Clouds hold the key to forecasting climate change, but understanding and measuring them "is the intellectual and experimental challenge of our lifetime."
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Our investigation found Amazon escapes responsibility for its role in deaths and serious injuries even though the company keeps a tight grip on how third-party delivery drivers do their jobs.
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A few days ago, President Trump mistakenly tweeted that Alabama was one of the states that was likely to be hit harder than expected. Instead of admitting to the mistake, he chose to do this.
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When Baltimore Jack died at Neel Gap, Georgia, the news shook the Appalachian Trail community. Jack had left behind the real world to live on the AT, thru-hiking it seven times and helping countless others to reach their goals. To some, his choice to live off the grid was irresponsible. Others celebrated that he'd managed to break the shackles of convention.
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It was going to be Staten Island's answer to the Eiffel Tower. An observation wheel at 630 feet, the tallest in the world, was going to be constructed on the borough's waterfront, capturing millions of ferry tourists' dollars with its stunning skyline view.
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They attract money and attention to the predominantly white universities that showcase them, while HBCUs struggle. What would happen if they collectively decided to go to black schools?
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Hawks in Israel and America have spent more than a decade agitating for war against the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Will Trump finally deliver?
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The story of Uber shows that tech industry's belief in meritocracy, decisions about personal data and "blind worship of startup founders" can all go horribly wrong.
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Leif Olson, a Trump labor official, sarcastically mocked the anti-Semitic critics of House Speaker Paul Ryan, and their conservative media enabler Breitbart. Bloomberg took those posts, selectively cropped them, missed the joke, and forced his resignation.
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When Jessica Howard entered the world of gymnastics in 1987, she was three years old and wore a pink leotard adorned with poodles. She would go on to become a three-time national champion and later serve on the board of USA Gymnastics. The experience would nearly kill her.
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Facebook has officially launched Facebook Dating in the United States.
In its announcement, Facebook explains how Facebook Dating is a completely different product from Facebook. Users who are 18 and older and have the latest version of the Facebook app will be able to set up their own unique Dating profile, completely separate from their profile on Facebook.
Once setup, Facebook will suggest possible matches based on your “preferences, interests, and things you do on Facebook.” Dating will match you with friends of your Facebook friends and people completely out of your network. The service will also integrate with Facebook Events and Groups so you can see possible matches within your current online communities and future IRL gatherings you attend. Read more...
TL;DR: Both lightweight and powerful, the Alienware m15 gaming laptop is the perfect companion for a no compromises, on-the-go gaming experience — grab one for just $949.99 on Dell's website.
PC gamers know how chunky and cumbersome gaming laptops can get — it’s a struggle to even will yourself to lug the thing around, and what good is having a gaming laptop if you aren’t going to bring it everywhere with you? If you’re new to the gaming laptop world and are trying hard to avoid buying a device that’ll feel like a sack of bricks in your backpack, consider picking up the lightweight Alienware m15 gaming laptop. Read more...
CNN just held a seven-hour long climate town hall, giving 10 Democratic presidential aspirants a chance to speakVox called it "the most substantive discussion of climate change policies ever broadcast on primetime television."
As your average Earth inhabitant, it can be overwhelming to wrap your head around what you can do to help. Give up cheeseburgers? Boycott airplanes? Become the plastic straw police?
One easy place to start is by reducing your energy usage at home. Honeywell's Home T9 WiFi Smart Thermostat was ranked one of the best smart thermostats of 2019 by PCMag, and grabbing one gets you a free Echo Dot — a value of $49.99. (Amazon says it's a bigger discount than that, but the T9 by itself still goes for the advertised $179.) Read more...
Taking this coaster like a champ is the least impressive part of this video.
In the clip, Youtube user SirSammy 15 rides PortAventura's Shambhala roller coaster in Tarragona, Spain. While being whiplashed through its massive peaks and drops, he notices something strange. Soon enough an object comes his way, and reaching out to grab it, he catches an iPhone X dropped by a rider on the coaster ahead of him.
The catch is so spontaneous that if you blink you might miss it. It seems miraculous that he was able to react so quickly, especially in a setting that most people find wildly overwhelming. But watch the background melt away as SirSammy celebrates his catch with those around him, as if the group isn't flying through the air. Read more...
TL;DR: Grab the comforting Mainstays 15 lb weighted blanket with removable cover for $49.99 at Walmart. It's usually $62.99, so you'll save $13.
Fall is quickly approaching, which of course means cooler weather, pumpkin spice everything, and watching Hocus Pocus at least 15 times before Halloween. Fall is also the unofficial beginning of Cuffing Season, you know the time where you begin to scout for your designated Netflix and chill buddy because let’s face it, winter is no time to be alone.
But if dating apps and your local bar have left you cuddle-buddy-less, Walmart has the perfect deal for you. This weighted blanket by Mainstays (which includes a washable, removable cover) makes you feel as if you’re being held or hugged to ease anxiety and help you feel safe and relaxed. Lined with 11.93 beads that make up the 15 lb blanket, this blanket evenly distributes pressure throughout your body. So instead of feeling crushed or confined, you’ll feel comfortable and relaxed. Read more...
What if I told you that you could see what The Matrix would be like with Will Smith as Neo instead of Keanu Reeves? Thanks to a deepfake video uploaded by YouTube channel Sham00K, we don’t have to wonder.
TL;DR: Get the comprehensive Complete QuickBooks Guru Bundle for $29. Since it's usually priced at $1,400, you'll be saving an impressive 97% off.
Keeping your books up to date isn’t the sexiest job, but hey, it has to be done. Whether you’re operating a small business or managing a side hustle, keeping detailed accounts means that come tax season, you’ll spend less time frantically crunching numbers and more time...well, doing anything else.
If bookkeeping isn’t your middle name, you’ll want QuickBooks (a leading accounting software that has received rave reviews from its over 5.6 million customers) within arms reach. This software can create income and expense reports, track your loans, credit cards, pay your bills, and generate reports for your own financial planning all in one easy-to-use interface. With the help of The Complete Quickbooks Guru Bundle, even novices to the platform will feel fully prepped come tax day. Read more...
TL;DR: For a limited time, you can enroll in six different data science and coding courses through the PCMag Shop for only $9.99 per class.
Few things can prompt an existential crisis faster than the beginning of a new school semester in which you're not enrolled. As underclassmen scurry to and from class with dense textbooks and an enviable sense of innocent optimism about their chosen career paths, you might begin to wonder: Would I be earning more money if I'd gone with my backup major? Should I go get my Master's degree? Will all of these smart youths put me out of work upon graduation? Do I have to admit that my parents were right in telling me that this art degree would be useless?Read more...
The kids, it would seem, are alright. The olds? Well, maybe not so much.
As we slowly devolve into a capitalism-fueled surveillance state, having strong opinions about the place of facial-recognition tech in society simply means you're paying attention. And, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, the end result of that scrutiny is quite different depending on your age.
Specifically, in a report released Thursday, Pew finds that the public's opinion on both law enforcement's and private corporation's use of facial-recognition tech varies wildly with the age of the individual being asked. Read more...
Considering that the World Wide Web, as we old-timers used to call it, started with about 10 websites back in 1992, it's fair to say the web has seen explosive growth.
According to data from Internet Live Stats, quantified here in a chart by our partners at Statista, as of August 19, 2019 at exactly 10:22 Central European Time, there were 1.71 billion (yes, with a B) websites in existence. That's well up even from the 2.4 million sites around in 1998, or the 17.1 million in the year 2000 (which we old-timers once called Y2K).
For this survey, the definition of "website" is a uniquely named site that can be resolved into an IP address using a name server on the internet. Read more...
TL;DR: Snag the popular Vitamix 5200 for $399.95 at Amazon. It's usually $449, so you'll save $50.
You may have heard that reducing your meat intake is a great way to help the environment, or maybe you just suddenly remembered that New Year's resolution you abandoned in January. Whatever the reason, smoothies and juices are a great way to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet.
The Vitamix 5200 is the perfect blender for basically everything from smoothies to soups. Professional quality blades chop through frozen foods while variable speed controls allow you to choose the best texture. This particular model is great for large batches, so you can finally meal-prep like a responsible adult (or binge on about two pints of ice cream, we don’t judge). Read more...
This may come as a shock to you, but President Trump messed up.
On Sunday, Trump falsely claimed in a tweet that Hurricane Dorian would be heading towards Alabama. Meteorologists later confirmed that statement wasn't true, but Trump refuses to admit that he shared an incorrect fact so he made the decision to stick by his tweet in the days that followed.
When speaking about the storm's progress in the White House on Wednesday, Trump presented an enlarged map of the Southeastern U.S. that showed where professionals thought Dorian would be headed. If you look closely, however, you'll notice that the map appears to have an extended path drawn in black marker to encompass Alabama in its path. Read more...
Smart homes are taking over, and it seems like smart light bulbs are the gateway drug to all things Internet of Things.
As with any new fangled device, the smart light bulb market grows every day — and is possibly the most saturated smart device market out there. If you thought there were a lot of Amazon Echo devices to choose from, the smart light market is that, multiplied by hundreds.
It's totally normal if you have a lot of questions. You might be asking which smart bulbs require extra equipment, or which ones are easy to set up, or which ones change colour? There are a lot of details that we need to know before making a purchase, and it can be pretty stressful to feel so clueless. Read more...
No, despite weak sales, Sony still hasn't given up on making smartphones. The company brought a new model to the IFA show in Berlin, and this time, it just might be onto something.
Even though it skips four numbers, the Xperia 5 is not really a direct successor of last year's Xperia 1. It also has a long form factor, with a 21:9 ratio screen, but it measures 6.1 inches, making it a fair deal smaller than the 6.5-inch Xperia 1.
And if there's one thing I've been hearing from people who aren't really into phones and just want a decent smartphone they can use, is that they prefer smaller phones to the monsters that are currently in fashion. At 6.1 inches, the Xperia 5 is not tiny, but it is a lot easier to handle than most phones these days. Read more...
China's TCL, known for its TV sets, as well as phones launched under the Alcatel and BlackBerry brands, is expanding heavily into audio.
At a media briefing ahead of the IFA show in Berlin, the company showcased a new soundbar, and to its credit, it brought some innovative features to the table.
Soundbar makers today often try to cram as many speakers into the bar as possible to achieve a wide sound stage and/or a faux-surround effect. The TCL RAY-DANZ soundbar goes the opposite direction: three speakers are crammed in the middle of the bar, whereas the left and the right side of the bar is empty. Read more...
Your Lego Star Wars fleet just got a whole lot more powerful.
On Wednesday, Lego announced the latest addition to its ever-expanding Star Wars collection: a 4,784-piece model of the Imperial Star Destroyer — the "Devastator" — as seen in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. The new release comes as part of the continued 20th anniversary celebration of Star Wars' first collaboration with Lego in 1999.
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At 43 inches long, 26 inches wide, and 17 inches high (with the display stand), the 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer model will be Lego's largest set based on a ship from the Galactic Empire — and the third largest Lego Star Wars set ever produced. Read more...
Sonos is finally venturing outside of the home with Move, a new smart speaker that can be taken outside and connect to devices over Bluetooth.
The $399 Move, available on Sept. 24, still works indoors over WiFi for high-quality sound, but with Bluetooth support (a first for Sonos), you can take it with you to a beach or the park.
Weighing 6 pounds, the Move is far from lightweight. It's also not very portable, seeing as it's wider and taller than a Sonos One ($199). However, it makes up for its size with durability and sound quality.
TL;DR: The scintillating Apple iMac is on sale for £999 on Amazon, saving you 31% on list price.
In a world where portability is becoming more and more important, the Apple iMac stands tall as one of the last bastions of the desktop computer.
That might be a little dramatic, but what we're trying to say is that the iMac proves there is life left in the desktop industry. It's packed with all-new processors, the latest graphics technologies, innovative storage, and higher-bandwidth connectivity, to produce a more immersive experience that can't be matched by laptops or tablets.
Samsung took its sweet time for this one, but we finally have a launch date for the Galaxy Fold. Well, at least in some markets.
The company's first foldable phone launches in Korea on Sept. 6. It will be available in certain European markets — namely, France, Germany, and the UK — as well as Singapore, on Sept. 18. Finally, it will come to the U.S. in the "coming weeks," though the company wouldn't commit to a precise date.
Originally scheduled to launch in April 2019, the Fold was delayed several times as the company struggled to fix the issues which made the device prone to breaking. Now, the device will ship with a strengthened hinge that's closer to the phone's body, additional layers of metal beneath the display, an extended protective layer (which shouldn't peel off like the original one), and reinforcements that should keep dust and other particles out of the device. Read more...
You can probably see why it caused so much controversy.
In recent years, Hollywood has come under enormous criticism for racially insensitive casting — and based on the publisher's headline, many people thought this movie was yet another example. Read more...
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We fully appreicate that selecting a VPN service is difficult. For starters, there are absolutely loads of services out there, which makes considering all of the options pretty laborious. Plus, each of these services offers a slightly different set of features and benefits, making the decision almost impossible.
We get it, it's tough. This is why we're help to help. We've lined up an exclusive deal on PureVPN that is so cheap, it's difficult to say no. You can now sign up to a three-year PureVPN plan for just £1.56 a month, saving you 82% on list price. That is the cheapest PureVPN deal we've seen, and just about the lowest priced service on the market right now. Read more...
Jimmy Kimmel explored the topic of deepfakes and gave us an idea of just how disturbing they can be. "Another threat to the election are what they call deepfake videos," said Kimmel. "They take clips and they manipulate them to make them look as if someone did or said something they did not do." Read more...
TL;DR: The portable Microsoft Surface Pro 6 12.3-inch tablet is on sale for £779.99 on Amazon, saving you over £300 on list price.
