A Chinese state-run newspaper says Siberian tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing mauled a woman to death and wounded another when they stepped out of a car in an enclosure ... ....
Hillary Clinton should be in jail. Donald Trump threatens America's very existence. These are not fringe opinions. They are widespread views across the nation's bitter political divide. That means that on Nov. 9, the morning after Election Day, tens of millions of Americans will awaken to the realization that someone they loathe will be the 45th president of the United States... "Politics has never been genteel ... "I'm a Marine....
Syrian government air strikes have put four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Aleppo out of action in the past 24 hours, according to local rescue workers and a monitor. "Five medical facilities were hit [overnight] and are out of service right now," Ammar Salmo, a spokesman for volunteer rescue group known as the White Helmets, told Al Jazeera... READ MORE. Artist Khaled Akil imagines Pokémon Go in ravaged Syria ... Smith said ... ....
Britain's new foreign secretary Boris Johnson has told the Parliament that India is on a long list of foreign missions who owe the country millions of pounds in unpaid bills. According to 2016 figures released by Transport for London (TfL), Indian diplomats allegedly owe them over 4.4 million pounds in accumulated unpaid dues since 2003... He said ... The UKForeign Office would not confirm whether both incidents relate to the same person ... ....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Flames raced down a rugged hillside "like a freight train," leaving smoldering remains of homes and warnings that more communities should be ready to flee the wildfire churning through tinder-dry canyons in Southern California, authorities said Sunday ... About 300 miles up the coast, crews were battling another fire spanning more than 16 square miles outside the scenic Big Sur region ... --- ... Writers Olga R ... ---....
AttachedFiles. . ID. . 1469394843687945200. Publication Date. . Monday, July 25, 2016. MANILA. PresidentRodrigoDuterte has signed a landmark freedom of information order to allow the public full access to government records for the first time, his spokesman said Sunday, in a move welcomed by transparency advocates ... “This is record-breaking speed for a landmark executive order being signed,” Andanar told reporters ... World. ....
The yen was the worst performer among the greenback’s 16 major peers Monday ...The Fed’s decision on Wednesday and the initial reading on second-quarter gross domestic product Friday “will be critical for the stronger dollar story that has been evolving over the past two weeks,” Rodrigo Catril, a currency strategist at National Australia BankLtd. in Sydney, wrote in a client note ... in Tokyo ... The U.S ...LEARN MORE. ....
The dollar maintained its advance as most Asian index futures signaled gains, with investors looking ahead to this week’s meetings of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. Oil was at an almost three-month low and gold also held its declines. The greenback traded above 106 yen following a 0.3 percent bounce on Friday, weighing on U.S ...RodrigoDuterte, the Philippines’ new president, will give his first state-of-the-union address ... ....
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine PresidentRodrigoDuterte has ordered all agencies directly under his watch to open their records to the public as part of his promise to crack down on corruption and promote transparency in government. Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a conference with businessmen in Davao city, southern Philippines June 21, 2016....
A look at players with central San Joaquin Valley ties headed to NFL training camps. Ex-Fresno StateKennyWiggins played in 15 games last season, his most since entering the league in 2011 … Click to Continue » ... ....
Jerry Brown’s proposed $15.5 billion re-engineering of the troubled Sacramento-San JoaquinDelta is heading into a critical phase over the next year that could well decide if the project comes to fruition ... government’s Central Valley Project, operators of the giant Delta pumping stations near Tracy, to ship water to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California with far fewer interruptions....