| Beto O'Rourke's Path To Victory Runs Along The Border Posted: 01 Sep 2018 06:16 PM PDT  McALLEN, Texas -- By the time Beto O'Rourke arrived at the historic Cine El
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| Weekend Rewind: John McCain's funeral service Posted: 03 Sep 2018 02:07 AM PDT  Former presidents and family delivered poignant final words as Sen. John McCain was laid to rest.
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| Firefighters Battle Huge Fire at 200-Year-Old National Museum in Rio De Janeiro Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:55 PM PDT  Nobody was injured and the fire began after the museum had closed for the day
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| China raises fears of 'new colonialism' with $60 billion investment across Africa Posted: 03 Sep 2018 10:38 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged $60 billion in financing for projects in Africa in the form of assistance, investment and loans, as China furthers efforts to link the continent's economic prospects to its own. Speaking to a gathering of African leaders in Beijing, Mr Xi said the figure includes $15 billion in grants, interest-free loans and concessional loans, $20 billion in credit lines, $10 billion for "development financing" and $5 billion to buy imports from Africa. In addition, he said China will encourage companies to invest at least $10 billion in Africa over the next three years. China's outreach to Africa aims to build trade, investment and political ties with a continent often seen as overlooked by the US and other Western nations. That has provided lucrative opportunities for Chinese businesses, while African nations are often happy to accept China's offers that come without demands for safeguards against corruption, waste and environmental damage. President Xi told African leaders that China's investments on the continent have "no political strings attached" Credit: AFP China has denied engaging in "debt trap" diplomacy, and Mr Xi's offer of more money comes after a pledge of another $60 billion at the previous summit in South Africa three years ago. Mr Xi earlier said the money came with "no political strings attached". No details were given on specific projects, although Mr Xi said China was planning initiatives in eight areas, including providing $147 million in emergency food aid, sending 500 agricultural experts to Africa, and providing scholarships, vocational training and trade promotion opportunities. During a speech at the summit South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday delivered a stinging rebuttal to criticism of China's development aid in Africa. Mr Ramaphosa said the meeting "refutes the view that a new colonialism is taking hold in Africa, as our detractors would have us believe". China's latest pledge comes on top of a 2015 promise to provide African countries with $60 billion in funding that Mr Xi said had either been delivered or arranged. Also Monday, Mr Xi promoted Beijing's initiative to build ports and other infrastructure as a tool for "common prosperity" in a world facing challenges from trade protectionism. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected charges of a "new colonialism" Credit: Getty Addressing businesspeople prior to the formal opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Mr Xi said the "Belt and Road" initiative will expand markets. He tried to mollify concern that Beijing wants to build strategic influence, promising Chinese investment comes with "no political strings attached." "Unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise. Economic growth lacks robust drive," Mr Xi said in a speech. "China-Africa cooperation under the BRI is a way to common prosperity that brings benefits to both our peoples." African and other Asian leaders have welcomed "Belt and Road" but some projects have prompted complaints about debt and other problems. The initiative involves hundreds of projects, most of them built by Chinese contractors and financed by loans from Chinese state-owned banks, across an arc of 65 countries from the South Pacific through Asia to Africa and the Middle East. In a major blow to China's ambitions, Malaysia recently canceled Chinese-financed projects worth more than $20 billion, saying they were unnecessary and would create an unsustainable debt burden. Deeply indebted Pakistan is also reportedly reconsidering some projects in the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that is a key link in the BRI. The Beijing forum brings together leaders from China and more than 50 African countries. Dozens of African leaders met with Mr Xi ahead of the conference. Mr Xi made no mention of the political and debt concerns that overshadow some BRI projects. But Chinese officials previously have rejected accusations that projects leave host countries too deeply indebted to Chinese lenders. "China's investment in Africa comes with no political strings attached," Mr Xi said. "China does not interfere in Africa's internal affairs and does not impose its own will on Africa."
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| 18 injured in German rival protests over migrants Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Eighteen people were injured in rival demonstrations capping off a week marked by xenophobic protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz, prompting Germany's foreign minister to urge Germans to "get off our sofas" and speak up against racism. Chemnitz has been in the spotlight after violent far-right protests erupted over the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old man, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi last Sunday. On Saturday, 8,000 people answered a joint call by far-right party AfD and Islamophobic PEGIDA street movement to descend once again on the streets of the former communist city which was in the erstwhile East Germany.
