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Ahmed Patel retains RS seat, Amit Shah and Smriti Irani also win
For the three seats, BJP had contested national president Amit Shah , Union Minister Smriti Irani and Congress defector Balwantsinh Rajput . More importantly, the defeat would have possibly triggered more Jairams to openly call for a "new Congress" (read: one aligned more with the party's face of defeat - Rahul Gandhi - than with the old guard that stands firmly behind Sonia while still ... [Full Article...]
'This is No Liberation': US Coalition 'Lays Waste' to Raqqa
Syrian military media reported capturing the town on Sunday. Al Sukhna is only 50 km away from another Islamic state stronghold Deir ez zor, a province nearly entirely controlled by the IS militant outfit. USA -led coalition raids on Raqa in northern Syria have killed 29 civilians over the past 24 hours as American-backed forces battle Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a monitor s... [Full Article...]
Jaguars unlikely to allow Branden Albert to return
Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network report that the team has "many things to work out" with Albert if he wants to return. It was never clear why Albert, who was battling second-round draft pick Cam Robinson for a starting job, chose to walk away after nine National Football League seasons. [Full Article...]
Aspirante commessa rifiutata: "Non do lavoro a chi sta con un africano"
Chiara ha risposto con rabbia, insultandolo . "Per me puoi anche uscire con il mostro di Firenze, ma permettimi di non affidare la cassa di un negozio a chi divide la sua vita con un africano ". "Ho guardato bene il tuo profilo". Non credo che tu sia la persona che sto cercando, mi spiace, scusa. Le ha anche consigliato di "cambiare la foto e di non evidenziare il tuo rapporto". [Full Article...]
Will Use Paper Trail VVPAT Machines in Gujarat, Says Poll Panel
VVPAT machines issue slips that show if a voter's choice has been correctly recorded in an EVM. The Commission told the court that after the furore created by certain parties that had said EVMs were susceptible to tampering, the "EVM Challenge", organised on June 3, turned out to be a damp squib as none of the major parties, except the NCP and the CPI (M), chose to turn up. [Full Article...]
Northumbria Police caught up in sexual exploitation scandal
The trials could not be reported until all were concluded over fears of prejudice. A group of 18 people have been convicted following a huge investigation into the sexual exploitation of vulnerable women and girls in Newcastle. Reporting restrictions imposed by the court prevented details of the cases from emerging until now. Defending barristers argued the public's confidence in the justice... [Full Article...]
Cassie Sainsbury's plea bargain rejected by court
Judge Sergio Leon heard new details about how the Adelaide woman was forced to carry almost six kilograms of cocaine in her suitcase during a sentencing hearing last month and adjourned the session to consider the development. Her lawyer Orlando Herran says there is a good chance she will be found innocent rather than being sent to jail. Judge Sergio Leon's decision came two weeks after Sainsbur... [Full Article...]
Trump Had A Folder Of Positive News About Himself Delivered Twice Daily
Positive news , pictures, and tweets relating to the president . The first six months of his presidency have been marked by inaction and scandal, with a Republican-controlled Congress unable to pass long-planned legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, courts blocking Trump's attempts to bar people from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the USA, and an ongoing investig... [Full Article...]
Trump brags about America's nuclear power
It's literally impossible for Trump to have changed our nuclear arsenal in 6 months. My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. US President Donald Trump is promising "a golden era of energy", but many who work in nuclear power are concerned about how they fit into his vision. [Full Article...]
US Actions Caused 'Exchange of Barbs' After US Diplomats' Expulsion
In a weird diplomatic dust-up between the U.S. and Cuba, the State Department revealed Wednesday that it expelled two officials from the Cuban Embassy in Washington in May in response to "incidents" at the U.S. "We don't know exactly what...what this requires is providing medical examinations to these people", Nauert said. She said two Cuban diplomats were expelled from Washington in retaliation... [Full Article...]
Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smugglers in Yemen — BBCI
The migrants had been hoping to reach countries in the Gulf via war-torn Yemen . Those who died were buried by the survivors who made it to Yemen. "The survivors told our colleagues on the beach that the smuggler pushed them to the sea, when he saw some "authority types" near the coast", Laurent Boeck, the IOM Yemen Chief of Mission, said in a statement. [Full Article...]
Previsioni meteo, Lucifero addio: arrivano temporali e temperature giù (almeno al Nord)
L'entrata franca del nocciolo d'aria più fredda in quota è previsto entro venerdì 11 , l'aria fresca guadagnerà in modo deciso il Mediterraneo , apportandovi una riduzione delle temperature che su alcune delle nostre regioni potrebbe sfiorare i 10°C di scarto rispetto ai valori attuali. [Full Article...]
Oil prices fall further as Libyan field resumes production
Oil futures finished lower for a second session on Tuesday as investors awaited details from an OPEC meeting to discuss an agreement to limit crude oil production. Oil bulls are also banking on seasonal demand gains in coming months to soak up additional barrels coming out of Libya and Nigeria, another OPEC member which only recently asked to tame down its production to be in line with the pact. [Full Article...]
FaceApp sparks racist backlash for 'black', 'white' and 'Asian' filters
FaceApp creator Yaroslav Goncharov defended the decision to add race-based filters in an interview with Mic where he said that none of the filters were created to be derogatory toward any individual race or ethnicity. Unsurprisingly, people on Twitter are already criticizing the filters for being racially insensitive. It did not apologise or say the lenses would be removed. [Full Article...]
Trump's approval rating is still stuck in a rut
Trump's approval rating dropped to a new low in his coveted Rasmussen tracking poll , which the president has praised despite its more dubious reputation among polling analysts. The Quinnipiac poll highlighted mass opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to encourage discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgendered people. [Full Article...]
Giant inflatable Trump chicken pops up next to White House
We hope whoever put the chicken up by the White House on Wednesday leaves it there after Trump returns so that every time he feels a little cooped up, he can walk outside, see the chicken, and stay in a fowl mood. They were intended as a taunt of Donald Trump , who is too "chicken" to release his tax returns, get it? Ebay lists several available inflatable Trump chickens . [Full Article...]
Four Egyptian police killed in attack on patrol auto
Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday killed a police officer and injured two others in Egypt's southern Qena province. And at the end of the month the security forces conducted a series of raids, eliminating in the North of the Sinai Peninsula 30 militants. [Full Article...]
KENYA ELECTION: Uhuru Calls For Unity, Respect For Results
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Wednesday alleged fraud in the country's general election, saying hackers infiltrated the database of the country's election commission and manipulated the results in what he called an "attack on our democracy". [Full Article...]
Dallas Stars president Jim Lites opposes 'bathroom bill'
The letter says, "Dallas was warm and welcoming when we came to this great city 25 years ago and it remains so today". "We welcome fans from all over the globe, and our roster boasts players from half a dozen countries". "We are proud of our home and want every visitor to feel at home here, too, and that's why we oppose this discriminatory legislation", Lites wrote. [Full Article...]
Guam stays calm, dismisses North Korea threat
North Korea said it was preparing to send intermediate-range missiles near Guam , which was home to more than 160,000 United States citizens, including some 6000 members of the armed forces. Guam's Homeland Security Adviser George Charfauros urged calm and said defenses are in place for such threats. "They have said that America will be defended". [Full Article...]