It wasn't so long ago that we were talking about the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 tablet dropping to below £1,000. This remains a great deal on the 256GB SSD model, but was still relatively pricey.
The good news for those with slightly tighter budgets, who still want to jump on board the Surface Pro 6 train, is that the 128GB SSD Microsoft Surface Pro 6 tablet is now on sale, too. This great device is now available for just £779.99 on Amazon, saving you 29% on list price. This works out at a healthy discount of over £300. Read more...
TL;DR: The hands-free Fire TV Cube is now available to pre-order for £109.99 on Amazon, and will be released on Oct. 10.
The Fire TV Cube is the latest Amazon device off the conveyor belt, and if you're already a fan of the retailer's smart home devices, you'll definitely want to pre-order this clever box.
According to Amazon, the Fire TV Cube is the fastest and most powerful Fire TV ever, delivering a fluid experience for your favourite films and shows. There's not a lot this device can't do, and a lot that it can. With a little help from the Fire TV Cube, you can ask Alexa to turn on the TV, dim compatible lights, and play what you want to watch. The list goes on. Read more...
There is only one place to find all the best deals on everything from fitness trackers to cookware. Sure, there are other deal roundups, but we reckon we're the best when it comes to variety. Where else could you find memory cards and coffee machines in the same selection?
We have tracked down the best deals on wearable technology, cookware, kitchen appliances, and more, with all the biggest brands on offer. You can save on Philips, Apple, Huawei, Fitbit, Garmin, and a whole lot more.
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Posture check: Un-slump those shoulders and straighten up that neck. With the Halter height-adjustable desks, you can switch from sitting to standing position in seconds. Being able to work at multiple heights can maximize comfort, optimize posture and natural blood circulation, and reduce eye strainAmazon has a variety of different stand-up desks and laptop stands on sale — your spine will thank you later.
Joe Biden may be one of the front-runners for Democratic candidate, but he's also one of the front-runners when it comes to gaffes. The former vice president makes a lot of them — he's even referred to himself as a 'gaffe machine.'
But during his appearance on The Late Show on Wednesday, Biden's previous slip-ups did at least give him the chance to make a pretty great quip.
"In the last few weeks you've confused New Hampshire for Vermont, said Bobby Kennedy and MLK were assassinated in the late '70s, assured us, 'I'm not going nuts.'" said host Stephen Colbert. "Follow up question: Are you going nuts?" Read more...
Politics has become so far-fetched these days that certain moments almost feel like something out of a sketch show. And when it gets to the stage where the actual president is presenting maps that appear to have been doctored with a sharpie, you almost have to stop and pinch yourself.
"Remember the last two days, how he got into a disagreement with the National Weather Surface, where he tweeted the storm was gonna hit Alabama, and they said, 'What, no!'?" explains Colbert in The Late Show clip above. "Well take a closer look at Trump's outdated map from last Thursday morning — he used a sharpie to extend the path into Alabama!" Read more...
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How to stop sweating
Getting your perspiration under control
How to stop sweating
Getting your perspiration under control
Sweating is a natural part of being human, and we’re all for loving our bodies, but sometimes you just want the perspiration to stop. Maybe you’ve ruined clothes from being drenched on a hot day or maybe you’re just plain uncomfortable by the moisture coming out of your body — we get it.
Sweating doesn’t mean you’re gross, out of shape, or any other negative stereotype. While some people do sweat more when they’re, let’s say, nervous or lying, it’s not a telltale sign. Some people actually just experience excessive sweating (also known as hyperhidrosis) due to no outside factors. Don’t just take our word for it, though; this is coming from Angela Ballard, a registered nurse and educator/advocate with the International Hyperhidrosis Society. Read more...
Football season is almost upon us, and that presents a problem for those of us who decided to stop paying for expensive cable packages.
You see, while the rest of the entertainment world has fully embraced cheap and easy streaming, it doesn't quite work that way with sports. The major North American sports leagues understand that there's a high demand for watching games live and have priced it accordingly.
That doesn't mean there are no gameday options for cord-cutters, though. When NFL Sunday rolls around and your team is competing for glory, you can still catch the games without cable. You just need to understand the ins and outs of the various networks that air NFL games and what your options are for accessing them over the internet. Read more...
Tehran increases pressure on European signatories to the historic 2015 nuclear pact before weekend deadline.
Iranian officials ratcheted up pressure before a weekend deadline for European nations to come up with a solution for Iran to sell its oil abroad after the United States withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed devastating sanctions.
President Hassan Rouhani threatened on Wednesday to take additional steps and accelerate its nuclear activities if Europe fails to provide a solution by Friday.
"Iran's third step is of an extraordinarily significant nature," Rouhani said, without detailing what that would entail, adding a "decree will be announced today or tomorrow".
Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to have a blood vessel burst in his left eye while participating in CNN's town hall on climate change.
A broken blood vessel in the eye, also known as a subconjuctival hemorrhage, can be caused by several things, including high blood pressure, bleeding disorders, blood thinners, or even excessive straining.
Biden, 76, has long been plagued by health issues. In 1988, he suffered an aneurysm that burst and required him to undergo emergency surgery. The then-senator was so close to death that a Catholic priest began preparing to administer the sacrament of last rites.
The U.S. is closing in on a deal with the Taliban that is designed to wind down America's 18-year war in Afghanistan, but the best indication of how risky the pact may be is this: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is declining to sign it, according to senior U.S., Afghan and European officials.
The "agreement in principle" that U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has hammered out in nine rounds of talks with Taliban representatives in Qatar would take the first tentative steps toward peace since U.S. and allied forces deployed to Afghanistan following the attacks on 9/11, according to senior Afghan and Trump Administration officials familiar with its general terms. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was scheduled to discuss the closely held details of the deal with President Donald Trump in a Sept. 3 meeting, according to senior administration officials. If Trump approves and a deal is struck, it could begin a withdrawal of some 5,400 U.S. troops, roughly a third of the present force, from five bases within 135 days.
WNU Editor: If this assessment is true, this U.S. - Taliban peace deal is dead even before it is implemented ....
.... "No one speaks with certainty. None," said an Afghan official taking part in briefings on the deal with Khalilzad. "It is all based on hope. There is no trust. There is no history of trust. There is no evidence of honesty and sincerity from the Taliban," and intercepted communications "show that they think they have fooled the U.S. while the U.S. believes that should the Taliban cheat, they will pay a hefty price."
BREAKING: Dorian has strengthened back to a Category 3 hurricane as it works its way up the southeastern U.S. coast. Follow @AP's full coverage of the storm. https://t.co/sCXh9rORJI
Vienna and Melbourne have been neck and neck in the EIU survey for years, but Austria's capital held off the Australian city to top the ranking of the most liveable cities. Read more: https://t.co/1tCuOfq03Vpic.twitter.com/pUmw94lGwX
Nearly 10,000 people gather to exhibit their skills of #Taiji - the oldest form of Chinese martial art in Chenjiagou Village pic.twitter.com/MNlYjGxuR0
Deputies argue before a session to present the general policy of the appointed Prime Minister Fritz William Michel at the Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
WNU Editor: The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... When politicians fight (Reuters).
In a chilling editorial published May 29th, the authoritative Chinese newspaper People's Daily used a significant phrase after demanding the U.S. respect China's economic interests: "don't say I didn't warn you."[1] The People's Daily has issued this warning before, such as in 1962 before China went to war with India, and in 1979 before China went to war with Vietnam. To the informed reader, there could be no mistake about it: China was signaling that it had no intentions of giving in on trade.
Chinese official pronouncements, with their interminable sloganeering, are mind-numbing to read. However, they are essential to our understanding of international relations. Few people have read them more closely than the historian and strategist Jonathan D.T. Ward. In his new book, China's Vision of Victory, Ward combines Chinese work reports, propaganda editorials, nationalist films, and everyday conversations to present a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of China's worldview and plans. This important book belongs on the shelf of every student of China.
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and President Donald Trump at the Pentagon following a meeting of the National Security Council in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2017. (DOD/U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
* Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis considers Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world. * "This is a much worse problem, I think, than anyone is writing about today," he said at an event on Tuesday. * "We can't have the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world falling into the hands of the terrorists breeding in their midst," Mattis writes in his latest book, "Call Sign Chaos." * Mattis also spoke about what he called the "very twisted" relationship between the US and Pakistan. While the US relies on Pakistan to help it in peace talks with the Taliban, the Trump administration also pulled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the Pakistani military.
While the world has its fair share of hot spots, from Afghanistan to Venezuela to Yemen, former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said at an event in New York on Tuesday that Pakistan topped his list of most dangerous countries.
"Of all the countries I've known, I consider Pakistan to be the most dangerous," Mattis wrote in his latest book, "Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead."
"This is a much worse problem, I think, than anyone is writing about today," he said.
WNU Editor: I agree with his analysis. Pakistan's command and control systems for its nuclear weapons have always been a source of concern for everyone. It is also a country that has thousands of fanatical jihadists who would love to get there hands of a nuclear weapon. I call this a dangerous mixture and a disaster just waiting to happen.
The Adrian Darya 1, the Iranian oil tanker that the U.S. has pursued for several days, is now fewer than 10 nautical miles from the shores of Syria, intelligence sources tell Fox News.
The captain of the vessel, Akhilesh Kumar, has been refusing to cooperate with a planned oil delivery and has asked to be dismissed or replaced, the sources added.
The ship, formerly known as the Grace 1, turned off its tracking systems as it sailed toward Syria on Monday afternoon.
By entering Syrian waters, the vessel was defying a commitment to the United Kingdom that allowed its release after it was detained in the Strait of Gibraltar.
According to report, Canada would receive 100,000 Palestinians from Lebanon and Syria and Spain would receive 16,000 Palestinians from Lebanon, alongside similar agreements with Belgium and France.
Canada denied a report in the Lebanon-based newspaper Al Akhbar on Wednesday according to which the country has reached an understanding with the United States that it will receive 100,000 Palestinians (40,000 from Lebanon and another 60,000 from Syria).
The Lebanese paper quoted a source in a Palestinian faction. The paper claimed that there is a further understanding with Spain to receive 16,000 Palestinians from Lebanon, alongside similar agreements with Belgium and France. The understandings would lead to the reduction of the cost of migration from $12,000 to $7,000 per person.
WNU Editor: I first heard about this over the weekend. And now the Israeli press is reporting on it. The Canadian government has denied these reports, but this is not surprising since there is going to be an election in seven weeks, and the issue of open borders does not poll well with Trudeau's government. I personally believe there is some truth to this. In the past three years Canada has opened the doors to tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East, so why not more. There is also the perception in the Middle East that Canada will accept refugees unconditionally. Prime Minister Trudeau himself opened the door to all refugees in 2017 (see below tweet).
To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada
The country's unwritten constitution is being stretched to its limit, but is still in place—for now.
Boris Johnson has been defeated in Parliament, the first loss of his brief premiership—on his first vote. His government has no majority, members of Parliament are trying to legally stop the government from carrying out its stated agenda, and Johnson is shutting down the legislature for five weeks at the very moment of Britain's gravest postwar political crisis. All the while, legal challenges are being lodged against the government, and Conservatives are being thrown out of the ruling party en masse or literally crossing the House of Commons floor to defect.
* Boris Johnson has insisted the 'country must decide' after suffering another crippling defeat in the Commons * Remainers have pushed legislation through the House that would rule out No Deal at the Halloween deadline * It would force the PM to ask for a Brexit delay until January if there is no agreement in place by October 19 * Mr Johnson said the law, which must still go through the Lords, effectively 'ends negotiations' with EU * Jeremy Corbyn said he will block October 15 election in crucial vote tonight as No Deal legislation not finished * Massive civil war has erupted within Labour over whether the poll should happen before Brexit is delayed * Rebel Ken Clarke launched tirade at 'game playing' PM in Commons after being stripped of Tory whip
Jeremy Corbyn denied voters the chance to decide on Brexit tonight after ordering his MPs to block Boris Johnson's call for a snap election.
A clearly frustrated PM ridiculed the stance taken by Corbyn - who did not even bother to be present for the declaration of the result - taunting that he was the first Opposition leader 'in history' to turn down the opportunity of a poll.
But crucially, Mr Johnson did not give any indication of how he might now try to extricate himself from the impasse.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday blasted renegades from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and expressed his frustration over what he said was a denial of nuclear warheads possessed by other nations.
"They say we can't have nuclear tipped missiles though some have them. This, I can't accept," said Erdoğan.
Turkey signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 1980, and has also signed the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which bans all nuclear detonations for any purpose.
Pointing out that Turkey had been denied weapons deals by allied nations, the Turkish president said that this had led to the country producing its own weaponry.
"We asked for smart bombs from (U.S. President Barack) Obama, told him we needed them, but they didn't give them to us. We've asked (Obama's successor Donald) Trump as well, but nothing's come of it. So we're making them ourselves," Erdoğan said.
WNU Editor: Turkey does not have the monies, resources, or know-how to develop and build nuclear weapons. So how can Turkey get a nuclear weapon? Is he thinking about this? .... Why Are U.S. Nuclear Weapons Still In Turkey? (May 19, 2019).
The document itself carries no legal weight, however, it calls on San Francisco officials to reach out to lawmakers from other cities, states and even the federal government to follow suit and adopt similar declarations (pictured: San Francisco's board of supervisors)
San Francisco's legislative body has challenged other American cities and states to follow its lead and formally condemn the National Rifle Association (NRA).
The Californian city's board of supervisors passed a resolution on Tuesday officially labeling the gun rights' group a domestic terrorist organization.
District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani, whose district includes the Marina and Presidio, wrote the declaration stating that the NRA "spreads propaganda that misinforms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence."
