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 (Aug 22 2019) - China Post : New Power Party elects new leader
TAIPEI -- New Power Party (NPP) legislative caucus whip Hsu Yung-ming was elected chairman of the party by its decision-making committee Wednesday. Hsu succeeds Chiu Hsien-chih, who stepped down Aug. 12 to assume responsibility for the departure of NPP Legislator Freddy Lim and over alleged conflict of interest ...
(Aug 21 2019) - Post Register : Lots of feedback on vaccine rules
IDAHO FALLS -- People will have a chance to weigh in on the Dept of Health & Welfare's admin' rules at a public hearing in Idaho Falls on Friday. Judging from the public comment the dept has received so far, immunization requirements & a couple of rules related to medical testing for newborns & CPS could be hot topics.
(Aug 20 2019) - BRICS Post : Credit Agency rates BRICS Bank AAA
JAPAN -- The BRICS New Development Bank was assigned a ‘AAA’ foreign currency long-term issuer rating with a stable outlook by Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd (JCR) on Aug 20. In its press release, JCR stated that NDB’s ‘AAA’ rating is based on its appraisal of the strong support for the Bank’s operations ...
(Aug 18 2019) - Sunday Post : Queen attends Aberdeenshire church
SCOTLAND -- The Queen has attended a church service near her summer residence in Aberdeenshire. She arrived at Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral Castle, on Sunday morning, along with the Earl and Countess of Wessex, who are known as the Earl and Countess of Forfar while in Scotland.
(Aug 17 2019) - Frontier Post : India’s clampdown continues ...
SRINAGAR -- Lockdown continued for a 13th consecutive day in occupied Kashmir to prevent people from holding demonstrations against India after revoking the special status of the Jammu & Kashmir earlier this month. According to Kashmir Media, 100's of people on Friday defied the curfew & took to the streets ...
(Aug 16 2019) - Activist Post : U.S. Military Designing A.I. Missiles ...
U.S.A. -- The U.S. military has long been obsessed with integrating artificial intelligence into weapons of war, and it appears that they are getting closer to the full-scale rollout of these systems. A couple of weeks ago I reported about a new type of facial recognition goggle that would help soldiers identify targets
(Aug 15 2019) - Post & Email : Gregg Jarrett Implicates Obama ...
CALIFORNIA -- On Thursday night’s “Hannity,” Fox News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett told host Sean Hannity that former White House occupant Barack Obama was aware of the FBI and CIA’s counterintelligence probe and surveillance of members of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.
(Aug 14 2019) - Salisbury Post : County assumes ownership of School
SALISBURY -- The Rowan County commissioners have given final approval to a loan to make capital improvements to Rowan-Salisbury Schools facilities & plan to use Erwin Middle School as collateral. The $7.1 million loan through STI Institutional & Gov't Inc. was approved at a July board meeting. It'll be a 10-yr loan.
(Aug 12 2019) - Nottingham Post : New war memorial out of bounds
NOTTINGHAM -- The landmark new war memorial in Nottingham which was opened by royalty at the end of June is currently out of bounds. The Duke of Kent, Prince Edward, formally unveiled the memorial on Victoria Embankment, in the Meadows, which names 13,501 people from Nottinghamshire who died in the First World War.
(Aug 11 2019) - Bangkok Post : Thousands rally in Hong Kong ...
HONG KONG -- Thousands of Hong Kong protesters rallied on Sunday, defying a police ban on marches in the Chinese-controlled territory and continuing a restive weekend of demonstrations which saw police fire teargas overnight. Anti-government protests took place in different locations across the Asian financial hub,
(Aug 10 2019) - Wash Post : Epstein dead after suicide
NEW YORK CITY -- Jeffrey Epstein, the politically connected financier and registered sex offender charged recently with sexually abusing dozens of young girls in the early 2000s, has died by apparent suicide while in jail, and the FBI is investigating, the Bureau of Prisons said Saturday.
