Category: World News

Pay us new allowance – NASPA

The National Service Personnel Association of the Greater Accra Region has given government seven days to pay the new, approved allowance or face their wrath. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the President of NASPA Greater Accra, Kwadwo Danquah, said the current government acted in bad faith after agreeing to the increment.

Dozens arrested in ultra-Orthodox anti-draft protests

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators during a protest against the jailing of Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood, February 7, 2017. Some 50 people were arrested on Tuesday evening during a series of protests by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators against the arrest of a member of their community being held by military police for not presenting himself for army service.

Cessna plane crash in Argentina kills 5 people

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector A small aircraft crashed near the city of Marcos Paz in the Argentian province of Buenos Aires, resulting in the death of five people, Sputnik reported. The Cessna 210 aircraft caught fire after crashing, which killed all five people onboard, the news outlet Clarin reported on Tuesday night, citing police sources.

Qatar chief bags Air NZ for cancelling agreement that would have connected Kiwis to vast network

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker with Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand at the Qatar Airways press conference in Auckland. The head of Qatar Airlines Akbar Al Baker has slammed Air New Zealand for withdrawing from an agreement before it touched down on our shores, saying the move will prevent Kiwi travellers from connecting to a wide international flight network.

MP warns over armed vigilantes targeting seagulls

Concerns have risen that seagulls will launch a fresh wave of attacks on Britons as the breeding season hits this spring Menacing seagulls are causing such havoc in Britain that vigilantes are arming themselves with guns and launching their own culls, an MP has said. Conservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan said locals have been “wandering the streets” of the picturesque seaside town near the Scottish border to kill the birds.

Jovenel Moise sworn in as Haiti’s new president

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise sits with his wife Martine during his swearing-in ceremony at Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017. Moise was sworn-in as president for the next five years after a bruising two-year election cycle, inheriting a struggling economy and a deeply divided society.

SAITM students ready to face any national exam conducted by government

Feb 07, Colombo: The students of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine is ready to take any national examination conducted by the government, the SAITM Chairman Dr. Neville Fernando said. Addressing a media briefing held at the BMICH today, SAITM Chairman responding to a query from BBC Sandeshaya suggested the government to hold a common national exam for the medical graduates of all state universities and medical graduates from foreign countries as well as for the graduates of SAITM.

Event remembers avid skier

Eaman died in March 2012 in a vehicle collision on Highway 97 between Vernon and Kelowna. Within weeks, the Jessica Eaman Ski Scholarship was established, and JESS4KIDS was established to give a few youth the chance to experience the winter sport she loved.

Frontline Ventures wraps up second fund

Dublin and London-based Frontline Ventures , an early-stage venture firm, has closed its second fund at 60 million euros. The firm backs B2B software companies, making investments that are between 200,000 euros and 3 million euros.

Cars torched as tensions flare in Paris suburb

Gangs of French youths torched cars and bins in a showdown with police in a north Paris suburb overnight in a grim reminder of the simmering tension that sparked weeks of more serious rioting in the area a decade ago. It was the third night of tension since four police officers were suspended pending an inquiry into accusations they had used excessive force while arresting a 22-year-old man there, including shoving a baton into his anus.

It’s about time someone attacked Australia. Thank you, President Trump.

The president gave Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull a good chewing out this week, telling him a refugee agreement between the two countries was the “worst deal ever,” calling their conversation the “worst call” and abruptly ending the exchange 25 minutes into what was supposed to be an hour-long talk. It was clear from accounts of the talk that Trump thinks Turnbull is almost as much of a basket case as the Mexican guy Trump yelled at the week before.

Gordhan calls for mining industry rethink

South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday urged mining companies in Africa to empower the youth and re-skill their workers to counter the adverse effects of technology, while ensuring that they mined commodities sustainably. Gordhan said technology in mining, especially the advent and subsequent takeover by robots and artificial intelligence, was threatening to wipe out at least five million jobs in the industry in the next few years.

Gordhan calls for mining industry rethink

South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday urged mining companies in Africa to empower the youth and re-skill their workers to counter the adverse effects of technology, while ensuring that they mined commodities sustainably. Gordhan said technology in mining, especially the advent and subsequent takeover by robots and artificial intelligence, was threatening to wipe out at least five million jobs in the industry in the next few years.

Three major earthquakes rock Dardanelles for second day

A series of earthquakes continued to rock the western Turkish province of Canakkale for a second day on Feb. 7, with more than 300 aftershocks affecting worried locals in the region, Dogan News Agency has reported. The first quake with a magnitude of 5.3 was recorded at 6:51 a.m. in the Ayvac k district on Feb. 6. It was followed by another with the same magnitude at 13.58 p.m., according to figures by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority .

Graft, threats as Somalia faces historic presidential vote

Somali soldiers prepare to secure the capital on the eve of presidential elections, at a police academy in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Graft – vote-buying, fraud, intimidation – is the top concern in a nation that Transparency International now rates as the most corrupt in the world and Mogadishu is in lockdown because of the threat of violence by homegrown Islamic extremist group al-Shabab.

Indian Nobel peace laureate’s replica medal stolen

Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s apartment in New Delhi has been burgled and a gold-plated replica of his medal and the citation are missing, police in India said. Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s apartment in New Delhi has been burgled and a gold-plated replica of his medal and the citation are missing, police in India said.

Dwindling numbers forces Haverfordwest Lions Club to close after 40 years

Outgoing Haverfordwest Lions president Mona Skipper presented final cheques to four local groups. PICTURE: Western Telegraph Amanda Absolom-Lowe, of Pembrokeshire Care, Share and Give, Phyllis Morgan of Cystic Fibrosis, outgoing Lions president Mona Skip The first group of its kind in Pembrokeshire, the Lions are well known for their annual summer duck race, and organising Father Christmas’ annual sleigh rides.

Afghanistan requests US air support for combat operations

Afghanistan’s national security adviser is appealing to the U.S. to provide aircraft to back ground operations in the country until Afghan security forces can do the job alone. Mohammed Hanif Atmar told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday that “we will need a kind of filling-the-gap measure from the United States.”

White House Publishes List of 78 Terror Attacks It Says Media Ignored

The White House on Monday released a list of terror attacks around the world that it says the U.S. media “ignored.” While the list of 78 incidents does include major attacks that were covered, such as in Nice and Paris, France; San Bernardino, California; and Orlando, Florida; it also highlights killings in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Parramatta, Australia; and Zvornik, Bosnia that got little attention.

UK Marine seeks to quash murder sentence for Taliban killing

” A British Royal Marine is asking a court to overturn his murder conviction for killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, arguing that mental health problems mean he was not fully responsible for his actions. Sgt. Alexander Blackman was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years by a military court in 2013 for the September 2011 killing in Helmand Province.