It said the NRA "musters its considerable wealth and organizational strength to promote gun ownership and incite gun owners to acts of violence."
WNU Editor: My brother has been living in the Bay Area since the 1990s, and I have made numerous trips to see him. To put it bluntly, the San Francisco that I knew 20 years ago is not the San Francisco of today. As for designating the NRA as a terrorist organization. My brother and his friends are all progressives, and it would not surprise me if they all support this terror designation. But with the exception of my brother, all of them own a gun. Sigh .... the contradictions always amaze me.
A member of the Afghan security force stands in front of a poster of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan September 2, 2019.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government has concerns about the draft peace agreement reached between U.S. and Taliban negotiators and wants further clarification, President Ashraf Ghani's main spokesman said on Wednesday.
The deal, which would see around 5,000 U.S. troops withdrawn and five bases closed in exchange for guarantees that Afghanistan would not be used as a base for militant attacks on America, was presented to Ghani this week by the special U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad.
However, with the Taliban stepping up attacks in the capital Kabul and provincial centers across the country, the agreement has faced scepticism from several sides, including a number of former U.S. officials and politicians.
WNU Editor: I guess the Afghan government wants to know if there is going to be a ceasefire if this "peace deal" is signed. Hint .... there will be no ceasefire.
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The Trump administration views a French proposal to extend a $15 billion credit line to Iran with some skepticism, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, adding that they had not seen any concrete proposal that would be in keeping with U.S. sanctions on Tehran.
"We are pretty skeptical of this," a senior administration official told reporters during a conference call.
France has floated the idea of offering Iran about $15 billion in credit lines until the end of this year if Tehran comes fully back into compliance with its 2015 nuclear deal, according to Western and Iranian sources.
Such a move would require approval by the United States, which under U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the pact and has since sought to pursue a "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a graduation ceremony at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' academy, Imam Hossein University. (Photo: Office of the Supreme Leader)
The Trump administration is offering a reward of up to $15 million for information that can help disrupt the financial apparatus of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
The State Department through its Rewards for Justice program is offering the funds for information on the revenue sources of the military unit, which the Trump administration sanctioned as a foreign terrorist organization in April, according to details obtained by The Hill. This includes information on the financial sources of the IRGC-Qods Force.
The administration is also seeking information on illicit oil-for-money schemes by the group; entities or individuals assisting it in evading U.S. or international sanctions; financial institutions working with the Revolutionary Guard and other topics related to the financial mechanisms of the Iranian military unit.
The State Department announced the reward at a briefing late Wednesday morning.
This image shows a new Iranian military compound, according to Fox News sources; center is the Iranian crossing between Albukamal-Al-Qaim under construction; right is the official border crossing which is blocked and not active. (ISI)
EXCLUSIVE: Iran has established a new military base in Syria and has plans to house thousands of troops at the location, according to multiple Western intelligence sources.
The classified Iranian project, called the Imam Ali compound, was approved by top leadership in Tehran and is being completed by the Iranian al-Quds Forces.
Using a civilian satellite company, Fox News verified the information and obtained images that show a base being constructed on the Syria-Iraq border.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) and Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the presidential palace in Baadba on November 22, 2017. (AFP)
Saad Hariri vows to accelerate financial reforms following four-hour meeting with top Lebanese officials
Lebanese officials declared a state of economic emergency on Monday, vowing to speed up public finance reforms in an acknowledgement of the financial situation afflicting the country.
"This difficult economic situation requires us taking speedy measures such as finishing the budget on time and reducing the deficit," Prime Minister Saad Hariri told reporters after a four-hour meeting called by Michel Aoun, Lebanon's president, to discuss the country's economic crisis.
The meeting, attended by parliament speaker Nabih Berri, cabinet ministers, lawmakers and leaders of political parties, ended with an agreement on the outline of a plan to steer Lebanon in a more sustainable direction.
* Propulsion system fixed with Navy footing the bill for now * Defect caused January 2018 failure of propulsion gear at sea
Almost two years after the U.S. Navy's costliest warship was first hobbled by manufacturing defects with its propulsion system, the two companies at the center of the breakdown are haggling over who will have to pay back taxpayers for fixing the problem.
Aircraft carrier-builder Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. and subcontractor General Electric Co. are in talks over who will pay the Navy for fixes it made on the propulsion system of the troubled $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford. The service last month declared the system finally fixed, though the carrier still has a number of other shortfalls.
Those talks are sensitive enough that the Navy won't comment publicly on how much taxpayers have spent so far fixing the issue. "Publishing interim cost information could jeopardize the pending negotiations," Captain Danny Hernandez, a Navy spokesman, said in an email, declining to comment further.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a "highly vulnerable and dangerous" place and find solutions.
Her televised announcement came after Reuters reports on Friday and Monday revealing that Beijing had thwarted an earlier proposal from Lam to withdraw the bill and that she had said privately that she would resign if she could, according to an audio recording obtained by Reuters.
Corrosion control painter Michael May with the 576th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron removes masking from the nose of an A-10. In 2017, the Air Force abandoned its plans to retire the aircraft. (Alex R. Lloyd/U.S. Air Force)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force's top civilian hinted the service will make major cuts to certain legacy programs — and potentially retire entire aircraft inventories — to further invest in advanced technology for combating future threats.
Acting Air Force Secretary Matt Donovan said the service is following the lead of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who said he is open to divesting legacy capabilities and has directed a Defense Department-wide review aimed at reshaping the fiscal 2021 budget.
"His guidance states that 'no reform is too small, too bold or too controversial to be considered,' " Donovan said in a keynote speech at the third annual Defense News Conference.
Deterring and/or defeating aggression by China's military has become a top priority of U.S. defense strategy. Due to China's geographical circumstances, Pentagon planners assume that any outward thrust of the People's Liberation Army, Navy and Air Force would occur in the east, presumably using maritime routes. So it is there that America and its allies intend to block aggression—starting at the first island chain off the eastern coast that includes Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
The United States has diverse means for countering China's military forces. Air Force assets based as far away as Guam could be brought to bear against a Chinese threat, as could Army units deployed to the island chain with long-range missiles, and various naval assets in the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Washington's ideas about the best mix and application of friendly forces in the region are constantly evolving.
WNU Editor: The above commentator has a very optimistic view that America's aircraft carriers can contain China's military in a conflict. To me they are just one big target that can be tracked and targeted.
So far the PLA Air Force has not disclosed the total number of new J-20 stealth fighters at its disposal
The People's Liberation Army Air Force for the first time showcased seven J-20 stealth fighter jets, the largest J-20 formation ever publicly shown, on Tuesday, leading experts to say China's military is already operating a considerable number of J-20s, which could achieve regional aerial superiority and destroy the enemy's strategic facilities deep in hostile territory.
In a video released by the PLA Air Force on social media, which was also the 74th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-45), as many as seven J-20s can be seen flying in formation, Global Times reported.
The number of J-20s flying in formation has gradually increased from two to five, and now seven, since China's most advanced fighter jet made its first public appearance at Airshow China in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, which was held in November 2016.
WNU Editor: I am more focused not on what China has, but what do they want in the future. And what they want in the future is to have an air force that is the most dominant in Asia.
MELANIA TRUMP came under fire after she was accused of lying about finishing university on her personal website before her husband Donald Trump became President.
HURRICANE DORIAN unleashed widespread destruction across the Bahamas, as well as taking the lives of at least 20 people. But as international relief organisations are beginning to help save people left stranded, without food, clean water or shelter, new aerial images showing the extent of the widespread devastation have been emerged.
HURRICANE DORIAN is churning towards the US east coast with winds of 115mph after battering the Bahamas earlier this week. Striking satellite images are now showing the monster 50-mile-eye of the terrifying storm.
HURRICANE DORIAN has devastated the Bahamas and is now threatening the US east coast with life-threatening conditions, but other storms are also being monitored in the Atlantic Ocean.
DONALD Trump has predicted his "friend" Prime Minister Boris Johnson will win his battle with Parliament and deliver Brexit on October 31 - despite his latest defeat in the House of Commons last night.
HURRICANE Dorian is firmly tracking along the USA and the latest NOAA update for 2am has warned water levels are beginning to rise along the South Carolina coast.
HURRICANE DORIAN is still threatening the US east coast with hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge. Where is Hurricane Dorian now and when will it male landfall in South Carolina?
(FREEPORT, Bahamas) — The ground crunched under Greg Alem’s feet on Wednesday as he walked over the ruins of his home, laid waste by Hurricane Dorian. He touched a splintered beam of wood and pointed to the fallen trees, overcome by memories.
“We planted those trees ourselves. Everything has a memory, you know,” he said. “It’s so, so sad. … In the Bible there is a person called Job, and I feel like Job right now. He’s lost everything, but his faith kept him strong.”
The devastation wrought by Dorian — and the terror it inflicted during its day-and-a-half mauling of the Bahamas — came into focus Wednesday as the passing of the storm revealed a muddy, debris-strewn landscape of smashed and flooded-out homes on Abaco and Grand Bahama islands. The official death toll from the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit the country jumped to 20, and there was little doubt it would climb higher.
With a now-distant Dorian pushing its way up the Southeastern U.S. coast, menacing Georgia and the Carolinas, many people living in the Bahamas were in shock as they slowly came out of shelters and checked on their homes.
In one community, George Bolter stood in the bright sunshine and surveyed the ruins of what was once his home. He picked at the debris, trying to find something, anything, salvageable. A couple of walls were the only thing left.
“I have lost everything,” he said. “I have lost all my baby’s clothes, my son’s clothes. We have nowhere to stay, nowhere to live. Everything is gone.”
The Bahamian government sent hundreds of police officers and marines into the stricken islands, along with doctors, nurses and other health care workers, in an effort to reach drenched and stunned victims and take the full measure of the disaster.
“There are many in Grand Bahama who are suffering,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said at a news conference. “We know there are many Bahamians that are in need of help. I want to assure you that more help is on the way.”
He thanked the international community for its response, especially the U.S. government for what he called their “exceptional assistance.”
The U.S. Coast Guard, Britain’s Royal Navy and relief organizations including the United Nations and the Red Cross joined the burgeoning effort to rush food and medicine to survivors and lift the most desperate people to safety by helicopter. The U.S. government also dispatched urban search-and-rescue teams.
Londa Sawyer stepped off a helicopter in Nassau, the capital, with her two children and two dogs after being rescued from Marsh Harbor in the Abaco islands.
“I’m just thankful I’m alive,” she said. “The Lord saved me.”
Sawyer said that her home was completely flooded and that she and her family fled to a friend’s home, where the water came up to the second floor and carried them up to within a few feet of the roof. She said she and her children and the dogs were floating on a mattress for about half an hour until the water began receding.
Sandra Cooke, who lives in Nassau, said her sister-in-law was trapped under her roof for 17 hours in the Abaco islands and wrapped herself in a shower curtain as she waited.
“The dog laid on top of her to keep her warm until the neighbors could come to help,” she said. “All of my family lives in Marsh Harbor, and everybody lost everything. Not one of them have a home to live anymore.”
The storm pounded the Bahamas with Category 5 winds up to 185 mph (295 kph) and torrential rains, swamping neighborhoods in brown floodwaters and destroying or severely damaging, by one estimate, nearly half the homes in Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have 70,000 residents and are known for their marinas, golf courses and all-inclusive resorts.
Bahamian Health Minister Duane Sands said 17 of the dead were from the Abaco islands and three from Grand Bahama. He said he could not release further details because the government still had to contact family members.
Some people in the Abaco islands complained that they had not seen any aid except for medical supplies for the main hospital, where hundreds of people were temporarily living as they awaited help.
By late Wednesday, Dorian has crept back up to Category 3 force with 115 mph (185 kph) winds and was pushing toward a brush with the Carolinas — with a direct hit on the outer banks possible. An estimated 3 million people in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina had been warned to clear out, and highways leading inland were turned into one-way evacuation routes.
At 11 p.m. EDT, Dorian was centered about 105 miles (170 kilometers) south of Charleston, South Carolina, moving north at 7 mph (11 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 60 miles (100 kilometers) from its center.
Forecasters said there was the danger of life-threatening floods as storm surge moves inland from the coastline, as well as the potential for over a foot of rain in some spots.
“Hurricane Dorian has its sights set on North Carolina,” Gov. Roy Cooper said. “We will be ready.”
As the threat to Florida eased and the danger shifted farther up the coast, Orlando’s airport reopened, along with Walt Disney World and Universal. To the north, ships at the big Norfolk, Virginia, naval base were ordered to head out to sea for safety, and warplanes at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia were sent inland.
The U.S. mainland recorded its first death in connection with the hurricane, that of an 85-year-old man in North Carolina who fell off a ladder while preparing his home for the storm. Dorian was also blamed for one death in Puerto Rico.
On Tybee Island, Georgia, Debbie and Tony Pagan stacked their beds and couches atop other furniture and covered their doors with plastic wrap and sandbags before evacuating. Their home flooded during both Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Irma in 2017.
“It’s a terrible way to live,” Debbie Pagan said. “We have the whole month of September and October to go. How would you like to be living on pins and needles?”
Another Tybee islander, Sandy Cason, said: “The uncertainty and the unknown are the worst part. Just not knowing what’s going to be here when you get back.”
Along King Street in historic Charleston, South Carolina, dozens of shops and restaurants typically bustling with tourists were boarded up, plywood and corrugated metal over windows and doors, as the flood-prone downtown area braced for high water.
Mark Russell, an Army veteran who has lived in South Carolina much of his life, went to a hurricane shelter right away. As for those who hesitated to do so, he said: “If they go through it one time, maybe they’ll understand.”
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Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Weissenstein from Nassau, Bahamas. AP writers Tim Aylen in Freeport; Russ Bynum in Georgia; and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked for new ways Thursday to bring about a national election, after rebellious British lawmakers rejected his call to trigger a snap poll and moved to block his plan to leave the European Union next month without a divorce deal.
