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Netherlands, Australia hold Russia liable for downing MH17
Earlier on Thursday, global investigators concluded Russian-made BUK missile shot down the plane over east Ukraine in which 298 people were killed. The missile launcher was operated by the Russian 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade and fired from a farm near Pervomaisk, a town in eastern Ukraine, the investigators said . [Full Article...]
Trump administration has cut deal with China's ZTE
The ban came because of allegations that the company had violated US sanctions on North Korea and Iran. As I wrote earlier this month , a company of its global scale brings significant revenue to USA businesses which, beyond more obvious consumer-facing companies, includes component-level partners like Qualcomm , who would be impacted if ZTE were to disappear tomorrow. [Full Article...]
Amber Alert issued for toddler whose mother was found dead
She reported her daughter and grandson missing on May 20, three days after she received the last text from Hidalgo-Calderon. Owen Hidalgo-Caldron's mother, 18-year-old Selena Hidalgo-Calderon, was reportedly found dead on Thursday in Sodus, New York . [Full Article...]
Trump not backing down on 'spy' allegations
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has attempted to defuse the situation, but it still poses great peril. The invite list evolved up until hours before the meeting - a reflection of the partisan distrust and the political wrangling. But, after complaints by both parties, they added a second session for top Democrats and Republicans. Negotiations restarted when Trump demanded Sunday that the ... [Full Article...]
Qatar bars shops from selling goods from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt
After initially disrupting Qatar's imports and triggering the withdrawal of billions of dollars from its banks by depositors from the four states, the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas quickly developed new trade routes and deployed tens of billions of dollars from its sovereign wealth fund to protect its domestic lenders. [Full Article...]
Lava consumes 82 homes in Hawaii
The Kilauea volcano has been erupting for three weeks, spewing lava from cracks that emerged in neighborhoods and sending ash sky-high from its summit. Geological Survey geologist Wendy Stovall on a conference call, on the flow moving toward PGV at about 50 feet (15 meters) per hour. Earthquakes continued at a moderate rate overnight. [Full Article...]
Israeli forces injure over 100 protesters in Gaza
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces released a statement saying that their tank " targeted a military observation post in the southern Gaza Strip a short while ago ". Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinians protesting along the so-called buffer zone in the Gaza Strip. No Israelis have been killed during that time. [Full Article...]
Malaysia will pay all obligations on 1MDB debt - finmin
Najib, who led Malaysia for almost a decade, has consistently denied any wrongdoing, insisting that the $680 million that appeared in his bank account a few years ago was the gift of an anonymous Saudi royal. Most of the handbags were by the designer Hermes - and other luxury items including watches, jewellery and baby shoes were also confiscated. Singh declined to say who owned the apartments, ... [Full Article...]