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London teen starved and bled to death in Malaysia, autopsy shows
Her relatives yesterday described the youngster, who was born with a rare genetic condition, as "the truest, most precious girl". According to them, she has never done anything like that. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Nora's family. Following the confirmation that Nora's body had been found, Irish premier Leo Varadkar said the situation was "every family's worst nightmare". [Full Article...]
London Court Grants P&ID Permission To Seize $9bn Nigerian Assets
Wire service reports suggests the judgement by the enforcement order in favour of P&ID was granted by a Commercial Court in London on Friday. According to the firm's website, the deal would have allowed it to "build a state-of-the-art gas processing plant to refine natural gas.[that] Nigeria would receive free of charge to power its national electric grid". [Full Article...]
Israel blocks visit from Democratic Congresswomen who are Trump targets
But it held out the carrot of allowing Tlaib to make a private visit to her elderly grandmother, if she agreed to abide by conditions including a pledge not to advocate boycotting Israel. Similarly problematic, DCI-P, which is the Palestinian branch of the Geneva-based that says its mission is to " promote and protect the rights of Palestinian children", has ties to the Popular Front of the Lib... [Full Article...]
Rajnath Singh sparks debate on no-first-use nuclear doctrine
Vajpayee died, aged 93, on August 16 a year ago at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after a prolonged illness. Flanked by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Rajnath Singh said that while India stands firm on the no first use policy, its stand may change in the future depending on circumstances. [Full Article...]
Washington advances sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan - US senator
The Post reported, "The State Department submitted the package to Congress for informal review late Thursday, and it is not expected to meet opposition, according to several US officials and other people familiar with the matter". Taiwan has had de facto independence since 1949 and is supported by US. Taiwan's plan to upgrade its air defenses comes amid increasing Chinese air force incursions ... [Full Article...]
No evidence of foul play in death of Nora Anne
Malaysian Police said there was no suspicion the 15-year-old, who was discovered following a 10-day search, was the victim of foul play. The family of Nora Quoirin face an agonising wait to find out how she died after an eight-hour post-mortem examination failed to come up with answers yesterday, as Malaysian police slam claims a local tribe attacked her. [Full Article...]
US Customs is experiencing a nationwide computer issue, airports say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection computers were back online Friday after a "temporary outage" with its processing systems caused delays at numerous airports earlier in the day. Just to let you know Customs is experiencing a system shutdown nationwide. Another passenger arriving at JFK said "The system is allegedly down including global entry". [Full Article...]
Hundreds of strangers attend El Paso victim’s funeral after widower makes plea
But the hot night wasn't enough to stop hundreds of people from lining up to mourn at the funeral of El Paso shooting victim Margie Reckard , which took place at La Paz Faith Memorial and Spiritual Center, CNN reported. basically its El Paso", he continued. "I've been in business over 30 years", Sandy Blanco, owner of Debbie's Bloomers, told CNN. "I've never seen any outpouring so handsome,... [Full Article...]