Johnson’s office said he will seek the public’s support for his bid to hold a general election in coming weeks. Downing Street says Johnson plans to speak directly to the people Thursday, but details of a planned speech or rally were not immediately released.
Johnson’s failure on Wednesday to secure a quick ballot was the embattled leader’s third Parliamentary defeat in two days. It was also evidence that scarcely six weeks after taking office with a vow to break Britain’s Brexit deadlock — which ensnared and eventually brought down his predecessor, Theresa May — Johnson’s plans to lead the U.K. out of the EU are in crisis.
Events have spiraled out of his control. He leads a government with no majority in Parliament and an election that could change that fact may be beyond his reach.
The latest setback for Johnson came Wednesday evening after he called for a national election on Oct. 15, saying it was the only way out of Britain’s Brexit impasse after lawmakers moved to block his plan to leave the European Union next month without a divorce deal.
But Parliament turned down his motion and the prime minister indicated he would try again, saying an election was the only way forward for the country and urging opposition lawmakers to “reflect overnight and in the course of the next few days.”
Johnson’s office reiterated Thursday that the prime minister will not seek another Brexit delay from Brussels that would take the United Kingdom’s departure past the current Oct. 31 deadline. He says Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s refusal to endorse an election is a “cowardly insult to democracy.”
Johnson insists Britain must leave the bloc on the scheduled date of Oct. 31, with or without a divorce deal, but many lawmakers — including several from Johnson’s Conservative Party — are determined to thwart him. Shortly before lawmakers rebuffed the call for a new election, the House of Commons approved an opposition bill designed to halt a no-deal Brexit.
Johnson accused the opposition of trying to “overturn the biggest democratic vote in our history,” referring to the outcome of the 2016 referendum to leave the EU.
His solution, a risky one, is an election that could shake up Parliament and produce a less obstructive crop of lawmakers. But opinion polls do not point to a certain majority for Johnson’s Conservatives. Opposition parties, deeply mistrustful of the prime minister, refused to back a new election until the anti-no deal bill becomes law.
“Let the bill pass and have Royal Assent and then we can have a general election,” Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said.
Johnson needed the support of two-thirds of the 650 lawmakers in the House of Commons to trigger an election — a total of 434 — but got just 298, with 56 voting no and the rest abstaining.
The maneuvers are part of a head-on showdown between Johnson’s Brexit-at-all-costs administration and a Parliament worried about the economic and social damage that could be wrought by a messy divorce.
Opposition lawmakers, supported by rebels in Johnson’s Conservative Party, warn that crashing out of the bloc without a divorce agreement would cause irreparable economic harm.
Amid the parliamentary turmoil the upper chamber, the House of Lords, voted early Thursday to push through the no-deal bill so that it can pass into law before Parliament is suspended next week.
The bill’s supporters had feared its opponents in the Lords could try to stop it by filibustering. But in a session that lasted until 1.30 a.m. in London, peers agreed to return the bill to the Commons on Monday for any amendments before passing into law.
“There is very little time left,” said Labour Party lawmaker Hilary Benn as he introduced the opposition bill. “The purpose of the bill is very simple: to ensure that the United Kingdom does not leave the European Union on the 31st of October without an agreement.”
The bill would require the government to ask the EU to delay Brexit until Jan. 31, 2020, if it can’t secure a deal with the bloc by late October.
The lawmakers hope to pass the bill into law — a process that can take months — by the end of the week, because Johnson plans to suspend Parliament at some point next week until Oct. 14.
Johnson became prime minister in July by promising to lead Britain out of the EU, breaking the impasse that has paralyzed the country’s politics since voters decided in June 2016 to leave the bloc. But he is caught between the EU, which refuses to renegotiate the deal it stuck with May, and a majority of British lawmakers opposed to leaving without an agreement. Most economists say a no-deal Brexit would cause severe economic disruption and plunge the U.K. into recession.
Johnson insisted Wednesday that talks with the EU on a revised deal were “making substantial progress.”
But the bloc says the U.K. has not submitted any substantial new proposals. European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said “there is nothing new” from London.
Johnson, who was a leader of the 2016 campaign to leave the EU, has long said that his enthusiasm and energy for Brexit will allow him to succeed in leaving the EU where May had failed, leading to her resignation.
But he was humiliated Tuesday — the first day of Parliament’s autumn term — by losing his first Commons vote as prime minister when lawmakers passed a motion 328-301 that enabled their push for a law stopping a no-deal Brexit. His government lost its working majority as one Conservative lawmaker defected to the opposition, and more than 20 Tory legislators sided with the opposition on the vote.
Johnson responded with swift vengeance, expelling the rebels from the Conservatives in Parliament, leaving them as independent lawmakers. Among those bounced out were former International Development Secretary Rory Stewart; Kenneth Clarke, a former treasury chief and the longest-serving member of the House of Commons; and Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Johnson hero Winston Churchill.
But the beleaguered U.K. leader got a boost Wednesday when a Scottish court refused to intervene in his decision to suspend Parliament, ruling it was a matter for lawmakers to decide, not the courts.
The case was only the first of several challenges to Johnson’s maneuver, however.
Transparency campaigner Gina Miller, who won a ruling in the Supreme Court in 2017 that stopped the government from triggering the countdown to Brexit without a vote in Parliament, has another legal challenge in the works — set to be heard Thursday. A human rights campaigner has sued in Northern Ireland, arguing that the historic Good Friday peace accord is in jeopardy because of Johnson’s actions.
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Associated Press writers Danica Kirka in London and Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed.
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A Taliban suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians in a diplomatic area that also includes the U.S. Embassy — the second such attack this week that underscored Afghan government warnings that a preliminary U.S.-Taliban deal on ending America’s longest war was moving dangerously quickly.
Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said another 42 people were wounded and 12 vehicles destroyed.
The Taliban said they targeted vehicles of “foreigners” as they tried to enter the heavily guarded Shashdarak area where Afghan national security authorities have offices. The NATO Resolute Support mission is nearby, and British soldiers were at the scene retrieving what appeared to be the remains of a NATO vehicle.
Neither the NATO mission nor the British high commission immediately commented on the bombing.
Footage widely shared on social media showed the suicide bomber’s vehicle turning into the checkpoint and exploding — and a passer-by trying to sprint away just seconds before.
Once again, stunned civilians were the victims.
“I don’t know who brought us to the hospital and how,” said one of the wounded, Nezamuddin Khan, who was knocked unconscious and woke up in a local hospital.
The explosion follows a Taliban attack targeting a foreign compound late Monday that killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 100, almost all of them local civilians. An Associated Press reporter on the phone with the U.S. Embassy when Thursday’s blast occurred heard sirens begin blaring there.
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has been in Kabul this week briefing the Afghan president and others on the U.S.-Taliban deal to end nearly 18 years of fighting that he says only needs President Donald Trump’s approval to become a reality.
But the Afghan government has raised serious concerns, including in new comments delivered Thursday as the latest attack occurred. The agreement was moving with “excessive speed,” presidential adviser Waheed Omer told reporters, warning that difficult days were ahead.
“Afghans have been bitten by this snake before,” Omer said, recalling past deals from which, like now, the Afghan government has been sidelined. “Where there is no feeling of ownership there is no safety,” he said, though he emphasized that the government still sees the peace process as an opportunity.
The Taliban, at their strongest since their 2001 defeat by a U.S.-led invasion, have refused to negotiate with the government, calling it a U.S. puppet.
The Afghan government on Wednesday said it shares the concerns raised by several former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan, who warned that a full U.S. troop withdrawal that moves too quickly and without requiring the Taliban to meet certain conditions, such as reducing violence, could lead to “total civil war.”
Khalilzad has said 5,000 U.S. troops would withdraw from five bases in Afghanistan within 135 days of a final deal. Between 14,000 and 13,000 troops are currently in the country.
The Taliban want all of the approximately 20,000 U.S. and NATO troops out of Afghanistan immediately, while the U.S. seeks a withdrawal in phases that would depend on the Taliban meeting certain conditions such as a reduction in violence.
The U.S. also seeks Taliban guarantees that they will not allow Afghanistan to become a haven from which extremist groups such as al-Qaida and the local affiliate of the Islamic State group can launch global attacks.
The deal is meant to be followed quickly by intra-Afghan talks that the U.S. would like to see begin ahead of Afghanistan’s presidential election on Sept. 28.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who has been shown the U.S.-Taliban deal but not allowed to keep a copy, has insisted that the election must not be delayed. He seeks a second term and what he calls a strong mandate to negotiate with the militant group on the country’s political future. He has rejected talk of an interim government, an idea that has gained such traction in Kabul that many other presidential candidates have barely campaigned.
Ghani’s adviser, Omer, acknowledged on Thursday the risks of holding another chaotic election after the presidential one in 2014 and last year’s parliamentary vote. He said the election must happen on time but said a vote that is not transparent will “cause challenges.”
Hong Kong’s embattled top official, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, has stuck to her approach to ending Hong Kong’s political crisis, despite the poor reception shown to her announcement yesterday that she was formally withdrawing a divisive extradition bill.
Appearing stiff and formal at a press conference Thursday morning, Lam largely repeated the plan outlined a day before, when she said that aside from withdrawing the bill she would support the work of the territory’s Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) in looking into allegations of police brutality, as well as “start a direct dialogue” with “people from all walks of life,” inviting “community leaders, professionals and academics to advise the government” on policy.
“After more than two months of social unrest,” she said, “it is obvious to many of us that discontent in society extends far beyond the bill—to housing and land supply, income distribution, social justice and mobility, and opportunities for the young, and how the public can be fully engaged in the government’s decision making.”
But her initiatives fall far short of the key demands of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, which include universal suffrage, exoneration for the 1,140 protesters arrested so far during the unrest, and a Commission of Inquiry into how the police have handled the protests, instead of referring the matter to the IPCC, which protesters say is dominated by pro-establishment figures. The IPCC also lacks the legal power to summon witnesses.
Speaking to TIME after Lam’s press conference, prominent campaigner Joshua Wong said “The cause of Hong Kong people to get free elections will never stop” and added that the Hong Kong government would “never” be “the decision maker” when it came to initiating dialogue.
Willy Lam (no relation), adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Center for China Studies, told TIME that “The possibility of a dialogue happening is very low indeed. Most of the protesters, particularly the radical fringe, consist of university and high school students and this group has made it known they have no interest in speaking to Carrie Lam.”
He added: “If she had made the announcement [of the bill’s withdrawal] say two months ago, it would have helped to appease the public, but now the goalposts have moved, and the public is demanding some concrete, democratic development.”
Conservative politician Michael Tien said that the bill’s withdrawal “may not be able to put the unrest away, to a level under control.” He told TIME: “I think they need to think about the issue of the Commission of Inquiry. In the last two months, things have taken a turn. The priority of the Commission of Inquiry is higher.”
Democratic legislator Au Nok-hin agreed. “I think an independent investigative body [into the police] and the nomination of a neutral person to chair such a committee would be crucial … If the police can’t be trusted, it will be very difficult for them to execute the law in the future.”
The bill that sparked the Hong Kong protests would have allowed, for the first time, the extradition of fugitives to mainland China. Critics of the measure feared that Beijing would use its provisions to round up dissidents in the semi-autonomous territory, which was retroceded to China in 1997 after 156 years as a British colony. Opposition to the bill quickly escalated into a campaign for full political freedom for Hong Kong, whose 7.2 million inhabitants are linguistically and culturally distinct from mainland Chinese.
Lam’s withdrawal of the bill yesterday was intended as a major concession to the movement, but has instead provoked anger and scorn—uniting activists, academics and even pro-government politicians in agreement that it was insufficient.
“She finally bowed to demands by saying that she has irrevocably withdrawn the bill,” Professor Lam said, “but it was a case of too little, too late.”
The chief executive’s close aide and cabinet member, Ronny Tong, has been one of her few defenders.
“Behind the current immediate problems lie the more deep-seated discord in the community, and that discord has got to be dealt with by livelihood issues,” he told TIME. “Carrie Lam is a good administrator in relation to solving such deep-seated livelihood issues, and in these first two years she’s dealt with them in ways that people tend to agree with.”
Pro-establishment politician Regina Ip also sounded a positive note.
“We do not expect one concession to placate all the protestors,” she said. “But at least this move demonstrates that the government has been listening.”
But pro-democracy legislator Claudia Mo summed up the fury of many in Hong Kong, when she told TIME that Hong Kong’s beleaguered leader was “an incurable tinpot dictator, using rule by law, rule by decree to clamp down on our young protesters.”
—With reporting by Amy Gunia and Hillary Leung / Hong Kong
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was dealt two harsh rebukes in a showdown with Parliament this week over his plans to take a hard line in Brexit negotiations with the E.U.
First, a “rebel alliance” of opposition lawmakers and members of Johnson’s own Conservative Party voted Tuesday and Wednesday to make a “no deal” Brexit illegal. (Johnson has repeatedly said the U.K. will Brexit by the Oct. 31 deadline, no matter what.)
Johnson had pinned his short tenure so far on using the threat of crashing out of the E.U. without a deal––and the chaos and economic pain that’s likely to cause––to get the bloc to agree to more favorable terms.
When lawmakers––including respected former members of Conservative governments and Winston Churchill’s grandson––voted to take that option off the table, Johnson said the only option left was a general election.
Then, they denied him that, too. Late Wednesday, his bill to hold an early election on Oct. 15 failed to win over the two-thirds of lawmakers required, thanks to a 2011 law requiring a supermajority. Opposition lawmakers have said they will withhold their support until Johnson revealed his plan for an alternative Brexit deal––and until it was certain a “no deal” Brexit would not happen during or directly after the campaign.
