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(Reuters) — A Texas teenager was taken away from school in handcuffs after he brought a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school this week and the staff mistook it for a bomb, police said on Wednesday (September 16). Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was accused of making a hoax bomb. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said he is Muslim and the case serves as an example of religious bigotry. “I took it to school just to show […]
(Eagle News) — A very strong 8.3 magnitude quake hit Chile’s coast on Wednesday night, Sept. 16 (Thursday morning, Sept. 17, Manila time), according to the U.S. Geological Survey which measured the quake’s depth at 25 kilometers. The quake’s epicenter was about 46 kilometers west of Illapel, Chile, USGS said. Evacuations were immediately ordered after the quake struck at 10:54 p.m Wednesday in Chile (6:54 a.m. Thursday Manila time) as Chile’s national emergency agency issued […]
(Reuters) — The Syrian refugee, tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he tried to flee from police on the Hungarian-Serbian border, arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday (September 16) before jumping on yet another train to Madrid, where he has been hired by Spain’s Official School for Football and Indoor Football Coaches (CENAFE). Video footage of Osama Abdul Mohsen being tripped by cameraman Petra Laszlo as he ran through the fields with his son Zaid, aged […]
(Reuters) — Coast Guard officials allied to Libya’s self-declared government in Tripoli said on Wednesday (September 16) they captured a Russian-flagged oil tanker and their Russian crew trying to smuggle oil from the port of Zawara. Coast guard official Tawfiq Mohammed said that the tanker was captured when it tried to smuggle oil out of the country “We identified the location of the tanker which was about 15 miles outside of Zawara. It’s a Russian […]
Sept. 16 (PNA/Xinhua) — “When one in three of us is held back due to malnutrition, we as families, communities, and nations cannot move forward,” Lawrence Haddad, lead author of the Global Nutrition Report and senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said Tuesday at a press briefing in London. One in three members of the global population is malnourished, and the problem exists in every country on the planet, according […]
(Reuters) — Prosecutors and police in Peru have launched an investigation into the alleged trafficking of arms by the country’s military, after detecting fraudulent documents and missing grenades at the institution, officials said on Tuesday (September 15). Defence Minister Jakke Valakivi Minister said the alleged theft of grenades was detected after a preliminary review conducted a few days ago at some army warehouses. Speaking to media in the Lima, Valakivi said that some soldiers were […]
(Reuters) — Twenty-two migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast on Tuesday (September 15). The boat was apparently attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos. A total of 211 immigrants were rescued from the boat while divers recovered the bodies of 22 drowned passengers, a statement from the Turkish coastguard said. The boat went down about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) off the […]
(Reuters) — Heavy rain showers on Tuesday (September 15) gave Singapore residents hope that the choking haze shrouding the city state will improve. Indonesia has ordered a crackdown against those responsible for the fires lit to clear forested land which has created a choking smog that is spreading across neighbouring countries which is showing no sign of abating. In Singapore, the air quality index has fluctuated above 100 PSI (Pollutant Standards Index), levels considered “unhealthy”, […]
(Reuters) — Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted on Tuesday (September 15), sending volcanic ash three kilometers into the air. Footage on local television network, Metro TV, showed ash covering a residential area nearby. Activity of the volcano remains at “dangerous”, the highest alert level, spokesman of Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. BNPB said this was the biggest eruption since June. More than 2,500 people were evacuated at the time of the […]
(Reuters) — Malcolm Turnbull, an urban former investment banker who supports marriage equality and action on climate change, was sworn in as Australia’s 29th prime minister on Tuesday (September 15), a day after ousting longtime rival Tony Abbott in a party room coup. Turnbull, a Rhodes Scholar who previously led the Australian Republican Movement, was sworn in by Cosgrove, the representative of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, Australia’s head of state. “Mr. Turnbull, I invite you […]
(Reuters) — Australia woke on Tuesday (September 15) to the news that the ruling Liberal Party voted to oust Tony Abbott as prime minister in favour of Malcolm Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur who is hugely popular with the electorate. Abbott was deposed late on Monday (September 14) following months of opinion polls that showed his popularity with the public near rock bottom as Australia’s $1.5 trillion economy struggles to cope with the end […]
(Reuters) — Australia will have its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party on Monday (September 14) voted out Tony Abbott in favour of longtime rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of infighting and crumbling voter support. Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur, won a secret party vote by 54 to 44, Liberal Party chief whip Scott Buchholz told reporters after the meeting in Canberra. Australia is set to hold elections before […]
