Showing posts with label 2017 at 07:26AM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 at 07:26AM. Show all posts
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Hillary Clinton says Julian Assange colluded with Russia to help Donald Trump win US election
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Las Vegas: Spotlight on Stephen Paddock’s Australian partner and person of interest Marilou Danley
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Monty Hall, best known for hosting the game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” died Saturday
Monty Hall, best known for hosting the game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” died Saturday, his daughter Sharon Hall said http://cnn.it/2hE4EX9
Friday, September 29, 2017
Donald Trump’s Health Secretary Tom Price quits over charter flights investigation
Sunday, September 24, 2017
ATM fees dropped by the big four banks – ABC News
MORE: ATM fees dropped by the big four banks – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Trump scraps program protecting 800,000 Dreamers; Obama slams ‘cruel’ move
Donald Trump has scrapped a program that protects around 800,000 young people who were brought into the US illegally as children, in a move branded “cruel” by his predecessor Barack Obama.
Key points:
- The decision won’t be implemented until March 2018
- Barack Obama created DACA through an executive order in 2012
- Jeff Sessions said the move was necessary to show respect for immigration laws
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, also known as Dreamers, was put in place via executive action by Mr Obama.
Mr Trump ordered a phased-out dismantling that gives a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the immigrants’ fate.
Mr Obama was quick to condemn the decision, releasing an 850-word statement on social media in which he said the move was “cruel” and “self-defeating”.
“Let’s be clear: the action taken today isn’t required legally,” Mr Obama wrote on Facebook.
“It’s a political decision, and a moral question.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Tropical Storm Harvey: Twin blasts rock Texas chemical plant as flood danger moves east
Fires and two explosions have rocked a Houston-area chemical plant in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey, even as floodwaters from days of relentless rain receded and the threat of major dangers from the storm moved east towards the Texas-Louisiana border.
Key points:
- Officials say the plume is “incredibly dangerous” but locals have been secured
- The death toll currently stands at 37, but is expected to rise as waters recede
- Hurricane Harvey has moved on to Louisiana, bringing heavy rain and winds
Texas is in the grip of severe flooding caused by former hurricane Harvey, which hit the US state last Friday as a category four storm and has left at least 37 people dead — a toll that is expected to rise as waters recede.
On Thursday, storm-related power outages prompted two explosions at a flood-hit Arkema SA chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, north-east of Houston, with one sheriff’s deputy sent to the hospital after inhaling toxic chemicals.
An Arkema company official described the smoke as a noxious irritant created after refrigeration systems on a truck used to store the chemicals failed, causing them to overheat.
“The plume is incredibly dangerous,” Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator Brock Long said at a news briefing.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
How much are you paying to help politicians advertise themselves on Facebook? V/CLIP
You may be used to politicians spending your hard-earned taxes on pamphlets in the letterbox and personalised fridge calendars, but the internet has changed the game.
Department of Finance records show that parliamentarians from all sides are using taxpayer dollars to get their message out online.
So what are you helping to pay for?
Labor senator’s $20k day
Labor senator Sam Dastyari billed taxpayers $20,000 in one day to make four Facebook videos, including two promoting his party, before the last federal election.
Each video was charged to the Department of Finance for $5,000 on June 28, 2016.
Two of the videos were made during the Opposition’s pre-election tour of Tasmania, and were released in the lead-up to the July 2 ballot.
They include video of the so-called “Bill bus” as well as showing federal and state Labor MPs on the hustings.
The other two were controversial videos that featured Senator Dastyari’s children, including a piece mocking multinational tax avoidance.
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Mosul: Iraq’s PM declares victory over Islamic State in militant stronghold
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has arrived in Mosul and congratulated the armed forces for their victory over Islamic State after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city.
Key points:
- It is almost exactly three years since IS declared its caliphate from Mosul
- The announcement ends eight gruelling months of warfare against the militants
- Without Mosul, IS’ influence in Iraq is reduced to mainly rural areas
The militants’ defeat in Mosul three years after taking the city is a major blow for the radical Sunni Muslim group, which is also losing ground in its operational base in the Syrian city of Raqqa, where it has planned global attacks.
“The commander in chief of the armed forces [Prime Minister] Haider al-Abadi arrived in the liberated city of Mosul and congratulated the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people for the great victory,” a statement from his office said.
Mr Abadi met with commanders in west Mosul who led the battle, but he has yet to issue a formal declaration that the entire city has been retaken from the brutal Islamist group.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Second senior Australian Border Force officer ‘on leave’ as personal conduct is reviewed
Another high-ranking member of the Australian Border Force (ABF) has taken “extended leave” as his personal conduct is examined, the ABC can reveal.
The revelation comes on the same week it was confirmed Australia’s Border Force commissioner, Roman Quaedvlieg, has gone on leave amid an external investigation.
The Immigration Department is refusing to officially confirm if a review has been launched into the behaviour of the second senior uniformed ABF officer, who is currently not at work.
