|
Oct 17, 2018
Russia's Investigative Committee said the attack was carried out by 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov, who was captured on security camera footage carrying a gun in the technical college in Kerch and whose body was later found with gunshot wounds. The Investigative Committee, which probes major incidents, had initially classified the attack as an act of terror, but later said it was investigating a mass murder after "this young man shot dead people in the college and then committed suicide," adding that all victims died of gunshot wounds. The attack had first been reported as an explosion, with Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee saying an "unidentified explosive device" had gone off.
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
Here is a timeline of events in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident who has not seen since he entered the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2. At 1:14 pm (1014 GMT) on October 2, Khashoggi is recorded entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a surveillance camera. The image is published by the Washington Post.
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday but a legal buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities as some, including Toronto and Vancouver, will have no stores open.
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
This civilized off-roader is a true dual-purpose vehicle.
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
In a world of screens, it's easy to forget that we actually live on a lush green planet filled with diverse wild life. But the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is here to remind you that nature will forever be more impressive and beautiful than even the most advanced CGI. SEE ALSO: 10 animals that hibernate, aside from bears This year's winner is a portrait of two golden snub-nosed monkeys. The photo, entitled "The Golden Couple," was shot by Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten in the forest of China's Qinling Mountains, the only habitat for this endangered species. The photo was selected because it celebrates "the majestic and otherworldly presence of nature, and reminds us of our crucial role in protecting it," Natural History Museum Director Sir Michael Dixon said in a press release sent to Mashable. Image: Marsel van oosten/wpy16-year old South African photographer Skye Meaker took the award for Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year with a photo of a leopard relaxing in Botswana. Image: Skye meaker/WPYOther winning photos in the competition are pretty impressive too. Like this photo of two mud-dauber wasps in Australia. Image: Georgina Steytler/WPYOr this one of a treehopper mother and her babies in Ecuador. Image: Javier Aznar González de Rueda/WPYThis beautiful jaguar in Mexico, too. Image: Alejandro Prieto/WPYYou can see more of this year's award winning wildlife photos here. WATCH: 14 wonderfully strange names for gro
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
At least 18 people have died and scores more injured Wednesday after an explosion went off at a polytechnic school in the Crimean town of Kerch. The Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said the suspect was a 22-year-old student at the college. The suspect, identified in the Russian press as Vladislav Roslyakov, reportedly obtained a hunting license - allowing him to purchase hunting rifles and shotguns - early last month. A photo of Roslyakov weilding a rifle in a campus stairwell has made the rounds on social media. Reports suggest that, beside detonating an explosive in the school cafeteria, Roslyakov opened fire on fellow students and teachers. According to Aksyonov, the shooter killed himself during the attack. Russia's investigative committee has opened a criminal case under articles pertaining to terrorism. Law enforcement officers arrive at the scene of the bombing Credit: TASS In January, 15 students were injured when two teenagers attacked their peers at a school in Perm as part of a Columbine inspired attack. Crimea, formally recognized by the international community as part of Ukraine, has been under Russian control since 2014 following Moscow's annexation of the Black Sea Peninsula. Kerch is located on the eastern tip of Crimea, where a bridge to the Russian mainland recently opened. Videos from the scene circulated Wednesday on Russian social media show terror and confusion on the camp
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
A Reuters/Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics Poll released on Wednesday showed 47 percent of likely voters supporting Blackburn and 44 percent backing her Democratic rival, former Governor Phil Bredesen, who has staked a centrist course and tried to appeal to Republicans and independents in a deeply conservative state. "It's become such a Republican state, it's so difficult to for any Democrat to put together a majority statewide," said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist who closely tracks political races, in a phone interview. To see poll results, click: https://tmsnrt.rs/2piev5l Bredesen supporters said they had expected the race to be close.
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
It was one royally cute encounter.
