WHO thanks Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for anti-cholera funding
27 June, 2017 Comments Off on WHO thanks Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for anti-cholera funding
LONDON: The World Health Organization (WHO) has thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, for his donation of $66.7 million to stop the spread of cholera in Yemen. In response to an urgent call for funding, the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief) in Saudi […]
Continue reading …U.S. urges China to let paroled Nobel laureate Liu choose own doctors AFP-JIJ
27 June, 2017 Comments Off on U.S. urges China to let paroled Nobel laureate Liu choose own doctors AFP-JIJ
BEIJING – The United States urged China on Tuesday to give cancer-stricken Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife freedom to move and choose his own doctors after he was granted medical parole. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said it was “working to gather more information” about Liu’s legal and medical status after […]
Continue reading …Russian sub test-fires ICBM across Eurasia
27 June, 2017 Comments Off on Russian sub test-fires ICBM across Eurasia
A Russian submarine has successfully launched a missile from the Barents Sea near Norway to a test site in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. “The strategic Borey-class nuclear submarine, Yuri Dolgoruky, has successfully fired the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a designated area in the Barents Sea […]
Continue reading …White House warning: Assad regime ‘planning new chemical attack’
27 June, 2017 Comments Off on White House warning: Assad regime ‘planning new chemical attack’
The White House issued a stern warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday night as it claimed “potential” evidence that Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack. In an ominous statement issued with no supporting evidence or further explanation, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the US “has identified potential preparations for another chemical […]
Continue reading …Former S. Korean President Park plotted to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un – report
26 June, 2017 Comments Off on Former S. Korean President Park plotted to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un – report
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was making plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun national newspaper. Ex-president Park, who was impeached due to a corruption scandal, signed a document approving a “leadership change” in North Korea back in 2015, the national daily reported on Monday citing unnamed sources. […]
Continue reading …Swede held hostage by al-Qaeda since 2011 freed
26 June, 2017 Comments Off on Swede held hostage by al-Qaeda since 2011 freed
Johan Gustafsson, a Swede who was kidnapped in Mali more than five years ago, has been released. “It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Johan Gustafsson has been released and can return to Sweden. Johan’s situation has touched many of us and extensive efforts have been made to get him released,” said […]
Continue reading …Boko Haram attacks blamed for deaths in Nigeria, Chad
26 June, 2017 Comments Off on Boko Haram attacks blamed for deaths in Nigeria, Chad
Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad. Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least nine civilians, as the same armed group was also blamed for the death of eight soldiers in fierce fighting in […]
Continue reading …Trump travel ban injunction partly lifted by top US court
26 June, 2017 Comments Off on Trump travel ban injunction partly lifted by top US court
Image captionThe original ban in January provoked mass protests at American airports US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a White House request allowing part of its refugee ban to go into […]
Continue reading …Professor who said North Korea prisoner Otto Warmbier got what he deserved is fired By Rachel Koning Beals
26 June, 2017 Comments Off on Professor who said North Korea prisoner Otto Warmbier got what he deserved is fired By Rachel Koning Beals
Warmbier ‘typical of a mindset of a lot of the young, white, rich, clueless males who come into my classes,’ Dettwyler had posted A University of Delaware professor who caused outrage on social media and elsewhere by criticizing U.S. college student Otto Warmbier—who died after being held prisoner Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student […]
Continue reading …The New York Times prints a full page of all Trump’s lies since taking office
26 June, 2017 Comments Off on The New York Times prints a full page of all Trump’s lies since taking office
The New York Times used a full page in this week’s paper to print out every lie President Donald Trump has publicly told since taking office just over five months ago. The list contains Trump’s contradictions on a slew of topics, like the Iraq War, NATO, the administration’s controversial travel ban, the crowd size at […]
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