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Watch French President's dog pee in fireplace at Elysee Palace
In the footage for the channel TF1 , three junior ministers are in Macron's ornate office talking to the president about inner-city investment when Nemo relieves himself behind them. One minister can be heard saying, "I was wondering what that noise was". 'The dog is in the middle of doing something quite exceptional, ' comments an amused Macron . [Full Article...]
Dubai Jails, Then Frees, Scottish Tourist Over Touching Man In A Bar
In relation to the alleged public indecency charge, Mr Harron is said to have been holding a drink, moving through a crowded bar and held a hand in front of him to avoid spilling it on himself or others. It added the move came following an intervention by the ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Jamie was in Dubai, with a friend, on a two-day stopover from Afghanist... [Full Article...]
USA said to ready nukes amid war of words with North Korea
According to a report by Defense One Sunday, the move is in response to recent geopolitical developments including North Korea's nuclear buildup and the war of words between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung-On, and the Russian army's strengthening under President Vladimir Putin. [Full Article...]
Tweeting helped me become U.S. president, says Trump
Brown said, "I agree that Steve Bannon is a white supremacist and Stephen Miller seems to be". The US leader said social media was a "tremendous platform" that allowed him to bypass what he claimed was unfair media coverage and speak directly to voters. [Full Article...]
Juan Martin Del Potro and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both lift ATP titles
Del Potro beat Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to retain his Stockholm ATP title. Grigor Dimitrov needs to wait a bit longer to seal his place in the season-ending ATP Finals in London. This marks Tsonga's first finals appearance since winning the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon title in May. Sixth seed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia defeated qualifier and compatriot Mirz... [Full Article...]
McCain takes swipe at Trump military service record
In an interview with C-SPAN on Sunday night (local time), 81-year-old McCain spoke about the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War has been a point of contention between McCain and Trump since the 2016 campaign, when Trump derided McCain's military service , and quipped, "I like people who weren't captured. [Full Article...]
Rep. Frederica Wilson is a fraud, liar & national embarrassment
Kelly's speech was a rebuke to Wilson, who was in the vehicle with the family of Johnson when Trump called on Tuesday. "A congresswoman stood up, and in a long tradition of empty barrels making the most noise, stood up there in all of that and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and... [Full Article...]
'Good morning' Facebook post leads to arrest of Palestinian
A man in the West Bank was arrested by Israeli police after he wrote "good morning" in Arabic on Facebook and then software mistranslated his words as "attack them". The error comes after Facebook announced in August that it shifted to neural machine translation, which uses convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to automatically translate content across its s... [Full Article...]
Indon military chief denied entry to US
The commander of Indonesian National Armed Forces was reportedly denied entry to the United States shortly before setting off for an official visit to a Chiefs of Defense Conference in Washington. "If there has been a mistake, there must be an apology, not to the military commander but to the government", a military spokesman said. Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, genera... [Full Article...]
Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban Treated Me Better than US
Administration officials won't say if the statement is related to Bergdahl's case. But his lawyers want the case dismissed after Trump this week reaffirmed his past critical comments about Bergdahl. At his plea hearing, Bergahl himself said he now understands his disappearance triggered the missions, calling his actions "very inexcusable". Bergdahl, then a private, walked off his base intent o... [Full Article...]
Anti-establishment billionaire wins big in Czech Republic elections
According to the preliminary results published by Czech statistical office, ANO won 29.64 percent of the 99.97-percent counted ballot, followed by the Civic Democrats (ODS) 11.32 percent. He denied the charges, calling them politically-motivated, and refused to step down as party leader. Betting on his anti-euro, anti-migrant and anti-corruption ticket, ANO (Yes) movement chief Andrej Babis, top... [Full Article...]
Hamas deputy leader says won't give up Iran ties, armed fight
A high-level Hamas delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday for a days-long visit, during which delegation members are expected to meet with Iranian officials, according to a Hamas statement. "Our presence in Iran is the practical denial of the third pre-condition - cutting ties with Iran", Arouri said earlier, quoted by Iran's Fars news agency. [Full Article...]
Police end hostage situation in central UK bowling alley
The force says it is not terror-related but provided scant details. A third witness has described how the gunman had a "very aggressive demeanour", was armed with a sawn-off shotgun and was shouting and swearing. unslung his gun and went back in again. Another witness, Chris Carpenter, claimed he saw the man holding his shotgun to his own head. "Then we were told he had gone over to the bowl... [Full Article...]
Facebook supported Hillary, not me during presidential election, says Trump
On Friday's broadcast of " The Graham Norton Show ", the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said she "really tried" to skip the ceremony to which she'd been invited not as Trump's defeated opponent but as a former first lady. Really, so sad that it wasn't an outreach but it was a narrowing and a hammering of what he had said before", Clinton said. She contacted the Kremlin in 2009 saying that ... [Full Article...]
Future of Iran nuclear deal in question following comments by President Trump
In a coordinated manner, all key members of President Trump's administration have unequivocally supported the White House's new strategy against Tehran . Imagine that you're a businessperson deciding whether it was appropriate to take that risk or not, whether the return was there for your company. "I think we can make it even more hard". [Full Article...]
Two Bodies Recovered From Sunken Fishing Boat Off The QLD Coast
The sea cucumber fishing boat was detected by sonar about two to three nautical miles off Round Hill Headland, near Seventeen Seventy. Mr Hoffman's family said he leaves behind a five-year-old daughter, "who he loved more than anything in this world". [Full Article...]
Rani Mukherji's father Ram Mukherjee passes away
Sharing the news of her husband demise, Krishna Mukerji wrote, "His blood pressure dropped suddenly, and he was admitted to Breach Candy hospital where doctors declared him dead at 5 am". Ram Mukerji was one of the key associates of S Mukerji and one of the founder members of Filmalaya studios. Also, Ram Mukherjee was always a humble and quiet person. [Full Article...]
Typhoon brings heavy rain to western Japan, approaches Tokyo
There were a handful of minor injuries. The typhoon left the Japanese archipelago by about 9:00 am after making landfall in Shizuoka southwest of Tokyo six hours before, the weather agency said . Authorities have issued flood and landslide warnings and evacuation advisories to hundreds of thousands of residents in western and central Japan and the Tokyo area ahead of the approaching storm. [Full Article...]
Girard Policeman, Suspect Dead In Officer-Involved Shooting
WKBN reports that Officer Leo was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown where he had surgery, and later died. Other officers returned fire and killed the suspect.who has not been identified as of this morning. It happened in the City of Girard, Ohio in the northeast part of the state. It's certainly the saddest day for me personally ... "Our communities, prayers and thoughts go out to L... [Full Article...]
Jimmy Carter Says Ready to Travel to N. Korea for Peace Talks
President Trump has an unexpected defender: Jimmy Carter. The North Korean regime enjoys the prestige of a visit from a former world leader. "'We are able to subdue the Americans and make them send a former president to our capitol'". It would not be the first time Carter collaborated with a president or traveled to North Korea on a diplomatic mission. "This idea that we can sanction and condemn... [Full Article...]