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
Addressing the bitter, partisan battle over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
It was the kind of softball question often used in debates to break up the
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
The Canadian government is ready to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less as Canada became the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace on Wednesday. A senior government official said those with a record will be allowed to apply for a pardon. The official was not authorised to speak publicly ahead of Wednesday's announcement and spoke on condition of anonymity. On Wednesday, Canada became the second country after Uruguay to legalise so-called recreational marijuana. Tom Clarke, 43, shop opened at midnight in Newfoundland, Canada's easternmost province. "I am living my dream. Teenage Tom Clarke is loving what I am doing with my life right now," he said. Clarke has been dealing marijuana illegally in Canada for 30 years. He wrote in his high school yearbook that his dream was to open a cafe in Amsterdam, the Dutch city where people have legally smoked weed in coffee shops since the 1970s. A depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling at Leafly's countdown party in Toronto on Wednesday Credit: Chris Young At least 111 legal pot shops are planning to open across the nation of 37 million people on the first day, according to an Associated Press survey of the provinces. That is a small slice of what ultimately will be a much larger marketplace. No stores will open in Ontario, which includes Toronto. The most populous province is working on its regulations and doesn't
|
|
Oct 17, 2018
Fox News host Laura Ingraham used scare tactics about immigration to urge her
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas ? Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke repeatedly attacked Sen.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A suspect identified by Turkey in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of the kingdom's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Three other suspects are linked to Prince Mohammed's security detail and a fifth is a high-level forensic doctor, the Times said. The account, and a similar report in The Washington Post, could raise doubts about US President Donald Trump's claim that "rogue killers" might have been responsible for Khashoggi's disappearance.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday stressed the need for the judicial branch to remain independent, taking note of the tumultuous debate over the confirmation of Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh to say that the high court makes mistakes when it yields to political pressures.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A suspicious letter sent to the Maine home of Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins had a note saying it contained the deadly poison ricin, the senator's office said on Tuesday, adding any affected areas had been cleared. No one was harmed in the incident that took place on Monday and Collins' office did not comment on whether the letter sent to Tom Daffron, the senator's husband, actually contained ricin. "Mr. Daffron, their dog, and parts of their home were quarantined while the crime lab undertook an analysis of the premises," Annie Clark, a spokeswoman for Collins said in a statement, adding that "the incident is the latest in a series of threats against Senator Collins, her loved ones, and her staff." Collins was thrust into the national spotlight this month when she became a key vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, delivering a major victory to President Donald Trump, who has now locked in a conservative majority on the court.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use. Scores of customers braved the cold for hours outside Tweed, a pot boutique in St John's, Newfoundland that opened briefly at midnight, to buy their first grams of legal cannabis. "It's been my dream to be the first person to buy the first legal gram of cannabis in Canada, and here I finally am," said Ian Power, who arrived four hours stand outside the store.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
ISTANBUL (AP) — Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday, and authorities appeared ready to also search the nearby residence of the consul general after the diplomat left the country.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Julian Castro said Tuesday that he will likely seek the presidency in 2020 after months of signals from former President Barack Obama's housing secretary that he's preparing for a White House run.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Wages were frozen in the last contract, which ended on Sept. 1, as the Pittsburgh-based company was suffering losses from a slump in the domestic steel prices. Trump's restrictive trade policy, coupled with a strong economy, has sent domestic steel prices soaring, helping U.S. Steel post a near 60 percent increase in pretax profits in the June quarter. The deal, which needs to be ratified by 16,000 workers across the country, comes days after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called steelmakers to share the profits from high steel prices with their workers.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
As criticism of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Police in Canada have told people to stop reporting their neighbours for growing cannabis after the country lifted a ban on the drug. Authorities in Toronto also urged the public not to report adults "for smoking a joint" as Canada becomes only the second nation in the world to fully legalise recreational use of marijuana. The city's police have launched an awareness campaign in a bid to prevent time-wasting calls as new laws come into force on Wednesday.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Donald Trump, the US president, has criticised the rapidly mounting global condemnation of Saudi Arabia after a key Senate ally accused the kingdom's crown prince of ordering the murder of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator and confidant of the US president, said he wanted to "sanction the hell out of Saudi Arabia" and pointed the finger at its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman - known by his initials ‘MBS'. "Nothing happens in Saudi Arabia without MBS knowing it," Mr Graham said, adding the crown prince was a "wrecking ball". "He had [Mr Khashoggi] murdered in a consulate in Turkey and to expect me to ignore it - I feel used and abused," he said. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mr Trump compared the situation to the allegations of sexual assault leveled against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing. "I think we have to find out what happened first," he said. "Here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. I don't like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way as far as I'm concerned." Jamal Khashoggi at a press conference in 2014 Credit: MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP Meanwhile, a Turkish forensic team allowed to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Mr Khashoggi was last seen reportedly found "certain evidence" he had been killed there. Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of s
