Monday, August 28, 2017

German police raid homes of suspects planning to kill leftist politicians

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German police raid homes of suspects planning to kill leftist politicians

German police raid homes of suspects planning to kill leftist politiciansGerman police on Monday raided the homes and workplaces of a policeman and another person suspected of planning to capture and kill left-wing politicians because of their views on immigration, authorities said. The suspects, who feared Germany's refugee policies would impoverish the country, had begun to stockpile food and ammunition and plan attacks, the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement. "The suspects see the crisis they fear taking hold as an opportunity to capture left-wing political representatives and kill them with their weapons," the statement said.


Houston convention center gives refuge to Harvey's survivors

Houston convention center gives refuge to Harvey's survivorsHOUSTON (AP) — Patricia Cain entered the George R. Brown Convention Center barefoot and carrying two oxygen tanks. The first was empty. The second was given to her by the Houston Fire Department after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her from her flooded home.


France holds migration summit after backtracking on asylum hotspots in Africa

France holds migration summit after backtracking on asylum hotspots in AfricaBy John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Getting Europe's migrant crisis under control will be in focus at a summit of Europe's "big four" continental powers and three African nations in Paris on Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron seeking concrete action. The 28-nation European Union has struggled to agree on a coherent answer to the influx of migrants fleeing war, poverty and political upheaval in the Middle East and Africa, and the crisis is testing cooperation between member states.


J.J. Watt Starts His Own Harvey Relief Fund And Raises Money In A Hurry

J.J. Watt Starts His Own Harvey Relief Fund And Raises Money In A HurryJ.J. Watt of the Houston Texans is tackling the disaster left by the catastrophic storm Harvey with the same passion he uses to pursue quarterbacks.


Mexico To Trump: No, We're Definitely Not Paying For Your Border Wall

Mexico To Trump: No, We're Definitely Not Paying For Your Border WallMexico told President Donald Trump again in no uncertain terms that it will not be paying for his proposed border wall, no matter what he says — or tweets — on the matter.


Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover Re

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Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover Re

Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover ReDamages from Harvey, the hurricane and tropical storm ravaging Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast, are estimated to be well below those from major storms that have hit New Orleans and New York, according to Hannover Re on Monday. Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, said that insured losses for Katrina in 2005 were around $80 billion, while losses from Sandy in 2012 were $36 billion. "We are far from Katrina and Sandy in magnitude in the case of Hurricane Harvey," a spokeswoman for the company said.


Netanyahu: Iran building missile production sites in Syria, Lebanon

Netanyahu: Iran building missile production sites in Syria, LebanonBy Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran is building sites to produce precision-guided missiles in Syria and Lebanon, with the aim of using them against Israel. At the start of a meeting in Jerusalem with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Netanyahu accused Iran of turning Syria into a "base of military entrenchment as part of its declared goal to eradicate Israel." "It is also building sites to produce precision-guided missiles towards that end, in both Syria and in Lebanon.


Houston News Station KHOU 11 Evacuates On Live TV As Harvey Floods Studio

Houston News Station KHOU 11 Evacuates On Live TV As Harvey Floods StudioNews station KHOU 11 was forced to evacuate on Sunday as flood waters from Hurricane Harvey entered the building’s first floor.


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Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover Re

Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover ReDamages from Harvey, the hurricane and tropical storm ravaging Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast, are estimated to be well below those from major storms that have hit New Orleans and New York, according to Hannover Re on Monday. Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, said that insured losses for Katrina in 2005 were around $80 billion, while losses from Sandy in 2012 were $36 billion. "We are far from Katrina and Sandy in magnitude in the case of Hurricane Harvey," a spokeswoman for the company said.


Netanyahu: Iran building missile production sites in Syria, Lebanon

Netanyahu: Iran building missile production sites in Syria, LebanonBy Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran is building sites to produce precision-guided missiles in Syria and Lebanon, with the aim of using them against Israel. At the start of a meeting in Jerusalem with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Netanyahu accused Iran of turning Syria into a "base of military entrenchment as part of its declared goal to eradicate Israel." "It is also building sites to produce precision-guided missiles towards that end, in both Syria and in Lebanon.


Whereabouts of former Thai PM Yingluck unknown, defense minister says

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Whereabouts of former Thai PM Yingluck unknown, defense minister says

Whereabouts of former Thai PM Yingluck unknown, defense minister saysBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's defense minister on Monday said he did not know the whereabouts of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, days after she failed to show up for a verdict in her trial for negligence at which she faced up to 10 years in prison. Yingluck, whose government was ousted in a 2014 coup, fled to Dubai via Singapore, sources in her Puea Thai Party said on the weekend. "We don't know where Yingluck fled and whether she has asked for asylum anywhere," Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who is also a deputy prime minister, told reporters.


Jailed Samsung heir appeals against conviction

Jailed Samsung heir appeals against convictionLawyers for the jailed heir to the Samsung empire filed an appeal against his conviction on Monday as South Korean media divided on the ruling that put the country's top business leader behind bars. Lee Jae-Yong, the de-facto head of Samsung Electronics, was found guilty last week of bribing South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye and sentenced to five years in prison. The official website of the Seoul Central District Court showed that Lee's lawyer Kim Jong-Hoon filed an appeal on Monday but gave no further details.


