitbart after being accused of defending pedophilia – then storms: ‘This is a politically-motivated witch-hunt. F*** you for that.’
Pilot of plane that crashed near Melbourne called ‘mayday’ several times, authorities say
At least 74 bodies were found in Zawiya, according to a spokesperson for the United Nations’ Inte… A push to reduce property taxes in this year’s legislative session is gaining new support in Nebraska. The coalition announced Tuesday includes 16 agricultural and school g… It’s another busy week of high school basketball as we mix girls district play with C and D games for the boys with subdistricts taking place around the region.
International students welcomed to South Canterbury
Many families sent their children to New Zealand to learn English and build up their knowledge and connections to bring back to businesses in their home countries, she said. She welcomed students, parents and friends to approach the chamber to discuss business developments and other opportunities, while saying she hoped they would return and “contribute to our economy”.
Profit up 8pcBetter dairy prices help lift Bega profit
Improved global dairy commodity prices and a lift in first-half sales in the nutritional business have helped lift dairy processor Bega Cheese’s first-half net profit by 8.2 per cent. Excluding a $7.1 million inventory impairment related to its Bemore partnership – a 50/50 joint-venture with Blackmores to sell infant formula to China and Australia – Bega’s profit was up 39 per cent to $20.7 million.
How San Diego Built a Bridge Over the Wall, by David Henderson
That’s the title of a great article in Politico by Ethan Epstein. There’s so much interesting in there: 1. How forward-looking San Diegans figured out how to get a better airport without using a military base–and why.
Netanyahu is first Israeli prime minister to visit Australia
Netanyahu will start his four-day visit with talks with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull at his official Sydney address. Turnbull wrote an opinion piece in Wednesday’s The Australian newspaper that backed Netanyahu’s criticism in 2015 that the United Nations General Assembly had adopted 20 resolutions critical of Israel in the preceding year and only one in response to the Syrian war.
Bodies of 74 migrants wash up on Libya beach: Red Crescent
The bodies of 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the Libyan capital, the Red Crescent said on Tuesday. Residents of the village of Harcha, outside Zawiya, 45 kilometres from Tripoli, alerted the emergency services after finding a wrecked boat on the beach with bodies inside, the Red Crescent said.
Why your pension depends on natural resources
The average Canadian might not know it, but 42 per cent of Canada Pension Plan holdings are natural resource companies. If you want to get a snapshot of Canadian prosperity, an easy method is to take a look at the holdings of the Canada Pension Plan.
US resumes its provocative actions in sea
Missile destroyers Changsha and Haikou, part of the Chinese Navy’s Nanhai Fleet, fire at simulated enemy destroyers during a counter-attack drill in the South China Sea on Feb 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] The USS Carl Vinson Nimitz-class carrier strike group has begun patrolling the South China Sea, proving the speculation over the past few days was true.
Old and new economic drivers
Technical workers assemble engines at a Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd plant in Yiwu, Zhejiang province.[Photo provided for China Daily] At a recent news conference, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei said the key to converting the old driving forces for economic development into new ones lies in properly handling the relationship between developing emerging industries and the transformation and upgrading of traditional ones. Since the concept of new economic driving forces was created, almost all local governments in China have equated it with emerging industries and viewed them as the only source of fresh impetus for economic development.
ROK conglomerate will damage its business if it agrees to missile deal
File photo shows Seoungju residents chant slogans during a protest against the government’s decision on deploying a US THAAD anti-missile defense unit in Seongju, in Seoul, South Korea, July 21, 2016. The banner reads “Desperately oppose deploying THAAD”.
Door won’t shut on EU migrant workers – David Davis
Brexit Secretary David Davis said it would take “years and years” for British workers to be able to take jobs now done by people from other EU states The UK is not about to “suddenly shut the door” on low-skilled EU migrants, Brexit Secretary David Davis has said. He warned it would take “years and years” for British workers to be in a position to take jobs now done by people from other member states.
Ontario Attorney-General urges Ottawa to scrap preliminary inquiries
Ontario Attorney-General Yasir Naqvi is calling on federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to scrap a basic feature of the criminal-justice system – the preliminary inquiry. Ontario Attorney-General Yasir Naqvi is calling on federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to scrap a basic feature of the criminal-justice system – the preliminary inquiry.
Suffolk Armed Forces Weekend at Felixstowe will also mark resort’s unique place in English history
Launch of Suffolk Armed Forces Weekend at Felixstowe – members of the team orgainsing the event gathered on the seafront after a meeting to look at the latest programme for the event being staged on June 24-25 Armed Forces Weekend at Felixstowe will be a chance for people to show their appreciation for the forces and also to mark the 350th anniversary of the last attempted invasion of England’s shores by a foreign force. It had been planned for the event – costing around A 50,000 to stage – to be one day, but now it has been expanded into a weekend, June 24-25, at various seafront venues.
