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Indonesian police arrest 185 over forest fires
The Indonesian Disaster Mitigation Agency said Saturday that 99 percent of the hotspots were caused by deliberately set fires. The agency said 42 helicopters had dropped almost 240 million liters (63 million gallons) of water and 160 tons of salt for cloud seeding as part of the firefighting efforts. [Full Article...]
Iran Confirms Detention of 3 Australians
He said two people, thought to be British-Australian blogger Jolie King and her boyfriend Mark Firkin, had been detained for using a drone to take pictures and video of military areas and other unauthorised zones. Later, the third Australian was identified by her family as Melbourne University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert who specializes in Middle Eastern politics with a focus on Gulf states. [Full Article...]
Upcoming iPad Pro with triple-camera setup leaked
The iPhone Pro Max features a massive 6.5-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display, includes a triple-camera system and is available in Gold, Silver, Space Gray, Midnight Green. A major selling point of the new iPhone 11 Pro is its triple-camera setup, which Apple says is capable of shooting the "highest-quality video in a smartphone". [Full Article...]
Legendary ABC News political journalist Cokie Roberts dies at age 75
Roberts is survived by her husband of 53 years, fellow journalist Steven Roberts; her children, Lee and Rebecca; and her six grandchildren. "She liked politics and covered it as someone who was not uncritical about it, but was an affectionate student of it", said columnist and former ABC colleague George Will . [Full Article...]
No meeting scheduled with Rouhani: Donald Trump
And on the question of a theoretical meeting between US and Iranian leaders, it's not clear at all. Trump downplayed the prospect as well, Tweeting it is not true he is willing "to meet Iran, "No Conditions". "Stopping all sanctions is an indispensable precondition for constructive diplomacy". China on Monday urged the U.S. and Iran to "exercise restraint", with foreign ministry spokeswoma... [Full Article...]
United States gas prices spike after Saudi oil field attacks
United States "sources" were quick to accuse Iran of being the culprit in Saturday's drone attack on Saudi oil plants in the country's east. Oil surged as much as 20% at one point on Monday. Iran has rejected USA charges that it was behind the strikes. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Washington's real goal was to bring his country to its knees. [Full Article...]
Chinese parent arrested in Spain in college admissions scam
She is being detained in Spain but the Department of Justice notes that authorities plan to extradite her to Boston. She is accused of paying William "Rick" Singer $400,000 to create a fake profile for her son and doctor images of the teen to falsely indicate he was a successful soccer player. [Full Article...]
India says expects to gain control over Pakistan Kashmir one day
Other nations, he added, should also replicate the resolve. "These remarks are an obvious manifestation of India's utter frustration over the continued worldwide censure of its egregious human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir", the statement added. [Full Article...]
Leader rules out possibility of Iran-US talks on any level
Khamenei's comments come after a devastating attack on Saudi Arabia's key oil installations last Saturday, which the United States has blamed Iran for. Relations between the United States and Iran have deteriorated since Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear accord a year ago and reimposed sanctions over Tehran's nuclear and ballistic programs. [Full Article...]
Russia detains two N.Korean vessels after one opens fire
The crew of a poaching vessel from North Korea has attacked a Russian border patrol ship in the Sea of Japan , the FSB reported to the wire service TASS . In January, Japan's coast guard detained two suspected North Korean fishermen off the country's northern coast and in June it said that it had forced more than 300 North Korean boats out of Japan's exclusive economic zone in less than a mo... [Full Article...]
La réponse de Mark "Hulk" Ruffalo à Boris Johnson — Brexit
Après une série de désaveux cuisants sur sa stratégie de Brexit au Parlement, où il a perdu sa majorité avant sa suspension pour cinq semaines, Boris Johnson a essuyé samedi un nouveau revers avec la défection d'un autre député de son parti, Sam Gyimah, pour le Parti libéral-démocrate. [Full Article...]
Saudi Arabia tells oil market it has ability to keep customers supplied
His question to reporters, many of them Saudi, drew applause. Sources have said a return to normal production could take months . One of the people said full repairs were still expected to last until at least the end of October and that the 70 per cent figure included utilising oil held in storage by the kingdom, rather than a swift resumption of such a high percentage of the lost output. [Full Article...]
Iran Says Trump-Rouhani Meeting At UN Not On Agenda
Trump tweeted Sunday: The Fake News is saying that I am willing to meet with Iran, "No Conditions". And on the question of a theoretical meeting between US and Iranian leaders, it's not clear at all. "I believe in meeting". But the absence of preconditions cuts both ways. I think you know we've done more sanctions on Iran than anybody. Tensions between Iran and the United States are running ... [Full Article...]
OnePlus 7T Series With 90Hz Screens Officially Launching on October 10
That's a bit of a departure for OnePlus , which previously has announced new phones at a single event. Like its predecessor, the OnePlus 7T is expected to boast a small teardrop-like notch for its front-facing camera, while the OnePlus 7T Pro is widely-rumoured to have the same pop-up camera mechanism seen on the OnePlus 7 Pro . [Full Article...]
Galaxy S10 v iPhone 11
On iPhone XS, for instance, only two simultaneous cameras will be supported. Phones look the same generation to generation, with the exception of foldable phones, which are still a work in progress. Apple is beginning to close the gap. CNBC said that Kuo had boosted his forecast for iPhone 11 series shipments from between 65 million and 70 million units in 2019 to between 70 million and ... [Full Article...]
Jo Swinson says Liberal Democrats will stop Brexit
Conservative MP Phillip Lee defected to the party on the eve of a crucial vote two weeks ago on a bill to compel Johnson to seek an extension of the Brexit deadline beyond October 31. Sam Gyimah, a former Tory minister, became the sixth MP to switch allegiance to the party this year and some polling companies predict the Lib Dems could take as much as a fifth of the vote at the next election - up ... [Full Article...]
Missing mother of 4 found dead, her kids are still missing
Sheriff's officials confirmed the body of Casei Jones, 32, was located near Brantley County, Georgia, and that Jones' husband, Michael Waye Jones Jr., 38, had been located in Georgia and is being questioned in connection with her death. Jones allegedly told an officer he had a traffic accident and that he disposed of the bodies of his children. Investigators say Casei may be driving a 2017 Chrys... [Full Article...]
Iran denies drone attack on Saudi oil field, says ready for war
President Donald Trump on Sunday telephoned Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman after attacks on two Saudi Aramco plants, including the world's biggest oil processing facility. The attack comes after U.S. President Donald Trump said a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was possible at the United Nations General Assembly in NY this month. [Full Article...]
Solomon Islands breaks ties with Taiwan after Chinese 'dollar diplomacy'
The move came after the Solomon Islands' months-long review of the pros and cons of a switch to Beijing, which was offering US$8.5 million in development funds to replace support from Taiwan. China has stepped up its efforts to diplomatically squeeze Taiwan internationally since Tsai of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party assumed office in May 2016. [Full Article...]
ME firefighter killed in apparent propane explosion that leveled building
Landry says that he doesn't know specifics of their injuries but that they were taken to hospitals with better-equipped trauma centers. It caused major traffic as emergency responders arrived at the scene. came as firefighters responded to the Farmington building occupied by LEAP , a nonprofit that assists people with disabilities, on reports of a propane gas smell. [Full Article...]