Saturday, September 10, 2016

Paris to Open New Reception Center for Migrants and other top stories.

  • Paris to Open New Reception Center for Migrants

    PARIS — Paris' mayor presented a plan Tuesday to open a new reception center for migrants in the French capital, in an effort to cope with Europe's migration crisis.Anne Hidalgo said that the center, which will have 400 places in the north of Paris, aims at taking care of "several dozen migrants arriving every day" in the capital. It will open by mid-October."They'll be able to rest, get a health checkup, psychological assistance and of course some advice about their situation," she said at a ..
    >> view original

  • Britain's 'most hated man,' Anjem Choudary, jailed for ISIS support

    Britain's 'most hated man,' Anjem Choudary, jailed for ISIS support
    The former lawyer was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. His supporters shouted "Allahu Akhbar" as he was led away from the dock in London's Old Bailey court.Choudary's co-defendant Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, 33, was also handed a sentence of five years and six months.Choudary has courted controversy over two decades, skirting the edges of the law, backing extremism but with no proof of actually inciting violence. He earned the wrath of Britain's tabloid newspapers, making him - by ..
    >> view original

  • How One of the Deadliest Hajj Accidents Unfolded

    How One of the Deadliest Hajj Accidents Unfolded
    On Sept. 24, 2015, hundreds, maybe thousands, of pilgrims were crushed to death at the hajj in Mecca. Rashid Siddiqui survived.This is his story of that day. By SARAH ALMUKHTAR and DEREK WATKINS On Sept. 24, 2015, hundreds, maybe thousands, of pilgrims were crushed to death at the hajj in Mecca. Rashid Siddiqui survived.This is his story of that day. I’m dying. I need water.” “I’m dying. I’m dying. I need water.” Rashid Siddiqui kept hearing those words from his fellow Muslim pi..
    >> view original

  • Keith Vaz, British Lawmaker, Quits Senior Post Amid Sex and Drug Scandal

    Keith Vaz, British Lawmaker, Quits Senior Post Amid Sex and Drug Scandal
    Photo The constituency office of Keith Vaz, a high-ranking Labour Party lawmaker, in Leicester, England, on Sunday. Credit Darren Staples/Reuters LONDON — Caught in what appeared to be a classic British newspaper exposé, an opposition lawmaker on Tuesday relinquished leadership of an influential parliamentary committee over allegations that he paid for the services of prostitutes and offered to buy drugs for them.Two days after the Sunday Mirror published a report about..
    >> view original

  • Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insults

    Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insults
    Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Duterte has apologised for comments made in the past Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he regrets calling his US counterpart Barack Obama the "son of a whore".His controversial comments have led to diplomatic consequences with the US president cancelling a scheduled meeting with Mr Duterte.But the Philippine leader, who has insulted prominent figures before, is not the only one guilty of offe..
    >> view original

  • U-M listed as top public university in America in new rankings

    U-M listed as top public university in America in new rankings
    ANN ARBOR, MI -- The University of Michigan once again is the highest ranked public university in America, according to the QS World University Rankings for the 2016-17 year. Coming in at number 23, U-M made a jump in the rankings after finishing at No. 30 in 2015-16, earning the distinction as the only public university to be rated in the top 25. Based on six performance indicators, the ranking assesses university performance in areas like research, teaching, employability and internationaliz..
    >> view original

  • President Abbas: Israel put off talks planned this month

    President Abbas: Israel put off talks planned this month
    By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Palestinian president on Tuesday said he had been set to meet the Israeli prime minister in Moscow this week but that Israel asked to delay the meeting until an unspecified later date. The comments by Mahmoud Abbas came amid a series of efforts by Russia and other countries to hold the first substantive meeting with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu in several years. The two men exchanged a brief handshake last year at a gl..
    >> view original

  • New rail line to connect high-tech Tel Aviv with holy Jerusalem

    New rail line to connect high-tech Tel Aviv with holy Jerusalem
    By Steven Scheer | JERUSALEM JERUSALEM Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are only 60 km (40 miles) apart but they often feel like different planets, not just in terms of mentality but because the commute from the Mediterranean to the hills can sometimes take two hours.That is set to change in the next 18 months with the completion of a $2 billion, high-speed rail line that will slash the time between the high-tech, business center and Jerusalem's Old City to just 30 minutes.After more than a decade in ..
    >> view original

  • Black Lives Matter protesters removed from London airport runway, police say

    Black Lives Matter protesters removed from London airport runway, police say
    Flights were suspended at London City Airport after nine protesters locked themselves together on the runway and erected a tripod, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.Black Lives Matter UK, a network of anti-racism activists, said in a statement that the action was taken to protest Britain's "environmental impact on the lives of black people locally and globally."The police said the protesters were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass, being unlawfully airside and breaching ..
    >> view original

'Firewatch' Hits Xbox One On Sept. 21 With 'Firewatch' Audio Tour, Free-Roam Mode .[ August 19, 2016 ] Delta 4 successfully soars to the high ground to deploy two patrol satellites Delta 4 .
Australian Banks Denied Request to Negotiate Over Apple Pay .Fitbit's new Charge 2 is the follow-up to the best-selling Charge HR .

No comments:

Post a Comment