Saturday 11 November 2017

Hundreds Of Students Flood Senate Building To Protest For Dream Act

Hundreds Of Students Flood Senate Building To Protest For Dream ActOn Thursday, hundreds of students across the country walked out of class to demand that Congress take swift action to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation.




GOP figures call on Moore to leave Alabama race after allegations of sexual misconduct

GOP figures call on Moore to leave Alabama race after allegations of sexual misconductSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a slew of other Republicans called on Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama to “step aside” if new allegations that he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl — in 1979, when he was 32 — are true.




Netflix Email Scam Targets 10 Million Customers

Netflix Email Scam Targets 10 Million CustomersThe fake "Suspension Notification” email is a phishing scam designed to get your credit card information.




Philippines' Duterte thanks Putin for weapons aid

Philippines' Duterte thanks Putin for weapons aidPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday warmly thanked Russian leader Vladimir Putin for shipping weapons to his struggling military, adding that he will buy more Russian arms in the future. "I want to pass on words of thanks from the Philippine people for the timely aid that Russia provided by giving us trucks and weapons," he said as the two met on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam. Last month Russia handed over army trucks and thousands of Kalashnikov assault rifles to Duterte during a visit by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, a first-ever visit by a Russian defence minister to the US ally.




Suspects held in Franco-Swiss swoop face terrorism charges

PARIS (Reuters) - Eight suspects have been placed under formal investigation in France following their arrest in joint counter-terrorism raids with Swiss authorities, a judicial source said on Saturday.


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Investigators probe Trump knowledge of campaign's Russia dealings: sources

Investigators probe Trump knowledge of campaign's Russia dealings: sourcesBy Mark Hosenball and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has questioned Sam Clovis, co-chairman of President Donald Trump's election campaign, to determine if Trump or top aides knew of the extent of the campaign team's contacts with Russia, two sources familiar with the investigation said on Friday. The focus of the questions put to Clovis by Mueller's team has not been previously reported.




US state to resume prisoner executions after 20 years

US state to resume prisoner executions after 20 yearsThe death penalty will resume in Nebraska for the first time in 20 years, with the US state planning to execute a convicted killer using a new, untested combination of drugs. State prison officials on Thursday informed Jose Sandoval, on death row for the murders of five people during a 2002 bank robbery, of their intention to execute him by lethal injection. The state intends to use a new drug protocol which could prompt legal challenges, and death penalty opponents quickly raised concerns.