Category: World News

Three-year-old boy falls out of lorry on Rugby roundabout

A three-year-old boy fell out of a flatbed lorry and went under the vehicle after the nearside door flew open as it went round a Rugby traffic island. Driver Brian Medcraft jumped from the cab and scooped the badly-injured boy up in his arms, put him back inside and drove off before being stopped by the police.

France’s Le Pen refuses headscarf to meet Lebanon’s mufti

An aide of Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, left, gives a head scarf to French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, right, to wear during her meeting with the Mufti but she refused, upon her arrival at Dar al-Fatwa the headquarters of the Sunni Mufti, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Le Pen refused to go into a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand mufti after his aides asked her to wear a head scarf.

Globe trotting Hannah settles down in Gorae

PORTLAND and the surrounding district is home to a variety of well travelled characters and Gorae’s Darryn Hannah is one of many faces with plenty of stories to tell. Born in New Zealand, Mr Hannah, 63, made the move to Australia in 1989 after spending a decade as CEO of the Wellington Cricket Association.

Tensions mount as Ecuador’s presidential race up in the air

Lenin Moreno, presidential candidate for the ruling party Alliance PAIS, center, poses for a photo with supporters after a news conference in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The hand-picked candidate of President Rafael Correa, Moreno held an easy lead Monday in Ecuador’s presidential election, though authorities said it might be a few more days before they determine if Moreno won enough votes to avoid a runoff against his nearest rival.

Six Japan food, nutrition, health and consumer trends set to shape 2017

We pinpoint six of the must-know food, nutrition and consumer trends taking shape in Japan, from superfoods to sports nutrition, ahead of one of the country’s biggest trade shows, FoodEx Japan, which takes place next month. The show will see exhibitors from across the globe descend on Chiba, greater Tokyo, as they seek to boost their business efforts in this potentially lucrative market.

Europe Confronts the Jekyll/Hyde Trump Administration

European politicians and policy makers have begun to feel they’re watching a horror movie: the tale of an American administration with a split personality as sinister as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-the first perfectly reasonable and sociable, the other monstrous, unable, and unwilling to control its impulses. And all this as the very existence of the European Union and the credibility of NATO hang in the balance with far-right populists like Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen in France potentially set to gain enormous power through upcoming elections.

UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May walk along the colonnades of the White House in Washington, Friday, January 27, 2017. US President Donald Trump should not be afforded the “rare privilege” of a state visit, a British opposition lawmaker said yesterday as Parliament debated a call for Trump’s invitation to be downgraded and stripped of its royal seal of approval.

In First Month, Mar-A-Lago 3, Camp David 0

Dwayne Snurr, a janitor and lifelong resident of this rural, working-class town 60 miles from the White House, was eating chicken wings in a cafe off Main Street last week when he began chewing over a locally important subject: President Donald Trump’s taste in vacations. “I guess he’s got that place down in Florida,” Snurr said, referring to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach resort.

Rio Carnival revelers hunt for bargains amid economic crisis

” Instead of costly and elaborate costumes with glittering sequins, expect more cheap getups featuring fake mustaches, hats and tiaras at this year’s Carnival. Revelers are bargain-hunting ahead of Rio de Janeiro’s world famous party, which is about to kick off amid a prolonged economic crisis that is hurting pocketbooks and the myriad businesses that depend on the bash for a large part of their annual incomes.

In the shadows of the great – Dhirubhai Ambani

Watching Mani Ratnam’s popular 2007 movie ‘Guru’, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, was a trip down memory lane for me. The movie was inspired by the life of the maverick entrepreneur Dhirubhai Ambani, founder Chairman of Reliance Group of Industries.

Qatar National Research Fund and Qatar Genome Programme launch second …

Qatar National Research Fund , in collaboration with Qatar Genome Programme , has launched the second cycle of the Path Towards Personalized Medicine call, designed to support and advance research focused on providing medical treatment tailored to a patient’s individual characteristics. Building on the success of the PPM’s first cycle, QNRF, part of Qatar Foundation Research and Development , hosted a presentation on the second cycle on February 9, 2017, aimed at benefiting from the valuable pilot-phase samples and data collated by Qatar Biobank , a member of QF, and the Qatar Genome Programme .

ENOC constructs 10 new service stations in 2017

ENOC announced ambitious plans to build 10 new service stations in 2017, as part of its 2020 expansion programme to increase its retail network capacity by 40 per cent. The Group’s plans for this year commenced with the opening of its new Warsan service station, to serve the community in the emirate’s Eastern region.

HSBC says 2016 profit slumps to $2.5B

London-based bank HSBC reports that annual profit slumped by more than 80 percent following a year of “unexpected economic and political events” that contributed to volatile markets and influenced investment activity. Europe’s biggest bank said Tuesday that net profit for 2016 tumbled 82 percent to $2.5 billion from $13.5 billion a year ago.

Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat

In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin listen during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Russian officials said Churkin died suddenly in New York City on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.