“The Department does not comment or confirm whether any matter is, or is not, under investigation,” the Department of Immigration and Border Protection said in a statement.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Assad allies threaten to ‘respond with force’ to further US attacks
A joint command centre made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the US strike on a Syrian air base crossed “red lines” and it will respond “with force” to any new aggression.
Key points:
- Bashar al-Assad allies threaten to respond with force to any more US aggression
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani call for objective investigation into gas attack in Syria
- Britain, US say Moscow is partly to blame for deaths in Syria
On Friday the United States fired dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian air base which it said had been used to launch a chemical weapons attack which killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week.
The attack escalated the US role in Syria and drew criticism from Mr Assad’s allies, including Russia and Iran.
“What America waged in an aggression on Syria is a crossing of red lines,” said the statement published by the group on media outlet Ilam al Harbi (War Media).
“From now on we will respond with force to any aggressor or any breach of red lines from whoever it is and America knows our ability to respond well.”
Friday, March 31, 2017
Stocco father, son sentenced to 40 years’ jail for murder, shootout with police
Gino Stocco, 57, was given a non-parole period of 28 years, while son Mark, 35, received 30 years.
The pair was charged with more than 30 offences including the murder of Mr Cimone, 68, who was killed on a property, he was sharing with the Stoccos, near Dunedoo in central-western New South Wales in 2015.
When Mr Cimone was killed, the pair had been on the run for 8 years, and the court heard the victim’s body was left under bushes.
They pleaded guilty to the murder, as well as two counts of shooting to avoid apprehension and one charge of arson.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Socceroos beat UAE 2-0 in World Cup qualifier
It was nervy and it was tetchy, but the Socceroos just about got the job done to keep its stuttering World Cup qualifying campaign alive at the Sydney Football Stadium.
With ground to make up on Japan and Saudi Arabia and needing to win all its remaining home games, Australia has kept its campaign chugging along with a 2-0 win over the United Arab Emirates.
Set-piece expertise came to the fore as a first-ever goal in international football for Jackson Irvine and a headed finish from Mathew Leckie — both coming from corners — saw the hosts home in a stop-start encounter.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Trump didn’t ‘care’ or ‘know’ about healthcare
‘He didn’t care or particularly know about healthcare,’ one key GOP congressional aide told CNN. ‘If you are going to be a great negotiator, you have to know about the subject matter,’ the aide continued, suggesting that a major healthcare overhaul is a far different feat than the building of a golf course.
When members of the Freedom Caucus wanted to get into the wonky details about the bill, sources told CNN and Politico that Trump replied, ‘Forget about the little s***.’
Source: Trump didn’t ‘care’ or ‘know’ about healthcare | Daily Mail Online
Friday, March 10, 2017
Sean Spicer wears Stars and Stripes pin upside down – in universally recognized sign of distress
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wore his pride on his sleeve at the 50-day mark of the Trump administration – but wore his American flag pin upside down on his lapel.
Spicer began his daily briefing with a long monologue about the administration’s early accomplishments, which included multiple executive orders on immigration and other matters, a strong jobs report, and having ‘received a plan to defeat ISIS.’
As he spoke, reporters in the room were already taking to Twitter to mock the mistake.
‘Your pin’s upside down,’ Fox News correspondent John Roberts told him when he got the lead-off question.
MORE: Sean Spicer wears flag pin upside down | Daily Mail Online
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Dusseldorf train station axe attack injures at least five
A man has been arrested after injuring five people with an axe at Duesseldorf’s main train station late on Thursday, police said, correcting earlier police reports of two arrests.
A spokeswoman for Duesseldorf police, Anja Kynast, said the man arrested was also injured. She was unable to say how serious any of the injuries were.
Earlier, a spokesman for federal police, who are usually in charge of policing train stations, had said two people were arrested and further attackers might be on the run.
Another police spokesman said police were investigating whether more attackers had been involved but had no indication of that.
“We are not using the words ‘rampage’ or ‘terror’,” the spokesman said.
He added there was no serious threat of further attacks. The rail station remained shut down, he added.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Italy alps avalanche ‘like a battlefield’ | Perth Now
The victims were from Italy, Germany and Belgium, police officer Daniele Ollier said.
“It was like a battlefield” when rescuers arrived on the scene in Val Veny, Ollier said, because people were shouting in different languages.
“We didn’t have much time and we had to talk to people to understand if anyone was still missing,” he said.
Three injured people – an Italian man, an Italian woman and a man who has not yet been identified – are being treated in hospital, Alpine emergency service spokesman Walter Milan said.
Two Belgians have been discharged from hospital after medical checks and treatment, Milan said.
Only expert skiers should attempt the narrow pass, which contains exposed rock, police officer Delfino Viglione said.
Source: Italy alps avalanche ‘like a battlefield’ | Perth Now
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