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Mexican police intercept 1000 strong caravan headed for US
It is unclear what path the migrants are taking to get to the U.S. -Mexico border , but some migrants from African countries have reported traveling from Africa to Brazil before heading north to the U.S, according to the BBC . US President Donald Trump has vowed to enact import duties of 5% on Monday if no agreement is reached. "Soldiers and police forced hundreds of migrants in the grou... [Full Article...]
Labour squeaks home ahead of Brexit Party to win by-election
May will remain as prime minister for a few weeks while the party picks a successor, who will become Britain's next prime minister. The front-runner, Boris Johnson , has warned that the Conservatives face "extinction" if Britain doesn't leave the European Union on October 31. [Full Article...]
Journalists in jail? Australia weighs implications of police raids on media
Australian authorities search through items in Annika Smethurst's kitchen. "Police raiding journalists is becoming normalised". This follows on the heels of a raid earlier in the week, in which the police searched the home of a journalist who reported in 2018 that the government was considering expanding secret surveillance of citizens. [Full Article...]
Man arrested for planning to detonate grenades in Times Square, sources say
Sources say he was trying to buy guns with their serial numbers removed. According to this source, the suspect had initially considered targeting politicians in both New York City and Washington, D.C., but eventually made a decision to focus on Times Square instead. [Full Article...]
Mum Dies After Swallowing Bag Of Cocaine In Airport First Class Lounge
The teacher acquired the cocaine from her husband Mark, who is a shipping company boss, while on holiday in the UK. Her husband, who traveled with her but had left the United Kingdom a few days earlier, told the inquest that he was aware that she would take small amounts of cocaine , and sometimes did it with her. [Full Article...]
Attorneys seek light sentence for cop who shot 911 caller
On Friday, Judge Kathryn Quaintance sentenced him to 12 years and six months behind bars. "Good people sometimes do bad things". Justine Damond died after she called 911 for police help and approached a police auto outside her house. "This sentence honours the memory of Ms Rusczcyk and allows Mr Noor to continue to serve the city", Noor's lawyers, Thomas Plunkett and Peter Wold, wrote in their m... [Full Article...]
Federal Police to front parliament committee over media raids
The ABC has protested over the raid. Australian police justified both the raids by saying that these journalists were publishing classified material that had the potential to undermine national security. Prime Minister Scott Morrison , who was travelling in Britain, told reporters the police acted independently and that the government believed in media freedom. [Full Article...]
China's Xi calls Donald Trump his friend
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday renewed calls to revisit the role of the U.S. dollar in global trade and accused Washington of seeking to dominate the world. The Chinese leader noted that the current global trade system needs fine-tuning but spoke strongly against protectionism, warning that globalization can't be stopped. [Full Article...]