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A pastor who's an adviser to Tennessee GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee says the Bible requires victims of sexual misconduct and other offenses to have at least two or three witnesses.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
With its new three-row family hauler, BMW finally shows it understands that more is more when it comes to luxury SUVs.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Not your typical suburban starter cottage
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Two students accused of baking cookies with human ashes and feeding them to
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks surged higher Tuesday as a batch of strong earnings reports pushed aside lingering doubts about the economy and trade fights that have pressured markets.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Jared Kushner is leveraging his close relationship with the Saudi crown prince to facilitate communication between the White House and the Gulf kingdom.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Allen left Microsoft in 1983, before the company became a corporate juggernaut, following a dispute with Gates, but his share of their original partnership allowed him to spend the rest of his life and billions of dollars on yachts, art, rock music, sports teams, brain research and real estate. Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer, the Allen family said in a statement. In early October, Allen had revealed he was being treated for the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which he also was treated for in 2009.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ostensibly
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The "Blazer" is back, although it's not what you might have been expecting.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Why those old 4th generation fighters will be around for a long time.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, where President Donald Trump won by more than 15 percentage points in 2016, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr has raised more than $4 million for his re-election.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Canada on Wednesday will become the second country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis, five years after Uruguay. The legislation leaves it to the 13 provinces and territories to organize sales and distribution, and some are taking slightly different approaches. Households will also be allowed to grow up to four cannabis plants, except in Quebec and Manitoba, where this will be prohibited.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The new jackpot, which eclipses the previous high of $656 million, follows an 11-week winless streak for the top prize of the Mega Millions lottery. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown with each of the 23 semi-weekly drawings that failed to producer a top winner since July 24, when an 11-member office pool in Santa Clara County, California, hit a $543 million jackpot. The odds of hitting the jackpot by matching all six numbers correctly are an astronomical one in 302.6 million, but the odds of turning a Mega Millions ticket into a winner of any kind, including a $2 prize simply for matching the "Mega ball," are a more down-to-Earth one in 24.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
At least seven people were killed and about 80 injured when a train was derailed near the Moroccan capital Rabat on Tuesday morning, a medical source said. "Some people lost their arms and legs in the accident," the medical source there said. Relatives of the victims wept at the hospital.Some cases were treated at the Mohammed V military hospital in Rabat, state news agency MAP reported.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who's gone missing after her parents were found dead in their home.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Saudi Arabia's strategic use of aid and investment has heightened under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's influence.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Residents struggle to get back to normal life without power and cellphone reception in hard hit Panama City, Florida.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The Mega Millions jackpot is currently $654 million dollars as drawing nears.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Ryan Carr and his girlfriend, Sarah Lelonek, were shocked when the scene unfolded at the Akron haunted house.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The moment has spawned new questions over the president's relationship with the first lady.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Overnight, Turkish crime scene investigators entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the last place Khashoggi was seen before vanishing on Oct. 2, for the first time and searched the premises for over nine hours, Reuters witnesses said. In a statement, Bachelet welcomed the investigators being given access to the consulate, despite a two-week delay, and called on authorities of both countries to ensure that "no further obstacles are placed in the way of a prompt, thorough, effective, impartial and transparent investigation." She urged both countries to reveal everything they know about Khashoggi's "disappearance and possible extra-judicial killing." "Given there seems to be clear evidence that Mr Khashoggi entered the Consulate and has never been seen since, the onus is on the Saudi authorities to reveal what happened to him from that point onwards," she said.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
"The timing of it couldn't have been better," McConnell said regarding the confirmation battle Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg News. With the battle for control of the Senate entering the last three weeks, McConnell said it's coming down to a handful of races in states including Nevada, Arizona, Montana, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee and Florida. Republicans benefit from the election map that has Democrats defending 26 seats compared with just nine for Republicans, but McConnell said he's not assuming victory because Democrats need to gain just two seats to take the majority.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The Senate Democrats' leading super PAC is set to spend $3 million in bright
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Massachusetts senator (and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful) Elizabeth