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| Cherry Tomato Confit Is The Best Recipe You'll Make All Summer Posted: 03 Sep 2018 02:45 AM PDT  The origin story of this recipe is simple: I made it to prevent my family from
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| San Bernardino shooting: Eight people shot at California apartment complex Posted: 03 Sep 2018 09:35 AM PDT  Eight people have been shot in a mass shooting at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California, police have said. Captain Richard Lawhead said multiple weapons were fired in what police believe was an exchange of gunfire. Detectives do not have a motive for the shooting.
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| Archbishop asks pope to cancel conference on youth Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:06 AM PDT ![Archbishop asks pope to cancel conference on youth]( "Archbishop asks pope to cancel conference on youth") PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The archbishop of Philadelphia has asked Pope Francis to cancel a bishops' conference focusing on youth in the wake of the child sex abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church.
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| Tearful mourners line up to bid farewell to east Ukraine rebel chief Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:55 AM PDT  The funeral in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk of a pro-Russian rebel leader killed in an explosion last week drew vast crowds of mourners on Sunday, Reuters footage from the breakaway region showed. Alexander Zakharchenko was fatally injured in an explosion in a cafe in Donetsk on Friday. Russia's foreign ministry accused Ukraine of his murder, while Kiev blamed his death on separatist infighting.
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| Brazil's National Museum, Latin America's largest Posted: 02 Sep 2018 05:31 PM PDT  Brazil's National Museum, ravaged Sunday by a massive fire, is Latin America's largest natural history and anthropology museum, with more than 20 million artefacts and 530,000 titles. It sits in the Quinta da Boa Vista public park in the north of Rio de Janeiro, former palace gardens that now include the city's impressive Zoological Garden. The museum has about 150,000 visitors a year, according to its website, and has become an important centre of research and learning, integrated since 1946 into the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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| Russian state television introduces weekly show in praise of Vladimir Putin Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:32 AM PDT  A weekly show glorifying Vladimir Putin's political acumen, physical fitness and love of children has made its debut on Russian state television, raising concerns of a Stalinesque "personality cult". The hour-long show, titled "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.," comes after the president's popularity took a hit over an widely loathed plan to raise the pension age. Hosted by Vladimir Soloviev, a TV and radio personality who previously authored documentary films and books about Mr Putin, the first broadcast began with footage of the leader hiking on a holiday in Siberia, meeting with schoolchildren and paying respects to a well-known singer who died last week. "Putin doesn't just love children, he loves people. He's a very humane human," the Kremlin spokesman told Mr Soloviev, echoing a famous quote calling Vladimir Lenin the "most humane human". The programme also showed Mr Putin meeting with talented schoolchildren, but did not mention that one of them was wearing a t-shirt with the name of his main critic Credit: YouTube The show claimed that Mr Putin had travelled more than 5,000 miles across Russia for work in the past week, wondering how he "keeps up with such a marathon". It later answered its own question with a segment on the president's five-mile hike in mountainous Siberia and details of his daily swimming and weight-lifting routines. The programme also recycled old PR stunts such as footage of him descending into a nickel mine in Norilsk in 2002. But the "main topic" of the week, it said, was a televised address in which Mr Putin softened pension reform that has sparked protests. Nearly nine in 10 Russians oppose the plan. His approval rating tumbled from 79 to 67 per cent after the planned reform was announced, and the communist party rallied some 9,000 demonstrators against the measure in Moscow this weekend. A sign with the words 'pension reform' at a protest in Moscow on Sunday Credit: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was suddenly jailed last week for previous demonstrations, has been calling for a pension protest across Russia this coming Sunday. In the address, Mr Putin said the retirement age for women would be only be raised five years to 60 rather than to 63. The age for men will still be hiked to 65, however, a year less than their average life expectancy. Russian state television features fawning coverage of the president nearly every day, and Mr Putin is well-known for shirtless photographs and macho exploits like tranquilising tigers, flying in fighter jets and scoring seven goals in a birthday hockey game. But "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin." has taken the adulation to new heights. Mr Putin is known for his macho stunts and shirtless photographs, such as this picture of him fishing in Siberia in 2017 Credit: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP An article on the independent news site Znak compared it to the Soviet propaganda that trumpeted the achievements of leaders like Mr Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leonid Brezhnev. "This wasn't surprising, of course, but it should be somehow documented that in September 2018 we've returned to the personality cult," journalist Ilya Barabanov tweeted about the show, which he described as a "stomach balloon" after the inflatable weight-loss device. Stalin's infamous personality cult was denounced by his successor Nikita Khrushchev, and later leaders have been wary of emulating it. The figure of Mr Putin was removed from a statue ensemble just before it was unveiled in the Kurgan region in May, reportedly on orders from the Kremlin. Mr Putin goes boating with defence minister Sergei Shoigu in footage shown on the new programme Credit: YouTube More laughs at the new show's expense came when it emerged that one of the kids had worn a Navalny shirt during Mr Putin's visit with talented schoolchildren, which was not reflected on television but slipped into a photograph published on the Kremlin website. Although the younger generation tends to get its news from the Internet, television remains the main source of information for a majority of the population.