Suffolk Armed Forces Weekend at Felixstowe will also mark resort’s unique place in English history
Launch of Suffolk Armed Forces Weekend at Felixstowe – members of the team orgainsing the event gathered on the seafront after a meeting to look at the latest programme for the event being staged on June 24-25 Armed Forces Weekend at Felixstowe will be a chance for people to show their appreciation for the forces and also to mark the 350th anniversary of the last attempted invasion of England’s shores by a foreign force. It had been planned for the event – costing around A 50,000 to stage – to be one day, but now it has been expanded into a weekend, June 24-25, at various seafront venues.
Murderer on the run after escaping from prison officers during visit to hospital
Shaun Walmsley, 28, who police are hunting after two armed men helped him escape custody while on a hospital visit in Liverpool. A murderer who was serving a minimum of 30 years in prison is on the run after two armed men helped him escape during an escorted hospital visit.
Murderer on the run after escaping from prison officers during visit to hospital
Shaun Walmsley, 28, who police are hunting after two armed men helped him escape custody while on a hospital visit in Liverpool. A murderer who was serving a minimum of 30 years in prison is on the run after two armed men helped him escape during an escorted hospital visit.
Neighbours express concern after man is stabbed near Wherstead Road in Ipswich
Two men have been arrested in connection with the attack and police say they are not looking for any other suspects at this stage. Suffolk Constabulary attended the scene and arrested a man in his early 30s and another man in his early 40s.
Whitehall departments write off 600m of taxpayers’ cash as ‘fruitless spending’
The A 600 million total was calculated by the Scottish National Party from Freedom of Information requests and annual departmental accounts Government departments have written off A 600 million of taxpayers’ money as “fruitless spending” over the past decade, according to new figures. The sums include a A 103 million loss on Chinook military helicopters which did not meet operational requirements in 2010/11, A 89.3 million on compensation to contractors after the Flexible New Deal was scrapped the same year and A 27 million in relation to an office move for the Communities Department in 2013/14.
Whitehall departments write off 600m of taxpayers’ cash as ‘fruitless spending’
The A 600 million total was calculated by the Scottish National Party from Freedom of Information requests and annual departmental accounts Government departments have written off A 600 million of taxpayers’ money as “fruitless spending” over the past decade, according to new figures. The sums include a A 103 million loss on Chinook military helicopters which did not meet operational requirements in 2010/11, A 89.3 million on compensation to contractors after the Flexible New Deal was scrapped the same year and A 27 million in relation to an office move for the Communities Department in 2013/14.
Pitney Bowes, HP and TagG Develop New IPDS Controller for IntelliJet Family of Printers
Pitney Bowes , a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced an agreement with TagG and HP to develop a new native IPDS Controller for the Pitney Bowes IntelliJet and HP PageWide Web Press printing systems to deliver higher-value communications. The new controller will allow Pitney Bowes to serve transactional print and mail clients who value native IPDS printer controllers to leverage AFP workflows.
Pitney Bowes, HP and TagG Develop New IPDS Controller for IntelliJet Family of Printers
Pitney Bowes , a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced an agreement with TagG and HP to develop a new native IPDS Controller for the Pitney Bowes IntelliJet and HP PageWide Web Press printing systems to deliver higher-value communications. The new controller will allow Pitney Bowes to serve transactional print and mail clients who value native IPDS printer controllers to leverage AFP workflows.
Saudi Aramco Said to Weigh Offering Citizens Discounted Shares
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. , gearing up for what may be the world’s biggest initial public offering, is considering offering discounted shares to the kingdom’s locals, according to people familiar with the matter.
‘No closer’ to welcoming refugees
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he will do everything in his power to make sure refugees are welcome in Armidale HERE TO HELP: Former Armidale mayor Herman Beyersdorf is lobbying the government to include Armidale on the refugee resettlement list. Photo: Matt Bedford The federal government’s rejection of Armidale as a primary refugee resettlement location played to a national audience on the weekend when SBS aired the city’s exclusion on its world news program.
Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx target of racial slur in Croatia
In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, actor Jamie Foxx watches during a joint NFL football training camp between the Dallas Cowboys and the St. Louis Rams, in Oxnard, Calif. Croatian police have filed charges against two people who allegedly used a racial slur to insult Hollywood actor Foxx in a restaurant.
Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx target of racial slur in Croatia
In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, actor Jamie Foxx watches during a joint NFL football training camp between the Dallas Cowboys and the St. Louis Rams, in Oxnard, Calif. Croatian police have filed charges against two people who allegedly used a racial slur to insult Hollywood actor Foxx in a restaurant.