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Police Officer 'Murdered' During Burglary Investigation Was Newlywed
Detectives investigating the murder of Pc Andrew Harper have been granted an extra 36 hours to question 10 suspects, including a 13-year-old boy. Det Supt Ailsa Kent told a press conference: "A post-mortem was carried out on Andrew's body and the cause of death has been recorded as multiple injuries". [Full Article...]
UK Parliament Can't Stop Brexit, Johnson to Tell Macron, Merkel
The report also outlined that trade will be severely disrupted, with the agri-food sector hit the hardest. The report marks the first piece of decisive evidence that Berlin is likely willing to let London leave the European Union without a deal rather than to back down to the demands of incumbent UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and negotiate a new withdrawal agreement that includes ditching ... [Full Article...]
Tlaib to Attend Event With Pro-BDS Group Instead of Visiting Israel
On Thursday, Israel made a decision to ban Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar , D-Minneapolis, from visiting the West Bank during a congressional delegation visit planned for next week. However, following Israel's decision to bar the duo, Tlaib followed up with a special humanitarian request to gain entry into the country in order to see her grandmother who lives in the West Bank. [Full Article...]
Trump suggests move back to institutionalizing the mentally ill
The gun doesn't pull the trigger. They pull the trigger. "If you look at the '60s and the '70s, so many of these institutions were closed, and the people were just allowed to go onto the streets", the United States leader said. The people were just allowed to go onto the streets. "I think we have to start building institutions again because, you know, if you look at the '60s and '70s, so many of... [Full Article...]
Indonesia leader pledges to move capital
Widodo also assured the Council of Regional Representatives that the move will contribute to greater justice and economic equality. Only four percent of Jakarta's waste water is treated, according to the government, polluting rivers and contaminating the groundwater that supplies the city. [Full Article...]
Tlaib rejects visit under ‘oppressive conditions’ to Israel
This ban against both Congresswomen came as a surprise yesterday. It was to be a wholly one-sided excursion for the sole goal of promoting hatred of Israel and "economic warfare created to delegitimize and ultimately destroy the Jewish State", as U.S. [Full Article...]
Blaze rips through around 1000 shanties in Bangladeshi capital, leaving many homeless
Fortunately, most of the residents were away from their houses when the fire broke out because of Muslim Eid al-Adha festival celebrated here on August 12. Many of them suffered minor burn injuries while escaping the fire last night. She has lost her valuables in the fire including a fridge that her son bought four months ago, she added. [Full Article...]
2nd attempt to return Rohingya to Myanmar planned, says UN
Since the 2017 crackdown, nearly a million Rohingya refugees - a lot of them women and children - languish amid poor sanitary conditions within sprawling refugee camps in Bangladeshi coastal city of Cox's Bazaar. Almost all Rohingya have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless, and they are denied freedom of movement and other basic rights. [Full Article...]