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Charges laid in fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash
- July 07, 2018
Get direct access to our top weekly content, contests, and perks. . He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Saskatchewan next week. The head coach, bus driver, a trainer and the team announcer were among the 16 who were killed, 10 of the victims were players. (more...)
- July 07, 2018
Get direct access to our top weekly content, contests, and perks. . He is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Saskatchewan next week. The head coach, bus driver, a trainer and the team announcer were among the 16 who were killed, 10 of the victims were players. (more...)
Police use drone to search children play area for Novichok
- July 07, 2018
Russian Federation responded to the criticism from London by saying Britain was trying to frame Moscow for the latest poisoning. Police say possibility that the two incidents are linked remains a key line of the inquiry. "Two drug addicts were poisoned with serious drugs and the British intelligence services and the British leadership are now trying to interpret this incident as a continuation of the Skripal poisoning", said Peskov. (more...)
- July 07, 2018
Russian Federation responded to the criticism from London by saying Britain was trying to frame Moscow for the latest poisoning. Police say possibility that the two incidents are linked remains a key line of the inquiry. "Two drug addicts were poisoned with serious drugs and the British intelligence services and the British leadership are now trying to interpret this incident as a continuation of the Skripal poisoning", said Peskov. (more...)
Talks with N. Korea Going Well
- July 07, 2018
President Donald Trump claimed credit for preventing war with North Korea - even as evidence mounts that Kim Jong-un has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons . "If it's our going-in position, it's fine". In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, smoke and debris rise in the air as barracks buildings for guards and tunneling workers at North Korea's nuclear test site are blown up at Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. (more...)
- July 07, 2018
President Donald Trump claimed credit for preventing war with North Korea - even as evidence mounts that Kim Jong-un has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons . "If it's our going-in position, it's fine". In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, smoke and debris rise in the air as barracks buildings for guards and tunneling workers at North Korea's nuclear test site are blown up at Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. (more...)
Biologists close to the "resurrection" of the white Rhino
- July 07, 2018
This is the first-ever reported generation of a pre-implantation embryos of rhinos known as blastocysts in a test tube. Earlier this year , the rather sad news was announced that the last male northern white rhino had died. These are mature sexual reproduction cells, like a sperm or egg, that join to create a zygote, or fertilized egg cell. The amount of semen preserved from northern white rhinos in frozen stocks is from only three bulls, meaning there is not a lot of genetic diversity. (more...)
- July 07, 2018
This is the first-ever reported generation of a pre-implantation embryos of rhinos known as blastocysts in a test tube. Earlier this year , the rather sad news was announced that the last male northern white rhino had died. These are mature sexual reproduction cells, like a sperm or egg, that join to create a zygote, or fertilized egg cell. The amount of semen preserved from northern white rhinos in frozen stocks is from only three bulls, meaning there is not a lot of genetic diversity. (more...)
Syrian opposition says talks with Russian Federation over southern Daraa 'fail'
- July 06, 2018
Jordan and Israel have said their borders would remain closed, even as tens of thousands of Syrians flee the government offensive. At least 330,000 people have recently fled Syria's southwestern city of Daraa to areas near the Jordanian border due to fierce attacks by Syrian regime forces, the United Nations said Tuesday. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Jordan and Israel have said their borders would remain closed, even as tens of thousands of Syrians flee the government offensive. At least 330,000 people have recently fled Syria's southwestern city of Daraa to areas near the Jordanian border due to fierce attacks by Syrian regime forces, the United Nations said Tuesday. (more...)
Trump admin requests more time to reunite families separated at border
- July 06, 2018
The move prompted mass outrage in the United States and internationally. Although White said DNA will only be used for reuniting families and genetic fingerprints will remain confidential, advocates for migrant families were concerned about intrusiveness. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
The move prompted mass outrage in the United States and internationally. Although White said DNA will only be used for reuniting families and genetic fingerprints will remain confidential, advocates for migrant families were concerned about intrusiveness. (more...)
Leader Of Japanese Cult Aum Shinrikyo Executed For 1995 Attack
- July 06, 2018
Asahara, who founded Aum in 1987, said that the United States would attack Japan and turn it into a nuclear wasteland, He also said he had traveled forward in time to 2006 and talked to people then about what World War III had been like. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Asahara, who founded Aum in 1987, said that the United States would attack Japan and turn it into a nuclear wasteland, He also said he had traveled forward in time to 2006 and talked to people then about what World War III had been like. (more...)
