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Governor quits in wake of deadly Kemerovo fire in Russian Federation
President Vladimir Putin - who visited Kemerovo in the wake of the fire - blamed " criminal negligence " for the blaze. Officials have said that multiple safety rules were violated, the fire alarm system was not working and staff did not follow correct emergency procedures. [Full Article...]
USA immigration judges told to process 700 cases a year
USA immigration judges have been told that their job performance will be evaluated based on how quickly they are able to close cases. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has promised to stiffen immigration enforcement partly by moving more aggressively to clear a backlog of more than 600,000 cases pending before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), the federal court system that adjudica... [Full Article...]
German prosecutors seek to extradite ex-Catalan leader
If the court agrees to the request, prosecutors would still need to issue an order signing off on Puigdemont's extradition. Prosecutors also argued that it was reasonable for Puigdemont to be brought up on charges of misuse of public funds since the Catalonia independence referendum cost more than a million and a half euros. [Full Article...]
DOJ authorized Mueller to investigate allegations Manafort colluded with Russian Federation
He said Mueller, who was assigned to investigate potential coordination between Russian Federation and the Trump campaign, overstepped his bounds by charging him for conduct that occurred years before the 2016 election. That person is believed to be Manafort employee Konstantin Kilimnik, though he denies and links to Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, which is believed to be behind the hac... [Full Article...]
Cheney boys tennis starts season with win over Lakeside
The Mustangs started the inning's action with a single by DeChaine and a double by Genoways to set up a two-run single by Kasperbauer. Lydia Andlinger and Caitlin Meade outlasted Alyssa Campbell and Carly Laughery, 8-4 at the No. That proved to be the nail in the coffin for Sullivan, as the Bulldogs went on to win by the same score after Braunecker came back out and pitched a scoreless top of ... [Full Article...]
Shahid Afridi insults India, tweets about Kashmir
Unfortunately, the phrase in his tweet did not go down with many, especially Indians. Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self determination & independence. It is worth noting that the civilians have been attacking the army officers too. It is not the first time that Afridi has publicly spoken about the Kashmir issue. [Full Article...]
Israel flip-flops on transfer of African migrants to western countries
The Supreme Court had frozen the deportations in mid-March after a petition filed by opponents, and had been waiting for the government to respond to the petition. In return, Israel would grant temporary residency to one migrant for each one resettled elsewhere. The UNHCR said it would "facilitate the departure to third countries to be determined of some 16,000 Eritreans and Sudanese under... [Full Article...]
French rail unions take on Macron with mass rolling strikes
Strikes are planned to continue two days a week for three months until June 28 as unions plan to push against Macron's changes to France's vast train system. Macron plans to deny future train workers the job security, early retirement and special pensions of existing workers while opening SNCF, the indebted national railroad, train lines up to competition. [Full Article...]
Russia accuses Britain of 'fake news and lies' over poisoning of spy
Also on April 2, the Russian envoy to the OPCW said in televised remarks that the organization's investigation must include the participation of Russian experts and that Moscow wouldn't accept the agency's conclusions without their involvement. [Full Article...]
Legal defense fund for McCabe has raised more than $500000
I made the decision to run for office because I was trying to help people. The wife of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe called out the President for his public attacks, centered on her 2015 run for the state Senate in Virginia, in a Washington Post op-ed . [Full Article...]
Teen who fell into sewage pipe rescued after frantic search
Rescuers had dropped floating cameras into the drainage system in an effort to find the teenager and handed him a mobile phone to call his parents before pulling him to safety. "The first thing they heard was 'Help!'" said Adel Hagekhalil, assistant general manager of the sanitation department. Cameras used to inspect pipes for fix were used to float at the top of the pipe and crawl along the bo... [Full Article...]
SC/ST protests: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh asks forces to be alert
An official spokesperson of the Punjab government in Chandigarh said the public transport services across the state has been suspended in view of the bandh call. Noting that the Centre had already announced its decision to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict, Amarinder said the SC/ST community should defer its protest till the final decision on the petition comes. [Full Article...]
Four Christians among nine killed in Quetta attacks
Pakistans National Commission for Human Rights last month released a report which said 509 Hazaras were killed and 627 injured in various incidents of terrorism in Quetta during the last five years. In December, a week before Christmas, two suicide bombers stormed a packed Christian church in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and wounding up to 56, in an attack claimed by the Islam... [Full Article...]
King's final trip supported striking sanitation workers
Nickleberry said. "But at first we had to tote tubs on our heads and go to people's backyards and stuff run all down my head, down my back and I couldn't go home. Eighteen-year-old Benjamin Rutledge said Dr. King "changed a lot of our viewpoints here in America". Those who are still fighting for that Dream, those who bend the knee at the national anthem, and those who march under the banner of #Bl... [Full Article...]
Israel to send more than 16000 African migrants to Western countries
Israel on Monday suspended a deal with the United Nations to send some 16,000 African asylum seekers to Western countries, mere hours after it had announced the agreement. Critics at home and in the Jewish community overseas called that proposed response unethical and a stain on Israel's image as a refuge for Jewish migrants. [Full Article...]
US Supreme Court deals 'terrible blow' to families suing Palestinians for terror
Those rules already thumb the scale in officers' favor in criminal court , where the only thing rarer than criminal charges against a cop for shooting someone are convictions for such actions. In dissent, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the victim did not threaten the police or a friend who was standing nearby. The relevant facts, she said, is that Hughes stood stat... [Full Article...]
US Adds LeT's Political Front, Milli Muslim League, To Terrorist List
By changing guises, the LeT has attempted to fool the people of Pakistan as well as the global fraternity, the USA said , stressing that it hopes it was clear that no matter what mask the banned terrorist organisation considers wearing, it would remain labelled as a terrorist group. [Full Article...]
Authorities investigate California cliff plunge as a felony
The family had been living in OR until a year ago when they moved to Woodland, Wash. An SUV carrying a large, free-spirited family from Washington state accelerated straight off a scenic California cliff and authorities said Sunday night the deadly wreck may have been intentional . [Full Article...]
Parkland student: Clear backpack 'almost as transparent' as NRA agenda
Students at Stoneman Douglas High have returned to class for the final quarter of their schooling year, to find a raft of baffling "security" measures implemented at the school, all of which have been implemented in a bid to prevent another mass shooting from happening. [Full Article...]
Sexual Assault Center celebrates advocates, looks for more volunteers
There is something so disturbing about listening to a man who bragged about getting away with sexual assault celebrate National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month . Deanna Reder, a community advocate of "Heart for the People", said an American is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. According to Erika Mollinedo-Piñon, a senior majoring in cinema and media studies and narrative stud... [Full Article...]