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Mystery of Saudi sisters found tied together in Hudson River
U.S. officials said yesterday they believed that Rotana Farea, 22, and Tala Farea, 16, were alive when they entered the water, bound by duct tape and facing each other. The Saudi consulate in NY said that the Consulate General is keeping close tabs on the investigation. "We are looking into a two-month gap", Shea said. [Full Article...]
Trump Spoke With China's Xi on Trade, Says Talks Going 'Nicely'
Trump said he also talked with Xi about "many subjects", including a "good discussion" on North Korea, where Trump is trying to negotiate an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. Earlier on Thursday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told a group of visiting U.S. politicians that China and the United States could overcome their differences and get relations back on track if they worked together i... [Full Article...]
Alleged Pittsburgh Shooter Pleads Not Guilty
He remains jailed without bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday. The man accused of massacring 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue entered a not guilty plea Thursday as three of his alleged victims were laid to rest. We were treated so warmly. "Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away", he tweeted. Imagine the horrors of this week for Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the T... [Full Article...]
Chinese firm charged with economic espionage
In the past two months the Justice Department has also indicted 12 Chinese, including three intelligence officials, in an alleged five-year plot to steal jet engine technology from major USA and French companies who supply the world's airlines. [Full Article...]
Islamists Protest For Second Day After Christian Acquitted Of Blasphemy
Asia Bibi , a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours. Asia Noreen, a Christian woman known as Asia Bibi, was accused of blasphemy in 2009, specifically insulting the prophet Muhammad. [Full Article...]
Saudi Crown Prince's uncle returns to Riyadh after absence
This was carried out as part of a premeditated plan, according to a statement by the chief prosecutor's office. The Saudi Crown Prince described journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a unsafe Islamist days after his disappearance in a phone call with Jared Kushner, the Washington Post reported Thursday. [Full Article...]
Police step up sex offender monitoring for Halloween
The Butts County Sheriff's Office placed a "No Trick-or-Treat" sign in front of the home of every sex offender to make sure that house is avoided by parents and children. "I'm not trying to humiliate 'em or anything like that", Long told CBS News . As of this month, more than 31,300 sex offenders have been registered in the state of IL. [Full Article...]
US charges Malaysian financier in money laundering scheme
Leissner pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr Leissner, who left Goldman in February 2016, has been ordered to forfeit $43.7m. After the bond transaction was executed, more than US$500 million of the bond proceeds were misappropriated into shell companies controlled by Low, Leissner, Ng and other co-conspirators, the government said... [Full Article...]