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USA company evacuates foreign workers from Iraqi oil field
The withdrawal did not affect the facility's operations, the head of Iraq's state-owned South Oil Company which owns the oilfield, Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said. "Last night 28 employees were evacuated to the airport and the rest were sent to the camp". The company withdrew all of its foreign staff last week, days after the United States withdrew all non-essential staff from the U.S. [Full Article...]
40 million people under severe weather threats in the Midwest
There were reports of a risky and large tornado in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, early Sunday morning. One third of homes and businesses in the parish were without power as of about 11 a.m. There's but any other for violent, lengthy-note tornadoes, detrimental winds and truly enormous hail on this status. The storm system is the same one that led to torrential rains to California earlier this... [Full Article...]
F-16 fighter jet crashes into building in California; pilot ejects
Lee went on to tell reporters, "As soon as I saw it begin tilting, the pilot ejected", Lee said. Aerial video from KTLA showed a large hole in what appeared to be a commercial building. Megan Brenner. The parachute left by the pilot who ejected before his F-16 fighter jet crashed into a warehouse just outside March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif., Thursday afternoon, May 16, 2019. [Full Article...]
Explosions heard in Syrian capital apparent Israeli strikes
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, reported three explosions southwest of Damascus . Syria's state television channel showed footage of the night sky illuminated by an unidentified point of light and the sound of shooting, Reuters said. [Full Article...]
Austrian vice-chancellor resigns after release of secret video
Crowds stood outside the chancellor's office in anticipation of Strache's statement. On Saturday Strache, 49, insisted he was the "victim of a targeted political attack", which had used illegal means to entrap him, but that he was leaving in order to avoid further damage to the government. [Full Article...]
Maher guest Fran Lebowitz's Trump comments light up social media with reactions
People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and lightened candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on October 25, 2018. Not everyone was upset about her comments, however. I did not mean that and I regret saying it. I had twelve cups of coffee. Liberal author Fran Lebowitz is sparking outrage after she claimed the president "deserves" the ... [Full Article...]
Australia's ruling coalition elected to surprise third term
To win a majority in the House of Representatives, either major party will need 76 seats. The 51-year-old Morrison may yet have to depend on ecologically minded independents to pass legislation and manage deep divisions within his fractious coalition, with no room for defections. [Full Article...]
Alabama abortion law too extreme, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says
President Donald Trump expressed similar thoughts on his Twitter feed on Saturday , stating that his own views on abortion were analogous to those of President Ronald Reagan . The Alabama law does not make exceptions for fetuses conceived via rape or incest, prompting some Republicans to say that the state's lawmakers had gone too far. [Full Article...]