(Aug 09 2019) - Conservative Post : The Greatest President Ever
CALIFORNIA -- While many insist that Trump is the WORST president ever, the exact opposite opinion is held by what appears to be a more quiet majority of Americans. Well, one person among that majority isn’t keeping so quiet. Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Jon Voight hasn’t been shy about his support for the president.
(Aug 08 2019) - Christian Post : El Paso churches give blood ...
TEXAS -- Churches in the El Paso area are giving prayers, counseling & blood to help the victims of the recent mass shooting that has so far resulted in 22 deaths. Over the weekend, a shooter entered a Walmart in El Paso & opened fire, killing 20 people & wounding several others in an incident believed to be ...
(Aug 06 2019) - Irish Post : Police officers on horseback ...
GALVESTON -- Two white police officers in Texas have been seen dragging an African-American suspect through the streets by rope while on horseback. The photos, which emerged on Monday, show the officers pulling a handcuffed black man down a wide, empty street, with a rope around his wrists.
(Aug 05 2019) - Frederick Post : S&P 500 plunges in worst loss ...
NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks plunged to their worst loss of the year Monday & investors around the world scrambled to sell on worries about how much President Trump's worsening trade war will damage the global economy. China let its currency, the yuan, drop to its lowest level against the dollar in more than a decade ...
(Aug 04 2019) - South China Morning Post : Hong Kong Protests ...
CHINA -- Hong Kong’s working-class district of Wong Tai Sin was rocked by unprecedented protest violence late on Saturday night, with residents turning on riot police who used tear gas in the streets of the densely packed neighbourhood. The chaos and violence raged on beyond midnight ...
(Aug 03 2019) - Gwinnett Post : What we know about the shooting
EL PASO, TX -- Police responded Saturday to an active shooter at a sprawling shopping complex in El Paso, Texas. The shooting took place at the Walmart, near the Cielo Vista Mall, Sgt. Robert Gomez, an El Paso police spokesman, told reporters. Police began receiving reports of an active shooter around 10 a.m.
(Aug 01 2019) - Activist Post : Mass Surveillance: 1/2 Already In
AMERICA -- The mass surveillance of innocent Americans continues as George Orwell’s 1984 becomes more of a reality with each passing day. “All told, we are barrelling toward a future where every ritual of public life carries implicit consent to be surveilled,” writes Sidney Fussell for The Atlantic.
(Jul 31 2019) - Forney Post : NASA Celebrates 50th Anniversary ...
HOUSTON, TX -- This month, a massive project to restore the historic Apollo Mission Control Center culminated with the room reopening to the public. Be one of the first to visit this National Historic Landmark as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Two years in the making ...
(Jul 30 2019) - Maravi Post : Conjoined Sisters Defeat Prediction
AMSTERDAM -- Twins conjoined at the head who will never be separated are surviving years beyond what doctors predicted. Neev & Nelly Kolestein, from Amsterdam, have been attached by the backs of their heads for 18 years, but have their own brains & bodies. Their mother, who does not want to be identified, was told ...
(Jul 29 2019) - Winona Post : $22M YMCA construction to begin
MINNESOTA -- The Winona Family YMCA’s new building will be even more expensive than last estimated: $22 million in total. Despite that, Y leaders are moving forward with the project; they have raised an extra $4 million already, and CEO Janneke Sobeck said the long-awaited construction project will begin next week.
(Jul 28 2019) - Post Star : NYPD looking for 2 shooters in Brooklyn
NEW YORK -- A community festival was coming to a close when gunfire erupted in a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving one man dead, another person in critical condition & 10 others wounded, authorities said Sunday as they searched for 2 shooters they believe were involved. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said ...
(Jul 27 2019) - Jerusalem Post : Vatican slams Israeli authorities ...
ISRAEL -- 12 Catholic priests were evacuated on Thursday from the Church of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor when a fire raged for 10 hours before it was put out by emergency services. The Custody of the Holy Land, which oversees Vatican-owned Christian sites in Israel, said they appealed to Israeli authorities ...
