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Lula da Silva accepts to be presidential candidate despite prison sentence
- January 26, 2018
Da Silva, president from 2003 to 2010, has been leading in polls, often describes his legal troubles as an elitist plot to get him out of the race. However, da Silva has several avenues to appeal and is expected to do so. Two of three judges on the case agreed with a lower court's decision previous year that Lula had taken millions in bribes from a large construction firm in exchange for it winning government contracts. (more...)
- January 26, 2018
Da Silva, president from 2003 to 2010, has been leading in polls, often describes his legal troubles as an elitist plot to get him out of the race. However, da Silva has several avenues to appeal and is expected to do so. Two of three judges on the case agreed with a lower court's decision previous year that Lula had taken millions in bribes from a large construction firm in exchange for it winning government contracts. (more...)
Guggenheim offers Trump a gold toilet for White House
- January 26, 2018
The gold commode was available "should the President and First Lady have any interest in installing it in the White House", curator Nancy Spector wrote in an email response to the White House, obtained by The Post . Cattelan, who lives in NY, could not be reached Thursday afternoon but told the Washington Post that his offer to the Trumps is "a very delicate subject". (more...)
- January 26, 2018
The gold commode was available "should the President and First Lady have any interest in installing it in the White House", curator Nancy Spector wrote in an email response to the White House, obtained by The Post . Cattelan, who lives in NY, could not be reached Thursday afternoon but told the Washington Post that his offer to the Trumps is "a very delicate subject". (more...)
United Nations alarmed at summary executions in Libya
- January 26, 2018
The UN demand on Wednesday came after images surfaced online showing al-Werfalli carrying out field executions of 10 people at the site of a terrorist attack in Benghazi on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Condemning the double bombing in the Libyan city of Benghazi, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored that there can be no military solution to the crisis plaguing the country. (more...)
- January 26, 2018
The UN demand on Wednesday came after images surfaced online showing al-Werfalli carrying out field executions of 10 people at the site of a terrorist attack in Benghazi on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Condemning the double bombing in the Libyan city of Benghazi, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored that there can be no military solution to the crisis plaguing the country. (more...)
British bookmakers dismiss speculation over £2 FOBT stake limit
- January 25, 2018
A consultation on the matter is due to conclude on Tuesday. The new Culture Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured outside No10 earlier this week) is said to have come down in favour of the decision after deciding the machines are a "social blight". (more...)
- January 25, 2018
A consultation on the matter is due to conclude on Tuesday. The new Culture Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured outside No10 earlier this week) is said to have come down in favour of the decision after deciding the machines are a "social blight". (more...)
It's a wrap up for Ranbir-starrer Sanjay Dutt biopic
- January 25, 2018
Rajkumar Hirani has been busy with the shoot of the biopic on his frequent collaborator and close friend Sanjay Dutt. Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor's Dutt biopic has been the talk of the town since a long time. Prior to this, director Rajkumar Hirani shared a video, where the whole cast says, "Dutt's the way aha, aha, I like it". Presented by Fox Star Studios, the yet untitled Dutt biopic is co-produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Hirani and is slated to release on June 29. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
Rajkumar Hirani has been busy with the shoot of the biopic on his frequent collaborator and close friend Sanjay Dutt. Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor's Dutt biopic has been the talk of the town since a long time. Prior to this, director Rajkumar Hirani shared a video, where the whole cast says, "Dutt's the way aha, aha, I like it". Presented by Fox Star Studios, the yet untitled Dutt biopic is co-produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Hirani and is slated to release on June 29. (more...)
Larry Nassar In Letter: 'Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned'
- January 25, 2018
The 15-year-old Miller, one of Nassar's youngest victims - and possibly his most recent - declared: "I'm possibly the last child he will ever assault". Throughout the hearing, Aquilina consoled the women and offered words of support. After the sentencing, MSU, USAG and USOC released statements condemning Nassar's actions and pledging internal investigations. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
The 15-year-old Miller, one of Nassar's youngest victims - and possibly his most recent - declared: "I'm possibly the last child he will ever assault". Throughout the hearing, Aquilina consoled the women and offered words of support. After the sentencing, MSU, USAG and USOC released statements condemning Nassar's actions and pledging internal investigations. (more...)
Must Watch these Stocks Earnings: FMC Corp. (FMC), Campbell Soup Company (CPB)
- January 25, 2018
On Monday, September 19 the stock rating was downgraded by Argus Research to "Hold". Oppenheimer has "Buy" rating and $3600 target. RBC Capital Markets has "Sector Perform" rating and $60 target. Cantab Ptnrs Llp stated it has 0.17% of its portfolio in Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB). Exchange Capital Mgmt invested in 0.02% or 1,270 shares. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
On Monday, September 19 the stock rating was downgraded by Argus Research to "Hold". Oppenheimer has "Buy" rating and $3600 target. RBC Capital Markets has "Sector Perform" rating and $60 target. Cantab Ptnrs Llp stated it has 0.17% of its portfolio in Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB). Exchange Capital Mgmt invested in 0.02% or 1,270 shares. (more...)
