Category: News
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Jamal Khashoggi: Trump suggests ‘rogue killers’ to blame
byUS President Donald Trump has suggested “rogue killers” could be behind the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. Speaking to reporters after a phone call with King Salman, he said the Saudi leader had firmly denied knowing what had happened to Mr Khashoggi. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flying to Saudi Arabia […]
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Jamal Khashoggi case: Saudis defy ‘threats’ over missing writer
bySaudi Arabia rejects political and economic “threats” over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a source quoted by state news agency SPA says. The country would respond to any punitive action “with a bigger one”, the unnamed senior source said. Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, vanished on 2 October after visiting its consulate in […]
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Picking Up The Pieces After Hurricane Michael : Port St. Joe
byJust east of Mexico Beach is Port St. Joe, a slip of a town that caught the lip of Michael’s eye when it slammed ashore Wednesday. Resident Scott Collins’ two-story townhouse lies right on the border between the two. The home was damaged by falling trees but stayed standing, which is more than he could […]
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Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia killed missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi
byMounting evidence that the Saudis were involved has fueled a growing outcry from foreign governments, U.S. lawmakers and the Trump administration. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia could face “severe punishment” if it’s confirmed that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “We’re going to get to […]
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Hurricane Michael flattens beach town like ‘mother of all bombs’
byHurricane Michael has all but rubbed a Florida beach town off the map after landing like the “mother of all bombs”. The storm smashed into the state’s north-west coast near the community of Mexico Beach on Wednesday afternoon packing 155mph (250km/h) winds. Over 1.4m homes had no power in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and the […]
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Mexico Beach is ‘wiped out’ by Hurricane Michael as other Florida cities are smashed
byWhat used to be a gorgeous beachfront city now looks like an apocalyptic mess after Hurricane Michael shredded Mexico Beach, Florida. “Mexico Beach was wiped out,” said Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “That’s probably ground zero.” Michael made landfall Wednesday near Mexico Beach as monstrous Category 4 hurricane, annihilating homes with […]
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Hurricane Michael: ‘Too late to flee’ storm set to hit Florida
byUS officials say it is too late to flee from the path of Hurricane Michael – a category four storm – hours before it is due to hit the US mainland. The storm is forecast to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast, and is expected to be the largest storm to hit the region in […]
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Hurricane Michael: Where Will It Hit?
byHURRICANE Michael is the 13th named storm of this years Atlantic Hurricane Season and is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of the United States. When will the dangerous storm hit Florida? Barreling through the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Michael is growing closer to making landfall, bringing with it devastating winds and torrential rain. Hurricane Michael […]
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Nikki Haley resigns as Trump ambassador to U.N., catches officials off guard
byThe former South Carolina said she would not run for the White House in 2020, but would back the president’s re-election. In a move that caught administration officials off guard, Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s U.N. ambassador, has resigned. During an Oval Office announcement Tuesday, Trump and Haley confirmed that she would leave his administration […]
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Eduardo Vela: ‘Stolen babies’ doctor escapes punishment in Spain
byA Madrid court has let off a former doctor over stealing newborn babies from their mothers and supplying them to infertile couples. The court found gynaecologist Eduardo Vela, 85, had committed the crimes but could not legally be convicted because too much time had elapsed. He was the first person to go on trial for […]
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