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| Tech billionaire returns to China after US arrest Posted: 02 Sep 2018 05:14 PM PDT  Tech billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu has returned to China, the company said Monday, following a brief arrest in the US over allegations of criminal sexual conduct. JD.com, the company which Liu founded in 1998, is an e-commerce juggernaut in China and the main competitor to industry leader Alibaba. Liu, also known by his Chinese name Liu Qiangdong, was arrested over the misconduct allegations late Friday and released Saturday afternoon in the midwestern US city of Minneapolis, records from Hennepin County Jail showed.
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| Democrats’ Last Chance At Stopping Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Kavanaugh faces his biggest test this week: a panel of skeptical Democrats who plan to grill the appellate court judge.
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| Roseanne Barr Says She’s Moving To Israel When ‘The Conners’ Premieres Posted: 03 Sep 2018 11:37 AM PDT  Roseanne Barr isn't going to be around when "The Conners" premieres this fall.
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| Duterte in Israel for first visit by a Philippines president Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:43 PM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been accused of condoning human rights abuses, received a warm welcome in Israel Sunday.
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| IKEA apologizes after customer reports caterpillar in his food Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:35 AM PDT  (Reuters) - IKEA has issued an apology to a customer in the Indian city of Hyderabad after he reported finding a caterpillar in his food at the store and posted a photograph of it on Twitter. Abeed Mohammad posted the picture on Twitter on Friday and Indian media reported that the city's food safety officials conducted a raid at the company's store. Officials from Hyderabad's civic body inspected the premises of IKEA and confiscated food samples, the Hindu newspaper reported over the weekend http://bit.ly/2LSI2LD.
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| 9 injured, 4 missing as boats collide on Colorado River Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:08 AM PDT  The two vessels collided head on at about 8 p.m. local time between Pirate Cove and the Topock Marina, north of Lake Havasu near the Moabi Regional Park, a recreational area on the Colorado River.
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| German court convicts migrant of murdering ex-girlfriend Posted: 03 Sep 2018 06:05 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — A migrant was convicted Monday of murdering his 15-year-old German ex-girlfriend and sentenced to 8.5 years in prison, the German news agency dpa reported.
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| Iran's Zarif in Syria for talks ahead of Idlib offensive Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:54 AM PDT  Mohammad Javad Zarif's trip to war-ravaged Syria also comes just days before a top-level tripartite meeting in Tehran to discuss the Syrian conflict, now in its eighth year. On Monday afternoon, he met Assad to discuss "issues on the agenda for the tripartite meeting," according to the Syrian presidency's account on the Telegram messaging app. Zarif also met with Syria's prime minister and its chief diplomat Walid Muallem on Monday.
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| Woman With Baby in Car Leads Cops on High-Speed Chase Before Crashing: Cops Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:31 AM PDT  Caitlyn Rodriguez, 29, allegedly fled during a traffic stop after her Mercedes SUV was pulled over by a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety on June 15.