Chelsea are Premier League champions – Mourinho

Chelsea can focus on the FA Cup as they are “already Premier League champions”, says Jose Mourinho, manager of quarter-final opponents Manchester United. Antonio Conte’s side, who will host cup holders United in the last eight in March, hold an eight-point lead in the title race with 13 games to play.

Runner loses group in the national park

A man needed help from Blue Mountains Police Rescue when he became lost and dehydrated during a run at noon on Saturday February 18. A man needed help from Blue Mountains Police Rescue when he became lost and dehydrated during a run at noon on Saturday, February 18. The 45-year-old runner from Chiswick in Sydney, was running between the old Queen Victoria Hospital in Wentworth Falls and Scenic World, Katoomba, when he took a wrong turn and became separated from his running group. He contacted emergency services and provided his location co-ordinates.

Community groups cheer funding gift

Bombala Rotary and the Delegate Progress Association are among the big winners in the latest community grants, each receiving $40,000-plus. The Delegate Progress Association receives Stronger Community Funding in round one late in 2016.

David Spaven: Get freight on track for a better future

When the Scottish Parliament unanimously backed the Climate Change Act in 2009, much was made of this being the most ambitious climate change legislation anywhere in the world. In the intervening years, good progress on emissions has been made in a number of sectors – but the glaring exception has been transport.

Man accused of making sales, pocketing the proceeds

A St Georges Basin man has pleaded not guilty to allegedly selling five boats and trailers for more than $230,000 and not passing on the proceeds of the sale to the owners. George Klapsis, 42, faced five charges of larceny as a bailee before registrar Craig Cockburn in Nowra Local Court on Monday.

The unhealthy season

People pushed the panic button when they heard Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned two weeks ago that the spread of the influenza virus this year would be greater than the last. The virus forced two Bangkok schools, Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Elementary School and St Joseph Convent School, to close some parts of the premises for inspection and cleaning after students were found to have been infected.

Ministry seeks to court more Japanese women

The Tourism and Sports Ministry aims to attract more female Japanese tourists to Thailand because they spend more than men. The ministry will promote activities to make Thailand more attractive to Japanese women, such as muay Thai, meditation, shopping, cookery, textile weaving and organic gardening, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said at a luncheon talk entitled, “Empowering Women Leadership in Business and Society”, held by Assumption University.

Plan B for South power

Protesters of a coal-fired power plant for Krabi sit outside Government House. They dispersed on Sunday after the government agreed to delay the project again and do a new environmental and health assessment study.

Why is China keeping mum about Kim Jong Nam’s murder?

Kim Jong Nam, left, half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, in Narita, Japan, on May 4, 2001, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Source: AP Photos/Shizuo Kambayashi, Wong Maye-E BEIJING’s terse response last week that China has been closely monitoring developments in the Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-un’ estranged half brother will likely be the extent of its response to the matter.

PM steps up Brexit Bill pressure as she sits in on peers’ debate

Prime Minister Theresa May sits behind the Speaker, back row, as Baroness Smith of Basildon speaks in the House of Lords The House of Lords will conclude the first stage of a crucial Brexit debate after Theresa May and Boris Johnson ramped up pressure on them not to block or delay Britain’s exit from the European Union. In a highly unusual move on Monday, the Prime Minister sat on the steps in front of the Royal Throne in the Upper Chamber as Lords Leader Baroness Evans of Bowes urged peers not to frustrate the passage of the Brexit Bill.

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Amid protests, UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump visit

Thousands of protesters against U.S. President Donald Trump rallied outside Britain’s Parliament on Monday, while lawmakers inside urged the government to rescind its offer to the president of a state visit stamped with pomp, pageantry and royal approval. In a passionate debate that’s unlikely to change the British government’s position, Trump was labeled a misogynist, a bigot and a “petulant child” by opposition legislators.

COLUMN: Celebrating our freedom to read

Whether it is a new controversial book or a classic novel that covers topics that were not talked about in depth at the time, schools and public libraries are regularly asked to remove books and magazines from their shelves that are deemed by some to be offensive or inappropriate. Sometimes their efforts are successful, other times they’re not.

8 Rising Stocks That Are Still Undervalued

According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener , several gurus are focusing on stocks whose Peter Lynch fair values are far above the current price. The following stocks are trading with wide margins of safety and have positive performances over the past 12 months.

Syrian airstrikes kill at least seven in Damascus

Activists reported a third straight day of escalations by pro-government forces against opposition-held areas in and around the capital. Jets believed to belong to the Russian or Syrian Air Forces pounded the Barzeh and Qaboun neighbourhoods in the northeast corner of the capital, levelling several buildings, and also wounded at least 12 people, the activist-run Barzeh Media Centre and Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

A Muslim teacher removed from a plane while on a school trip to the…

Juhel Miah, 25, was travelling to New York with a group from Llangatwg Comprehensive when he was removed from the plane A Muslim teacher who was removed from a US-bound plane by security officials while on a school trip said he was “made to feel like a criminal”. Juhel Miah was travelling with a group from Llangatwg Comprehensive in Port Talbot on a trip to New York when he was removed from the aircraft in Reykjavik, Iceland.