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India proposed Anil Ambani's Reliance for Rafale deal: Former French President Hollande
Ahead of India's 2019 general election, in which Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party will campaign on its pro-poor policies and economic development record, the allegations of impropriety against the government could provide fuel to opposition critiques that the prime minister is too cozy with tycoons. [Full Article...]
Trump Asked About His Golf Course During Hurricane Florence Visit
Authorities have issued flash flood warning to Virginia to Massachusetts, Washington DC, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Albany, Hartford, Connecticut and Boston. SC governor Henry McMaster estimated his state has already suffered $1.2bn in damage. He asked Congress for help. He warned flooding would continue into next week, meaning "that lives are still at risk". [Full Article...]
PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars
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PayPal broke the news in an email to Infowars yesterday, saying the company had conducted a comprehensive review of the Infowars site and found that it "promoted hate and discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions", a violation of PayPal's acceptable use policy. [Full Article...]
Russia, China warn USA of 'consequences' of 'playing with fire'
India and Russian Federation signed an agreement in 2016 to buy the "Triumf" S-400 missile system in 2016 but the United States law CAATSA (Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) could be a hurdle. "It would not be bad if they remembered about the concept of global stability, which they are unthinkingly undermining by whipping up tensions in Russia-U.S. [Full Article...]
US Seeks to Negotiate a Broad Treaty With Iran
By treaty, the envoy meant one that would be ratified by the US Senate, which the 2015 Obama Administration nuclear agreement with Iran did not. Washington remains open to talks with the Iranian leadership to conclude a new Treaty to replace the so-called "nuclear deal", which States came out a few months ago, unilaterally. [Full Article...]
Philippines: At least 29 dead in Cebu landslide
Some who were trapped in the sludge managed to send text messages pleading for help, but the messages stopped within a few hours. Dennis Pansoy, a 41-year-old shipyard worker, had left his wife, two sons and two other relatives in the family home for less than an hour on his way to work when the landslide buried his neighborhood. [Full Article...]
Video shows ‘firenado’ pulling hose out of firefighter’s hands
And now, it seems, Canadian wildfires are just toying with firefighters. Schidlowsky said they played tug of war with it but the hose ended up melting. A fire tornado was created. The whirl pulled the hose more than 100ft into the air before melting it, as well as throwing burning logs. Schidlowsky writes that the tornado reached over 200 feet (61 meters) in height. [Full Article...]
Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings in new ad: Don't vote for our brother
The stunning ad was released Friday by Democratic candidate David Brill , who hopes to unseat Gosar when voters in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District head to the polls on November 6. When House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes released a memo that he purported would show those officials' clear bias against the President, Gosar claimed the document showed evidence of "treason"... [Full Article...]