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Some of the best things are worth waiting for. That's especially true when it comes to food. After all, do you really want to know what pulled pork tastes like when it's been rushed? (Here's a hint: it's not very good.) SEE ALSO: 9 of the best travel coffee mugs for your daily caffeine fix Even simple dishes, like mac and cheese, can become a masterpiece when you take it slow and low. But to pull this off, you're gonna need a great slow cooker. This Cuisinart 4-Quart 3-in-1 Multicooker is available at Walmart for $79.99, which is $49 off the original $129 price tag — and an excellent deal. It features streamlined controls that can easily jump between brown/sauté, slow cook, and steaming at the push of a button. You'll also be able to preset the times and temperatures for each, plus there's a big and bright LCD display to make programming things so much easier. Just imagine how much you'll use this baby come Thanksgiving. Image: Cuisinart Cuisinart 4-Quart 3-in-1 Multicooker Cook Central — $79.99 See Details
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
UPDATE: 4:45 p.m. ? Mary Bono announced Tuesday that she is resigning after
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The battle between President Trump and Stormy Daniels, the actress who says she slept with him in 2006, took a predictable turn on Tuesday in an exchange of insults on Twitter over her looks and his anatomy.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A man who took a woman hostage in Cologne on Monday was a 55-year-old Syrian who was granted asylum in Germany, police said, adding he was in a coma after being shot several times. This could have caused a "huge" explosion, Senior Cologne police official Klaus-Stephan Becker told a news conference. Witness statements suggested the man, who arrived in Germany in March 2015, had links to Islamic State, though no evidence to support that had been found, Becker said.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Authorities said a motive was not clear.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson applauded a U.S. government proposal requiring drugmakers to include price of medicines in television ads, Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. The company's comment comes a day after U.S. government had sought such a move as part of its effort to increase pressure on drugmakers to lower costs. (This story has been refilled to correct to "applauds" from "agrees" in headline, paragraph 1) (Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Authorities are investigating after a high school student allegedly fed her
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Many members of the U.S. Congress, which has long had a testy relationship with ally Saudi Arabia, have issued strong criticism of the kingdom since Khashoggi's disappearance at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Graham put the blame directly on the crown prince, who is known by his initials, MbS, and said he planned to share his views with the president and advocate suspending arms sales. "Nothing happens in Saudi Arabia without MbS knowing it," he said in an interview with Fox News.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) weighed in on what a DNA test could potentially
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The mother, three daughters and son were found when a family member arrived at the house Monday in Columbia, about 50 miles south of Nashville, said Maury County Sheriff Bucky Rowland.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
BERLIN (AP) — Cologne police are investigating whether extremism was the motivation behind a bloody hostage-taking at the city's main train station, but so far have found no ties to the Islamic State group, authorities said Tuesday.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday that he'll never
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the disappearance of a Saudi writer who Turkish officials fear was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul (all times local):
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Strictly for the city dweller who must be a passenger at all costs.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Meghan Markle wore a sweet tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana,
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
President Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of tweets redoubling his
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
SYDNEY (AP) — There's clearly a special bond between Prince Harry and a 98-year-old war widow who gave him a warm hug Tuesday when they met — again — in Sydney.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A Maryland police officer was arrested and charged with rape Monday after he
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry looked over the moon on Monday during the first
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Police announced the officer, Ryan Macklin, was taken into custody this evening and is now facing five charges including first- and second-degree rape and second-degree assault.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Rep. Martha McSally and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema are vying for Jeff Flake's seat.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Turkish investigators searching the Saudi Arabian consulate where journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing have found fresh coats of paint, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Police and prosecutors on Monday inspected the consulate building in Istanbul for over eight hours and on Tuesday widened their search to include the Saudi consul's residence, a short distance away. Surveillance footage shows vehicles moving between the consulate and the consul's home after Mr Khashoggi's disappearance. Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside the consulate nearly two weeks ago. According to reports, the government has an audio recording which they have shared as evidence with Saudi Arabia and the US. "My hope is that we can reach conclusions that will give us a reasonable opinion as soon as possible, because the investigation is looking into many things such as toxic materials and those materials being removed by painting them over," Mr Erdogan told reporters in Ankara. A guard outside the consul-general's residence, a location now implicated in the search Credit: Chris McGrath/ Getty Images Europe According to reports on Monday night, Riyadh may be about to admit journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its consulate in Istanbul in a botched interrogation. Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, landed in Saudi Arabia for urgent talks with King Salman on Tuesday, seeking answers about
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
President Trump on Tuesday revived his nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who released a DNA test showing evidence she has Native American ancestry.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A Republican Senate candidate compared Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee during her meeting with the Queen and urged the former first lady to stand up "straighter". Karin Housley - currently a state senator who serves in Minnesota - took to Facebook in 2009 to compare Ms Obama to the chimpanzee in 1951 film Bedtime for Bonzo, which starred Ronald Reagan.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Are you feeling lucky?
