Two Reuters journalists, Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were investigating the massacre when they were arrested in December on the outskirts of Yangon for possessing classified documents that could land them up to 14 years in jail if convicted. [Full Article...]
Anika Iqbal, a sophomore at the Baylor School, also traveled to Nashville - she was excited about the shared commitment to talk about gun violence seen at the town hall. The panelists discussed gun control broadly, but mainly focused on possible solutions for gun violence in the United States. "A thing I'm also exhausted [of] as an Arab-American in this country is that when a white man has a gun... [Full Article...]
As tensions escalate over possible USA -led military reprisals for the suspected attack, the U.N.'s most powerful body remained paralyzed, unable to overcome its deep divisions that have shown during the seven years of conflict in Syria . [Full Article...]
South Korean president Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Japanese foreign minister, Taro Kono prior their meeting at the presidential house in Seoul April 11, 2018. "The government believes that cooperation with the global community is very important in resolving the North's nuclear issue and developing inter-Korean relations", the minister said. [Full Article...]
Henry Vincent , 37, and a second man were confronted by 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks after breaking into his home at around 12.40am on 4 April. Vincent, she said, "was like a brother to me, he loved his family and his three babies". The driver promised: 'We will come back as long as it takes'. Police believe he forced the elderly homeowner into his kitchen armed with a screwdriver, where ... [Full Article...]
We have catch and release. It's sometimes hard to know just how worked up to get over the torrent of tone-deaf ideas coming out of the White House. The timing of these measures coincides with a growing strike movement among educators, including along the US-Mexico border in the state of Arizona. [Full Article...]
Then, after dusk fell, a different kind of bombardment began. Children were among the dead. In tandem with the announcement of a broad regional strategy to counter Iran's "malign influence", Tillerson's speech suggested that Trump had been won over to longer term USA intervention. [Full Article...]
The VentureEU fund will invest in six venture capital fund of funds, which is hoped to raise a total of €6.5 billion, double the amount of capital investment which is available now according to the European Commission . Tuesday, European Commission (EC) vice president Andrus Ansip went so far as to highlight distributed ledger tech, calling it one of "the areas where Europe is best positioned... [Full Article...]