Today he was handed six life sentences, one for each life he took, with a minimum parole period of 46 years. A jury in November found him guilty of the murder of six people , including a 3-month-old baby and a 10-year-old girl, as well as trying to kill another 27 pedestrians, as Gargasoulas rampaged through the busy pedestrian area in a stolen vehicle in January 2017. [Full Article...]
The court also asked the Delhi police commissioner, along with the chief secretaries and DGPs of Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh , Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand to take "prompt" and necessary action to prevent such incidents. [Full Article...]
MP Heidi Allen spoke about Brexit and poverty. Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has shifted his party leftward, while hard-liners have pulled May's Conservatives to the right over Brexit, leaving a gaping hole in the center and rendering many Britons politically homeless. [Full Article...]
There are some extra gimmicks here and there, such as the curious idea of turning Macau into a trading platform for Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil. The event will be attended by officials from China's National Development and Reform Commission as well as the leaders of Guangdong and Macau. The measures listed out for Hong Kong include supporting development of the Hong Kong-Shenzhe... [Full Article...]
At a meeting Wednesday, Xi told Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani that "China's resolve to develop a comprehensive strategic partnership with Iran will remain unchanged", regardless of the evolving worldwide situation, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency. [Full Article...]
In addition to northeast Syria, officials have talked about the importance of keeping some troops at the strategic Tanf garrison on the Iraq-Jordan border. Graham has been among the loudest voices demanding that some troops be left in Syria. In a confrontation late last week with acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan at the Munich Security Conference, he called the complete withdrawal "the dum... [Full Article...]
Sanders and several other Democrats in the race advocate progressive views on key issues like the economy, the environment and health care. "You should run as an independent, '" Meeks said. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is embraced by her husband, former US President Bill Clinton, at the end of the fourth day of the Democ... [Full Article...]
Ren's television interview, his first with an American journalist, comes at a tumultuous moment for him and his company, the world's largest communications equipment manufacture. Australia , New Zealand , and the USA have all banned Huawei from providing equipment for future 5G broadband networks; Canada and the United Kingdom are reviewing the potential threat. [Full Article...]