| Ocasio-Cortez: Trump was 'clearly engaged in extortion and bribery' Posted: 19 Nov 2019 10:26 AM PST  Ocasio-Cortez discussed the issue with Yahoo News on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the third day of public hearings was being conducted in the Democrats' ongoing impeachment inquiry.
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| Russia offers job to Maria Butina, woman convicted by U.S. of being an agent Posted: 18 Nov 2019 11:25 AM PST  In her first public appearance since being deported by U.S. authorities who had jailed her for being a Russian agent, Maria Butina was on Monday offered a job by Moscow to defend Russians imprisoned abroad. During an event for the media, Russia's human rights commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, offered Butina, 31, a job working for her commission. Butina, who flew back to Russia on Oct. 26 after being deported, did not say whether she would accept the offer made at what she called her first public appearance since she was mobbed by wellwishers in front of the media at the airport on her arrival home.
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| Police release sketch of child whose remains were found at Delaware softball field Posted: 19 Nov 2019 05:07 PM PST  Police say the girl, whose remains were found at a softball field in Smyrna, Delaware, was 2 to 5 years old.
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| Son of former German president stabbed to death in Berlin Posted: 19 Nov 2019 11:28 PM PST  The son of former German president Richard von Weizsaecker was stabbed to death while he was giving a lecture at a hospital in Berlin where he worked as a head physician, police said Wednesday. A 57-year-old German man is in custody after he jumped up from the audience at the Schlosspark-Klinik and attacked Fritz von Weizsaecker with a knife on Tuesday evening. Von Weizsaecker died at the scene from a knife wound to the neck despite immediate attention from colleagues, said Martin Steltner, a spokesman for Berlin prosecutors.
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| Cuomo Blasts Syracuse U Leadership After White-Supremacist Manifesto Allegedly AirDropped to Students Posted: 19 Nov 2019 06:08 AM PST  Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty ImagesNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blasted leadership at Syracuse University for its handling of ongoing hate speech and racist harassment on campus, which escalated overnight when a white-supremacist manifesto was allegedly AirDropped to some students' cell phones.The university's Department of Public Safety announced in a campus-wide email early Tuesday morning that it was investigating reports that the hate manifesto, which students told The Daily Beast was the same one used by the Christchurch mosque shooter, was sent to student phones at Bird Library at around 1 a.m. It was also posted in an online discussion forum about Greek life just after 10 p.m., The Daily Orange, the student newspaper, reported."The hateful activities at Syracuse University are most disturbing, not only to the Syracuse University community, but to the greater community of New York," Cuomo said in a press release on Tuesday afternoon. "They have not been handled in a manner that reflects this state's aggressive opposition to such odious, reckless, reprehensible behavior. That these actions should happen on the campus of a leading New York university makes this situation even worse."Earlier this month, Cuomo ordered state agencies to investigate hate speech on the upstate school's campus.The university's DPS is working with the Syracuse Police Department, New York State Police, and the FBI to investigate the quickly escalating situation on campus, but the university's DPS said there was no "specific" threat to the school Tuesday, The Daily Orange reported.In response to the events overnight, protesters have asked that the administration cancel classes and campus events."Students are scared for their own safety," tweeted Josh Meyers, a Syracuse student journalist, on Tuesday morning. "Campus is looking extra empty this morning.""Students are truly terrified here," he told The Daily Beast.The screed shared on Tuesday marks the 11th racist incident reported on campus since Nov. 6, including the Saturday night harassment of a black student by members of a fraternity who allegedly yelled the n-word at her as she waited for a bus. Others have included anti-Semitic and anti-Asian graffiti in the form of a swastika and slurs. The n-word was also reportedly found scribbled in residence halls and a physics building. In another incident, a student loudly yelled a racial slur against black Americans. Separately, a Chinese freshman reported a racial epithet being used against him.University Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a letter to students and staff Sunday that he was "deeply angered by these events" and hours later announced a $50,000 reward for any evidence that leads to "the apprehension of the individual or individuals responsible for these heinous acts." The money came from a "generous" donor, he said. Otherwise, anyone with relevant information about the spate of incidents is encouraged to contact the Department of Public Safety directly.But Cuomo said Tuesday, after hours of silence from the university administration in the wake of the manifesto's alleged release: "Despite his efforts, I do not believe Chancellor Syverud has handled this matter in a way that instills confidence.""As we have learned repeatedly, these increasing exhibitions of hate and bigotry must be handled strongly, swiftly and justly," said Cuomo, who also called for the school's board of trustees to install a monitor. "That must be both the reality and the perception. Syracuse University and its leadership have failed to do that. It is your obligation to remedy the situation immediately."The monitor, Cuomo said, must "effectively investigate these incidents, clearly communicate the facts with the board and to the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force and recommend a decisive strategy to address both the specific incidents and behavior."Syracuse University Offers $50,000 Reward for Information About Racist Incidents on CampusEarlier this week, after it became clear that one of the hate incidents