Suu Kyi attends Sultan of Brunei's Golden Jubilee
The chariot, carried by 50 people, was accompanied by marching bands and a military parade. The 71-year-old monarch took out a lavish procession in Brunei, where nearly 80,000 people line the Sultan's route. On Friday, a Jubilee banquet will held a... More..
Florida Virtual School To Accept 20000 Displaced Puerto Rican Students
Thursday, the campaign got a boost from City Municipal Judge candidate Mark Hanni. Puerto Rico is slated to run out of money October 31, at which point the government will shut down, including all of the isla...More..
Las Vegas shooting spurs talks of gun control
The stock "bumps" back and forth between the shooter's shoulder and trigger finger, causing the rifle to shoot rapidly. "I think they're all just responding emotionally to the massacre". "All I know was what wa...More..
Iggy Azalea sued over unpaid $300K credit card bill
Australia-born rapper Iggy Azalea faces a lawsuit for failing to pay almost $300,000 worth of credit card debt. News stated that Azalea, whose real name is Amethyst Kelly, owes the bank exactly $299,147.81. L...More..
Iraq's PM Haider al-Abadi says doesn't want armed clash with Kurds
Even as it drives the extremists from their last remaining pockets of territory, Iraq faces a new challenge in the form of a growing Kurdish push for independence. "But the federal authority must prevail and no...More..
Las Vegas shooter had devices to allow fully automatic gunfire
David Familglietti of New Frontier Armory, said Paddock purchased a rifle and a shotgun in the spring, and that agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were interviewing the employ...More..
Japanese GP: Hamilton dominates rain-hit second practice session
Originally scheduled to begin at 0500 GMT, the start of the session was delayed by 45 minutes as drains overflowed and rivers of water coursed down inclines at the undulating track. Daniel Ricciardo put his ve...More..
Second amendment rights hard to simplify
Yet many on the political right continue to make the ludicrous argument that even if you took away everyone's guns , people would still have evil in their hearts, and if they really wanted to kill they...More..
Maradona backs Egypt to qualify for 2018 World Cup ahead of Ghana
In Group B, Nigeria Super Eagles host the Chipolopolo of Zambia in Uyo seeking just a draw to reach Russian Federation. A home victory for Nigeria over Zambia, a side they defeated away at the start of the gr...More..
Vegas shooter's girlfriend says she knew nothing about the attack
Stephen Paddock incited fear around the country after he reportedly killed more than 50 people and injured 500 at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas earlier this week. Lombardo went on to provide a new...More..
Election Commission hearing today, Dinakaran goes to Supreme Court — AIADMK symbol case
Justices M Venugopal and Abdul Quddhose of the Madurai bench said the court had set the deadline as it felt that a time-frame should be fixed for disposal of the dispute. The court should not intervene in the d...More..
Las Vegas Sheriff: I Believe The Shooter Had Help, Had 'Secret Life'
Colvin says the Australian authorities are "working very closely with our partners in the U.S". The latest details emerged just hours after the shooter's girlfriend Marilou Danley released her first statemen...More..
Suspected Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend returns to US
Danley said Paddock "never said anything to me, or took any action that I was aware of, that I understood in any way to be a warning that something disgusting like this was going to happen". "This individual an...More..
'Traces Of Pesticides' Found In Study Of World Honey Supplies
Concentrations of pesticides were highest in European, North American and Asian samples. These concentrations identified in 198 samples of honey products on the planet are not regarded as risky for the man....More..
INEC releases timetable for Ekiti, Osun governorship elections
INEC national commissioner, Solomon Soyebi, who disclosed the dates, said commencement date of campaigns for Ekiti Governorship election is April 15, 2018. It added that the publication of notice of poll woul...More..
North Korean workers operating in closed, South-invested factory zone
An official at South Korea'sMinistry of Unification said North Korea must not violate South Korean firms' property rights within the complex, wire service Yonhap reported. The 250-kilometer (160-mile) border ...More..
Tarmac owner CRH in multibillion-pound bidding war for U.S. cement giant
The source said Summit Materials' bid was submitted on Thursday and is now being considered by Ash Grove's board. CRH must now await Ash Grove's evaluation of the new bid before it determines its next step....More..
Tropical Storm Nate moving into northwestern Caribbean Sea
Four storms: Hurricane Katia in the western Atlantic between Bermuda and the US East coast; tropical storm Lee's remnants affecting the north-eastern US, tropical storm Maria in the central Atlantic; and ...More..
Prime Minister Theresa May under pressure as Tory MPs pick sides
After May's bungled election, her failure to unite the cabinet and a poor party conference, "the writing is on the wall", he said. "The truth is the overwhelming majority of Conservative MPs, the truth is the...More..
TMZ reports that Las Vegas gunman had booked hotel room overlooking Lollapalooza
He later booked a second room for August 3 through August 6, the same days as Lollapalooza in Grant Park. The checkout dates, as USA Today notes, correspond with the final day of the Lollapalooza festival, at...More..
KPMG South Africa CEO 'greatly disappointed' by Gupta work
MPs also heard the IRBA investigation could be expanded to include the KPMG report on the so-called rogue intelligence unit set up within the Sars on the watch of former finance minister Pravin Gordhan. The aud...More..
Las Vegas massacre probe turns to gunman's girlfriend ahead of Trump visit
It was reported Thursday that the attack at the Mandalay Bay might not have been the first time Paddock booked a hotel overlooking a musical event. "We believe Paddock is exclusively responsible for these...More..
Progressive Caucus blasts Trump-GOP tax cut plan
Now, Medicaid is the government sponsored health program for low income Americans. And we should be working together - Democrats and Republicans - to improve our healthcare system, not take away essential hea...More..
School evacuated for odd smell: It was pumpkin spice air freshener
The team conducted tests to determine whether there were any hazardous materials in the building, but the tests all came back negative. The principal took the decision to evacuate over 200 students and teache...More..
Va. Gov Race:Northam, Gillespie Close in Polls Month Ahead of Election
The President was parroting an attack that has played on repeat for weeks on Washington and Richmond TV stations. Gillespie faced criticism after one of the ads showed images of Northam alongside purported MS...More..
A turning point for gun control? | Morgan
The statistics paint a very clear picture of destruction following the path taken by guns , and given America's ever-expanding pool of blood, it's reasonable to wonder why we even need guns in the first plac...More..
Coughs and pranks derail address by UK PM Theresa May
He claimed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has clashed with May over Brexit , told him to do it. Greater Manchester Police's Chief Superintendent John O'Hare said Brodkin was arrested "to prevent a ...More..
Top Republicans Open Door for Bump Stock Ban
The White House and the National Rifle Association signaled Thursday that they are open to the idea of regulating the use of bump stocks, the rifle attachments that the Las Vegas shooter used to rapidly fire ...More..
Pressure Increases On Iraq's Kurds As Erdogan Threatens Oil Boycott
A flight ban halted all worldwide flights servicing the Iraqi Kurdish territory's airports on Friday. The Kurds called the move "collective punishment". The town is in Kirkuk province, an oil-rich region that i...More..
Saudi Arabia and Russian Federation to set up $1bn tech fund
USA shale oil coming to the market is not a concern, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Thursday, adding that demand will absorb it. The planned listing is being closely followed in London, which h...More..