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Australian nationals can now use ePassport gates to enter UK
There are now more than 264 ePassport gates in place across 15 airports and global rail terminals across the UK. The British High Commission has announced electronic passport gates are now available for Aussies and Kiwis carrying electronically enabled passports. [Full Article...]
French drug smuggler Felix Dorfin sentenced to death in Indonesia
An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a Frenchman to death for smuggling 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) of drugs to the tourist island of Lombok, even though prosecutors had only sought a 20-year sentence. A female police officer was arrested for allegedly helping him escape in exchange for money. The death sentence came as a shock to Dorfin and his lawyer, Deny Nur, as prosecutors had only reques... [Full Article...]
Pilot and passenger die after floatplane crashes in Alaska
Alaska floatplane operator Taquan Air suffered its second deadly crash in a span of eight days when an aircraft with two people aboard reportedly plunged into Metlakatla Harbor late Monday afternoon. Taquan Air has had three accidents in less than a year. One of the Beaver's four passengers was killed, while five people died aboard a de Havilland Otter DHC-3, which held 10 guests and a pilot. [Full Article...]
US Warns That Chinese-Made Drones Could Steal Data for China
Google, Intel and Qualcomm responded by immediately halting sales to Huawei , leaving the tech firm's ability to keep up its smartphone manufacturing operation in question, and barring the Chinese firm from including some features of Google's Android operating system in its phones. [Full Article...]
Trump tells Pentagon chief he doesn’t want war with Iran
State Department officials, meanwhile, have set a "red line" that they warn Iran would cross at its peril: It could not ramp up its nuclear fuel production to the point where it would produce a nuclear weapon in less than one year. "A war in Iran would make the Iraq war look like a walk in the park". "Top authorities in Iran and America have rejected a war, but third parties are in a hurry to ... [Full Article...]
Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma, Texas
Between 6 and 8 inches of rain fell Monday, officials said. Lynda James, a licensed practical nurse, said they couldn't see or hear anything but the siren from where they were, but she was getting text messages Monday night about damage on the west side of Mangum. [Full Article...]
Abortion rights rally draws at least 1,000 in downtown Portland
It bans abortion at all times and in nearly all cases, including when the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest, but allows exceptions when the mother's life is in danger. Last week, Alabama enacted the strictest abortion law in the country . It seeks jail terms of between 10 and 99 years for doctors performing abortions, which are counted as homicides. [Full Article...]
DOD claims it has deterred Iranian attacks on US forces
The Pentagon accelerated the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to the Gulf and dispatched B-52 bombers to the region on May 7 after USA intelligence reported Iranian "threats" to U.S. Trump warned on Monday that Iran would be met with " great force " if it attacked United States interests in the Middle East. "I just hope Iran is listening". [Full Article...]