Monday, January 30, 2017

FBI Arrests Wife of Killer in Orlando Mass Shooting and other top stories.

  • FBI Arrests Wife of Killer in Orlando Mass Shooting

    FBI Arrests Wife of Killer in Orlando Mass Shooting
    A Justice Department spokesman said Ms. Salman would make her initial appearance on Tuesday morning in federal court in Oakland, Calif. The Justice Department’s decision to prosecute Ms. Salman, 30, ends part of the mystery that has surrounded her since the first days after the attack, when she became a central subject of the wide-ranging investigation into her husband.“Noor Salman had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what Omar Mateen intended to do that tragic night,” said her lawyer, Li..
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  • Russia takes parting shots at Obama, looks forward to Trump administration

    Russia takes parting shots at Obama, looks forward to Trump administration
    MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat on Tuesday said Moscow was looking forward to cooperating with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump in the war on terrorism and bringing peace to Syria, and took a shot at the Obama administration for what he called “double standards.” “If we hear that in the foreign policy of Donald Trump the main thing will be the fight against terrorism, then we, of course, can only welcome that, since that is exactly the thing that has been lacking with..
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  • Trump's blast sends chill across Europe

    Trump's blast sends chill across Europe
    Yet, just days away from the White House, the President-elect is sparking transatlantic turbulence by expressing fresh disdain for the two institutions that have been the bedrock of post-World War II peace, stability and prosperity -- NATO and the European Union.It is too early to tell how the Trump administration will shift America's stance toward Europe, since details have been at a premium both during the election campaign and the transition when policy often has been announced 140 characters..
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  • Britain's May expected to promise clean break from Europe in Brexit speech

    Britain's May expected to promise clean break from Europe in Brexit speech
    Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street in London, Britain Jan. 11, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo (© Stefan Wermuth / Reuters/Reuters) LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May was expected on Tuesday to call for a clean break from the European Union, with indications that her country plans to leave behind the most essential elements of the soon-to-be-27-member bloc. After refusing for months to give “a running commentary” on Britain’s negotiating strategy, ..
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  • Forever a Mystery? MH370 Search Ends After Nearly 3 Years

    Forever a Mystery? MH370 Search Ends After Nearly 3 Years
    Relatives of those lost on the plane, which vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, responded largely with outrage. A support group, Voice 370, issued a statement saying that extending the search is "an inescapable duty owed to the flying public." Without understanding what happened to the plane, there's a "good chance that this could happen in the future," said K.S. Narendran, a member of the group.Officials investigating the plane's disappearance have recommend..
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  • Samsung Succession in Disarray as Lee Criminal Case Advances

    Samsung Succession in Disarray as Lee Criminal Case Advances
    The long-orchestrated plan to cement Jay Y. Lee’s position atop Samsung Group may put him in jail instead, raising questions about who would step in to run South Korea’s biggest conglomerate in the aftermath.Prosecutors are seeking Lee’s arrest on allegations including bribery and embezzlement, which if proven could prompt him to relinquish duties at the family business. Potential replacements include executives running key divisions of the dominant electronics business, as well as a sister -- ..
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  • China's Xi Warns Against Trade War in Defense of Globalization

    China's Xi Warns Against Trade War in Defense of Globalization
    Chinese President Xi Jinping cautioned against protectionism as he pushed back against criticism of globalization by Donald Trump and other Western populists.“Protectionism is like locking yourself in a dark room, which would seem to escape wind and rain, but also block out the sunshine,” Xi told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, the first Chinese head of state to address the annual gathering in the Alpine resort town of Davos. “No one is a winner in a trade war.”Xi Jinping at Davos on Jan. ..
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  • Donald Trump, The Mideast Conflict, And The Fate Of A Two-State Solution

    Donald Trump, The Mideast Conflict, And The Fate Of A Two-State Solution
    COMMENTARYDonald Trump’s commitment to diversity is clear from the impressively diverse crowd of people he’s insulted. By one tally, the list includes leaders of both parties, U.S. election overseers, the CIA, FBI, NATO, Pope Francis and Meryl Streep. Can our incoming provocateur-in-chief tame his tongue long enough to notch a deal he professes to want: peace in the Middle East?The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the enduring foreign policy tragedy of our time.A two-state solution has been consi..
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  • Suspect in Istanbul Nightclub Attack Confesses, Officials Say

    Suspect in Istanbul Nightclub Attack Confesses, Officials Say
    Photo Turkish special forces officers at Police Headquarters in Istanbul on Tuesday. Credit Murad Sezer/Reuters The Uzbek man who was taken into custody on Monday and is believed to be the gunman who carried out an attack at an upscale Istanbul nightclub, killing 39 people early on New Year’s Day, has confessed, the Turkish authorities said on Tuesday.The suspect, identified as Abdulgadir Masharipov, an Uzbek citizen born in 1983, received help in the attack, done “in t..
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  • Denver teen trampled to death in music fest shooting, family says

    Denver teen trampled to death in music fest shooting, family says
    PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event in this Caribbean resort, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in this resort town that has long been spared the violence of Mexico’s cartel wars.On Monday, officials released a list of the dead, who included an American, a Canadian, two Mexicans and an Italian. Fifteen people suffered injuries, including at least two Canadians and two A..
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