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Hurricane Maria killed 4,600 in Puerto Rico, 70 times official toll
While other organizations have made an effort to garner more accurate figures-CNN found 499 hurricane-related deaths, The New York Times found over 1,000 excess deaths with a Penn State researcher finding similar figures-the Puerto Rican government-commissioned study by George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health has yet to publish its results. [Full Article...]
North Korean official arrives in NY for talks with Pompeo
While Pompeo has traveled twice to North Korea in recent weeks, the meeting will be the highest-level talks between the two sides in the USA since 2000, when Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok flew to Washington to meet with then-President Bill Clinton. [Full Article...]
Avenatti withdraws motion to represent Stormy Daniels in Cohen case
That process is being overseen by former judge Barbara Jones , whom Wood appointed "special master" in the matter. If Cohen's legal team is unable to complete their review, Judge Wood said she would assign any remaining material to a government "taint team", a group of federal prosecutors not directly involved in the case, to decide what if any material is subject to the attorney-client pri... [Full Article...]
Victim Crushed by Rock Found at Pompeii
Massimo Osanna , the site's general director, described it as "an exceptional find", that contributes to a better "picture of the history and civilisation of the age". Instead, a vast cloud of hot gas and fragments - called a pyroclastic flow - surged over the city, killing its inhabitants wherever they were, and burying them in ash, preserving their final moment. [Full Article...]
Spanish police release Bill Browder
Browder has dismissed the accusations. Magnitsky was exposing how corrupt officials and police officers orchestrated a multi-million tax fraud scheme when he was arrested in 2008. The financier has expressed fears that he could be targeted by Russian assassins saying in the past: 'If I'm killed, you will know who did it'. Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley told the Press Association: 'I have ... [Full Article...]
'Murdered' Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is alive :: Kenya
He said: "Four years ago General Kulchitsky wouldn't take me on his helicopter because there wasn't the space". They had claimed he was found bleeding by his wife. Writing on Twitter , the security service said it chose to conduct the operation to collect evidence of terrorist activity by the Russian special services on Ukrainian territory. [Full Article...]
Blast, gunfire heard near interior ministry in Kabul
Just after midday, a vehicle bomb exploded at the entrance to the ministry compound, said Hashmat Stanekzai, spokesman for Kabul police. Another early morning attack struck the capital of Kandahar province, when a suicide auto bomb blast killed three civilians and wounded 13 others, a provincial official told reporters. [Full Article...]
Italy president readies nation for fresh polls seen fought on EU
Wednesday afternoon, 5-Star leader Luigi Di Maio met informally with Mattarella, followed by Cottarelli. The new prime minister is known as "Mr. Scissors" for his cuts to public spending in Italy . "It's just the last gasp of the strong powers who want Italy as a frightened, precarious slave". After more than two months of failed negotiations, Mattarella then turned to former Internationa... [Full Article...]