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Canada is set to become the largest country in the world to legalise marijuana for recreational use this week, following Uruguay's lead earlier this year. A key campaign pledge by the country's Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau before his 2015 election, he argued that it would reduce the estimated C$6bn (£3.5bn) in profits from cannabis sales pouring into his country's black market. What are the new marijuana laws in Canada?
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A high-level Turkish official says police have found "certain evidence" during their search of the Saudi Consulate showing that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
In the Tennessee Senate race, Rep. Marsha Blackburn has struggled to hold on to GOP moderates who lean toward her Democratic rival, Phil Bredesen.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
One reason: a hurricane.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
President Trump has raised more than $100 million for his re-election effort in 2020, less than two years after he took office, according to campaign finance disclosures.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Allen, who died Monday at 65, was a philanthropist and visionary
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has met with King Salman of Saudi Arabia to discuss the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post columnist is rumoured to have died under interrogation in Riyadh and President Donald Trump has vowed to "get to the bottom" of the situation. With the eyes of the world on the former CIA director, who succeeded Rex Tillerson in March, you might be wondering more about him.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
North Korea released a South Korean who illegally crossed the border into the North, South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday, as relations between the two sides show a steady thaw. A 60-year-old man who entered North Korea last month was repatriated through the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone, the ministry said. All South Korean nationals are required to seek approval from the ministry before contacting North Koreans or traveling to the North. The ministry said it was investigating how and why the man reached the North, thanking Pyongyang for returning him "from a humanitarian standpoint".
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
For the first 13 days of Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, Saudi Arabia held fast to its official position: We had no involvement; he left the consulate safely; any suggestion we are responsible is a political smear. But last night things began to shift. Under intense pressure from Washington and business leaders around the world, Riyadh now appears to be preparing to acknowledge that Mr Khashoggi was in fact killed inside the consulate. The narrative they plan to present, according to the New York Times, is that the Saudi government ordered its operatives to interrogate Mr Khashoggi but that something went wrong and the journalist was accidentally killed. Panicked spies then reportedly hid his body and launched a cover-up, unbeknownst to Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and country's de facto leader. The person who will be blamed is described as "a Saudi intelligence official who was a friend of the crown prince". The explanation has a clear appeal: it allows Saudi Arabia to concede (in the face of what appears to be overwhelming Turkish evidence) that Mr Khashoggi was killed, but shields the crown prince from responsibility. The new Saudi narrative would protect Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince Credit: REUTERS/Amir Levy/File Photo However, there are major holes in the story. Among the 15-strong Saudi "hit team" who reportedly flew into Istanbul on private jets the
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
American Airlines announced Monday that it would offer more daily flights to Cuba, by 2019, despite US restrictions on Americans traveling to that country. "We have recently started a fifth daily flight between Havana and Miami, and next year (in May) we will inaugurate a new daily flight between Miami and Santiago de Cuba, our sixth destination in the country," Ramon Jimenez, AA's manager in Cuba, said in a statement. The airline currently has 10 flights a day to the island, half of which are between Miami and Havana.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Saudi officials have contemplated announcing that journalist Jamal Khashoggi