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Security high before Indian court sentences guru for rapes

Security high before Indian court sentences guru for rapesNEW DELHI (AP) — A curfew was in place Monday in a north Indian town where a spiritual guru who was convicted of rape last week was scheduled to be sentenced later in the day.


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Jailed Samsung heir appeals against conviction

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Jailed Samsung heir appeals against conviction

Jailed Samsung heir appeals against convictionLawyers for the jailed heir to the Samsung empire filed an appeal against his conviction on Monday as South Korean media divided on the ruling that put the country's top business leader behind bars. Lee Jae-Yong, the de-facto head of Samsung Electronics, was found guilty last week of bribing South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye and sentenced to five years in prison. The official website of the Seoul Central District Court showed that Lee's lawyer Kim Jong-Hoon filed an appeal on Monday but gave no further details.


Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 Finale

Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 FinaleWarning! Spoilers below for “Game of Thrones” Season 7! Like the saying goes, what goes up, must come down in a hail of ice dragon fire.


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Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 Finale

Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 FinaleWarning! Spoilers below for “Game of Thrones” Season 7! Like the saying goes, what goes up, must come down in a hail of ice dragon fire.


Raqa children tormented by beheadings, bombs: charity

Raqa children tormented by beheadings, bombs: charityChildren escaping Syria's Raqa have been "tormented" by years of living under jihadist rule culminating in a ferocious bombing campaign on the city, a charity said on Monday. It could take decades for young people from the Islamic State group's stronghold to overcome their psychological injuries, Save the Children warned. The NGO interviewed children and their families who escaped the war-torn city, where a US-backed assault is battling to defeat IS.


Transgender Service Members Make A Statement On VMAs Red Carpet

Transgender Service Members Make A Statement On VMAs Red CarpetDays after President Donald Trump signed a memo banning transgender soldiers from enlisting in the military, several service members are making a statement on the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.


Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi named to lead Uber: report

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Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi named to lead Uber: report

Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi named to lead Uber: reportExpedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi has been chosen to replace ousted Travis Kalanick as the next CEO at Uber, The New York Times reported Sunday, as the ride-hailing giant looks to move past a rough patch. Khosrowshahi emerged as the leader among three finalists for the job during company board meetings over the weekend, the Times reported, citing two people familiar with the decision. Uber spokespeople were not immediately available for comment.


AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swamp

AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swampTRIPA PEAT SWAMP, Indonesia (AP) — The Tripa peat forest has been called the orangutan capital of the world, but its great apes are under threat by palm oil plantations gobbling up thousands of acres of native vegetation to instead grow the trees that produce the most consumed vegetable oil on the planet.


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AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swamp

AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swampTRIPA PEAT SWAMP, Indonesia (AP) — The Tripa peat forest has been called the orangutan capital of the world, but its great apes are under threat by palm oil plantations gobbling up thousands of acres of native vegetation to instead grow the trees that produce the most consumed vegetable oil on the planet.


Asahd Khaled In A Custom Gucci Suit Is Too Cute For Words

Asahd Khaled In A Custom Gucci Suit Is Too Cute For WordsAsahd Khaled is definitely a contender for best dressed at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.


Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by IS

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Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by IS

Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by ISLebanese authorities Sunday located the remains of eight people they believe to be soldiers kidnapped three years ago by the Islamic State group along the restive eastern border with Syria. The announcement came hours after the army declared a pause in its nine-day assault on IS in exchange for information on the missing soldiers. Head of the General Security agency Major General Abbas Ibrahim said IS fighters who had surrendered led his agency and the Lebanese army to the remains.


Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: poll

Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: pollBy Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron's performance, a poll showed on Sunday, a dramatic decline for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago. The poll, conducted by Ifop for newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), showed Macron's "dissatisfaction rating" rising to 57 percent, from 43 percent in July. French government spokesman Christophe Castaner said the ruling party was going through a tricky time, but added that displeasing some people was a price worth paying if the government wanted to push through reforms.


The Latest: Climbing accidents leave 8 dead in European alps

The Latest: Climbing accidents leave 8 dead in European alpsBERLIN (AP) — The Latest on climbing deaths and mountain rescues in Europe (all times local):


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Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by IS

Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by ISLebanese authorities Sunday located the remains of eight people they believe to be soldiers kidnapped three years ago by the Islamic State group along the restive eastern border with Syria. The announcement came hours after the army declared a pause in its nine-day assault on IS in exchange for information on the missing soldiers. Head of the General Security agency Major General Abbas Ibrahim said IS fighters who had surrendered led his agency and the Lebanese army to the remains.


Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: poll

Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: pollBy Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron's performance, a poll showed on Sunday, a dramatic decline for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago. The poll, conducted by Ifop for newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), showed Macron's "dissatisfaction rating" rising to 57 percent, from 43 percent in July. French government spokesman Christophe Castaner said the ruling party was going through a tricky time, but added that displeasing some people was a price worth paying if the government wanted to push through reforms.


As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweets

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As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweets

As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweetsPresident Trump took to Twitter Sunday to indicate he was monitoring Tropical Storm Harvey, but wedged between well wishes were off-topic missives.


Wisconsin Democrats face crowded field against Walker

Wisconsin Democrats face crowded field against WalkerMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have sometimes struggled to field candidates against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. This time around, they find themselves with the opposite problem.


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As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweets

As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweetsPresident Trump took to Twitter Sunday to indicate he was monitoring Tropical Storm Harvey, but wedged between well wishes were off-topic missives.