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Saudi King Salman hosts Pakistan PM on first foreign visit
India's last substantive engagement with Pakistan was in December 2015 when Swaraj had travelled to Islamabad for a Heart of Asia conference. In that context, Khan said India and Pakistan should look at resolving all major outstanding issues, including terrorism and Kashmir, through dialogue. [Full Article...]
Two shark attacks in 24 hours on Australia's Whitsunday Islands
By the time she was pulled from the water, she was rapidly losing blood. Queensland Ambulance Service Rockhampton manager Mindy Thomas said they had sent a helicopter from Mackay and a paramedic from Hamilton Island. Before this week's events, the last shark attack in the area was eight years ago. There hasn't been a fatal shark attack in Queensland since 2014 when 18-year-old Daniel Smith w... [Full Article...]
Trump urged Spain to 'build a wall' across Sahara, says minister
The length of the US-Mexico border is less than 2,000 miles compared to the Sahara that runs for around 3,000 miles. He insisted the United States border with Mexico was wider than the Sahara desert. A total of 33,611 migrants have arrived in Spain by sea so far this year, according to figures released this week by the International Organisation for Migration. [Full Article...]
Trump's 'Space Force' Will Cost Almost $13 Billion Over Five Years
The Royal Canadian Air Force is contending with a shortage of around 275 pilots and needs more mechanics, sensor operators and other trained personnel in the face of increasing demands at home and overseas. Just last week, Russian Federation held military exercises involving 300,000 troops and 1,000 aircraft - its largest mobilization since the height of the Cold War due to tense worldwide relat... [Full Article...]
Michael Jordan makes two enormous donations to Hurricane Florence victims
The detainees were women being transported from Waccamaw Mental Health and Loris Hospital to a behavioural health hospital in Darlington, South Carolina , according to the Associated Press. "Hurricane Florence will go down as one of the most significant rainfall events on record in the Carolinas, producing widespread, catastrophic flooding", according to the weather service. [Full Article...]
Najib arrested over RM2.6 billion 'donation'
The former prime minister of Malaysia has been arrested over allegations that almost £500 million of state funds were channelled into his bank account. Public anger over the 1MDB scandal led to the stunning ouster of Najib's long-ruling coalition in May 9 national polls and ushered in the first change of power since independence from Britain in 1957. [Full Article...]
'Calm before storm,' Trump warns SC after Florence deluge
Florence has claimed eight lives in SC thus far, and flooding is expected to worsen later this week and into next. Water is responsible for the vast majority of deaths in hurricanes and tropical storms , but that hazard isn't included in the system forecasters used when they described the storm as a "Category 1 hurricane" at landfall. [Full Article...]
McCaskill to Vote 'No' on Kavanaugh
Walker. "Very hard for me to imagine that anything happened". Ford on Tuesday suggested in a letter from her legal team that she would be unwilling to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee until the FBI investigated the matter to ensure committee members are fully informed about the allegations. [Full Article...]