The five-year-old was at home with her parents and her five siblings when an air strike destroyed their apartment building in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, on August 25.
Rescuers hauled her from the rubble, and she’s been in hospital ever since…
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Barclays and four former senior executives are facing criminal charges relating to the bank’s emergency fundraising at the height of the financial crisis.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) capped a five-year investigation by announcing Barclays had been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance.
It said: “The charges relate to Barclays Plc’s capital raising arrangements with Qatar Holding LLC and Challenger Universal Ltd, which took place in June and October 2008, and a $3bn loan facility made available to the State of Qatar acting through the Ministry of Economy and Finance in November 2008.”
In addition to the allegations it was levelling against the bank, the SFO charged its-then chief executive John Varley and another senior executive at the time, Roger Jenkins, with conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation over the capital raisings.
They are also facing a charge of unlawful financial assistance.
Source: Barclays bosses face criminal charges over 2008 Qatar deals
A player has died during a rugby league game at Ballina on the NSW north coast.
Zane Purcell, 29, was playing for the Lower Clarence Magpies’ reserve grade in their 2pm match against the Ballina Seagulls at Kingsford Smith Park on Sunday when he was involved in an awkward tackle shortly into the game.
Magpies club president Steve Austine said he died in hospital.
“All I can say is a player went in for a tackle, had a head clash, and he’s just fallen over,” he said.
Tributes flowed for the father-of-two on Facebook on Sunday evening, with teammates and family members extending their sympathies to his wife and young children.
In a statement, the Country Rugby League sent its condolences and said it would provide counselling for Mr Purcell’s family and both teams.
Bystanders, including an off-duty paramedic, came to his aid when he fell and performed CPR before an ambulance arrived…
Source: Rugby league player dies after collapsing on field
Former director of the US National Intelligence, James Clapper, says events under the Trump Administration are worse than the Watergate scandal.
Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra, Mr Clapper said he was concerned about an ‘assault’ on the institutions of US democracy under Donald Trump.
‘I think you compare the two that Watergate pales really in my view compared to what we’re confronting now,’ Mr Clapper said.
Mr Clapper also strongly warned about Russia’s influence over the US, saying that Russia is not America’s friend.
He noted the parallels between the Chinese actions in Australia and Russian actions in the US.
‘It is no secret that China’s very active in intelligence activities directed against Australia just as they are against us and that China is increasingly aggressive in attempting to gain influence in your political processes as Russia is in ours,’ Mr Clapper said.
The former spy-chief also criticised the firing of the former head of the FBI James Comey.
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Hamilton was away like greased lightning from his grid, holding on to the advantage his pole position had afforded him. Vettel, starting second, was cleanly away into the first corner.
We sighed as that procession persisted through the early stages. Hamilton-Vettel-Bottas. There was little memorable overtaking action from start to finish. That is a sore we are sure to return to as the aftermath of the season-opening round is chewed over.
But back to the action. Hamilton, complaning about his grip, came in after 17 laps while leading by eight tenths of a second. The change of tyre was reasonably rather than exceptionally brisk, but any slight sluggishness in the pits was not race critical. What was race critical, as Hamilton’s engineer Peter Bonnington put it, was getting past the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, whom Hamilton had emerged behind after his reshodding.
‘How do you expect me to do that right now?,’ asked Hamilton. ‘There’s no way I can get past this guy.’
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