Henry Bolton refuses to resign as Ukip leader despite resignations
- January 25, 2018
But he was later spotted with her in a London restaurant, raising doubts as to whether the pair's relationship really was over. "Ms Marney, with whom he was pictured on a train after breaking up, tweeted Mr Bolton with a thumbs up emoji and the message "#FlushTheBog". (more...)
- January 25, 2018
But he was later spotted with her in a London restaurant, raising doubts as to whether the pair's relationship really was over. "Ms Marney, with whom he was pictured on a train after breaking up, tweeted Mr Bolton with a thumbs up emoji and the message "#FlushTheBog". (more...)
Trump team talks taxes, trade, the dollar in Davos
- January 25, 2018
His attendance is seen as entering something of a lion's den which will see him rubbing shoulders with the same "globalists" that he campaigned against. On Thursday, President Trump is due to arrive alongside 10 members of the USA cabinet as well as senior White House staff. Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel wants the European Union and post-Brexit Britain to have a "close relationship", she told world leaders today at the World Economic Forum in Davos . (more...)
- January 25, 2018
His attendance is seen as entering something of a lion's den which will see him rubbing shoulders with the same "globalists" that he campaigned against. On Thursday, President Trump is due to arrive alongside 10 members of the USA cabinet as well as senior White House staff. Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel wants the European Union and post-Brexit Britain to have a "close relationship", she told world leaders today at the World Economic Forum in Davos . (more...)
Piers Morgan lands first global TV interview with Donald Trump
- January 25, 2018
The former CNN host is set to chat with the President for an interview that will screen on British network ITV Sunday. The pair have been friends since Mr Morgan won the 2008 celebrity version of The Apprentice in the US. I consider him a good friend, and loyal to me'. "I have known him through ten years, and saw from " The Apprentice " he can be charming, funny, smart and his judgment is spot on", Morgan said at the time. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
The former CNN host is set to chat with the President for an interview that will screen on British network ITV Sunday. The pair have been friends since Mr Morgan won the 2008 celebrity version of The Apprentice in the US. I consider him a good friend, and loyal to me'. "I have known him through ten years, and saw from " The Apprentice " he can be charming, funny, smart and his judgment is spot on", Morgan said at the time. (more...)
"Shameful" rise in homelessness across England for seventh consecutive year
- January 25, 2018
The figures, based on snapshot street counts and paper estimates by local authorities, show that London, where figures rose by 18%, remains the centre of rough sleeping, accounting for almost a quarter of all rough sleepers. This is on top of an additional 9,000 homeless people sleeping in tents, cars, trains and buses. More people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade, new figures suggest. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
The figures, based on snapshot street counts and paper estimates by local authorities, show that London, where figures rose by 18%, remains the centre of rough sleeping, accounting for almost a quarter of all rough sleepers. This is on top of an additional 9,000 homeless people sleeping in tents, cars, trains and buses. More people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade, new figures suggest. (more...)
Trump Open To Interview With Mueller
- January 25, 2018
Mueller's probe into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russian government continues to expand and is seemingly zeroing in on the obstruction of justice claim. Trump himself weighed in on Tuesday about the issue. "If any wrongdoing were to be found to have caused this gap, appropriate legal disciplinary action measures will be taken", Sessions said in a statement Monday. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
Mueller's probe into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russian government continues to expand and is seemingly zeroing in on the obstruction of justice claim. Trump himself weighed in on Tuesday about the issue. "If any wrongdoing were to be found to have caused this gap, appropriate legal disciplinary action measures will be taken", Sessions said in a statement Monday. (more...)
Snake Lover Killed by His 8ft Long 'Baby' Pet Python
- January 25, 2018
Coroner Andrew Bradley recently appeared in court to share his findings. A coroner has ruled the death of a British man found lying on his bedroom floor mid-last year the result of "misadventure" with a rock python named Tiny. She said Brandon had been caring for snakes since he was 15, and that he had Tiny since she was a baby. Bradley said that the snake then hid may be "because of the shock of him falling or because of his reaction". (more...)
- January 25, 2018
Coroner Andrew Bradley recently appeared in court to share his findings. A coroner has ruled the death of a British man found lying on his bedroom floor mid-last year the result of "misadventure" with a rock python named Tiny. She said Brandon had been caring for snakes since he was 15, and that he had Tiny since she was a baby. Bradley said that the snake then hid may be "because of the shock of him falling or because of his reaction". (more...)