Britain demands answers from Russian Federation over second nerve agent poisoning
- July 06, 2018
The couple, named locally as Dawn Sturgess 44, and Charlie Rowley , 45 were taken to Salisbury District Hospital on Saturday and are in a critical condition. They later confirmed that it was the nerve agent Novichok . They spent weeks in hospital before being discharged. The officer added that after tests at the Porton Down facility, which assisted in diagnosing the poisoning in Salisbury , scientists recognized the use of "the same nerve agent that contaminated both Yulia and ... (more...)
- July 06, 2018
The couple, named locally as Dawn Sturgess 44, and Charlie Rowley , 45 were taken to Salisbury District Hospital on Saturday and are in a critical condition. They later confirmed that it was the nerve agent Novichok . They spent weeks in hospital before being discharged. The officer added that after tests at the Porton Down facility, which assisted in diagnosing the poisoning in Salisbury , scientists recognized the use of "the same nerve agent that contaminated both Yulia and ... (more...)
Trump issues WTO warning in meeting with Dutch leader
- July 06, 2018
Trump is also threatening to impose tariffs on vehicles. Everything is going great and then everything suddenly started not going great, as pretty much everyone could have expected, because Donald Trump during this meeting, during the time when they're both sitting in their chairs and you have the media all around them, taking the pictures and asking questions, Trump starts to talk about tariffs, right? "Just think about those cars that pour in here", Trump continued. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Trump is also threatening to impose tariffs on vehicles. Everything is going great and then everything suddenly started not going great, as pretty much everyone could have expected, because Donald Trump during this meeting, during the time when they're both sitting in their chairs and you have the media all around them, taking the pictures and asking questions, Trump starts to talk about tariffs, right? "Just think about those cars that pour in here", Trump continued. (more...)
Germany says Iran package will not fully compensate for US sanctions
- July 06, 2018
Washington has since told countries they must stop buying the OPEC producer's oil from November 4 or face financial consequences. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Swiss counterpart, Alain Berset, in Bern on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at American officials for threatening to stop Iran's oil exports, saying they would never be able to carry out such a threat. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Washington has since told countries they must stop buying the OPEC producer's oil from November 4 or face financial consequences. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Swiss counterpart, Alain Berset, in Bern on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at American officials for threatening to stop Iran's oil exports, saying they would never be able to carry out such a threat. (more...)
Trump asked aides if he could invade Venezuela last year
- July 06, 2018
Trump raised the idea in August 2017 during a meeting about sanctions the United States has imposed on oil rich Venezuela, CNN said, quoting a senior administration official. The White House declined to comment on the private conversations. "We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary". (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Trump raised the idea in August 2017 during a meeting about sanctions the United States has imposed on oil rich Venezuela, CNN said, quoting a senior administration official. The White House declined to comment on the private conversations. "We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary". (more...)
YouTube star Ryker Gamble dies after falling from waterfall
- July 06, 2018
Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh, and Megan Scraper were part of High On Life , a travel vlog with more than 1. 1 million followers on Instagram and more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday evening, Willcox said the camera was being used to check a specific pool after friends of the victims reported seeing them swept over the lip of one pool toward a second about 30 metres below. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh, and Megan Scraper were part of High On Life , a travel vlog with more than 1. 1 million followers on Instagram and more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday evening, Willcox said the camera was being used to check a specific pool after friends of the victims reported seeing them swept over the lip of one pool toward a second about 30 metres below. (more...)
Scott Pruitt resigns as head of EPA
- July 06, 2018
He had also ordered his EPA staff to do personal chores for him, picking up dry cleaning and trying to obtain a used Trump hotel mattress for his apartment. Beyer and Lieu, in their letter to the inspector general, said the allegations were supported by an analysis of Pruitt's public calendars. President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after announcing his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at ... (more...)
- July 06, 2018
He had also ordered his EPA staff to do personal chores for him, picking up dry cleaning and trying to obtain a used Trump hotel mattress for his apartment. Beyer and Lieu, in their letter to the inspector general, said the allegations were supported by an analysis of Pruitt's public calendars. President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after announcing his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at ... (more...)