(Jul 26 2019) - Monroe County Post : 4th & final suspect pleads guilty
BINGHAMTON -- The fourth and final member of the group accused of plotting to attack a Muslim community near Binghamton has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the plot. Nicholas Pheilshifter, who was 16 at the time of his arrest, had his case handled in adolescent court because of his age.
(Jul 25 2019) - Irish Post : Boris Johnson reaffirms plans ...
U.K. -- Boris Johnson has repeated his desire for an ‘Australian-style points system’ for immigration, raising fears of what this could mean for Irish immigration to the UK. The Australian system is notorious for being one of the strictest in the world, and any Irish people looking to immigrate to Oz must ...
(Jul 24 2019) - Orissa Post : Political instability to continue ...
BENGALURU -- Karnataka’s Caretaker Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy Wednesday said political instability would continue in the southern state even after the next government is formed due to uncertainty over its continuation and longevity. “I have told all the senior officials to implement the various schemes ...
(Jul 23 2019) - Denver Post : DOJ announces review of big tech
WASH D.C. -- DOJ announced that it's opening a wide-ranging antitrust review of “market-leading online platforms,” an unprecedented probe of the tech industry that could heighten calls for Amazon, Facebook & Google to be broken up. The new effort aims to explore "widespread concerns that consumers, businesses, and ..."
(Jul 22 2019) - Seattle Post : Council vs. Mayor Durkan on ...
SEATTLE -- Millions of dollars from Seattle's Sweetened Beverage Tax must go to the healthy food access programs touted when the city imposed a steep tax on sugary drinks, the Seattle City Council said in legislation passed Monday on a a 7-1 vote. The bill sets up a showdown with Mayor Jenny Durkan, who ...
(Jul 21 2019) - Pakistan Christian Post : 10-year-old beaten to death
FAISALABAD -- A 10-yr-old Christian child who chose to work in a dangerous scrap factory so he could support his mother who had to fend for a family of 2 boys & a drug-addict husband, was raped & tortured before being killed by his Muslim employers. Mohammad Akram & Irfan, were both arrested for murder ...
(Jul 20 2019) - Phnom Penh Post : Dengue death toll hits 25
CAMBODIA -- The Ministry of Health is pressing ahead with its campaign to wipe out the Aedes aegypti, mosquitoes & educate people to be careful about their health, as there has been little decline in dengue fever diagnoses since Jan in 9 provinces. The ministry said the number of people diagnosed this year ...
(Jul 19 2019) - Post & Courier : Ex-West Point leader named ...
COLUMBIA -- Robert Caslen, a retired three-star Army general, was named the next president of the University of South Carolina on Friday despite objections from students, faculty and donors who said the former West Point superintendent lacks the experience and personal skills for run the state’s flagship college.
(Jul 18 2019) - Kathmandu Post : Govt mulls signing agreement
KATHMANDU -- In response to the ongoing controversy over pesticide residue tests on imports of Indian farm produce, the government is mulling over signing a Mutual Recognition Agreement with India which provides reciprocal recognition for lab tests conducted in the two countries.
(Jul 17 2019) - NY Post : El Chapo sent to Supermax Prison
NEW YORK -- Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Shorty. The feds wasted no time in getting rid of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — tossing the Mexican druglord into a helicopter to start his journey to the supermax prison in Colorado almost immediately after he was sentenced to life plus 30 years behind bars ...
(Jul 16 2019) - Patriot Post : New Asylum Rule Meant to Save Lives
WASH D.C. -- On Monday, DOJ & DHS announced a new rule regarding U.S. asylum laws. This comes in the wake of massive numbers of foreign migrants exploiting America’s asylum system as a means of de facto immigration. It comes as Dem's in Congress have been opposing any legislative solution to the border crisis ...
(Jul 14 2019) - Bristol Post : Bristol's Most Wanted ...
BRISTOL -- This month there has been no shortage of wanted criminals on the run from the police. Here are the faces of people Avon and Somerset police are trying to track down. They include a professional fighter now wanted in connection with the death of Polish man Lukasz Grabowski last November.
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