America's fears of splendid isolation under Brexit
by Edward Luce Why is America so alarmed by Brexit? Lest the reader be in doubt, remind yourself of this. Never before has a sitting US president visited a fellow democracy in a bid to sway an election. Nor, until now, have 13 former US secretaries of state and defence risked addressing a letter to a foreign electorate with the same motive. Ditto eight former Treasury secretaries and five former supreme commanders of NATO. Not only has the US establishment broken it..>> view originalPlot to prosecute Blair for Iraq deepens Labour rift
U.S. airlines to begin scheduled flights to Cuba
Galo Beltran, Cuba country manager for American Airlines, poses Thursday near a charter flight operated by American at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport. Beltran is based in Dallas.Scott Mayerowitz ~ Associated PressHAVANA -- Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades. It was another milestone in President Barack Obama's campaign to normalize relations between Cold War foes. The airline..>> view originalKawan8 netizens fight for cleaners and teachers accused of rape at Jakarta Intercultural School
Changed his mind: Fauzan Luthsa from Kawan8 in Jakarta on Friday. Photo: Tatan Syuflana Jakarta: The fight to prove the innocence of cleaners and teachers accused of sodomy at a prestigious international school in Jakarta is being waged not just by lawyers in court but by Indonesian netizens whose battleground is social media.When Fauzan Luthsa, a public relations consultant in Jakarta and father of two young children, heard a preschooler contracted herpes af..>> view originalSouth Africa: Oscar Pistorius Back in Court to Be Sentenced for Murder of Reeva Steenkamp
South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius faces at least 15 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete has no legal right to appeal the sentence. The original judge in the case, Thokozile Masipa was set to begin hearing the pre-sentencing arguments at Pretoria High Court on Monday. The athlete, who will discover his fate by the end of this week, faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence and cannot appeal. South Africa's top court ruled in March that he ..>> view originalLiveBlogLast Updated 4.45pm AESTOrlando shooting: Gunman attacks packed gay nightclub in Florida
Gunman Omar Mateen, wielding an assault rifle and a handgun, opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 53 others before dying in a gunfight police. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. 4.45pm:Killer tried to friend gay club ownerOmar Mateen tried to contact the owner of another gay nightclub in Orlando a week before he killed 50 at the Pulse club.Micah Bass, the owner of the M Hotel and Revere club, told The East ..>> view originalOrlando shooting: gun used is becoming mass shooters' weapon of choice
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Orlando shooting: military style rifle used The AR-15 has been used in several high-casualty mass shootings in the US in recent years. PT0M59S 620 349 Saturday night in Orlando, a man armed with an assault-style rifle killed at least 50 people and wounded 53 others in a crowded nightclub. Six months ago, in San Bernardino, California, a man and woman armed with assault-style rifles killed 14 people and wounded 20 others. In 2012, in Aurora, Colo..>> view originalUS may not make Afghanistan troop decision by Warsaw summit
U.S. may not make Afghanistan troop decision by Warsaw summit By Reuters Published: 23:01 EST, 12 June 2016 | Updated: 23:01 EST, 12 June 2016 By Arshad Mohammed and Phil StewartWASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama may not decide before a NATO summit next month whether to alter plans to nearly halve America's forces in Afghanistan, a diplomat and a U.S. official said.A decision had been expected at or before the summit in Warsaw on July 8-9 on whether to stick..>> view originalMan hurls explosives inside Shanghai airport injuring four passengers
A man hurled a bottle containing home-made explosives inside the main international airport in China's commercial hub of Shanghai yesterday, injuring four people before attempting to kill himself, authorities said.The unidentified man removed a beer bottle or bottles with explosive materials from a backpack before throwing one near a check-in counter in Terminal Two at Pudong International Airport, the Shanghai government said in a statement.He then took out a knife and slashed at his neck, it ..>> view originalSri Lankan boat headed for Australia marooned
The boat of 44 Sri Lankans remains off the Indonesian coast. Photo: Raihal Fajri Jakarta: A boat with 44 Sri Lankans who claim to be headed for Christmas Island remains marooned in bad weather off the Indonesian province of Aceh.Indonesian authorities have provided the Sri Lankans with food but will not let them disembark because they do not have passports or valid travel documents. Sri Lanka refugees wait for help from the In..>> view original
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