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Duterte will be 'first to obey' new sexual harassment law, palace says
Under the law, crimes of gender-based streets and public spaces sexual harassment are committed through "any unwanted and uninvited sexual actions or remarks against any person regardless of the motive for committing such action or remarks". [Full Article...]
US sanctions Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya
The State Department announced that it sanctioned four senior Myanmar military officials for "gross human rights violations" committed against the Rohingya people. "As the Tatmadaw is an institution that is run by orders from top to the bottom, this sanction is meant to be not only against the top leaders but also against the whole Tatmadaw", he said, using the local name for the military. [Full Article...]
Man charged with sex assault, robbery of ride share customer
Officers were called to the area at 3:53 a.m. A 21-year-old woman told police she had ordered a taxi through a ridesharing company. The man then drove the woman to a secluded area where police alleged he sexually assaulted her, stole her cellphone and forced her out of the vehicle. [Full Article...]
Ex-Ecuadorian president confirms Assange meddled in USA election from London embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange received deliveries that might have contained hacked documents while living at the Ecuadorian embassy in England, CNN reports. The reports show that Assange met with Russians and "world-class hackers" before critical leaks. After Assange's arrest Hillary Clinton said the WikiLeaks co-founder, whose website published hacked emails from her 2016 presidential... [Full Article...]
House Votes to Limit Trump's Iran War Powers
Mike Turner (R-Ohio), ranking member on HASC's strategic forces subcommittee. "... Our national security is not a game, but that's exactly how the Democrats are treating it". Congress last month approved a $4.6 billion measure with money to improve border stations and migrants' treatment. Lawmakers will try to reconcile the competing versions in what could be lengthy negotiations given the differe... [Full Article...]
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Courtney Wild speaks about alleged sexual abuse
Other items found in the search included cash, diamonds and a passport that appeared to have been issued by a foreign country in the 1980s that containing Epstein's photo but someone else's name. Epstein faces up to 45 years in federal prison if convicted. Wild and others have sued the Department of Justice over the deal, claiming she and other victims were not informed about the status of the c... [Full Article...]
Beijing rebuffs Trump claims over slip in growth
Trump , in a Monday tweet, seized on slowing economic growth in China as evidence that U.S. tariffs were having "a major effect" and warned that Washington could pile on more pressure. Many people in the United States strongly opposed the tariffs and the trade war, he added. "I would like to once again call on the USA to work together with China, to meet halfway, and to strive for a mutually ben... [Full Article...]
Air Force Warns Facebook Group Against Trespassing at Area 51
The Facebook event " Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All Of Us ", was started as an internet joke to raid Area 51 on September 20 in search of aliens. The promise of force from multiple military and civilian agencies is in response to a Facebook invite created by games streamer SmyleeKun , which describes meeting up at the Area 51 Alien Center in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. [Full Article...]