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Oil prices rebound amid U.S. inventory data

Oil prices rebound amid U.S. inventory data

23 September 2017, 01:20

Eleven analysts polled ahead of inventory reports from the industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated, on average, that crude stocks likely rose 3.5 millio...

Japan Deploys New Missile Defence System To Counter North Korea Threat

Japan Deploys New Missile Defence System To Counter North Korea Threat

22 September 2017, 12:38

The drill was to "demonstrate the deterrence capability of the US-South Korea alliance against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats", it added. Sky News joined troops from the 2nd Infantry Division of the US Eighth Army, the country's major gr...

Egypt's Sisi meets Israeli PM at United Nations for first public talks

Egypt's Sisi meets Israeli PM at United Nations for first public talks

22 September 2017, 12:39

Egypt has been spearheading mediation efforts between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement to build Palestinian unity. Egypt's more than 40 years of peace with Israel can be repeated in the Palestinian territo...

Kenya election: System 'cannot be ready' for October poll

Kenya election: System 'cannot be ready' for October poll

21 September 2017, 12:35

The Kenyan Judicial Service Commission said in a statement that Tuesday's demonstrations were meant to intimidate the judiciary ahead of the release of its complete judgement Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu said ...

Trump Wants To Hold A Military Parade In DC On July 4

Trump Wants To Hold A Military Parade In DC On July 4

20 September 2017, 12:54

This had been put right in July when Mr Trump visited Paris. Macron rode in the Bastille Day parade standing upright in an open-top military command auto, surrounded by hundreds of military guards on horseback. During the Cold War, the practice w...

British Virgin Islands brace for Hurricane Maria

British Virgin Islands brace for Hurricane Maria

20 September 2017, 12:51

Hurricane Maria is a very risky Category 5 storm as it moves farther away from Florida and out into the Atlantic Ocean, according to spaghetti models by GFS and the European model. The NHC's 2 a.m. advisory said Maria's eye was some 45 miles wes...

Some Rohingya have links with Pakistan terror groups, Centre tells Supreme Court

Some Rohingya have links with Pakistan terror groups, Centre tells Supreme Court

19 September 2017, 12:58

Singhvi said: "We beseech the government with all earnestness and humility to not use blanket approaches as we are given to understand that the affidavit submitted in the Supreme court suggests that the government of India is not bound by any world...

Paul 'worried' about new ObamaCare repeal bill

Paul 'worried' about new ObamaCare repeal bill

19 September 2017, 01:00

But some of the same GOP senators who blocked various stages of earlier repeal efforts are withholding their support. But, one of the worst aspects of this particular bill is the fact that it will allow insurance companies to raise your rates if yo...

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary admits flight cancellations have caused 'a mess'

Ryanair's Michael O'Leary admits flight cancellations have caused 'a mess'

19 September 2017, 12:57

Des Manning told KCLR Live they've been busy fielding calls about it and thankfully haven't had any of their customers affected yet. The budget airline is under pressure to publish a full list of the flights it plans to cancel over the next six wee...

The Weekend Brief: President Trump's Twitter, London Attack Arrests, 2017 Emmys Prep

The Weekend Brief: President Trump's Twitter, London Attack Arrests, 2017 Emmys Prep

18 September 2017, 12:39

The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific-but stupidly, that would not be politically correct! Among the other obscure voices Trump chose to amplify on Sunday morning was his own - in all he posted ab...

May censures Trump for tweets on London terror attack

May censures Trump for tweets on London terror attack

17 September 2017, 12:48

Prime Minister May said the public should not be alarmed by armed officers on the streets, a rare sight in Britain . Officials said the attack could have been deadly. "It keeps going and going, and we have to be very smart and we have to be very, ...

Legitimacy of Kurdistan referendum comes from sacrifices of Kurds: Barzani

Legitimacy of Kurdistan referendum comes from sacrifices of Kurds: Barzani

17 September 2017, 12:48

An global delegation, including the United States , Britain and UN envoys, met with Barzani and presented the alternative path for the controversial independence referendum. Iran, Turkey and the United States also object to the vote, fearing further...

Well, NASA's Cassini is dead

Well, NASA's Cassini is dead

16 September 2017, 01:07

But there are proposals to go back, submitted under NASA's New Frontiers program. One of Cassini's most important - and surprising - discoveries during its 13 years at Saturn was that the moon Enceladus has an ocean of liquid saltwater bene...

Russian Federation starts big war games along its borders, alarming its neighbors

Russian Federation starts big war games along its borders, alarming its neighbors

15 September 2017, 12:38

The war games run through September 20 and involve 5,500 Russian troops, 7,200 from Belarus, up to 70 aircraft, 250 tanks, 200 artillery pieces and 10 navy ships, according to Russia . In line with the "Russian aggression" narrative, North Atlantic ...

