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Canada Set to Ratify USMCA on January 29 - Trudeau
Ratifying the new North American Free Trade Agreement will be a top priority for the Trudeau government when Parliament resumes next week. That's because the Liberals were reduced from a majority to a minority mandate in the election. [Full Article...]
Al-Salbi identified as new Daesh leader
The organization recommended the name of Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qureshi as its leader after the death of ISIS kingpin Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in a special U.S. Al-Salbi, who helped discovered ISIS, acquired severe Sharia Law in Iraq and Syria, drove the subjugation of the Yazidi, and has worked over the world. [Full Article...]
Police investigate shooting at Las Vegas mall; multiple people injured
Metro Police said right before the group was about to get into a fight, one person pulled out a gun and fired it into the crowd. Las Vegas Metro Police are now investigating after three people were injured in the shooting at the Fashion Show Mall. [Full Article...]
Trump plans to Expand Travel Ban to Include Nigeria, Officials Say
The U.S. administration considers adding Belarus and Kyrgyzstan to its travel ban list, along with four African countries, according to media reports. against potential acts of terrorism, the Trump administration has said, although how Nigerians fit into this narrative is hard to see. Of course this doesn't mean Nigerians won't be able to enter the US. [Full Article...]
Former Vale CEO Charged With Homicide Over Deadly Dam Collapse
On January 21, the Brazilian public prosecutor charged Fabio Schvartsman, the former chief of the mining giant Vale SA, and 15 others with the murder of a dam that killed more than 250 people past year. A technical study a year ago concluded that the cause of the collapse was a phenomenon known as "liquefaction", which is produced when a solid material becomes liquid. [Full Article...]
Fla. Cold Front Could Mean Dodging Falling Iguanas
The low temperatures can create a hazard for pedestrians when the frigid air renders the cold-blooded animals immobile, causing some to fall out of trees or other high perches. South Florida has some experience with this odd plague. "The scene at my backyard swimming pool (on) this 40-degree South Florida morning: A frozen iguana", said a 2018 tweet from Frank Cerabino, a columnist for the Palm ... [Full Article...]
U.S. Rejects Iranian Lawmaker’s 'Ridiculous' Reward To Kill Trump
General Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was the deputy head of Iraq's Hashd al-Sha'abi (PMU), and a number of their entourage were killed in a strike by American drones near Baghdad International Airport on Friday, January 3. In response, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that the country will ditch the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European Union states file a co... [Full Article...]
Salvors ignore United Kingdom bid to stop items' recovery — Titanic struggle
The Titanic was deemed an "unsinkable ship" and was the largest passenger ship afloat in 1912. Those items were collected from the debris surrounding the wreck that lies some 600 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. "An expedition by an American company certainly can not be stopped by the British government", one insider was quoted as saying. Bretton Hunchak, the president of RMS Titan... [Full Article...]