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Floods in Kerala, India leave 324 dead during 'worst monsoon in century'
A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel from Mangalagiri also left for Kerala by a special aircraft, State Disaster Management Authority Commissioner M V Seshagiri Babu said. Indian volunteers from the Haridwar Mitra Mandal Charitable Trust load water aid to be shipped to flood-hit Kerala, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Over four lakh people are housed in 3026 relief camps across ... [Full Article...]
ICE Detained A Man Driving Pregnant Wife To Hospital
Venegas said she and her husband came to the U.S. 12 years ago from the city of Leon in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato. ICE confirmed in a statement Saturday that agents detained Arrona on Thursday and said he remained in custody pending removal proceedings. [Full Article...]
'Truth isn't truth': Giuliani trumps 'alternative facts' with new Orwellian outburst
Mr Giuliani said: " Truth isn't truth ". Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani says the " truth isn't truth " while showing his concerns over the USA president's interview with special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election. [Full Article...]
United States of America is punished by sanctions Russian company
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading and its referred subsidiary worked together to facilitate illegal remittances to the PDRK through the use of false documents. "... China's position on opposing countries enacting unilateral sanctions on other countries and "long-armed jurisdiction" is consistent and clear," it added, without elaborating. [Full Article...]
Manafort Judge Reveals He's Been Threatened During Trial
A spokeswoman for the US Marshals Service did not immediately comment. The jury in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sent home for the weekend after concluding a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. [Full Article...]
Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage
Hajj, which means pilgrimage in Arabic, is a huge and significant event for Muslims across the world. On Monday, pilgrims will climb nearby Mount Arafat for the climax of the hajj, praying and reading the Quran. Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from performing this year's Hajj pilgrimage amid a year-long boycott of Doha by a Saudi-led bloc of four Arab nations. [Full Article...]
Trump lashes out at Russian Federation probe as 'McCarthyism'
Mueller III that spanned 30 hours. In at least three voluntary interviews with investigators that totaled 30 hours over the past nine months, Mr. McGahn described the president's furor toward the Russian Federation investigation and the ways in which he urged Mr. [Full Article...]
Trump’s Big Military Parade Will Reportedly Cost Way, Way Than Previously Expected
Soon after the President tweeted , Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser claimed she "got thru" to Trump about costs for the parade, which at one point was calculated to run about $ 12 million but more recent estimates said could run as high as $92 million by the time Trump canceled the event. [Full Article...]
Saudi Arabia pledges $100 mln to rebuild Syria’s northeast
Speaking to reporters at a press conference Friday at the State Department, Brett McGurk, U.S special presidential envoy for the anti-IS coalition, said the stabilization funding was used to help residents return to areas recaptured from IS. [Full Article...]
Rescuers help people in flooded Kerala
The Chief Minister said as per the initial assessment, the total loss was pegged at Rs 19,512 crore. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the intensity of rainfall in the state would reduce in the next two to three days. All help is being provided to the State Government to deal with the adverse situation. It is a situation where we can't even retrieve people's bodies from the sand. [Full Article...]
Fiji natural disaster: 8.2 quake triggers tsunami fears in Pacific 'Ring of Fire'
The quake which struck in the past hour, is not expected to trigger a tsunami as it is too deep. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at a depth of 348 miles and was located 174 miles northeast of Fiji's Ndoi Island. The director of Fiji's Mineral Resources Department, which runs the country's seismology unit, told Reuters on Sunday the natural disaster was widely felt, but there were n... [Full Article...]
Omarosa may have as many as 200 White House recordings
The aim of the book, it seems, has beento expose the mayhem of Trump's presidency - to point the finger at the gaping holes in his leadership style and his relationships with those around him. She then leveled a personal charge at Manigault Newman: "Woman to woman, I shared a connection with Omarosa as a friend and a campaign sister, and I am absolutely shocked and saddened by her betrayal and... [Full Article...]
Kofi Annan, former United Nations secretary-general, dies at age 80
Born in Ghana, Annan was a career diplomat at the United Nations, and the first secretary-general to be hired from within the organization's ranks. British Prime Minister, Theresa May, also tweeted , "Sad to hear of the death of Kofi Annan ". [Full Article...]
Vladimir Putin dances with Austria's pro-Moscow foreign minister at her wedding
Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West's stance against Moscow. The United States and some European countries have criticized the pipeline, saying it could increase Europe's energy dependence on Russian Federation, harm Ukraine - n... [Full Article...]
Colorado family struggled with debt before the killing
Then I met you!" she continued. You Work so hard everyday to provide for us. Today I celebrate you! Denver 7 said the corpse of his wife, 34-year-old Shanann, who was 15-weeks pregnant with a baby boy, was found at the field several hours before. [Full Article...]
Italy holds state funeral for victims of bridge disaster
Anger is mounting over the tragedy and the structural problems that have dogged the decades-old Morandi bridge, which buckled without warning on Tuesday, sending about 35 cars and several trucks plunging 45 metres onto railway tracks below along with huge chunks of concrete. [Full Article...]
Trump Expects to Revoke DOJ Official's Security Clearance
Trump added that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is also "highly conflicted". "I don't know McRaven", Trump said. FILE PHOTO: Former CIA director John Brennan testifies before the House Intelligence Committee to take questions on "Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign" on Capitol Hill in Washington , U.S., May 23, 2017. [Full Article...]
B.C. declares state of emergency over wildfires
The fire danger rating was listed as high or extreme for much of British Columbia on Wednesday. During the 2017 wildfire season, B.C. was in a provincial state of emergency for 10 weeks, from July 7 to September 15. Nearly 20,000 people were impacted by the fires and evacuation orders, according to Global News. "It's across the entire province unlike past year where it was concentrated", he ex... [Full Article...]
Pakistan condoles death of ex-Indian PM Vajpayee
Scores of people gathered at Smriti Sthal to pay their respects to the tall leader, who was cremated with full state honours. Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had a soft spot for " doodh ki barfi " from a sweet shop located in Old Lucknow . [Full Article...]
Turkish lira volatile as United States warns of further sanctions
The Turkish lira has lost almost 40 percent of its value against the dollar this year. "We have put sanctions on several of their cabinet members", Mnuchin told President Donald Trump in a cabinet meeting attended by the press. The Trump administration said it would use a section of U.S. law that allows for tariffs on national security grounds to impose the increased duties. [Full Article...]