GOP Senators Throw another Health Care Hail Mary

GOP Senators Throw another Health Care Hail Mary

15 September 2017, 12:39

Bill Cassidy said Thursday that President Trump can help get his health care proposal passed through Congress. " Most of the discussion about flexibility has centered on amending the section 1332 state innovation waiver, because it is already...

Air Berlin cancels more flights as company suffers

Air Berlin cancels more flights as company suffers

14 September 2017, 12:53

Air Berlin has accused the absent pilots of "threatening the existence" of the airline, warning that the turmoil could scare off investors. It said at least 32 flights would be canceled on Wednesday, and that it was unable to operate 35 flights fo...

Family dies after falling in volcanic crater near Naples

Family dies after falling in volcanic crater near Naples

13 September 2017, 12:30

The couple's second son, aged seven-years-old, managed to get to safety. According to the BBC , when his parents tried to pull him to safety, the crater's ground collapsed and they fell 5 feet. Solfatara is a dormant volcano which still emits jets...

Hurricane Jose still a potential threat to Florida after Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Jose still a potential threat to Florida after Hurricane Irma

13 September 2017, 12:31

It was a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, and was moving east at 6 miles per hour. After Irma climbed up Florida, it had slowed to a tropical depression as it dumps rain over Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, NHC ...

At least 18 Egyptian police killed in attack on Sinai convoy

At least 18 Egyptian police killed in attack on Sinai convoy

12 September 2017, 12:36

Heavily-armed Islamic State militants today ambushed a police convoy, killing 18 policemen and wounding eight others in the restive Al-Arish city of North Sinai in Egypt in one of the deadliest attacks on forces. Five policemen, including three offic...

Hillary Clinton, in TV Interview, Says Election Loss Still 'Very Painful'

Hillary Clinton, in TV Interview, Says Election Loss Still 'Very Painful'

11 September 2017, 12:35

Hillary Clinton finally revealed what was on her mind during her second, pivotal debate with Donald Trump previous year, when the Republican candidate appeared to be stalking her around th estage. " I had not drafted a concession speech . I was ju...

High-rise cranes collapse in downtown Miami in hurricane-strength winds

High-rise cranes collapse in downtown Miami in hurricane-strength winds

11 September 2017, 12:38

According to the resident, the crane is on top of the PMG building that is now under construction. The cranes were thought to be able to withstand the direct hit of a Category 4 hurricane, however, Irma's winds in Miami are just at the Category 1...

NC Emergency Management teams at work on Irma preps

NC Emergency Management teams at work on Irma preps

10 September 2017, 12:51

By the time the once-monster storm makes its way far enough north for North Carolina to feel any effects, it will have weakened a long way from the Category 3 that threatens landfall along the west coast of Florida Sunday. At present, hurricane force...

Moscow rejects cutting off North Korea from Russian oil supplies

Moscow rejects cutting off North Korea from Russian oil supplies

08 September 2017, 12:42

Moon had urged Moscow to support stronger sanctions against North Korea, which conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sunday in what it claimed was a detonation of a thermonuclear weapon built for missiles capable of reaching the US mainland. "It would ...

Pa. Police Department 'Terrified' After Finding Red Balloons Tied To Sewer Grates

Pa. Police Department 'Terrified' After Finding Red Balloons Tied To Sewer Grates

07 September 2017, 01:57

In Stephen King's horror tale, "It", red balloons are the calling card of a clown named Pennywise who feeds on children. If pranksters have their way this will be the creepiest town in America. The stunt follows weeks of creepy clown sighting...

Trump pitches tax overhaul effort in North Dakota

Trump pitches tax overhaul effort in North Dakota

07 September 2017, 01:58

According to a report from the Congressional Budget Office , when taking out various deductions and tax breaks for corporations, the USA ranked fourth among G-20 countries in effective corporate tax rates - what countries actually pay. Join us in a...

Facebook Sold Political Ads to Russian Sources During 2016 Election

Facebook Sold Political Ads to Russian Sources During 2016 Election

07 September 2017, 02:00

Facebook, the dominant social media network, said that numerous 3,000 ads promoted 470 "inauthentic" accounts and pages that it has now suspended. Some of the 3,300 ads, which first appeared in the summer of 2015, named eventual nominees Donald Tr...

