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Air Transat evacuates all of its travelers to the dominican Republic
These devices will allow the repatriation of more than 1800 passengers. The airline has also sent extra flights to areas in immediate danger, including Antigua and Providenciales, to bring customers home early. Martin, according to the French authorities. While the powerful hurricane Irma category 5 ripped through the Caribbean, the carrier Air Transat has launched on Wednesday a major oper... [Full Article...]
Antonio Tajani: EU must keep the door open for Turkey
In a sharp escalation of an already tense diplomatic spat between two North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies with long-standing links, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said she would ask the European Union to terminate Turkey's accession talks. [Full Article...]
USA seeks Kim Jong-un assets freeze
The proposal was rejected by the US and South Korea. The draft resolution takes aim directly at North Korea's leadership, proposing a freeze on Kim's assets as well as those of the ruling Worker's Party of Korea and the government. Pyongyang will introduce strong countermeasures against Washington's attempts to exert pressure, North Korea's Minister of External Economic Relations and head of... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump likes it when Ivanka calls him 'daddy'
And we embrace this new model: "the American model". Not content with commenting on Brigitte Macron's appearance in front of her husband or leering over female reporters , the President of the United States has chosen his next target: his eldest daughter, Ivanka. [Full Article...]
Vladimir Putin: North Korea sanctions are 'useless' and 'ineffective'
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told an emergency Security Council meeting on Monday that Pyongyang was "begging for war". North Korea said it tested an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile on Sunday, prompting global condemnation and a USA warning of a "massive" military response if it or its allies were threatened. [Full Article...]
New storm forms, may turn hurricane by Friday
Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and the NHC's projections showed the hurricane hitting the oil-rich state of Veracruz around the end of the week. As people in the Caribbean witness the near complete demolishment of their islands with Hurricane Irma, two more hurricanes gathering strength in the Atlantic. [Full Article...]
How Analysts Feel About Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC)?
United Kingdom-based Mondrian has invested 2.07% in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC). The Rmb Capital Management Llc holds 10,771 shares with $594,000 value, down from 1.05M last quarter. Banque Pictet & Cie accumulated 1.33% or 939,150 shares. Lee Danner And Bass Inc holds 0.55% or 84,272 shares. Duquesne Family Office Lc holds 5.16% of its portfolio in Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) for 960,400 shares. [Full Article...]
Russian President threatens to further cut number of US diplomats
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to press Putin for his support over the North Korea's provocation, when the two leaders hold talks in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Thursday. Diplomats have said the Security Council could consider banning North Korean textile exports, barring its airline and stopping supplies of oil to the government and military. [Full Article...]
Dennis Rodman Offers To Fix Trump's Nuclear Conflict With North Korea
He said he's hopeful, however, that President Trump and his powerful pal can have a peaceful chat. I've got to hope", he said, adding "I don't love him. But Kim was persistent even after the United Nations agreed to its strictest sanctions yet on North Korea, maintaining his nuclear weapons program was necessary to deter a US invasion. [Full Article...]
To Buy Or Sell Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) On Latest Analyst Consensus
The short ratio in the company's stock is documented at 5.33 and the short float is around of 11.27%. Summit Securities Group Llc acquired 12,541 shares as Mattel Inc (MAT)'s stock declined 15.13%. Finally, BidaskClub downgraded shares of Mattel from a "sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Friday, August 11th. Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis... [Full Article...]
Hurricane Irma leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean
Power was knocked out on Saint Martin , Saint Barthelemy and in parts of the USA territory of Puerto Rico . Daniel Gibbs, chairman of a local council on Saint Martin , told Radio Caribbean International that 95 percent of the island is destroyed. [Full Article...]
Wildfires Could Affect Game Time vs Nebraska
The Pac-12 is monitoring the air quality in Eugene and Corvallis, Oregon ahead of the Ducks and Beavers home games Saturday against Nebraska (4:30 p.m. The smoky skies have already postponed sporting events in OR with Game 1 of Eugene Emerald's first-round playoff series in minor-league baseball's Northwest League to be postponed over hazardous air quality conditions. [Full Article...]
Trump Pledges To Personally Give $1 Million Toward Harvey Efforts
Sanders told reporters that Trump had asked her to check with "the folks in this room since you are very good with research" about where he should make the donation for people in Texas and Louisiana. "Tentatively, he plans to be in the Houston area of Texas and possibly Lake Charles, Louisiana, but again, depending on conditions, that may change a little bit", Sanders said . [Full Article...]
Iowa, Nebraska graduates' ACT scores top national average, but minorities still lag
Each of those sections is scored between 1 and 36. Iowa and Nebraska high school graduates edged out the nation for another year on the ACT exam. The ACT is the most popular college entrance exam in Minnesota. Like all standardized exams, the ACT showcases the differentials in performance between students with key advantages such as family income and education and those without them. [Full Article...]
Bannon: Cohn Should've Resigned If He Disagreed With Trump C'Ville Response
Bannon singles out Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn: "If you don't like what he's doing and you don't agree with it, you have an obligation to resign". "I was the only guy that said, 'He's talking about something, taking it up to a higher level.' Where does it all go?" Rose asked if Bannon was referring to a specific White House official. [Full Article...]
Bihar: Journalist shot by two men on motorcycle
Mishra has been referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital from the Arwal district hospital in a critical condition. Arwal Superintendent of Police Dilip Kumar Mishra said two gunmen waylaid Pankaj Mishra of " Rashtriya Sahara " newspaper at a place of Banshi block when he was returning after withdrawing Rs 1 lakh from bank. [Full Article...]
1 civilian dies, many injured in Kashmir grenade attack
A day earlier, five CRPF soldiers were injured when militants threw a grenade at them on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, according to The Statesman . The Traffic police personnel was shifted to Police Hospital, Srinagar for treatment. The blast created panic in the area with people running for lives. In a failed attempt on Wednesday, a group of terrorists attacked a police post in the Shopian d... [Full Article...]
Louisiana feeling force of Tropical Storm Harvey
Brad Penisson of the fire-rescue department in Beaumont. Rivers and reservoirs in Texas and Louisiana remained at or near flood level, with officials warning that high water would remain a danger in the region for the next few days. Even so, Houston mandated the evacuation of thousands of people on the western side of town on Sunday to accommodate the release of water from two reservoirs tha... [Full Article...]
Abu Sayyaf terrorists killed in Thursday morning clash
It was not clear whether the two were alone inside the van or were being driven, but no one was reported arrested. Sobejana said the continuous intensified offensives of the military against the bandits in Sulu has added pressure to the Abu Sayyaf to release their captives sans ransom payment. [Full Article...]
Putin condemns North Korea's 'provocative' nuclear test
But we will not be putting up with what's happening in North Korea. "China will never allow chaos and war on the [Korean] Peninsula", said Liu Jieyi, the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations. We ask North Korea to stop actions that violate its global obligations and put in danger the efforts of non-proliferation and disarmament, the official pointed out in an emergency meeting of the Securit... [Full Article...]