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| Mourners line streets to say goodbye to John McCain Posted: 02 Sep 2018 02:17 PM PDT  John McCain, the veteran senator who emerged as the most visible Republican critic of Donald Trump, was laid to rest at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after a private ceremony on Sunday. Four naval jets performed an aerial salute with a single F-18 fighter peeling off into the sun as part of the missing man formation. The funeral concluded a week of memorials for McCain, who died on August 25, at the age of 81, from brain cancer. He trained at the naval academy, graduating in 1958, before serving in Vietnam as a fighter pilot. A horse-drawn caisson carrying the senator's casket led a procession of mourners from the academy's chapel to its cemetery following a private service. Family and friends join a procession behind McCain's casket Credit: Mary Calvert/Reuters The senator's widow, Cindy, and his children were among those who walked behind the casket. Joining them were family and friends as well as members of McCain's class of 1958, military leaders and academy midshipmen. Prominent political leaders gathered a day earlier to remember the Arizona senator at the Washington National Cathedral People watch as the casket of John McCain is taken to the US Naval Academy Credit: Susan Walsh/AP Two former presidents were among those to offer tributes, which included a string of references to his ability to bridge rivalries in a reminder that the country is currently led by a president known for a brash brand of divisive politics. His daughter, Meghan McCain, offered the bluntest attack on Mr Trump, who had had mocked her father's Vietnam record as a prisoner of war. "The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great," she declared with a steely glint in her eye. Mccain obit On Sunday, McCain was buried beside his classmate, Admiral Chuck Larson, who had reserved four burial plots for the two friends and his wife. "Chuck has his wingman back now," Sarah Larson, the late admiral's wife, told CNN.
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| 4 missing after boats collide, sink on Colorado River Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:22 PM PDT  The search continues for four people who went missing after two boats crashed and sunk on the Colorado River, authorities said.
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| Japan to halt Iran oil imports under US pressure: reports Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:55 PM PDT  Japan's major oil wholesalers are preparing to suspend crude oil imports from Iran in October, amid fears Washington will sanction countries importing Iranian crude, local media reported. US President Donald Trump in May pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and last month began reimposing sanctions that block other countries from trading with Iran.
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| Israel threatens attack on Iranian assets installed in Iraq Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:21 AM PDT  Israel has threatened to attack any Iranian military assets in Iraq as it has done in Syria, following reports Tehran has moved ballistic missiles closer to the Jewish state. Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's defence minister, signalled on Monday it would "contend" with Iranian provocations wherever they are found. "We are certainly monitoring everything that is happening in Syria, and regarding Iranian threats we are not limiting ourselves just to Syrian territory. This also needs to be clear," Mr Lieberman told a conference in Jerusalem. Asked if this included Iraq, he responded: "I am saying that we will contend with any Iranian threat, and it doesn't matter from where it comes ... Israel's freed." Tehran has transferred dozens of short-range ballistic missiles to Shia proxies in Iraq over the last few months, according to a Reuters report published over the weekend. Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani attends meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran Credit: Anadolu Agency The Zelzal, Fateh-110 and Zolfaqar missiles in question have ranges of 400 miles, putting Tel Aviv within striking distance if the weapons were deployed in southern or western Iraq. The Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has bases in both those areas. "It seems Iran has been turning Iraq into its forward missile base," one Western source said. Israel is technically at war with Iraq, but the two countries have not openly traded blows for decades. Israel has however conducted hundreds of air strikes against arms transfers and deployments by Iran and its Lebanese ally, the Shia Hizbollah militia, fearing the threat across its border. Israeli officials will also be watching political developments in Baghdad with concern. Lebanese soldiers inspect remains of a surface to air missile that landed in the southern Lebanon after being fired by Iranian forces from Syria on the Israeli-occupied Golan Credit: AFP After months of wrangling, two blocs on Monday claimed to hold the majority of seats in parliament and therefore the right to name a prime minister. The bloc of incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has the support of the US, while the bloc of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Badr Organisation militia leader Hadi al-Amiri is backed by Iran. Badr is part of the state apparatus and answers to Iraq's prime minister, but Mr Amiri and other members of the group's leadership frequently meet and consult with Qassem Soleimani, Quds Force commander. A Maliki-Amiri coalition would likely lead Iraq to greater hostilities with Israel. The Kurds, a minority in Iraq, have yet to pick a side but could end up kingmakers. Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat Isil, has been trying to convince the various Kurdish parties to fall in line behind Mr Abadi. Phillip Smyth, Soref fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told the Telegraph the Israelis "won't want to see another Iranian-controlled government spring up." "I'd also bet this would worry them more if that also means there's the possibility of continued and more advanced weapons transfers," he said. Richard Baffa, senior defense researcher at the Rand Corporation, warned that escalating tensions between Israeli and Iranian forces have demonstrably increased the risk of a new, large-scale regional conflict. "Tehran's continued provocations and violations of Israel's stated red lines are fueling an escalatory spiral that has the potential to rapidly spin out of control," he wrote.
