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Zoo in New Orleans closed after jaguar escapes, kills six animals
Saturday and killed four alpaca, one emu and one fox. The zoo released a statement following the incident. "The animal care team is devastated by this tragic loss", said Frank Donze, Audubon Zoo communications specialist. Meet Valerio, our male jaguar! The jaguar apparently didn't eat any of the animals; the attacks were likely part of territorial aggression, Hamilton said. [Full Article...]
White House Rejects Calls To Cancel Putin Summit After Russian Indictments
Rosenstein, who said he had briefed President Donald Trump on the indictment, said there was no allegation that the hacking altered any vote count or that any Americans were knowingly in communication with any of the Russian officers. [Full Article...]
Hamas hails Irish vote against imports from settlements
It is estimated that the value of such imports to Ireland is up to €1 million a year. The bill could see Ireland become the first European Union country to ban settlement goods and services, but would not apply to goods or services from within Israel itself. [Full Article...]
Iran says it has no plans to pull out of Syria
Israel worries that Assad could let his Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah reinforcements entrench near Israeli lines, or that Syrian forces may defy a 1974 Golan disengagement agreement. Velayati was apparently referring to Trump's decision in May to withdraw from Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, a move that triggered the reinstatement of US sanctions. [Full Article...]
White House forgets Scotland is part of UK
Detective Inspector Stephen McCulloch said the protester breached a no-fly zone over Turnberry hotel, committing a criminal offence. As Trump and May spoke, thousands of protesters marched against the president through central London, one of more than 100 demonstrations planned against the president during his stay. [Full Article...]
Russian intelligence members indicted for USA election meddling
Some of the documents and emails were released through a website identified in the indictment only as "Organization 1" - believed to be Julian Assange's WikiLeaks. A candidate for Congress asked Russian hackers to provide documents on their campaign's opponent before the 2016 U.S. election, a charging document says. [Full Article...]
Israeli spacecraft set for historic moon landing in coming months
The spacecraft will orbit the Moon for nearly two months before landing, where it will record and send video and conduct some small science observations using a magnetometer . So far, only the US, Russia and China have landed spacecrafts on the moon. "And this is going to be the first privately run mission to the Moon". [Full Article...]
North Korea fails to attend talks on repatriation of U.S. war dead
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter to President Donald Trump praising progress in relations between the two countries and bringing up the possibility of another meeting between the two state heads. While reports stated the return would not involve payment, other than reimbursement for the costs incurred in recovering and repatriating the remains, reference to payments may have... [Full Article...]
'Charges dropped' after Stormy Daniels arrested at USA strip club
Mr Avenatti tweeted that Ms Daniels "refuses to be intimidated" and would "return to the scene of the "no crime" to perform again on Thursday night at the club. Charles Murphy, a correctional service coordinator at the Franklin County Sheriffs' Office , confirmed Daniels was arrested by a Columbus police officer but said she hadn't been booked. [Full Article...]
Senate approves symbolic resolution for bigger role in tariff decisions
Presidents need the freedom to negotiate, Perdue said, and Trump is simply trying to restore fairness to a trade imbalance with US trading partners. "The bill has attracted wide-ranging support from organizations representing business and agriculture across our country, and with an overwhelming vote of support for those efforts yesterday in the Senate, we will continue pushing for a binding vote o... [Full Article...]
Russians indicted over United States election hack
The allegation is in an indictment against 12 Russian operatives announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday. Two are charged with a conspiracy to commit computer crimes and stand accused of hacking the DNC , Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. [Full Article...]
Pak authorities' confusion after Sharif's arrest grabs media attention
Both Sharif and Maryam have been sentenced by an accountability court to 10 and 7 years in prison respectively. Sharif and his daughter Maryam "have been arrested" by corruption authorities "with immediate effect and till further orders", according to a statement from the Islamabad city administration. [Full Article...]
‘Creepiest person in America’: Peter Strzok’s freakish congressional testimony goes viral
And remember, Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie, worked for Fusion GPS, who was paid by the Clinton campaign to put this entire dossier together. The Justice Department's inspector general has criticized Strzok and Page for creating the appearance of impropriety. [Full Article...]
Daily Mail Describes London Anti-Trump March As 'Rent-A-Leftie Mob'
Do you think that's true? Late past year, Ms May herself criticised Mr Trump for retweeting a message by a member of a British far-right group, and the speaker of parliament has said the president would not be welcome to address the chamber. [Full Article...]
Canada's NATO troops will stay in Latvia for another four years: Trudeau
Trudeau informed that Canada would contribute CF-18 fighter aircraft to help guard Baltic airspace and would also provide assistance to Latvia in cyber-defense. "But most importantly we have decisions that are pushing this alliance forward and making us stronger", Xinhua quoted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as saying during a press conference at the end of the first day of the NATO Su... [Full Article...]
Trump says he has been ‘tougher on Russian Federation than anybody’
Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin cover the White House for The Associated Press. The charges shine an even greater spotlight on Trump's treatment of Putin, who has repeatedly denied Russian Federation sought to intervene or skew the US election that Trump, a Republican, unexpectedly won. [Full Article...]
Trump faults Obama for U.S. response to Russian hacking
President Donald Trump was briefed about the indictments earlier in the week. The charge that Russians carried out the email theft is not a terribly surprising one, nor does it by itself suggest serious legal jeopardy for President Trump or his associates. [Full Article...]
Mother, Daughter Killed by Boulder That Fell From Truck
The press release from the police department further stated that the driver of the truck, Joe P. Czeck, had been arrested. Scott said a captured the truck driving from the accident scene, while the license number and the company's name of the vehicle weren't visible. [Full Article...]
A Second Suspect In The Murder Of XXXTentacion Has Been Arrested
The arrest warrant for Williams explains the two shooters got back into a dark-colored SUV, so they're looking for the driver. Onfroy was taken to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, where he was pronounced dead. It is now clear that Boatwright is one of those suspects, although it's still unclear if police think Allen is one of those suspects as well. The sheriff's department said it was... [Full Article...]
Trump attacks CNN, NBC and British paper in news conference
Trump went on the offensive after NBC's White House correspondent Kristen Welker asked a question about North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the upcoming summit in Helsinki, Finland. Trump said his aides had their own recording of the interview and suggested the tape would prove him right. A day earlier, Trump took a question from CNN's Jeremy Diamond following the North Atlantic Treaty Organi... [Full Article...]