Johnson had been pinning his hopes on public fatigue with Brexit. He bet it would help him unite the “leave” side of the British public and benefit from a split in the opposition “remain” camp––and ride what remains of his political honeymoon to victory on a “people versus Parliament” election.
“He’s basically appealing to one half of the electorate, i.e. those who voted leave and nearly all of whom would still vote to leave,” says Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University, one of the U.K.’s most respected polling experts. “Of course, that section of the public is rather unhappy about the fact that it’s all taking so long.”
Curtice says that Johnson is hoping that by driving a hard line on Brexit, Johnson can win back defectors to the Brexit Party, uniting the “leave” vote, while benefiting from a split in the “remain” vote among the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, a smaller opposition party that has seen a recent revival in fortunes.
“But for the split in the ‘remain’ vote, Johnson wouldn’t have a dog’s chance of being able to win the election,” Curtice tells TIME, noting that the Conservatives’ 35% standing in voting intention polls is 10% down from the support Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May held just two years ago.
If Johnson is somehow able to muster to votes for a fresh election, Britain’s electoral system might be his savior. Under the “first past the post” system, voters get just one pick of candidates, and the lawmaker who receives the most votes in a constituency is sent to Parliament––even if that number is less than 50%.
In the Brexit context, with the U.K. split virtually down the middle between leave and remain, (53% of the country now supports “remain” and 47% “leave,” compared to 52% support for “leave” at the time of the Brexit referendum in 2016,) that means that whichever side can unite the vote around a single party will likely emerge victorious.
Despite all the setbacks he has received in recent days, Curtice says the Brexit math gives Johnson a chance. “It looks as though there’s a potential pathway to winning the election of being able to unite the ‘leave vote,’” he says. “Whereas the pathway for uniting the ‘remain’ vote seems to be much more difficult. In a single member plurality electoral system [like the U.K.], the united side is always going to win.”
The prime minister’s government was defeated by 328 votes to 301 on Tuesday and a similar margin on Wednesday, after an alliance of lawmakers from the opposition parties was joined by a 21-strong rebel contingent from the ruling Conservative Party.
After the first of the two defeats, on Tuesday night, Johnson expelled the 21 Conservative rebels from his party.
Such a move could also potentially force Johnson to go to the E.U. capital in Brussels to request a Brexit delay–– something he has repeatedly said he would never do.
The outcome of the parliamentary wrangling will be instrumental in how the upcoming election (a matter of when, rather than if, given Johnson’s minority in Parliament) plays out.
“It’s clear for the polling evidence that Johnson is much more likely to be able to win an election after Brexit,” says Curtice. But that outlook depends on whether Brexit has the negative effect on the economy many have predicted. “If the consequences of Brexit are fine, he’ll be fine,” Curtice tells TIME. “If the consequences of Brexit are not so good, payback time will begin to kick in.”
(ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE) — Pope Francis acknowledged his growing opposition within the conservative right-wing of the U.S. Catholic Church and said in off-hand remarks aboard the papal plane Wednesday it is “an honor if the Americans attack me.”
Francis commented on critics of his papacy when he received a copy of a new book about his detractors in the United States, “How America Wants to Change the Pope.” Author Nicholas Seneze, who covers the Vatican for the French Catholic newspaper La Croix, presented it to Francis on a flight to southern Africa.
The plane landed in Maputo, Mozambique late in the afternoon. Francis is on a trip this that also takes him to Madagascar and Mauritius.
In his book, Seneze charts the fierce criticism of Francis among American conservatives who loathe his outreach to migrants and China, his denunciation of free-market capitalism, his environmental concerns and his relaxation of church rules on the death penalty and sacraments for civilly remarried Catholics. Some have gone so far as to accuse Francis of heresy.
The pope’s most outspoken conservative critics in the U.S. include Cardinal Raymond Burke, who Francis ousted as a Vatican supreme court justice, and former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Well-funded, right-wing Catholic media amplified their disapproval. Wealthy Catholics are putting money behind initiatives to discredit Francis’ allies with the goal of electing a conservative, doctrine-minded churchman as the next pope.
In presenting the book to Francis, Seneze explained that he had wanted to show Francis’ problems with the U.S. church and how Francis had responded with “spiritual weapons.”
“For me, it’s an honor if the Americans attack me,” Francis quipped. As he handed the book to an aide, the pope added “This is a bombshell.”
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni sought to clarify the pope’s comments afterward, stressing they came in an “informal context” and that Francis always welcomes criticism.
“The pope wanted to say that he always considers criticism an honor, particularly when it comes from authoritative thinkers, and in this case from an important country,” Bruni said.
Francis’ fraught relations with the U.S. church hierarchy has escalated in the last year following published accusations by a former Vatican ambassador that Francis had followed others in turning a blind eye to the sexual misconduct of an American prelate, now-former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
A church investigation determined McCarrick sexually abused minors and adult seminarians, and Francis defrocked him in February. McCarrick penchant for bedding seminarians was an open secret within some church circles since at least 2000.
The former Vatican ambassador, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, blamed the scandal on Francis and called for him to resign in an unprecedented attack. Vigano accused Francis of having rehabilitated McCarrick from secret sanctions Pope Benedict XVI imposed but never fully enforced.
The archbishop had ties to the well-funded right-wing of the U.S. church, and clergy and lay people latched onto Vigano’s accusations. They questioned his commitment to fighting clergy sexual abuse, although allegations against McCarrick first arrived in the Vatican during the papacy of St. John Paul II.
Seneze, whose book was published in France on Wednesday, said he wanted to use the publication of Vigano’s claims as a starting point even though criticism of Francis’ papacy has earlier roots, including teaching documents about the environment and the injustices of the global economy.
History’s first Latin American pope had his own qualms about the U.S. church leadership, which veered to the right during the conservative papacies of John Paul and Benedict, and focused on fighting culture war battles over abortion and gay rights.
Relations took a nosedive in the aftermath of the Vigano affair, when several U.S. bishops vouched for Vigano’s integrity and demanded the Vatican respond to his allegations. Even the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, called for a full Vatican investigation.
To date, the Vatican hasn’t released a promised report into the scandal.
The U.S. conference lost further esteem in Rome when it tried late last year to outmaneuver the Holy See into accepting new accountability norms that the Holy See said were legally problematic. Eventually the U.S. conference adopted revised norms in June.
The U.S. is closing in on a deal with the Taliban that is designed to wind down America’s 18-year war in Afghanistan, but the best indication of how risky the pact may be is this: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is declining to sign it, according to senior U.S., Afghan and European officials.
The “agreement in principle” that U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has hammered out in nine rounds of talks with Taliban representatives in Qatar would take the first tentative steps toward peace since U.S. and allied forces deployed to Afghanistan following the attacks on 9/11, according to senior Afghan and Trump Administration officials familiar with its general terms. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was scheduled to discuss the closely held details of the deal with President Donald Trump in a Sept. 3 meeting, according to senior administration officials. If Trump approves and a deal is struck, it could begin a withdrawal of some 5,400 U.S. troops, roughly a third of the present force, from five bases within 135 days.
But the deal doesn’t ensure several crucial things, those familiar with the discussions tell TIME. It doesn’t guarantee the continued presence of U.S. counterterrorism forces to battle al Qaeda, the survival of the pro-U.S. government in Kabul, or even an end to the fighting in Afghanistan. “No one speaks with certainty. None,” said an Afghan official taking part in briefings on the deal with Khalilzad. “It is all based on hope. There is no trust. There is no history of trust. There is no evidence of honesty and sincerity from the Taliban,” and intercepted communications “show that they think they have fooled the U.S. while the U.S. believes that should the Taliban cheat, they will pay a hefty price.”
That may explain why Pompeo declined to put his name on the deal. The Taliban asked for Pompeo to sign an agreement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the official name of the government founded by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 1996, four U.S., Afghan and European officials familiar with the discussions tell TIME. Having the Secretary of State sign such a document would amount to de facto recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political entity, and he declined to do so, the Afghan officials say.
Pompeo’s office declined to comment before publication of this story. After it was published, Pompeo said through a spokesperson that he might sign if Trump and all parties struck a deal. “There is no agreement to sign yet. If and when there is an agreement that is approved by all parties, including President Trump and if the Secretary is the appropriate signatory, he will sign it,” State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus emailed TIME Wednesday evening.
There are two alternatives. Khalilzad himself may sign it. Or the U.S. and the Taliban may simply issue a joint statement, supported in turn by the U.S.-backed government in Kabul and a number of other countries, including Japan, Russia and China, two Afghan sources familiar with the deliberations tell TIME.
That diplomatic sleight of hand might solve the signature problem, but it won’t do much to address the core challenges facing those who want to give peace in Afghanistan a chance after four decades of war. As it stands, the agreement would set the stage for the withdrawal of most American forces by the end of November 2020 if the Taliban do three things: open negotiations with the U.S.-backed Afghan government; reduce violence near areas U.S. forces control; and keep foreign militants out of the areas they control, according to current and former U.S., Afghan and European officials, who all spoke anonymously to describe the sensitive and fractious deliberations.
U.S. military and intelligence officers and diplomats who have served in Afghanistan worry that once a withdrawal is underway, it will be irreversible, given Trump’s promise to end the U.S. involvement in the war there, the fast-approaching 2020 U.S. elections and the absence of public support for the war. The price of peace, they fear, might include reversing much of the hard-won progress towards building a stable country over nearly two decades of war. These officials fear a roll back of civil, human and women’s rights in Afghanistan; a weakening of the national, regional and local governments; the deterioration of anti-Taliban military and law enforcement forces; and a rise in corruption.
It is “not clear whether peace is possible,” nine former high-ranking U.S. officials, including a former deputy secretary of state, warned in a Sept. 3 letter distributed by the Atlantic Council. “Secondly, there is an outcome far worse than the status quo, namely a return to the total civil war that consumed Afghanistan.”
That risk was made plain Monday, when a massive, deadly Taliban car bomb exploded in Kabul, just as Khalilzad was concluding an hour-long interview promoting the tentative peace deal to an Afghan news outlet. It was a reminder that as it now stands, the agreement does not require the extremist Islamic group to reject terrorism or stop attacking Afghan forces, officials say. The talks between the Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government are expected to begin in Oslo shortly after a U.S.-Taliban agreement is finalized, officials say.
For their part, the Taliban have assured their fighters that the U.S. will withdraw all foreign troops within a little more than a year. In their communications with their rank and file, Taliban officials also go light on mentioning any “conditions” that would give the Americans the right to freeze or reverse the troop withdrawal, Afghan officials familiar with the Taliban communications tell TIME.
Taliban commanders have radioed their followers to “prepare for victory” by welcoming Afghans who sided with the Americans rather than engaging in bloody revenge, a senior Afghan official said. Senior Taliban officials have bragged to other foreign officials that all you have to do to defeat the Americans is refuse to surrender, and ultimately, the Americans will give up, a former senior U.S. official told TIME.
“The Taliban’s goals for Afghanistan have not changed,” said Bill Roggio, of the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “It seeks to eject the U.S., reestablish its Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and impose its Islamic government.”
Still, the agreement may be the best deal the U.S. and its allies can get to head off a pre-emptive pullout of U.S. troops in time for the 2020 U.S. elections. Military officials have long known they need to reduce the number of troops to a smaller, cheaper footprint to mollify U.S. policymakers tired of writing checks after 18 years of war, and a U.S. public that doesn’t understand why the troops are still there.
For Afghan officials, or at least the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, it’s a final insult and a dark turning point in relations with Washington. Publicly, Ghani has tentatively, though not officially, embraced the deal. But privately aides tell TIME that they have heard shouting matches between Ghani and Khalilzad in Kabul over the last two days, with Khalilzad telling Ghani that he’s got to accept this deal because Afghanistan is losing the war.
The disagreements range from the petty to the existential: Afghan-born Khalilzad won’t give a draft of the Taliban agreement to Ghani, the elected Afghan president, and a university classmate of Khalilzad’s, the aides say. Ghani won’t yield on holding Afghan presidential elections that are likely to hand him another five-year term, complicating the nascent Oslo talks with the Taliban.
Each man has given some quarter, with Khalilzad publicly conceding that it’s likely too late to cancel the Sept. 28 election, and Ghani agreeing to send a delegation to Oslo to start talks with the Taliban in the last week of September, just before the voting. The 15-person delegation includes three women, but the names won’t be announced until just before the talks begin, Afghan officials said.
Everyday Afghans, for their part, don’t know whom, if anyone, to trust. But they know Trump wants out, even if it means outsourcing their conflict to Afghan adversary Pakistan. As the violence continues and horror stories re-emerge of public floggings and summary executions in areas the Taliban control, a grim repeat of their puritanical decade in power until the U.S. drove them out after 9/11 for giving al Qaeda a sanctuary.
Says the Afghan official who participated in the briefings with Khalilzad: “If the U.S. decides to leave, we can’t stop them.” Who in Washington will take responsibility for the decision is another matter.
–with reporting by John Walcott/Washington
Correction appended Sept. 4: The original version of this story misstated the service history of Bill Roggio. He served as a soldier in the U.S. Army.
(Bloomberg) — Its streets helped form the backdrop for this year’s hit TV show Chernobyl, which depicted a deadly explosion at the Soviet-era nuclear plant in 1986. Now, the Baltic city of Vilnius is preparing for its own potential real-life atomic catastrophe.
The Lithuanian capital is on edge over the imminent opening of a nuclear-power facility just 40 kilometers (25 miles) away in Belarus. Following a string of incidents during construction — and attempts to conceal them — many deem the Russian-built Astravets plant unsafe.