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| JD.com's billionaire CEO released after U.S. arrest Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:33 AM PDT ![JD.com's billionaire CEO released after U.S. arrest]( "JD.com's billionaire CEO released after U.S. arrest") The billionaire founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc, Richard Liu, was arrested in the U.S. state of Minnesota on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct and later released after what the company said was a false accusation. JD.com, backed by Walmart Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google, and China's Tencent Holdings, said in a statement on Sunday that Liu, whose Chinese name is Liu Qiangdong, was falsely accused.
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| The Latest: 5 of 8 killed in New Mexico crash identified Posted: 01 Sep 2018 08:23 PM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation of a crash between a semi-trailer and a bus in New Mexico that killed eight people (all times local):
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| Putin, Erdogan, Rohani to hold Syria talks Friday: Kremlin Posted: 03 Sep 2018 07:17 AM PDT  The Kremlin on Monday said the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey would on Friday hold a tripartite summit in Iran seeking an end to the Syrian conflict. In a statement confirming the date of September 7 that was reported earlier by Turkish media, the Kremlin said Putin would "make a working visit to Iran" for the talks.
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| Trump Blasts Jeff Sessions Over Indictments Of 2 GOP Congressmen Posted: 03 Sep 2018 02:20 PM PDT  President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Labor Day to once again air his
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| Is the 'realistic' beauty campaign about to get its big break? Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:31 AM PDT  It is a truth universally acknowledged that the dreaded pore, like zits or stray hairs, is far from welcome when it comes to major beauty campaigns. The image was subtly but crucially different from the brand's more usual social media output, which has tended to showcase complexions airbrushed into impossible perfection. Earlier this summer, cruelty-free label Urban Decay began posting pictures that showed complexions in close-up, pores, stray brows and all.
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| Arrest warrant issued for man in murder of wife, Amber Alert for 2 missing sons Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:46 AM PDT  An Amber Alert was issued for Jonathan and Victor Coronado Nunez, ages 5 and 8, on Saturday.
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| Nebraska Catholic diocese rocked by old abuse allegations Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:06 PM PDT  For more than a decade, a conservative Catholic diocese was the only church in the U.S. that refused annual reviews of sexual misconduct.