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon and his peer at Blackstone Group LP Steve Schwarzman, along with BlackRock Inc.'s Larry Fink, Uber Technologies Inc.'s Dara Khosrowshahi and Richard Branson have all sent in cancellations. Credit Suisse Group AG CEO Tidjane Thiam and HSBC Holdings Plc's John Flint became the latest to shun the forum on Tuesday.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A former government official who called South Korean President Moon Jae-in a pro-North "communist" was ordered to pay 10 million won ($8,890) in damages, a court in Seoul ordered Tuesday. Former public prosecutor and conservative activist Koh Young-Ju had accused Moon of planning to turn South Korea into "a red communist country" if he became president during a public forum in January 2013. Moon sued Koh in 2015 for defamation, accusing him of "spreading groundless rumours" and seeking 100 million won in damage.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The Cherokee Nation says Warren is "undermining tribal interests" after the senator revealed a DNA test showing she has Native American ancestry. ABC News' Stephanie Ramos reports.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Authorities are unsure if the teenager is missing or was taken after her parents were found dead in their home. ABC News' Kenneth Moton reports.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Tuesday that they have dismissed a 19-year-old British tourist's claim that she was raped on a Thai resort island after their investigation revealed no supporting evidence.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
All thanks to one storm.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975, has died at the age of 65. Mr Allen, who suffered from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was also a prominent philanthropist, donating billions to science, conservation and the arts. Eight years after starting the company he received his first cancer diagnosis, but it was treated successfully, though it forced him to retire early from his role at Microsoft. He developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2009, which had been in remission until it returned earlier this year. In a statement released at the start of this month, Mr Allen said he planned to fight the disease "aggressively". "A lot has happened in medicine since I overcame this disease in 2009. My doctors are optimistic that I will see good results from the latest therapies, as am I," he said. Bill Gates, left, and Paul Allen chat during a basketball game in Seattle Credit: AP On Monday his sister Jody Allen called him a "remarkable individual on every level". "While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend. "For all the demands on his schedule, there was always time for family and friends. "At this time of loss and grief for us - and so many others - we are profoundly grateful for the care and concern he demonstrated every day," she said. Mr Gates led the tributes from the tech world, remembering Mr Allen as "one of my oldest and dearest friends." "Personal comput
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
Mattis, speaking to reporters before landing in Vietnam on Tuesday, said he received the reassurance from Trump in a phone call during his nearly 20-hour flight from Washington. "(Trump) said, 'I'm 100 percent with you'," Mattis recounted, playing down Trump's remarks to CBS' "60 Minutes," which aired on Sunday. Asked whether he was a Democrat, as Trump suggested, Mattis, disclosed that he had not registered as a Democrat or a Republican.
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
A coven of witches plans to gather to place a hex on the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. A coven of witches will gather in an occult bookstore in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday to place a hex on the supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh. The event is not out of the ordinary for Catland Books, which describes itself as "Brooklyn's premier metaphysical boutique and event space".
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
TONIGHT: DNA plot twist in the Elizabeth Warren Native American heritage
|
|
Oct 16, 2018
The U.S. Senate campaign debate in Arizona ended Monday evening on an
|
|
Oct 15, 2018
American Airlines announced Monday that it would offer more daily flights to Cuba, by 2019, despite US restrictions on Americans traveling to that country. "We have recently started a fifth daily flight between Havana and Miami, and next year (in May) we will inaugurate a new daily flight between Miami and Santiago de Cuba, our sixth destination in the country," Ramon Jimenez, AA's manager in Cuba, said in a statement. The airline currently has 10 flights a day to the island, half of which are between Miami and Havana.
|
|
Oct 15, 2018
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the disappearance of a Saudi writer who Turkish officials fear was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul (all times local):
|
|
Oct 15, 2018
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to areas hit by Hurricane Michael (all times local):
|
|
Oct 15, 2018
British news host Piers Morgan couldn't stand that James Bond actor Daniel
|
|
Private Label