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Iraqi Parents Charged for Abusing Teen Over Arranged Marriage Denial
A man slated to marry the 16-year-old allegedly paid the family almost $20,000. Her parents, Abdulah Fahmi Al Hishmawi and Hamdiyah Sabah Al Hishmawi, at the time went on KSAT to deliver a heartfelt plea for their daughter to return home, and even employed the assistance of the FBI-which helped Bexar County Sheriff's Office "navigate cultural barriers". [Full Article...]
Facebook buys print ads to apologise for Cambridge Analytica scandal
The ads, done in simple black text against a plain white background, were headlined: 'We have a responsibility to protect your information. It said the information was deleted at Facebook's request, and that it has been in touch with the U.K. [Full Article...]
Egypt polls open for 3-day presidential election
Analysts, however, expect many among Egypt's 59 million eligible voters to stay away from the polls, either out of apathy or in response to calls for a boycott by some of the president's former challengers. Authorities consider Hasm, which routinely targets security personnel, to be a splinter group of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. Reuters reporters saw buses bringing voters to pollin... [Full Article...]
Pulse club gunman's dad was Federal Bureau of Investigation informant
Though gunman Omar Mateen died during his attack, his wife, Noor Salman , soon came under suspicion for involvement, and she's now on trial for "providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction for justice" because, in the eyes of prosecutors, she may have known parts of what Mateen was planning. [Full Article...]
First Financial Bank Trust Division Sells 769 Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Last year, the global educational technology market generated US$17.7 billion in revenue, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan. In the last six years, this has been the first education-centric event and hence, it is being speculated that Apple may be launching several low-cost models of their products in order to woo the students and teachers alike. [Full Article...]
Russian Federation vows to react to 'provocative' expulsions of diplomats
More than a dozen European nations also kicked out Russian diplomats over accusations Moscow tried to kill an ex-spy living in England. Russia intends to negotiate with the United States an exemption from the latter's tariffs on imported steel and aluminum as part of its response measures to Washington's decision, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Evtukhov told Sputnik... [Full Article...]
South Korea, US reach an understanding to revise steel tariffs agreement
South Korea was among several USA allies initially excluded from the tariffs when they took effect Friday. "Overall, it's a relief", said Cheong Inkyo, a professor of worldwide trade at Inha University in Incheon, South Korea. South Korean officials told Reuters that while the deal agreed was the best they could hope for, further pressure on trade was likely under Trump's presidency. [Full Article...]
First non-stop flight arrives in London from Perth
The flight will set off on its return leg to Perth at 1.15pm on Sunday. Previous flights to and from Australia had a stopover in either Singapore or the Middle East, but removing the stopover has taken three hours off the flight time . [Full Article...]
Jack Butland enjoying the race to be Gareth Southgate's first choice keeper
Southgate said: 'I think that's a good test for us. "There are 31 or 32 players that will be in contention and no one knows what will happen over the next few weeks". "But if you can play with composure and play through and out of pressure then it (eases) off the opposition in terms of their pressure and eventually they stop running and you have more time in different areas of the field". [Full Article...]
Three children die in Siberia shopping mall fire
It was not immediately clear whether the jumper survived the ordeal, but Russia's Investigative Committee said three women, one man and a child were presumed dead in the fire. Russian media reported that over 200 people were evacuated from the building. The four were killed when a fire spread in the "Winter Cherry" shopping centre in Kemerovo , an industrial city in central Siberia. [Full Article...]
After the March For Our Lives, what's next?
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the march in Washington, D.C., with smaller gatherings to take place in hundreds of cities across the world. That's where last month a student gunman killed 17 people and injured several others. Elementary school students in Montreal's Westmount rally for tighter gun control measures. [Full Article...]
Météo: légère hausse des températures demain
La mer est agitée au vent et quelques déferlements se produisent sur le rivage Est en raison d'une petite houle d'alizé. Le vent soufflera fort avec des vitesses dépassant 80 km/h par moments et ce notamment sur les régions côtières avec orages sur le sud ce qui causera des phénomènes locaux de sable. [Full Article...]
Rajya Sabha results won't affect SP-BSP tie up, says Mayawati
Mayawati was speaking to reporters in Lucknow a day after chief minister Yogi Adityanath , bouncing back from the humiliating bypoll defeats after Mayawati transferred her votes to the Samajwadis, had jeered at Akhilesh's failure to return the favour to Mayawati in the Rajya Sabha polls. [Full Article...]
Blast hits Herat Shia mosque in Herat, casualties feared
He said two suicide bombers wanted to enter the mosque but they were identified by the mosque guards who put resistance. However the police stopped the attack, but one assailant detonated himself in front of the mosque while the other was shot dead. [Full Article...]
La mère du gendarme héroïque se confie sur RTL — Attaques dans l'Aude
Redouane Lakdim a agi "seul", selon le ministre de l'Intérieur, Gérard Collomb. "Je veux assurer les habitants de Trèbes de l'entière mobilisation des services de l'État et en particulier des forces de l'ordre", a poursuivi Emmanuel Macron. [Full Article...]
Relatives asking for help locating missing Creston family in Mexico
Kevin Wayne Sharp, 41, his wife Amy Marie Sharp, 38, and their children, Sterling Wayne Sharp, 12, and Adrianna Marie Sharp, 7, were all found dead after being reported missing. But "they never showed up at that water park to meet them", Weland said. The State Department is now advising "increased caution" for Americans travelling to Mexico, with the area the Sharp family were staying seeing an ... [Full Article...]
President Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill After Veto Threats
Asked why he threatened to veto the bill, Trump told reporters that he had "looked very seriously" at it, but decided otherwise after considering "the incredible gains that we've been able to make for the military". Conservatives, emboldened by a White House proposal released in January, have insisted that any immigration deal go farther, cutting several programmes that allow foreign nationals t... [Full Article...]
Trump drops $1.3tn budget veto threat but vows: 'Never again'
We need leadership from the White House. DAVID BROOKS, BYLINE: Good to be here. Under the bill, just 33 miles of new barriers can be built and only using "bollard" fencing or levees, not the concrete prototypes Mr Trump has viewed in photo ops, reports the newspaper. [Full Article...]
Many lawyers want to help me in Russian Federation probe
Jay Sekulow , one of Trump's lawyers, said in a statement that the president was "disappointed" by the development, but that the conflicts "do not prevent" the two from assisting "in other legal matters". Trump, nevertheless, stated that he was not going to change his legal team, as it will take months for a new lawyer or a legal team to learn all the details of the case. [Full Article...]
Didier Drogba Weighs in On Supposed Paul Pogba-Jose Mourinho Rift
The Portuguese coach has been in the media's spotlight of late for his public "spats" with Luke Shaw and Paul Pogba . Mourinho gave a small insight into their deteriorating relationship when he admitted that he did not speak to Pogba when he pulled out of the FA Cup win against Huddersfield on the eve of the tie. [Full Article...]