New Jersey US Sen. Menendez 'sold his office'

New Jersey US Sen. Menendez 'sold his office'

07 September 2017, 01:57

The case, brought by prosecutors from the Justice Department's Public Integrity Unit, accuses Menendez, 63, of accepting lavish bribes from a millionaire Palm Beach, Florida, eye doctor, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donatio...

Fed Vice Chair Stepping Down in October

Fed Vice Chair Stepping Down in October

07 September 2017, 01:54

Appointed to the board for an unexpired term finalising on 31 January, 2020, his term as vice chairman was due to expire on 12 June 2018. The resignation comes about nine months before Fischer's term as vice chairman was set to expire . Trump's firs...

Yarma backs Super Eagles to do the double over Cameroon

Yarma backs Super Eagles to do the double over Cameroon

06 September 2017, 12:22

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are now in Cameroon for the second leg of the World Cup qualification encounter. Changchun Yatai FC striker, Odion Ighalo opened scoring for Nigeria 29 minutes into the game. They got a slap on Friday, so we ex...

Mattis breaks with Trump on diplomacy with North Korea

Mattis breaks with Trump on diplomacy with North Korea

05 September 2017, 07:36

The aggressive test-flight over the territory of a close U.S. ally sent a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby. "We will do our utmost to protect people's lives", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters. Still...

Guardsmen to Help with Harvey

Guardsmen to Help with Harvey

04 September 2017, 11:24

It is sending troops and helicopters to southeast Texas. The soldiers will mostly work search-and-rescue missions, spokesman Lt. Houston Executive Airport is one of three hubs the Texas Army National Guard is operating from. The National Guard ha...

Appalachian State vs Georgia

Appalachian State vs Georgia

03 September 2017, 04:38

The Mountaineers (0-1) narrowly avoided suffering their first shutout in nearly 12 years. Georgia: The Bulldogs , held without a first down on two drives with Eason, found their momentum with Fromm. The wide receivers and tight ends were blockin...

Largest fire in Los Angeles history forces hundreds to evacuate

Largest fire in Los Angeles history forces hundreds to evacuate

03 September 2017, 04:38

Carol Smith, a National Weather Service meteorologist, told the Los Angeles Times that a combination of weather conditions were working against firefighters: temperatures of up to 106 degrees, 50-mph gusts of wind and unstable air. Three structur...

Zuma arrives in China for Brics summit

Zuma arrives in China for Brics summit

03 September 2017, 04:35

Hosted by President Xi Jinping on September 5, the summit had a significant role to play in revival of sluggish global economy with enhancing the circle of friends to convert it into BRICS Plus, he told a huge gathering of journalists here at BRICS m...

Pumped up gas prices may dip slightly

Pumped up gas prices may dip slightly

03 September 2017, 04:32

McTeague said Harvey-induced fears of potential gas shortages in the eastern USA are mainly what's driving up prices this weekend in many eastern Canadian cities. McTeague said service stations in Montreal could take advantage of higher wholesale pri...

Judge Tosses Most-Serious Charges in Penn State Fraternity Death

Judge Tosses Most-Serious Charges in Penn State Fraternity Death

02 September 2017, 12:59

Defense attorney Michael Engle argued that "the voluntariness of the drinking" is an important factor when considering Piazza's fate. "She can refile, but obviously we're going to contest any refiling", he said . Doctors said he had consumed a tox...

Iran is adhering to nuclear deal limits, inspectors say

Iran is adhering to nuclear deal limits, inspectors say

02 September 2017, 12:56

The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) says it is not going to inspect Iran's military sites despite USA pressures to do so. As of August 21, Iran's stock of low-enriched uranium was well below limits and its supply of heavy water was also...

Kejriwal slams MCD, calls Ghazipur landfill collapse man-made disaster

Kejriwal slams MCD, calls Ghazipur landfill collapse man-made disaster

02 September 2017, 12:53

The police suspect that rain-aided formation of gases led to an explosion in the garbage dump. Summary: The Ghazipur site caters to the waste generated in east Delhi, central Delhi and the old quarters of the city.The Delhi Pollution Control Boar...

Merkel: Russia, Germany would benefit from lifting of sanctions

Merkel: Russia, Germany would benefit from lifting of sanctions

01 September 2017, 01:57

Immigration is a hot-button issue in the elections, but AfD, a populist anti-immigrant party, has failed to make headway despite its talk of migrant terrorism. Libya, Chad and Niger are all transit nations for migrants bound for Europe. That is up ...

Turkish guards indicted in U.S. over attack on protesters

Turkish guards indicted in U.S. over attack on protesters

31 August 2017, 01:24

All 19 were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, a felony punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison . While 16 of the defendants had already been slapped with charges in June, Tuesday's indictment by the US Attorney's Office ...