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| Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:50 AM PDT ![Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography]( "Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography") These breathtaking images have been selected as the best of the best when it comes to destination wedding photography around the world. The shots were taken in a variety of stunning locations, from the tops of mountains to sites overlooking lakes, and they use the likes of New York City and the Milky Way as glittering backdrops. In other images, newlywed couples can be seen embracing in fields in full bloom, reflected in salt flats, and kissing underwater. (Caters News)
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| Germans told to 'get off the sofa' and stand against far-Right violence Posted: 02 Sep 2018 04:23 AM PDT  The German foreign minister on Sunday called on the country's "silent majority" to "get up off the sofa" and take a stand against the far-Right in the wake of neo-Nazi riots. "The vast majority of Germans are cosmopolitan and tolerant," Heiko Maas told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "If decent people remain silent, the racists are much louder. We have to show the world that we democrats are the majority and the racists are a minority. The silent majority must finally get louder." Mr Maas' comments come after violent protests over the fatal stabbing of a man by migrants in the east German city of Chemnitz last week that saw neo-Nazis openly making Hitler salutes and hunting foreigners through the streets. "When it comes to xenophobia, the far-Right and racism, Germany is quite rightly viewed through especially critical eyes," the foreign minister said. "If the Hitler salute is displayed on our streets today it is shameful for our country. Politicians must do our part, but it is a challenge for the whole of society: we have to take a stand against the far-Right." Mr Maas said Germans had to speak up for basic rights. "My generation has been given freedom, the rule of law and democracy. We didn't have to fight for it, and sometimes we take it for granted," he said. "We have to get up off the sofa and open our mouths." Chemnitz has seen several days of protests following the death of a German-Cuban man in a suspected stabbing by two migrants from Iraq and Syria. Fresh protests passed off largely peacefully on Saturday amid a heavy police presence. Eighteen people suffered injuries in scuffles, but none were seriously hurt. An Afghan man was attacked and beaten in another part of the city, away from the main protests, but also escaped serious injury. There were fears of clashes as far-Right and far-Left protesters held rival demonstrations in the city. But police numbers have been massively increased with reinforcements from around the country following Monday's riots, and they were able to keep control. More than 11,000 people took part in the rival rallies, according to police. Protestors poured into Chemnitz from across Germany and trains to the city were completely full. People gather during demonstrations following the killing of a German man in Chemnitz Credit: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke The nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which has seen its support rise in the opinion polls since the protests began, held a silent march through the city led by Björn Höcke, one of its most controversial politcians, who has previously called for a "180-degree turn" in German attitudes to the Second World War. The AfD march joined with a separate demonstration by the anti-Muslim Pegida movement. Meanwhile left-wing "Antifa" protestors held a rival rally across the city, and water cannons and riot police were deployed to keep them apart. At one point far-Left protestors were reported to be arming themselves with stones. Sören Bartol, an MP from the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD), tweeted that he and a group of peaceful protestors had been attacked by neo-Nazis and had to be escorted back to their bus by police. Several German journalists reported they had been threatened by protesters while trying to cover the rallies. MDR television said one of its crews was attacked after being invited into a flat to film the protests: one of the crew members was knocked down the stairs and their camera was broken.
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| Critics 'chuck rocks from both sides' at May's Brexit plans Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:41 AM PDT  With under two months before Britain and the EU want to agree to end over 40 years of union, May is struggling to sell her business-friendly Brexit.
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| Suu Kyi's image in shreds as Myanmar jails Reuters pair Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:05 AM PDT  The jailing of two Reuters journalists shreds what remains of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's reputation as a rights champion, critics say, after she failed to come to their defence or speak up for the persecuted Rohingya minority. Suu Kyi was once a staunch advocate for the free press and a darling of the foreign media. During her long years of house arrest under the former junta -- which choked the media inside Myanmar -- it was foreign correspondents who carried her message of peaceful defiance to the outside world.
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| Teen from New Mexico compound says he was trained for jihad: FBI Posted: 01 Sep 2018 06:10 PM PDT  A 13-year-old boy told FBI agents that his mother's boyfriend wanted to "get an army together," court documents show.
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| Trump tweets in defence of Tiger Woods and cites low unemployment rates for African-Americans Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:32 AM PDT  Donald Trump has tweeted in defence of golfer Tiger Woods after his comments about respecting the office of the presidency and tied it to unemployment rates for African-Americans. Mr Trump wrote Woods showed "great class" when answering a question about his friendship with the president after the Northern Trust golf tournament last week. Woods had said "you have to respect the office [of the US president].
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| Mazda Bongo Friendee Buying Guide Posted: 03 Sep 2018 06:27 AM PDT  Oddly named MPV was never an official UK import, but its family friendly features and high spec have earned quite a following. It's the Friendee you need…
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| Kristen Bell Posts Moving Tribute Celebrating Husband Dax Shepard's 14th Year of Sobriety Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:46 AM PDT  "I will forever be in awe of your dedication," she wrote in part.
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| Ruling party leader wants Poland to be like western Europe Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:04 AM PDT  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland's conservative ruling party, whose policies have led to clashes with European Union leaders, said Sunday he wants the country to remain in the EU so it can become like western European nations "in every respect."
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| Father-Son Duo Bikes From Canada to Coney Island to Support Autism Organizations Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:24 AM PDT  Ten-year-old James Potvin and his father, Chris, rode over 600 miles.
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