The government is buying 900,000 euros ($1 million) of iodine tablets in the event of a radiation leak, which could affect a third of Lithuania’s 2.8 million population. Nationwide drills will be held to test readiness should the unthinkable happen.
“Everything you saw on the Chernobyl TV series will be here: the sirens, the rescuers and the helicopters,” said Edgaras Geda, head of Civil Protection Board, which is organizing the exercises. “People still remember Chernobyl. Many of our relatives, including my uncles, were sent to the rescue missions so we have first-hand experience. We’re not going to guess whether an accident could happen, we’re getting ready for one.”
The four-day drills will start Oct. 1 and involve a Chernobyl-like scenario where a nuclear accident at Astravets sends out a radioactive cloud helicopters monitor. Sirens will sound, warning messages will be sent to all mobile phones and the national broadcaster will report on the disaster. In some areas, rescuers and the military will evacuate. In others, volunteers playing victims will be registered, washed and given fresh clothing before being taken to safe locations for medical tests and food.
Astravets’s safety record is the concern. Since construction began in 2012, there have been at least three deaths. Lithuania is worried about transparency, with some incidents initially going undisclosed, including when the 330-ton casing for the plant’s atomic core slipped from a crane and plunged to the ground.
The 2,400-megawatt facility’s two reactors are being built by the export arm of Russia’s state-run Rosatom Corp., which also has projects in Turkey, China and Finland. It’s the same company that oversaw Russia’s failed nuclear-missile test on Aug. 8. Five scientists were killed in that incident. Radiation levels spiked in the White Sea near the Arctic Circle.
Russia is providing the lion’s share of Astravets’s $11 billion cost via loans and will be the sole supplier of fuel. Lithuania, once part of the USSR and ruled from Moscow, refuses to purchase the electricity and wants its neighbors to refrain too.
For some in Vilnius, memories of the blast at the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine more than 30 years ago — along with Soviet efforts to cover it up — are all too fresh. Residents will get a refresher this month when the whole of HBO’s miniseries is screened in a local stadium.
Getty ImagesVilnius, Lithuania.
“I clearly remember the day Chernobyl exploded, it’s very disturbing,” said Ona Rimkiene, a retired nurse. “Power plants are generally scary, but it’s scarier how close this one is.”
Belarus, which plans to deliver the first fuel to Astravets by Oct. 1, denies safety problems. Even so, it ignored international recommendations after the 2011 Fukushima disaster to stop building nuclear plants within 100 kilometers of major cities.
Lithuania has long complained to Europe about the threat — not least because Astravets is built on land with heightened seismic risks.
“Germany supports Lithuania that higher safety criteria must be met,” Chancellor Angela Merkel told her Lithuanian counterpart at a news conference last month.
For now, Lithuania is monitoring radiation along the Belarus border and in the river that passes Astravets before reaching Vilnius. A leak could contaminate drinking water for the city’s 540,000 residents.
“The probability of nuclear accidents is low,” said Sandra Norbutaite, head of public safety in Vilnius. “But the consequences are catastrophic. It’s best to be prepared.”
Peter Lindbergh, the renowned German fashion photographer, died on Tuesday at the age of 74.
A message from his family, shared on his official Instagram account, confirmed the news on Wednesday morning:
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Lindbergh on September 3rd 2019, at the age of 74,” the post read. “He is survived by his wife Petra, his first wife Astrid, his four sons Benjamin, Jérémy, Simon, Joseph and seven grandchildren. He leaves a big void.”
Recognized as one of the most influential photographers of his generation, Lindbergh worked with countless fashion designers and international magazines throughout his career. His unfussy, intimate black and white images of models are credited with having a significant impact on the fashion industry and pop culture.
Lindbergh was born in 1944 to German parents stationed in Leszno, a city in Poland then annexed by Germany. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts and moved to Paris in 1978 to pursue his career, his website says. In the 1990s, his photography of models such as Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista helped launch the supermodel era.
His work has appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar and The New Yorker.
He was known for capturing the natural beauty of his subjects. “I hate retouching, I hate make-up. I always say, ‘Take the make-up off!'” he told British Vogue earlier this year.
Lindbergh shot the Pirelli calendar three times — in 1996, 2002 and 2017, taking pictures of actresses rather than models. For the 2017 edition, he photographed them with little makeup or styling. In a statement he wrote about the work, he said: “In a time where women are represented in the media and everywhere else as ambassadors of perfection and youth, I thought it was important to remind everyone that there is a different beauty, more real and more truthful, not manipulated by commercial or any other interests, beauty which speaks about individuality, the courage to be yourself, and your very own sensibility.”
In an interview about the project in 2016, he told TIME: “This is a possibility for me to show how beauty should be treated today because beauty today has been kidnapped by commerce. And we start to believe that all these magazine pictures of women and clothes are beautiful. And I don’t think so. Or these over-retouched monsters, they all want to be perfect.”
“I thought I would take women everybody knows, actresses, in a very sensible way,” he continued. “And show that beauty is about that sensibility, is about emotions, all these elements are more important than perfection and youth.”
Lindbergh lived between Paris, Arles and New York. His work has been on display in museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Many paid tribute to Lindbergh on Twitter. Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron, who starred in Lindbergh’s J’adore Dior 2015 fragrance commercial, wrote: “My heart is broken. Peter Lindbergh was a genius and an absolute master of his craft.”
My heart is broken. Peter Lindbergh was a genius and an absolute master of his craft. Beyond that, what made him truly one of a kind was his consistent kindness, warmth, and incredible sense of humor. One of the best human beings I have ever met. I will never forget you my friend pic.twitter.com/YKmWKy13pu
“Broken Beyond Words,” reads a post on Naomi Campbell’s official Instagram account with a selfie of the supermodel with her face pressed against the photographer’s. “So many memories of 33 years that my heart right now cannot tell.”
Linda Evangelista, who posed alongisde Campbell on an iconic 1990 British Vogue cover since dubbed “the birth of the supermodels”, also expressed her sadness on Instagram: “Heartbroken. R.I.P. my Peet.”
“There is no other photographer she considered to bring this meaningful project to life,” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared on their official Instagram account, along with a picture of Lindbergh and Meghan Markle.
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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
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Combined Civil Services Exam IV (Village Administrative Officer, Junior Assistant (Non – Security), Junior Assistant (Security), Bill Collector Grade I, Field Surveyor, Draftsman, Typist, Steno-Typist (Grade – III))
TNPSC Group 1 Result 2019 – All the applicants those who have appeared for the TNPSC Group 1 Examination can check and download your result from this page. We will be updating the Tamil Nadu Combined Civil Service Group 1 Result 2019 from the below table. Applicants can check Tamil Nadu PSC Cut off Marks & Progress Report and a lot more from here. Aspirants who appeared for the TNPSC Combined Civil Service Group 1 Mains Examination can keep track on this page to get your results easily. Here we will update the latest TNPSC Group 1 Result link and applicants can get the direct link from the below table.
TNPSC Group 1 Result 2019
தமிழ்நாடு பொது சேவை ஆணையம் Group 1 Result 2019 | TNPSC Cut off, Merit List
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Organization Name
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Post Name
Group I (Deputy Collector, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, District Registrar, Assistant Director of Rural Development, District Employment Officer, District Officer)
Aspirants those who applied for the TNPSC Posts and appeared for the Examination should have the Admit card with them to check the Results. Because Applicants should enter the Registration number to get the TNPSC Group 1 Result 2019. All the candidates can download your Admit Card from the following link. Candidates can get a clear view of the TNPSC CCSE Group 1 Exam from the above Overview Table. Here we have provided some steps to download Tamil Nadu Combined Civil Service Group 1 Result 2019.
The applicants should concentrate on the TNPSC Gropu 1 Cut off marks because the posts will be filled based on the Cut off marks. All the candidates will write the exam but concentrating on the Cut off marks is an important role in the Examination. For these reasons, we have provided the TNPSC Group 1 Syllabus 2019 from our website. Also, applicants should prepare according to the Syllabus and Pattern. Moreover, willing aspirants should have practice with Previous Year question papers. So that candidates can get the Even Cut off marks from all the sections.
TNPSC Group 1 Merit List 2019
Applicants will get the TNPSC Group 1 Merit List 2019 based on the Written Examination Marks. Along with the Tamil Nadu PSC Group 1 Result 2019, officials will decide and release the Merit list. All the candidates can get the TNPSC Group 1 Merit List from the official website tnpsc.gov.in results. Applicants those who have appeared for the TNPSC Mains Examination can wait for few days to get your results and Merit list.
How to check TNPSC Group 1 Result 2019
Applicants should click on the official website i.e, tnpsc.gov.in
In the main page click on the Latest results tab
A new page will open, in that applicants can view the TNPSC Group 1 Result link‘
Click on the Results link and enter the required details
Check your results and download the result for further reference.
UPSC IFS Result 2019 @ upsc.gov.in |Check UPSC IFS DAF 2019 Results here – UPSC has declared the DAF I for Indian Forest Services (Main) Examination 2019 Results today 04th September 2019. The DAF is available on the official website of Union Public Service Commission and the candidates who are qualified by the Commission for admission to the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination can check the online Detailed Application Form from UPSC website, upsc.gov.in.
Latest updates: UPSC IFS DAF 1 results are now available on the official website upsc.gov.in
UPSC IFS DAF 2019 Results
Candidates are required to apply again and submit the online UPSC IFA DAF 1 along with scanned documents/ certificate in support of date of birth, category and education qualification with required examination Fee. The last date to submit DAF is 18th September 2019, till 6 pm. The period for filling up DAF 1 commenced on 03rd September 2019. Candidates are qualified for admission to the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination 2019 on the basis of screening test held through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2019. The Main Examination will be conducted on 01st December 2019.
Candidates are qualified for admission to the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination 2019 on the basis of the screening test held through Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2019. The Main Examination will be conducted on 01st December 2019. The Eligible candidates can fill up UPSC IFS DAF I online for Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination 2019 here.
Important Details for UPSC IFS DAF 1 Recruitment 2019
The qualified candidates for UPSC IFS DAF1 have to get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the Online DAF I. Candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2019 published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary).
The UPSC IFS DAF 1 admit card and the time table of this exam will be uploaded on the official website of the commission for eligible candidates three-four weeks before the commencement of the exam. Candidates must note that marks, cut off marks and answer keys of the UPSC IFS DAF 1 screening test conducted through CS (P) Examination 2019 will be uploaded on the UPSC website after the declaration of the final result of the examination. For further details, candidates can check the official website of the University on upsconline.nic.in.
NVS Admit Card 2019 – Download Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Admit Card for various Posts. Here is a bit of Good News for the applicants who applied for various posts in the NVS Recruitment process. The board has released the Online Exam schedule. The exam schedule is from 16th to 20th September 2019. However, the officials are yet to issue the NVS Admit Card for the exam process. The hall ticket will be available on the official website from 02nd Week of September 2019. Aspirants are suggested to stick to the official portal to get the NVS Hall Ticket.
NVS Admit Card 2019
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti has announced the Computer Based Test Schedule for the post of Group A, B & C. Those who applied for the posts can download the NVS Hall Ticket from the bottom of the section. Thus, the NVS Exam Admit Card can be downloaded by providing valid details like Application Number, Date of Birth, etc. Hence, the board has declared the exam date on its official portal. As the same, the board will issue the NVS Admit Card on the official website.
Candidates must check to the details in the admit card before downloading it. All the entries should be the same as in the application form. So, Applicants must download the hall ticket from here before the exam date. NVS PGT Admit Card will be available on the official website soon. So, aspirants make sure to download the hall ticket earlier to avoid the last time rush. Check with the below stated details in the NVS Admit Card while entering the details.
Full Name of the Candidate.
Name of the Applicant's Father.
Gender (Male/ Female).
Registration Number
Candidate's Date of Birth
Exam Centre, Code, and Venue.
Duration of the Examination.
Hall Ticket/ Roll Number.
Name of the Test.
Important Guidelines for the Exam.
Signature of the Commission Councillor.
Space for Invigilator's Signature.
Reporting Time to the Exam Cell.
Photograph of the Applicant.
Space for Candidate's Signature.
Required Details to Download NVS Hall Ticket 2019
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Exam Admit Card is an important document to take down the examination. Other than the admit card, Examiners must carry the original Government ID Proof to the exam hall. Go through the below-listed documents and carry any of the valid document.
Aadhar Card
NABARD Admit Card
College ID
Ration Card
Driving License
PAN Card
Voter ID
Any Valid ID Proof Issued By Gazetted Officer
Bank Passbook
Passport
How to Download NVS Admit Card 2019
Step 1: Tap on the NVS Exam Admit Card direct link.
Step 2: Enter the login details to get into the admit card.
Step 3: An Admit Card page will appear on the screen.
Step 4: Fill all the valid details in the NVS Admit Card.
Step 5: Go through the NVS Hall Ticket details that you have entered.
Step 6: Finally, Submit the admit card after checking.
Step 7: Download the hall ticket once submitted.
Step 8: Take a print out of the admit card.
Step 9: Carry for the NVS Exam and for all the selection rounds.
CUSAT Results 2019 – Hello Students!! Let’s have a look at this page to check your results. Yes, Cochin University of Science & Technology has announced the results for various Courses. Students those who are studying under the Cochin University of Science & Technology can check your results from the official website of the University i.e, cusat.ac.in. The University has declared the results of B.Tech Vth Sem, B.Tech VIth Sem – Revaluation, B.Tech IIIrd Sem, B.Tech VIIth Sem, B.Tech VIIIth Sem Revaluation, B.Tech VIIth, and others. We are here to help you out with this guys. Here we have provided a direct link to check your CUSAT Exam Results without any confusion. We advise the Students to keep connect on this page, to get the latest information about the CUSAT Exam Results 2019.
