October 30, 2019

US House Advances Bill Imposing Sanctions On Turkey

US House Advances Bill Imposing Sanctions On Turkey

October 30, 2019 5:46 pm

The United States House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation aimed at imposing sanctions on Turkish military and government officials over Ankara’s military operation against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria.

The 403-16 vote is the latest rebuke of Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from northeast Syria and leave Kurdish allies without military support as Turkey launched an operation in the area.

“These sanctions are specifically designed to target the Turkish officials and institutions responsible for the bloodshed in Syria without senselessly hurting the Turkish people,” said Representative Eliot Engel, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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TV Presenter Made To Strip To Her Underwear At Airport

TV Presenter Made To Strip To Her Underwear At Airport

October 30, 2019 5:45 pm
Heathrow Airport has apologized to a UK television presenter who was asked to publicly strip to her underwear by staff.
Mary Beard, a classics professor, and author and broadcaster, tweeted that she was required to go through security in a “little black vest, no bra” by staff as she passed through security.
“I was a bit surprised to be told to take off what I think is a ‘tunic’ (they thought was a ‘jacket’… down to my scrappy undies,” she wrote to her 237,000 followers.
She noted the “curiosity/embarrassment” of
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Aisha Urges Africans To Stop Stigmatising Infertile Women

Aisha Urges Africans To Stop Stigmatising Infertile Women

October 30, 2019 5:04 pm

First Lady Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has urged Africans to change their perception of women’s infertility as an abnormal condition and also desist from attaching stigma to women having the condition.

According to a statement by the first lady’s Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Aliyu Abdullahi, she made the call during the high-level panel discussion of African First Ladies on the challenges of “Building Healthcare Capacity” on the African Continent.

The event was the sixth edition of MERK AFRICA-ASIA LUMINARY/MORE THAN A MOTHER INITIATIVE” organised for African first ladies which was co-chaired by the first lady of Ghana Madam Rebecca Akufo-Addo, …

Aisha Urges Africans To Stop Stigmatising Infertile Women

Nigeria Recall Captain Musa For 2021 Africa Cup Qualifiers

October 30, 2019 5:03 pm

Nigeria recalled skipper Ahmed Musa, South Africa-based goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi and midfielder Mikel Agu on Monday for next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and Lesotho.

The Super Eagles will open their qualifying campaign for the tournament in Cameroon on November 14 in the southern Nigerian city of Uyo and then travel to Lesotho three days later.

Musa, who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, missed the recent friendly against five-time world champions Brazil in Singapore due to injury.

Akpeyi had been overlooked since the Africa Cup in Egypt after coach Gernot Rohr criticised the

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Last February, a four-engined US OC-135B aircraft - a variant of the old Stratolifter military transport plane - lumbered into the air to conduct a surveillance flight over Russia.

US-Russia Surveillance Flights Treaty Under Threat

October 30, 2019 4:12 pm

Last February, a four-engined US OC-135B aircraft – a variant of the old Stratolifter military transport plane – lumbered into the air to conduct a surveillance flight over Russia.

Among those on board were six Russian officials to ensure fair-play. It was all part of a little-known agreement – the Open Skies Treaty – that since entering into force in 2002 has enabled unarmed reconnaissance flights over Russia, the United States and several other countries to improve confidence and assure against surprise attack.

Now this treaty is under threat. Reports suggest that US President Donald Trump has already signed a …

13 Highest Earning Dead Celebrities Of 2019

13 Highest Earning Dead Celebrities Of 2019

October 30, 2019 4:11 pm
The concept that an artiste’s works is better appreciated when he or she is deceased remains a mystery.
In the spirit of Halloween, Forbes has ranked 13 dead celebrities who raked in the most cash in 2019. And King of Pop Michael Jackson once again topped this year’s Forbes list of the highest-paid dead celebrities list, after hauling in $60 million over the past year. In all the 13 dead celebrities pulled in $284.5 million.The list measured pretax income from October 1, 2018, through October 1, 2019.

See below for the 13 highest-earning dead celebrities of 2019

13. GEORGE

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Barack Obama Mobilises Americans To Vote In Viral Video

Barack Obama Challenges ‘Woke’ Culture

October 30, 2019 3:27 pm

Former US President Barack Obama has challenged “woke” culture telling young people: “The world is messy.”

He made the comments at the Obama Foundation’s annual summit in Chicago on Tuesday.

Mr Obama said that calling people out on social media did not bring about change, and that change was complex.

“Woke” is described as being alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice, along with being aware of what’s going on in the community.

Mr Obama told the audience: “I get a sense among certain young people on social media that the way of making change is to be as …

JJ Lin: Nurses Suspended Over 'Auctioning' Of Singer's Drip

JJ Lin: Nurses Suspended Over ‘Auctioning’ Of Singer’s Drip

October 30, 2019 3:27 pm

Eleven staff have been suspended from a Chinese hospital on suspicion of trying to sell medical products used by a popular singer JJ Lin.

A photo of a drip bag and syringe said to have been used by JJ Lin during his recent hospital stay in Jiangsu province were posted online by staff.

He had been admitted to hospital last week with a fever following a concert.

Lin, 38, has released 13 Mandopop albums – pop music sung in Mandarin – since 2013 and won best Mandarin male singer in the Golden Melody Awards.

Among the items posted for …

NATO Demands Russia Withdraw All Troops’ From Ukraine

NATO Demands Russia Withdraw All Troops’ From Ukraine

October 30, 2019 2:56 pm

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for Russia to “withdraw all their troops”.

Tuesday saw a long-awaited pullback between the two sides in a key area of the war-torn east.

The move was a precondition for the first face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We welcome all efforts to reduce tensions,” Stoltenberg said during a visit to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.

“But we know there

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Quebec Raises Legal Consumption Age For Cannabis To 21

Quebec Raises Legal Consumption Age For Cannabis To 21

October 30, 2019 2:40 pm

The day cannabis was legalized in Canada in 2018, the line outside of Quebec’s government-run pot shop in downtown Montreal ran hundreds deep down multiple city blocks.

At least some of those enthusiasts will be gravely disappointed after a new law passed by the provincial government has raised the legal consumption age from 18 to 21. The change, announced this week, is intended to “protect” teenagers and their developing brains, according to the junior health minister, Lionel Carmant.

The new law, which comes into effect on 1 January, also prohibits the consumption of cannabis on public roads, in bus shelters, …

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