Shehbaz rejects court verdict against Nawaz Sharif
- July 06, 2018
Nawaz Sharif , former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) gestures during a news conference in Islamabad , Pakistan May 10, 2018. Sharif, who was ousted as prime minister previous year for corruption, was also fined $8m by the National Accountability Bureau court. After the coup, he was convicted of corruption and given a life sentence for hijacking over an incident when he ordered Musharraf's plane not to land in Islamabad . (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Nawaz Sharif , former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) gestures during a news conference in Islamabad , Pakistan May 10, 2018. Sharif, who was ousted as prime minister previous year for corruption, was also fined $8m by the National Accountability Bureau court. After the coup, he was convicted of corruption and given a life sentence for hijacking over an incident when he ordered Musharraf's plane not to land in Islamabad . (more...)
Trump holds rally in Montana
- July 06, 2018
When fake news said, 'Why isn't he getting a physical?' Jackson gave me a physical, and when they said I'm very healthy the news was devastating. I apologize to you. He adds that journalists questioning his readiness "don't say that". After Jackson withdrew his name from consideration, Trump and his aides accused Tester of pushing false allegations, even saying he should no longer be a senator. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
When fake news said, 'Why isn't he getting a physical?' Jackson gave me a physical, and when they said I'm very healthy the news was devastating. I apologize to you. He adds that journalists questioning his readiness "don't say that". After Jackson withdrew his name from consideration, Trump and his aides accused Tester of pushing false allegations, even saying he should no longer be a senator. (more...)
Poland's top judge shows up to work in defiance of new law
- July 06, 2018
She called the new law a "purge" of justices, which could see the ruling Law and Justice Party seize control of the high court . The 27 judges affected by the new law could submit an application to Poland's President - an ally of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party - to extend their mandate. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
She called the new law a "purge" of justices, which could see the ruling Law and Justice Party seize control of the high court . The 27 judges affected by the new law could submit an application to Poland's President - an ally of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party - to extend their mandate. (more...)
Donald Trump will focus on Russia’s ‘malign’ activity at summits
- July 06, 2018
Trump will enter the July 16 meeting in Helsinki with "eyes wide open" to assess whether Putin wants to improve relations, Ambassador Jon Huntsman said Thursday on a conference call with reporters. But the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit is likely to be dominated by Trump's insistence that member nations step up and pay more for their joint defense. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
Trump will enter the July 16 meeting in Helsinki with "eyes wide open" to assess whether Putin wants to improve relations, Ambassador Jon Huntsman said Thursday on a conference call with reporters. But the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit is likely to be dominated by Trump's insistence that member nations step up and pay more for their joint defense. (more...)
Iran ready to investigate into plot of terrorist attack in France
- July 06, 2018
It remains unclear whether the latest thwarted terrorist attack was aimed at any one person or the conference attendees generally. "It is incorrect and unwise to imagine that some day all producer countries will be able to export their surplus oil and Iran will not be able to export its oil", he said. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
It remains unclear whether the latest thwarted terrorist attack was aimed at any one person or the conference attendees generally. "It is incorrect and unwise to imagine that some day all producer countries will be able to export their surplus oil and Iran will not be able to export its oil", he said. (more...)
Shots fired: U.S.-China trade war begins
- July 06, 2018
THE FIRST ROUND of US tariffs on China takes effect Friday: Will July 6, 2018, turn out to be a date that lives in economic infamy, like June 17, 1930, the day President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act? The tariffs target "industrially significant technologies" according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, many of those related to China's " Made in China 2025 " industrial policy. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
THE FIRST ROUND of US tariffs on China takes effect Friday: Will July 6, 2018, turn out to be a date that lives in economic infamy, like June 17, 1930, the day President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act? The tariffs target "industrially significant technologies" according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, many of those related to China's " Made in China 2025 " industrial policy. (more...)
Desperate search for almost 50 Chinese tourists after boat overturns off Thailand
- July 06, 2018
The governor of Phuket said strong winds were hampering the search, which began Thursday when the boat-carrying mostly Chinese tourists-was caught in a sudden storm around 4 p.m. Ambulances could be seen waiting for various people to be rescued. Governor Noraphat said Phuket officials had issued a weather warning on Wednesday alerting the public about impending storms. (more...)
- July 06, 2018
The governor of Phuket said strong winds were hampering the search, which began Thursday when the boat-carrying mostly Chinese tourists-was caught in a sudden storm around 4 p.m. Ambulances could be seen waiting for various people to be rescued. Governor Noraphat said Phuket officials had issued a weather warning on Wednesday alerting the public about impending storms. (more...)
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