CUSAT Results 2019-20 @ cusat.ac.in
On this page, we have provided a direct link to check UG, PG & other Course results. Also, the University has published the results for Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Regular, Supplementary and other Courses results available here. The University is releasing the results every day. Also, we used to update the Upcoming result link, it will work once the University will announce the results officially. Apart from this, we used to update the latest information about the CUSAT Exam Time Table, Admit Card, Syllabus, Previous Paper, and others. So, we advise the candidates who are studying under Cochin University of Science & Technology can evaluate their performance by getting the results through our website recruitment.guru. Scroll down the entire page and get the Cochin University of Science & Technology Results in 2019 here.
CUSAT Exam Results 2019
Name of the Exam
Announcement Date
Download Link
B.TechVI’th Semester (Supplementary) Examination (2006 Scheme) – April 2019 – Results NEW
Cochin University of Science and Technology is a government-owned autonomous science and technology university in Kochi, Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, it has three campuses: two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland. The university awards degrees in engineering and science subjects at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. CUSAT has at present 29 Departments of study and research offering Graduate and Post Graduate programmes across a wide spectrum of disciplines in frontier areas of Humanities, Engineering, Science, Technology, Law & Management.
CUSAT Supply/Revaluation Results
Students have a chance to apply for the revaluation, if the students may get low marks in the examination, they can apply for the Revaluation results. So again the head of the Examiner will review the answer paper. After revaluation, students may get high marks. Still, if anyone got low marks, they can apply for the Supplementary Examinations. For Revaluation/Supplementary, students should pay the fee. Students can get all the results from this page Regular, Revaluation and Supplementary Results. Students of Cochin University of Science & Technology can also get all Results Also. Just we are advising the Students to frequently visit this page to get latest updates of all CUSAT Result 2019.
HWB Results 2019 | Stipendiary Trainee Category II Result & Interview Schedule Here @ hwb.gov.in – A huge number of applicants have successfully appeared for the Heavy Water Board Recruitment exam on 24th & 31st March 2019. Now, candidates are eagerly waiting for the HWB Results 2019. Aspirants can check their HWB Stipendiary Trainee Result 2019 at the official website www.hwb.gov.in. Refer the Heavy water Board cut off marks and merit list from the below sections.
HWB Results 2019 Date
Department of Atomic energy, Heavy water Board announced the notification for Fireman, Driver and other posts. A huge number of candidates have applied for the 61 HWB Jobs. Candidates with Heavy Water Board Admit card attended the exam conducted by the Board officials. Candidates who are searching for the HWB Results can check up to date information on our site. The Board will release the DTE Heavy Water Board Results 2019 very soon at the official website www.hwb.gov.in. Now, you require the registration number and date of birth details to check the HWB Fireman results 2019. Scroll down to check Furthur more information regarding the Heavy Water Board Results.
Category II Result & Interview Schedule Release Date
04th September 2019 – Link available below
Selection Process
Category 1- Written Test, Interview & Category 2 – Preliminary Test, Advanced Test, Trade/ Skill Test
Official website
www.hwb.gov.in
HWB Fireman Officer Cut off marks 2019
After the completion of the HWB Fireman Written exam candidates started browsing for the HWB results. Before the Results release, we are providing the cut off marks on our page. Candidates who failed to get cut off will be declared as disqualified candidates. Aspirants who got minimum HWB cutoff will declare as qualified. These disqualified candidates will not be eligible to attend further rounds. All qualified candidates may not get the job. They have to attend some rounds like Skill test/interview conducted by that Heavy Water Board officials. Candidates who will clear those further rounds also will get a job. Check the official website www.hwb.gov.in for Heavy Water Board Cut off marks.
Heavy Water Board Fireman Merit list 2019
Individuals who have taken the officer Fireman exam login to the official site www.hwb.gov.in for the HWB Merit list 2019. Participants of Heavy Water Board exam can check your Heavy Water Board Merit list/ Results directly from the below attached link. The Only thing you need to download your exam result id your roll number and password.
Check your names in the Merit list and know whether you are shortlisted for the next rounds or not. aspirants who are confused to download the HWB results online follow the step by step procedure is given below. Or Individuals can directly click on the Heavy Water Board result link attached bottom of our page. Aspirants can exam any recruitment exam Result on ou page All India Results.
How to Check HWB Result 2019 – Stipendiary Trainee (Category 1 & 2)?
Firstly, visit the official website of Department of Atomic Energy, HWB i.e., www.hwb.gov.in.
In the home page of Heavy Water Board search for the HWB Results 2019 and click on that link.
Now, it will redirect to the results page.
Next, enter the registration number/hall ticket number or password of the candidates.
Enter details are accurate click on the submit button.
Now, your Heavy Water Board Results 2019 will appear on the screen.
Download the HWB Fireman Driver Result 2019.
Finally, take the print out of the Result for future use.
Individuals of Heavy Water Board exam can download your HWB Fireman Exam Result 2019 on our site, as the official site will be slow down on the result release date. We will update the download link for Results as soon as released by the Board officials. Candidates qualified in the written exam can proceed for the next rounds. candidates can Bookmark our site recruitment.guru for the latest information.
Direct link to Download HWB Stipendiary Trainee Result 2019
Indian Post Office Result 2019 – In this home page applicants can get all results depends on the Indian Post Office Result 2019. We have dedicated this page to update all the latest results regarding the Indian Post Office. The result will be declared by online and the result is all set to release soon. Registered candidates can download their result from this page directly by visiting this page. Because here we will update the latest result link. It will work once the result has been announced by officially. The result will generate on the basis of marks obtained by the Candidates in the Qualifying Exam.
Kerala Postal Circle Postman & Mail Guard Result 2019 – Kerala Postal Circle has announced the result for the post of Postman & Mail Guard. Candidates those who have applied for the post can check and download your result from the below link. Here we have given a quick link to access your result easily. Apart from these candidates can get the complete details from the official website i.e, www.indiapost.gov.in. In this page, anyone can check the Postman & Mail Guard Result Result 2019 by using the direct link.
Kerala Postal Circle Postman & Mail Guard Result 2019
Organization Name
India Post, Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India
Kerala Postal Circle Postman & Mail Guard Result 2019 – Click Here
Rajasthan Postal Circle GDS Result 2019 – Rajasthan Postal Circle has announced the result for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) on 05th August 2019. Candidates those who have applied for the post can check and download your result from the below link. Here we have given a quick link to access your result easily. Apart from these candidates can get the complete details from the official website i.e, www.indiapost.gov.in. In this page, anyone can check the GDS Result 2019 by using the direct link.
Rajasthan Postal Circle GDS Result 2019
Organization Name
India Post, Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India
Rajasthan Postal Circle GDS Result 2019 – Click Here
Gramin Dak Sevak Merit list Pdf 2019 – GDS Result for Delhi GDS Dak Sevak is going to announce soon. GDS Result has prepared and published only on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in 10th standard (SSC). Delhi GDS Recruitment 2019 has invited 174 vacancies for Delhi Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS). The GDS Post will select according to the Merit List. The Selection test for Merit list will announce it soon. Applicants will receive an update regarding the selection list date. Also, Applicants can get the GDS Result date, GDS Selection test date and other latest information from this page.
Delhi GDS Dak Sevak Result
Organization Name
India Post, Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India
The official department will publish the Delhi Post GDS Merit List 2019 soon on the official portal. Candidates, please stay connects with us for the latest updates related to the Delhi Post GDS Merit List 2019. Applicants those who have applied for this Recruitment can check Gramin Dak Sevak Merit List 2019 soon from the official website. Also, Applicants can get the zone wise Delhi GDS Result 2019. The result pdf is going to indicate the following information about the result.
Names of the selected candidate (not in merit order)
Registration no./ Application No.
Post name
Postal circle Division name
Head Office (HO)
Sub Office name (SO)
Branch Office (BO)
Marks percentage of the selected candidates
Category
Delhi GDS candidates waiting for the publication of result can check the same by following the given procedure once it will be made available online. Candidates can visit the official page or our site on a regular basis for the latest updates. According to the updates, the Indian Post declares the Delhi GDS Result. The department also releases Delhi Postal Circle GDS Merit List 2019 along with the cut off marks. Delhi Postal Circle department soon confirm Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS), Merit List, & Cut off Marks released Date. The board will be selected qualified candidates in the Delhi Postal Circle GDS Cut off 2019 Category Wise. The Gramin Dak Sevak Cut off Marks release along with GDS Result 2019. We have given the link of GDS Result 2019.
Delhi Gramin Dak Sevak Merit List 2019
In the upcoming time, the Delhi Gramin Dak Sevak Merit List 2019 will be released, Participators can get through our site. In the Delhi Gramin Dak Sevak Jobs, Applicants will be selected on the basis of Delhi Postal Circle GDS Result. Here, We will provide you the Delhi Post Office GDS Merit List 2019 link as per the official announcement for your convenience. Applicants will get a higher priority in the Interview, based on the Gramin Dak Sevak Merit List 2019.
Steps to check Gramin Dak Sevak Merit list Pdf
First of all, Candidates need to visit the official site i.e, www.indiapost.gov.in
Then click on the link of the Delhi Postal GDS Result.
Fill complete required details in the form.
Then click on the submit button.
At last, save the soft copy in your desktop and also take the hard copy of the result.
Direct link to download Gramin Dak Sevak Merit list 2019
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NEW DELHI: Ahead of the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting on September 20, the finance ministry has begun crunching the numbers to estimate the revenue it would lose in the event of rate reductions aimed at boosting demand during the festive season.The fitment panel that examines rate changes is expected to meet shortly to consider suggestions mooted by some states as well as industry, two officials aware of the development told ET. The panel comprises central and state officials.Among big-ticket consumer items, automobiles, tyres, cement, air conditioners and large LCD televisions are currently in the 28% bracket. Automobiles also bear a cess, depending on the size of the vehicle, further increasing the total tax incidence."Issues are being examined in detail… Numbers are also being looked at," said one of the officials. Some states have already written to the Centre highlighting the need to cut rates on autos and cement to provide a boost to the economy. Some state policymakers are of the view that a more radical view of the rate structure needs to be taken, for instance merging the 12% and 18% slabs into one.The key issue before the council meeting in Goa will be a possible cut in the tax incidence on automobiles, though there are differences among states on this issue. Punjab has suggested a comprehensive look at the rate structure while reducing levies for sectors such as automobiles to help turn the economy around. But Kerala is opposed to any such move. 70986156 West Bengal has also sought steps for the auto sector, particularly hybrid and Bharat Stage VI vehicles. BS VI prescribes more stringent emission norms for vehicles.The Centre is weighing all options, one of the persons quoted said.After the Reserve Bank of India cut the policy rate by 35 basis points in August, market watchers say it's now up to the government to take fiscal measures to boost the economy. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.India's economy grew 5% in the June quarter, its slowest pace in six years. Private consumption expenditure slowed to 3.1%, an 18-quarter low, while manufacturing grew 0.6%. With consumption having helped prop up growth in the past few years amid sluggish private investment and exports, any revival plan hinges on Indians loosening their purse strings during the festive season, which is when the bulk of sales take place traditionally.High-frequency indicators have pointed to the slowdown getting more entrenched. The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki said Wednesday that it will halt production for two days this month as inventory piles up.On Sunday, most companies including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Honda reported a further drop in sales in August. While Maruti Suzuki reported a 33% decline, Tata Motors witnessed a 58% drop.GST rate cuts do not necessarily lead to a reduction in collections as they spur demand as well, experts said."Given the economic slowdown, there is certainly a case for reduction in rates for a few sectors such as auto," said Pratik Jain, national leader, indirect taxes, PwC. "This has been done in the past and worked more often than not. Of course, this has to be backed up with other economic stimulus (measures) as well."For sectors such as real estate and railways, where input tax credit is restricted, there is a case for reduction in rates on key inputs, he said.Jain said the GST Council may also want to consider merging the 12% and 18% slabs into a single one of possibly 15% or 16%, which will also simplify the rate structure. "However, it will not be an easy decision for the council and a larger consensus needs to be built for any major rate change," he said.
By Anurag KotokyReliance Naval & Engineering Ltd., controlled by Indian tycoon Anil Ambani, said it is facing an acute cash-flow crunch after orders dried up amid efforts to restructure a pile of debt.The disclosure in the company's annual report comes just ahead of a court hearing whether to put the debt-laden company under insolvency proceedings, potentially dealing another blow to the former billionaire's shrinking empire. His wireless carrier slipped into the bankruptcy earlier this year."There is an acute cash-flow crunch as the expected debt resolution is yet to be actualized," Reliance Naval's Chief Executive Officer Debashis Bir said in the report. "This is impacting the progress of the existing projects leading to extended timelines and thereby leading to erosion of confidence amongst clients."The revival of the shipyard is crucial for Ambani, 60, who's counting on potential government defense contracts to turn the company's fortunes around as Prime Minister Narendra Modi steps up spending on national security. India's government has invited bids for $2.2 billion of warships and support vessels, part of Modi's $250 billion military modernization plan.Policy changes brought in by the government has not led to increased shipbuilding contracts for private companies, Bir said.Reliance Naval is facing the prospect of bankruptcy after lenders rejected its debt repayment plan, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. The firm has defaulted on a debt of more than 64.6 billion rupees as of March 31, to lenders including Union Bank of India, IDBI Bank and Central Bank of India according to its auditors' report.Anil Ambani's wider conglomerate is planning to dispose of assets spanning roads to radio stations, aiming to raise about 217 billion rupees ($3 billion) to help pare debt that has ballooned to about 939 billion rupees at four of its biggest units -- excluding the telecom business Reliance Communications Ltd.
