Yemen: No US ground missions without approval

Yemen’s government has “requested” the United States stop ground operations in the country unless they have the government’s full approval after an anti-terror raid authorized by President Donald Trump killed civilians, two senior Yemeni defense officials told CNN on Wednesday. The Yemeni officials said the government had sent a firm message to the US administration condemning the January 29 operation that left one US Navy Seal dead along with Yemeni women and children, complaining of a lack of coordination with its officials.

A Day Without Women?

The Women’s March on Washington has decided to become a permanent fixture on the political scene, not just a pink hat-wearing one-off. But that means it’s gotta do something, so it’s come up with something to do: a “general strike” with the catchy title “A Day Without a Woman.”

Brexit, A Game Of Deal Or No Deal

Theresa May could not have been clearer: “No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain,” the UK prime minister said on January 17, setting out the kind of British exit from the EU that she sought to negotiate. She qualified her assertion by adding that “I am sure a positive agreement can be reached.”

Romania: government faces no-confidence vote

Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis told lawmakers Tuesday the country is in a “fully-fledged” political crisis, after hun… . A anti-government protester holds a poster depicting the leader of the ruling Social Democratic party Liviu Dragnea in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.

With golf and gifts, Japan’s Abe cuts own path with Trump

Japan is charting its own course to deal with a radically different U.S. president, an approach that will be tested at the end of this week when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Donald Trump in the White House and on the golf course in Florida. Some other leaders of America’s closest neighbors and allies, from Mexico to the United Kingdom, have been singed by their encounters with Trump.

Scott Macnab: Who’s left to stand up to Holyrood?

The SNP is poised to seize control of town halls but opposition to diktat from Edinburgh may suffer, writes Scott MacNab The political map of Scotland is poised to alter radically once more in the months ahead. The shifting plates of power which have marked the past decade are again on the move as the council elections loom and the outcome is likely to be another brick in the wall of the SNP’s hegemony of the country’s public life.a Sweeping gains are likely for the Nationalists.

Turkish sources: CIA chief to visit, discuss security issues

Turkish officials say U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo will visit Turkey on Thursday to discuss security issues, including Turkey’s fight against a movement led by a U.S.-based cleric accused of orchestrating the failed military coup. According to officials from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office who cannot be named because of government regulations, the visit was decided during a 45-minute telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Erdogan late on Tuesday, The officials said Pompeo would also discuss the issue of Syrian Kurdish fighters which Ankara considers to be terrorists because of their affiliation with outlawed Kurdish rebels in Turkey.

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We require a Subject Leader of Mathematics to start in September 2017, at our small, over-subscribed, 11-18 mixed Church of England comprehensive school on the edge of Richmond Park in South West London. September 2014 saw the launch of our new Sixth Form for which we have a purpose built block to accommodate the Year 12 and 13. You are very welcome to visit us and take a tour of the school and meet the mathematics department prior to interview.

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Smart Teachers is recruiting for a Music teacher to join a well-regarded independent school located on the QLD central coast. This is a full-time position and experience teaching senior students is essential.

Man trapped in NSW dam for hours

A man is lucky to be alive after enduring hours trapped in a dam with his head barely above the water. Daniel Miller, 45, became stuck after his excavator rolled in Charlotte Bay, New South Wales following heavy rain on Wednesday, 9 News reported.

Somalia elects first new president in decades

Somalia elects first new president in decades Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is a former prime minister with dual Somali-.U.S. citizenship. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2k4IB7w Newly elected president of Somalia and former prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo gestures as he makes an address on Feb. 8, 2017, in Mogadishu.

Chilean Relief Efforts

According to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, the fires have claimed the lives of at least 11 people and caused more than $300 million in damage. View of the remains of Santa Olga, 350 kilometers south of Santiago, after being devastated by a forest fire, Jan. 27, 2017.

Grilled Chicken With Carrot Salad

Fragrant spices and some heat transform rather plain ingredients into something altogether different. You’ll enjoy the interplay of textures, too – the chicken against the crisp carrots, cool lettuce and rich sunflower seeds.

Eastern Airlines Mystery Continues: a We Were Closea

That’s how Dan Futrell and Isaac Stoner – the 30-something Bostonians who scaled Bolivia’s Mount Illimani to search for the black box of an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 downed in 1985 – reacted to the National Transportation Safety Board’s announcement that the debris they recovered hasn’t solved the mystery of the crash. The flight, EA980, slammed into Illimani on Jan. 1, 1985, en route from Asuncion, Paraguay, to Miami.

Milking the industry? Who benefits

ACCC commissioner Mick Keogh in Taree yesterday for the ACCC forum. “Farmers spoke on the imbalance of power, the limits of collective bargaining and that they feel they are very much price takers, with no influence,” he said.

Nexperia emerges as dynamic new force in Discretes, Logic and MOSFETs

Headquartered in Nijmegen, Netherlands and backed by a consortium of financial investors consisting of Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co. Ltd and Wise Road Capital Ltd, Nexperia is a stand-alone, world-class leader in Discretes, Logic and MOSFETs, retaining all the expertise, manufacturing resources and key personnel of the former NXP division, while bringing a new focus and powerful commitment to these product areas.

Complex childcare payments to be abolished

Parents will finally get more help with childcare fees three years after the federal government first laid out its plans – as long as a new push to convince parliament is successful. “Those families have told us that these changes will enable them to make easier decisions to go back to work, to work more hours, to work the hours that suit them,” Education Minister Simon Birmingham told reporters at a childcare centre in Canberra on Wednesday.

Anas Modamani: Facebook, Syrian Refugee in Court Over Fake News

Anas Modamani had no idea when he posted on Facebook a 2015 selfie taken with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would turn into the poster boy for radical Islamic terror. The then-18-year-old met Merkel in a German refugee camp after leaving war-torn Syria and his selfie with the leader went viral because it showed Merkel’s personality in a “rare unscripted moment,” according to CNN .

NK defector arrives in US as refugee: report

A North Korean defector arrived in the United States last month as a refugee, a US-based news agency said Wednesday. Citing data provided by the State Department, the Voice of America reported that the woman in her 20s entered the country on Dec. 12 and settled in the western part of Arizona.

US should ‘brush up on’ South China Sea history: China

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said World War II-related agreements mandated that all Chinese territories taken by Japan had to be returned to China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on a visit to Australia that war between China and the United States over the South China Sea would benefit no-one AFP/STR BEIJING: The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as World War II-related agreements mandated that all Chinese territories taken by Japan had to be returned to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Australia.

Arts salon for Valentinei 1 2s Day

Update: 2:46PM ACTORS, musicians, poets and dancers take to the stage this weekend in a first of its kind artistic event themed to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The “Valentine’s Day Artists Salon” will according to host Matt Young, have “a little bit of bohemia, a little bit of vaudeville and a whole lot of artistry.”

Let them eat fish soup

De Beers shelves diamond mine expansion in northern Ontario after failing to win Attawapiskat’s support TORONTO – De Beers is shelving immediate plans to study an expansion project at a remote northern Ontario diamond mine after failing to get support from a neighbouring aboriginal community, a ‘disappointing’ setback for the world’s top diamond producer, the mine’s manager said. The isolated Victor mine in the James Bay lowlands produces some 600 carats of diamonds annually and is scheduled to stop production in late 2018 and close in early 2019, De Beers Canada general manager James Kirby told Reuters late last week.