President Donald Trump preemptively blamed Democrats for the prospect of a government shutdown, pointing to party leaders’ demands regarding an immigration deal just four days before funding is set to run out. “The Democrats want to shut down the Government over Amnesty for all and Border Security,” Trump tweeted Tuesday […]
Daily Archives: January 16, 2018
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The stricken oil tanker Sanchi has leaked oil condensate into the East China SeaTransport Ministry of China handout/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Andy Coghlan At least crude oil is visible. Not so the toxic liquid leaking from a capsized oil tanker in the East China Sea. This invisible substance is a lethal threat to […]
Officials said there were now about 500 migrants in Calais compared with about 7,000 before the Jungle was razed to the ground in October 2016. Charities said the number was closer top 700 plus 300 further up the coast near Dunkirk. But figures show, although there is just a tenth […]
David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested on Sunday and each charged with nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment. They were detained after a 17-year-old, emaciated girl escaped their house in Perris, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles and called police, […]
Health bosses have warned that the spread could be “catastrophic” following the sudden death of a child in Uganda after three people were killed by the virus in South Sudan in December. Up to 60 people are now feared to be infected by the disease, which leaves people bleeding from […]
Cyclone Berguitta could intensify to a Category 4 Hurricane before it heads towards the holiday hotspots of Mauritius and Reunion, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls. The live graph from EarthWindMap shows the eye of the hurricane northeast of the two islands, with the storm expected to make […]
WhatsApp users have been warned about the newly discovered Skygofree malware which can steal your private messages and secretly record conversations. WhatsApp is used by more than 1.3billion people around the world each month, and is one of the most popular smartphone apps around. On New Year’s Eve WhatsApp broke […]
A ballistic missile warning alarm that was wrongly triggered in Hawaii recently rams home the importance of the way interfaces are designed to prevent such major bloopers from happening in the first place. It’s an unfortunate reality that we need to prepare for national emergencies due to war or natural […]