NEW DELHI: India is likely to miss its fiscal deficit target for the current financial year, despite receiving an additional dividend from the central bank, five government officials and advisers said, as tax collections have sunk amid a sharp slowdown.With economic growth falling to a six-year low of 5% in the April-June quarter, the sources said the government could toward the end of 2019 be forced to raise the fiscal deficit target to 3.5% of GDP from 3.3%, amid pressure for additional stimulus measures.The officials asked not to be identified as they have not been authorized to discuss the matter with media.A Finance Ministry spokesman did not immediately respond to the requests for comment.Tax collections could fall by as much as 1 trillion rupees ($14 billion), or 4% of $344 billion annual target, two of the officials said, noting that sharp shortfalls are expected both in goods and services tax (GST) and income tax collections."Overshooting the fiscal deficit target is inevitable this year as the economic slowdown has hit government revenue," a senior adviser said, adding the deficit would rise unless the government resorts to hefty spending cuts.Separately, a finance ministry official said plans to sell minority stakes in some state-run entities including electricity producer NTPC, state insurer General Insurance Corp and construction finance company HUDCO could be deferred, as market sentiment has weakened.Two government advisers said they have also urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to defer the fiscal target to tackle the economic slowdown and outline stimulus steps to help the hard hit sectors such as autos and textiles.
BENGALURU: Online retailer Flipkart has promoted five executives across businesses as vice presidents, according to an internal email sent by group chief executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy to employees. ET has a copy of the email.The newly appointed VPs include Chanakya Gupta, head of 2GUD; Saurabh Tandon from engineering; Nishit Garg, who manages a few categories; Nandita Sinha, who leads Big Billion Days (BBD) planning, and Regunath B, who heads BBD tech architecture."These leaders have an outstanding track record of delivering impact and creating long-term value for Flipkart; and truly exemplify our core values," Krishnamurthy said in the email.The promotions come ahead of Flipkart's flagship sale, The Big Billion Days.Sources in the know said Flipkart plans to hit $3 billion in sales this festive season, ET reported on September 4. "This is the first round of letters issued to senior directors. Over the next two weeks, the company will continue to issue promotion letters across levels along with additional Esops (Employee Stock Ownership Plans)," said a company executive requesting anonymity.Flipkart conducts a bi-annual performance assessment in June and December. When contacted, a Flipkart spokesperson did not respond till the time of going to print.70986399 The announcement comes less than a week after Krishnamurthy told employees that the company board had received approval to offer current employees a chance to cash out 10% of their vested stock options at $125-130 apiece.Flipkart's stock options are granted over a four-year period, with employees vesting them every month after a one-year minimum threshold.In May, ET reported that Flipkart disbursed a fresh set of Esops worth $100 million to senior and mid-level staff as part of the e-commerce company's efforts to retain key talent a year into Walmart buying a majority stake.
New Delhi: Hero MotoCorp has commenced dispatch of the first batch of BS VI-compliant Splendor iSmart 110 motorcycles to its dealers for product familiarisation and training purposes, signalling its imminent launch, according to two people familiar with the development. "The dispatches were made earlier this week, and bikes are expected to reach some of the dealerships in a day or two," one of the persons cited above, told ET. A spokesperson for Hero MotoCorp said they do not want to comment on speculations. The Splendor iSmart 110 is likely to be competitively positioned and priced 12-15% higher than the current Splendor iSmart, said one of the sources. As we have stated earlier, our preparation towards migration to BS-VI is well on track and we will bring our range of BS-VI motorcycles and scooters well before the stipulated timeline. We will make the announcements on specific launch dates at an appropriate time."One of the persons cited earlier said, "The Splendor iSmart 110 is likely to be competitively positioned and priced 12-15% higher than the current Splendor iSmart. Although the company has not informed the dealers of the exact pricing as yet, the product familiarisation and training initiative is a clear indication that the motorcycle is likely to be commercially launched soon."In June 2019, Hero MotoCorp became the first two-wheeler manufacturer in the country to receive the BS VI certification from the International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT). The company received the certification for its Splendor iSmart 110 motorcycle.The BS VI-compliant motorcycle has been designed and developed at the company's R&D hub, the Center of Innovation and Technology (CIT), in Jaipur, Rajasthan.In the first four months of the fiscal, Hero MotoCorp sold 2.32 million units in the domestic market, down by 15% from the year-ago period.
MUMBAI: The world's largest carmaker Volkswagen is considering CNG as an alternative fuel for the near future before mobility technology eventually transitions to electric.If there is a stable policy framework from the government in terms of identifying CNG as one of the solutions to the rising pollution crisis, the German carmaker, which already has a considerable presence in Europe in terms of CNG vehicles, will consider bringing these to India, Steffen Knapp, director of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, told ET."We are the biggest player globally in CNG. Depending on the infrastructure, we can do this very fast (in India)," he said.If the government pitches for adoption of CNG in terms of setting up fuel stations across the country, increase the import of the fuel to the country, and buy more CNG vehicles for its fleets, it will make a business case for Volkswagen to invest in the technology in India, Knapp explained.Being successful in any segment in India requires high level of localisation and being a small player in terms of volumes, the company cannot invest in every technology unless there's a clear trend backed by policy, he said.Maruti Suzuki has announced that it will introduce CNG as an option on all its small cars as the company plans to stop making diesel vehicles after April 2020 when the BS-VI norms kick in.In the mid-term, Volkswagen will focus on petrol-powered SUVs for the Indian market, the executive said. "Our future lies in petrol," he said.At present, over 60% of the company's sales in the country are of petrol-powered vehicles. The future of diesel-powered vehicles in India for the company is uncertain and Knapp was non-committal on whether it will upgrade its diesel engines for the BS-VI emission norms.The customer, too, has been confused lately due to the lack of a stable policy stance, he said.
MUMBAI: A sliding rupee has come in as a big positive for India's technology services providers, which are struggling with weak margins amid declining spending by big companies.IT stocks have outperformed the benchmark in the last few weeks as every 1 per cent depreciation in the rupee against the dollar improves their earnings margin before interest and tax by 20-25 basis points, said analysts.Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, NIIT Technologies, Hexaware, Mastek, Mphasis and L&T Infotech are some of the top picks of analysts.The rupee depreciated by 5.3 per cent to 72.39 against the dollar in the past one month, its steepest monthly decline in six years. The BSE IT index gained 4.4 per cent in the same period, compared with a 1 per cent decline in the broader Sensex index. IT stocks such as Infosys, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, L&T Infotech and Hexaware have rallied between 5 per cent and 11 per cent. 70986416 Analysts believe the rupee weakening would result in margin benefits in the short term.It would act as a "margin tailwind for the Indian IT service players while tight labour markets in the key markets are increasing cost structures", said Sanjeev Hota, the head of research at brokerage firm Sharekhan. "However, the material rupee depreciation benefits will not stay for long term as it would be passed on to customers during contract renewals or bidding for new contracts," he said.With the NSE IT index's returns consistently outperforming the benchmark Nifty over FY2018 to so far this fiscal year, the IT index is trading at +1standard deviation above its mean price-to-earnings readings for the past three years."In the current situation, IT is a safe sector, what we would advocate investors to take fresh positions in because the rupee depreciation is providing a cushion to IT company earnings," said Mahantesh Sabarad, the head of retail research at SBICAP Securities.Analysts remain optimistic about the demand scenario for IT services in the medium-tolong term, but see concerns over rising global macro issues.
The market is in neutral to negative territory from a sentiment perspective with lower-than-expected earnings growth and multiple levels of taxes like STT and LTCG, said Nilesh Shah, managing director at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company. Unless fundamentals improve, there is unlikely to be an upturn in sentiment or flows and consequently the market, said Shah in an interview with Sanam Mirchandani. Edited excerpts:The market sentiment remains weak despite government's announcements. GDP growth has slowed further. What is your reading of the situation?The markets are driven by flows, fundamentals and sentiments. From a flow point of view we are in neutral to minor negative territory. FPIs, HNIs and retail are sellers. There is a supply overhang from minimum public shareholding norm. Mutual funds are the only buyers. From a sentiment point of view, we are in neutral to negative territory with lower than expected earnings growth and multiple levels of taxes like STT and LTCG. Fundamentals are suffering from subdued June quarter GDP growth at 5%. The market is not optimistic about second quarter GDP growth based on the data so far for July and August. The market right now has ignored two small positives - subdued oil prices despite US-Iran skirmishes in the Middle East and average monsoon, which has recovered from deficiency mode. At this juncture unless fundamentals improve, we are unlikely to see upturn in sentiment or flows and consequently market. There is heightened global uncertainty because of US-China tariff war but that creates an opportunity for us. If we can bring many of the manufacturers leaving China to our country, we will be on our way to close the gap with China, which has grown five times faster than India since 1980. Fundamentals of the economy need to be improved by giving growth priority over inflation and fiscal prudence, providing adequate debt and equity capital through better transmission of credit from PSU banks and NBFCs, reducing the burden of very high real interest rate on entrepreneurs, taking structural reforms in land and labour laws, improving ease of doing business through creating Rule of Law whereby simple laws like cheque bunching don't end up creating unsolved 60 lakh-plus cases, etc.There is also an issue about the fund transfer that the RBI has given to the government. The market has been a bit divided about the idea of such a transfer and how the government should use it. What are your thoughts?There could be a challenge on the fiscal side in FY20 because of the slowdown in taxation revenue and with this transfer, to that extent, fiscal slippage fear gets reduced and now it is up to the government where they want to use it. Our recommendation would be to use it either for infrastructure spending, which has a multiplier effect on the economy, or use it to recapitalise PSU banks so that there is transmission of credit which has been stalled.Do you see further rate cuts from the RBI after Friday's GDP data?Undoubtedly, the RBI has pronounced an accommodative stance and since they have kept inflation and inflationary expectations well below the target level, they can now focus on growth. At this point, real interest burden on Government of India is about 3%, for corporate India it is about 6%. One doesn't make that kind of return even in equities worldwide so how can our entrepreneurs bear the burden of such high real interest rates? I believe the RBI will take appropriate action on easing that burden to revive growth.What is your view on the rupee? Do you see it weakening further?The destiny of the rupee is to depreciate. One, our inflation is higher than our peer group. Second, our productivity enhancement is lower than our peer group. So by virtue of those two, over a period, the rupee has to depreciate. The market is not linear; so if rupee doesn't depreciate in a period of time, in next period the rupee has to compensate. The rupee will continue to depreciate in medium term. However, the RBI has a very matured policy of managing volatility and letting market decide direction.In this uncertain market scenario, should investors play safe and focus on defensives?From a valuation point of view, market is reasonably cheap in small and mid-caps, fairly valued in large caps and expensive in super-large caps. However, the confidence on earnings growth is not coming through because of variety of issues. We recommend investors who can afford risk to buy into a diversified portfolio of small and mid-cap (stocks) rather than a sector-specific portfolio. Try to invest in companies which are run by good managers where you don't expect corporate misgovernance. Second, try to invest in companies which have manageable debt burden. They should not be excessively leveraged. Third, try to invest in companies which have operating leverage. If the companies have operating leverage, when the upturn comes in the economy, they will have the maximum benefit. More importantly, this is the time where you should be greedy about valuations. Whole host of companies are available at below historical average valuation. So, one should be greedy on valuation. Don't invest on a lump sum basis. Invest on six to 18 months STP (systematic transfer plan) basis.
Bengaluru: The market for wearable devices more than doubled in the second quarter of 2019, reaching an all-time high of 3 million shipments, research firm International Data Corporation said. India is the world's third-largest market for wearable devices, after the US and China.IDC attributed the growth to ear-worn wearables, which include wireless earphones that track health and fitness or enable smart assistants. "The market for ear-worn devices has seen exponential growth in the last few quarters and this will continue in the coming quarters as well, primarily because traditional audio vendors are moving towards the wireless devices as it provides the ease of operation and comfort of carrying a device, while participating in a fitness activity or taking a call on the go," said Anisha Dumbre, Market Analyst, IDC India.Shipments of wristbands rose over 19% in the period, though they fell 24% sequentially as brands corrected inventory after large shipments in the first quarter. "The average selling price of this category declined 9.7% from the previous quarter to USD 26 as brands have launched more affordable options in the market to onboard new segment of users," the report said.
BENGALURU: Growth in searches for teaching jobs has jumped 40 per cent in 2018-19, a job site said. The impressive increase could be attributed to the development of digital media which has opened avenues to new roles such as online tutors and e-educators, the site Indeed said in a statement. The data revealed a 41 per cent increase in job searches for teaching jobs from July 2016 to July 2019. Growth in searches for teacher jobs has been the highest in 2018-19 witnessing a 40 per cent increase. There was an increase of 14 per cent in job-seeker interest for these roles during 2017-18, while three years ago (2016-17) there was a dip of 11 per cent in job seeker interest towards teaching roles."The advancement of technology and e-learning has led to the rise of online tutor and e-educator jobs", it said. The new-age profession does come with its perks. While the average annual salary for a teacher in India is Rs 2,19,804 and goes up to Rs 5,88,000 per annum; the average annual salary of an online tutor in the country is Rs 4,80,000 and goes up to Rs 9,25,000 per annum, Indeed said. Salary estimates are based on salaries submitted anonymously to Indeed by employees, users, and collected from past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months, it added.
MNS volunteers abduct BMC contractor to extract tender cut The BMC contractor has alleged that the four accused assaulted him and threatened him with dire consequences if he failed to cough up the money meant for civic works.
BMC officers waited for ministry to issue 'No school day' notice Following 200mm of rain in just 24 hours, a red alert has been issued for today. Schools and junior colleges will stay shut.
Slowdown bites: Maruti Suzuki to shut operations at 2 plants for 2 days This is the first time Maruti has officially announced shutdown of operations at its two plants apart from the regular annual maintenance shutdown twice a year — in December and June.
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