Zainab case to be decided within seven days
- January 25, 2018
The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned television anchor Shahid Masood to provide clarity on revelations he made during a late night show regarding the suspect in the rape and murder case of six-year-old Zainab Amin and other children in Kasur. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned television anchor Shahid Masood to provide clarity on revelations he made during a late night show regarding the suspect in the rape and murder case of six-year-old Zainab Amin and other children in Kasur. (more...)
Juror in aide's corruption trial might run into Cuomo at work
- January 25, 2018
The prosecution says Competitive Power Ventures, run by defendant John Galbraith Kelley, gave Percoco's wife Lisa a $90,000-a-year teaching job that required only a few hours of work in exchange for Percoco's help to ease state rules to get a power plant built. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
The prosecution says Competitive Power Ventures, run by defendant John Galbraith Kelley, gave Percoco's wife Lisa a $90,000-a-year teaching job that required only a few hours of work in exchange for Percoco's help to ease state rules to get a power plant built. (more...)
Myanmar pillories USA diplomat for 'personal attack' on Suu Kyi
- January 25, 2018
Almost 690,000 Rohingya have fled the brutal military operation for Bangladesh since last August, bringing with them consistent testimony of murder, rape and arson at the hands of troops and vigilante mobs. Some 300 more families have crossed the border in recent days after several houses were burned down in Buthidaung township, said Chris Lewa from the Arakan Project, a monitoring group that closely tracks Rakhine. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
Almost 690,000 Rohingya have fled the brutal military operation for Bangladesh since last August, bringing with them consistent testimony of murder, rape and arson at the hands of troops and vigilante mobs. Some 300 more families have crossed the border in recent days after several houses were burned down in Buthidaung township, said Chris Lewa from the Arakan Project, a monitoring group that closely tracks Rakhine. (more...)
Merkel faces nightmare in parliament as coalition means AfD becomes biggest opposition
- January 25, 2018
A new report shows Angela Merkel's government has approved a record breaking €25 billion ($30.9 billion) worth of weapons sales since taking power in 2014, angering political rivals as well as the German public. Many blamed the result on Mrs Merkel's 2015 open borders policy, which had allowed almost a million refugees into the country. Mrs Merkel's CDU party had been in a grand coalition with the SPD for eight of the past 12 years. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
A new report shows Angela Merkel's government has approved a record breaking €25 billion ($30.9 billion) worth of weapons sales since taking power in 2014, angering political rivals as well as the German public. Many blamed the result on Mrs Merkel's 2015 open borders policy, which had allowed almost a million refugees into the country. Mrs Merkel's CDU party had been in a grand coalition with the SPD for eight of the past 12 years. (more...)
Boris Johnson is 230-year-old Swiss mummy's direct descendant
- January 25, 2018
She was exhumed in 1975 when the church was renovated. Born in Basel in 1719, Anna Catharina Bischoff married a church minister, and lived most of her adult life in Strasbourg. Tests have revealed that her death was most likely due to mercury poisoning. With a 99.8 per cent probability that the descendants and the mummy were all from the same maternal line, the scientists and historians were confident that the mummy is Anna Catharina Bischoff. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
She was exhumed in 1975 when the church was renovated. Born in Basel in 1719, Anna Catharina Bischoff married a church minister, and lived most of her adult life in Strasbourg. Tests have revealed that her death was most likely due to mercury poisoning. With a 99.8 per cent probability that the descendants and the mummy were all from the same maternal line, the scientists and historians were confident that the mummy is Anna Catharina Bischoff. (more...)
Europe's highest court sides with Facebook in privacy class-action lawsuit
- January 25, 2018
Schrems also attempted to make the consumer suit a collective action, bringing in seven others who live in Austria , Germany and India, whom he has offered to represent pro bono. intelligence, a violation of EU citizens' fundamental right to privacy. Facebook said Schrems stopped being a consumer when he used a page for professional purposes. (more...)
- January 25, 2018
Schrems also attempted to make the consumer suit a collective action, bringing in seven others who live in Austria , Germany and India, whom he has offered to represent pro bono. intelligence, a violation of EU citizens' fundamental right to privacy. Facebook said Schrems stopped being a consumer when he used a page for professional purposes. (more...)
President Trump "Looking Forward" to Interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller
- January 25, 2018
The President's comments came after a report yesterday in The Washington Post said Mr Mueller's questioning would focus on Mr Trump's decisions to oust national security adviser Michael Flynn and Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey . (more...)
- January 25, 2018
The President's comments came after a report yesterday in The Washington Post said Mr Mueller's questioning would focus on Mr Trump's decisions to oust national security adviser Michael Flynn and Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey . (more...)
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