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Benny Gantz unable to form Israel coalition government
Wednesday's announcement by Benny Gantz deals a major setback to his hopes of replacing the long-serving Netanyahu and could set the stage for the country's third election in under a year. The prime minister said Mr Gantz had chosen to ignore the "will of the majority" to form a national unity government and warned that another election would be "institutional insanity". [Full Article...]
US Senate Unanimously Passes Hong Kong Bill
While police and protesters were still confronting each other at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Tang told the South China Morning Post that the violence used by the activists was "very close to terrorism". The United Nations human rights office was watching the university situation with "deepening concern", spokesman Rupert Colville said in Geneva. Bob Menendez, who also sponsored the bill,... [Full Article...]
Schiff: Sondland Testimony ‘Among the Most Significant Evidence to date’
Mr. Schiff pressed him about the deal in which Mr. Trump offered a White House visit to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in exchange for investigations into 2016 election meddling and Burisma Holdings, the Ukraine energy company linked to former Vice President Joseph R. [Full Article...]
John McDonnell accuses Tories of siding with the super rich
John McDonnell, the party's finance minister-in-waiting, will say in a speech he wants to "rewrite the rules of our economy", casting the election as a chance to overthrow a system where billionaires can buy access to power. Their plans would not hit billionaires - they would overwhelmingly hurt hard-pressed families". He conveniently forgets that it would be even more hard to fund its myriad sp... [Full Article...]
Woman risks her life to rescue scorched koala from Australian bushfire
The fearless rescuer, who identified herself as Toni, was seen on video disrobing before charging toward the flames and taking the koala into her arms , according to CBS News. The overall population for koalas in Australia is estimated between 50,000 and 100,000, CBS News reports . Bushfires have so far this month claimed at least four lives, burnt about 2.5 million acres (1 million hectares) ... [Full Article...]
Man poses as pilot to dodge airport queues
Deputy Commissioner of police, Sanjay Bhatia, said Rajan Mahbubani, 48, was wearing a Lufthansa airlines pilot's uniform and was carrying a fake ID card when he was detained at the airport in the Indian capital. He was caught when he was just about to board an Air Asia flight to Kolkata, an official was quoted as saying by PTI. He has been handed over to Delhi Police for further probe. [Full Article...]
Businessman arrested over journalist murder
Yorgen Fenech was on a yacht that was intercepted sailing northwards away from Malta by the military early on Wednesday and forced back to port. People lay flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial during a vigil and protest on the first anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in a vehicle bomb, outside the Courts of Justice in Valletta, Malta October 16, 2018. [Full Article...]
China tortured me over Hong Kong, says former British consulate employee
Simon Cheng , a 28-year-old Hong Kong citizen who was detained for 15 days while on a trip to mainland China in August, claimed in a Facebook statement Wednesday that he was beaten, blindfolded, deprived of sleep, chained spread-eagled and forced to hold stress positions for hours at a time. [Full Article...]