Authorities say vandalism at a Maine golf course will be investigated as a possible hate crime because of a swastika that was found carved into the green on the course’s first hole. Police suspect the damage at Cobbossee Colony Golf Course in Monmouth was done by teenagers sometime late Sunday […]
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Southern Yemen leader sees independence referendum, parliament body
File Photo – Dismissed governor of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, Aidaroos al-Zubaidi (R), waves to supporters of the separatist Southern Movement as they demonstrated against recent decisions by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi that sacked senior officials supported by the United Arab Emirates, including al-Zubaidi in Aden, Yemen […]
Towering flames prompt more evacuations as California wildfires kill 35
Towering walls of flames prompted more mandatory evacuations in Northern California early Saturday as firefighters continued battling 17 large wildfires around the state which authorities say have killed at least 35 people, left hundreds missing and leveled entire neighborhoods. The blazes — among the deadliest in the state’s history — […]
Car bombs kill at least 22 in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu: police
Civilians evacuate from the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY October 14, 2017 By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Two car bombs in separate parts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least […]
Thousands rally in Malaysia to oust premier Najib
People hold placards reading “Love Malaysia, End Kleptocracy” during an anti-kleptocracy rally in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin October 14, 2017 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered at an unsanctioned rally on Saturday to demand action against Prime Minister Najib Razak […]
Understanding the difference between the IMF and World Bank
Win McNamee | Getty Images An employee walks outside the World Bank headquarters in Washington, United States. Experts say the roles of both institutions have shifted since their inception at Bretton Woods more than 70 years ago. “The IMF is heavily involved in fighting crises around the world,” Steil said. […]
President Trump pats himself on back after health stocks take a dive
President Donald Trump is pointing to a fall in health insurance stocks as a sign of the success of his order immediately ending payments to insurers that help cover out-of-pocket costs for low- and middle-income Americans. In tweets Saturday morning, the president also suggested that insurance companies had received a […]
German minister upsets fellow conservatives over Muslim holidays
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke October 14, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has upset fellow members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc by proposing that Germany introduce […]
Russian Senate head to discuss nuclear program with North, South Korea
Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (C) attends a session of the Council of Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Sochi, Russia October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov October 14, 2017 MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior official in the Russian parliament will discuss North Korea’s missile […]
Yemen’s ex-president Saleh stable after Russian medics operate
A poster of Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seen on a door of a shop in an old quarter of Yemen’s capital Sanaa, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi October 14, 2017 DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has had a successful operation at a Sanaa hospital […]