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Israeli’s flight attendant dies of measles caught from New York flight
A flight attendant of Israeli flag carrier El Al has died, about five months after contracting measles during a flight from the U.S. city of New York. The attendant, Rotem Amitai, a…
Teenager jailed for making UK police websites crash, barred from computers
A teenager, Liam Reece Watts has been sentenced to 16 months in a Young Offenders’ Institution for causing the public websites of Greater Manchester Police, Cheshire Police and…
Trump administration moves to deny green cards, path to citizenship for poor immigrants
Immigrants here legally who use public benefits — such as Medicaid, food stamps or housing assistance — could have a tougher time obtaining a green card under a policy change announced Monday that is at the center of…
Terrorists kill two soldiers, two-year-old girl
Two soldiers and a two-year-old girl were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the southern Philippines as the country marked the feast of Eid al-Adha, the military said on Tuesday.The soldiers were…
Britons hoard goods worth 4bn pounds amid no-deal Brexit fears
British people have hoarded goods worth four billion pounds (about 4.8 billion dollars) amid fears of a no-deal Brexit, according to a report released on Monday.Almost one in five respondents to a survey of 1,052…
After ICE arrested her dad this 11 year-old girl seeks to melt Trump’s heart
CNN has published a heart-breaking video of an 11-year-old girl, sobbing and begging America’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement to free her parents. The plea came after ICE on…
Shooting scare: More Americans are fleeing US
Eleanor Pelta has secured Polish passports for herself and her two sons. Stephanie Schwab is planning an escape route via Spain. Elie Jacobs has begun to keep enough cash on hand to buy…
FBI steps into Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
US Attorney General William Barr on Saturday decried the death of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody while he awaited charges on sex trafficking, saying the apparent…
US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide
Disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, facing a charge of sex trafficking of minors in New York has committed suicide. Reports quoting law enforcement officers said the 66 year-old…
England, Wales suffer power outage, train services disrupted
Nearly one million people were affected by a major power outage for several hours across areas of England and Wales on Friday, including parts of London, causing rush-hour transportation…
China hits American farmers in the jugular, many lament
China’s announcement this week that it will cease importing agricultural products from the United States has sent shock waves through America’s battered farming sector, UPI has reported.…
Stop hate speech, UN commission tells U.S
Top United Nations human rights experts have called on the U.S. to “take swift and decisive action” to quell hate speech and racist language and recognise their connection to…
US ICE arrests nearly 700 illegal immigrants in Mississippi raids
US immigration officials have arrested almost 700 people after a series of raids in the state of Mississippi.The co-ordinated operations targeted workers at seven agricultural processing plants who allegedly did not…
Protesters denounce Trump in Dayton
President Donald Trump consoled victims of a mass shooting in Ohio on Wednesday but protesters and opponents denounced what they say is his extremist rhetoric on race and…
$2.5 million carted away from Mexico’s mint in daylight robbery
Robbers made off with an estimated $2.5 million from a mint in Mexico City Tuesday, after the vault was reportedly left open. Police are searching for the perpetrators of the theft, which took…
4 killed in third shooting in America
Georgia authorities are investigating a triple homicide in the Atlanta area late Tuesday that ended with the gunman killing himself, making a total of four deaths. DeKalb Police Sgt.…
Pandemonium in New York as motorcycle’s backfiring mistaken for shooter
New Yorkers and visitors around Times Square ran helter-skelter on Tuesday night as the sound of a backfiring motorcycle was mistaken for multiple gunshots from a shooter. People…
Outrage in America as white policemen tie handcuffed blackman to horses
Just days after the racism inspired shooting in El-Paso, two white policemen in Galveston, Texas, have triggered outrage after a shocking picture surfaced of a handcuffed black man being…
Trump banned from El-Paso
Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso told US President Donald Trump Tuesday to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric as he struggles to unite the country in the wake of…
China rejects currency manipulator label
China has outrightly rejected a U.S. decision to label it a currency manipulator, its central bank said on Tuesday. It added that Beijing has not used and will not use the yuan to…
Hong Kong protests pushing city to ‘very dangerous situation’ – Leader
Hong Kong’s embattled pro-Beijing leader on Monday accused pro-democracy protesters of trying to “destroy” the city in a dramatic escalation of rhetoric as the financial hub is…
Carl Lewis slams Trump
Olympic athletics legend Carl Lewis, attending the Pan American Games at the invitation of Lima organisers, took the opportunity to slam US President Donald Trump on Monday. “We have…
Read Obama’s undisguised rebuke of Trump
Former US President Barack Obama on Monday called for action in response to back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend and urged Americans to “soundly reject”…
We’ll develop new nuclear weapons if you do – Putin threatens Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that Moscow would start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the United States started doing the same…