originated from a fraternity on campus, Syverud suspended Alpha Chi Rho and—in one fell swoop—directed the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs to suspend all social activities of fraternities for the remainder of the semester."While only one fraternity may have been involved in this particular incident, given recent history, all fraternities must come together with the university community to reflect upon how to prevent recurrence of such seriously troubling behavior," Syverud said.An ongoing campus sit-in has been staged by black students leading a movement called NotAgainSU, which also organized a boycott of Syracuse basketball games. The sit-in began last Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., and dozens of students have joined the effort inside the school's Barnes Center at The Arch—a brand-new $50 million recreational complex. Participants have been holding signs that read "Black Safety Matters" and sharing their frustration on social media.Early Tuesday morning, demonstrators asked the administration to cancel all classes and campus events until further notice. "These active threats targeting students should be taken seriously and handled with a sense of urgency," said a statement from the group on Tuesday. "We believe that students should stay in spaces where they feel the most comfortable, as safety is paramount."The demonstrators have vowed not to end the protest until all of their demands—including the expulsion of students involved in what they've called the "November Hate Crimes"—are met. "The safety of students on this campus—specifically the safety of underrepresented and underserved students—is paramount," the group said Monday in a press release."I've never felt less safe on campus than I do right now," said Claire Bauerle, an 18-year-old Syracuse freshman. Bauerle told The Daily Beast on Tuesday that she, a white student, wants students of color to know they are supported."People aren't involved just to be involved," the Chicago native said."It's awful," Bauerle added, emphasizing that students are afraid that it will escalate into a shooting. "It doesn't feel real. It's like walking through an awful nightmare.""Whether or not tonight's threat is credible, it's tremendously irresponsible if Syracuse doesn't cancel classes," broadcast journalism major Sam Gelfand—a native of Parkland, Fla.— tweeted just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday."People on this campus, myself included, are shaken, frightened, and fatigued. This is no environment for academics right now. Just let people go home," he added.Gelfand, a sophomore, told The Daily Beast on Tuesday that he was "down the street from the Stoneman Douglas shooting while it occurred"—when 17 people died in one of the nation's most harrowing school shootings in February 2018—and that while on campus at Syracuse today he found himself "drawing parallels.""I was terrified last night," Gelfand, who is Jewish, said. "These hateful incidents have consumed our lives; it's all we can talk about."The "lackluster response" from the administration and the DPS is, Gelfand added, "inexcusable."Professors, meanwhile, were not immune to the campus tension. Several tweeted that they had either canceled classes or would not penalize students who chose not to attend Tuesday."I will support and advocate for any students who choose not to go to class today," Prof. Genevieve García de Müeller tweeted. "I support the students protesting and I urge the chancellor to uptake their demands in a serious and systemic way."She added: "Most of my students have said they are not going to campus today. As a Mexican and Jewish woman I don't feel safe going to campus. This is a direct attack. First and foremost I care about the safety of my students."Late Tuesday afternoon, after days of intense national scrutiny, leaders at the university released a detailed, 11-page list of proposed campus changes, including a $1 million commitment to implement the responses over the next year. After meetings with a group of international students and protesters, Syverud said administrators have promised specific responses to each of the concerns voiced by students, including revisions to the student code of conduct, curriculum changes, increased access to resources, and better security. "As Chancellor, I take very seriously these immediate priorities, and commit to promptly achieving them, as well as to supporting the other important measures in the responses," said Syverud. Kathy Walters, chair of Syracuse University's Board of Trustees, later praised the plan's comprehensiveness. "What he and members of his leadership team put forward is a plan with actionable solutions with real timelines, real deliverables, real resources and real accountability," she said. "That's what our students are asking for, that's what our students deserve."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Gay Saudi journalists detained in Australia after asylum bid Posted: 19 Nov 2019 11:47 PM PST  Two gay Saudi journalists who sought asylum in Australia after being threatened at home over their relationship have been held for weeks at an immigration detention centre, their lawyer said Wednesday. The couple arrived in Australia in mid-October on tourist visas but was singled out by airport customs officials -- then taken into detention -- when they admitted plans to seek asylum, lawyer Alison Battisson told AFP. "Australia being very well known for being... a safe place for LGBTI people, they were incredibly surprised and distressed," she said.
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| India Army to Cut Sniper Rifle Orders by About 70% Posted: 20 Nov 2019 01:35 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- The Indian Army plans to buy just 1,800 state-of-the-art sniper rifles and 2.7 million rounds of ammunition -- less than a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, people with knowledge of the matter said.The military pruned its original requirement of 5,720 sniper rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition, which would have cost $140 million, to prioritize spending and advance the purchase of more modern equipment, they said, asking not to be identified as the information isn't public.Indian Army spokesman Aman Anand said he had no comment to offer on the change in procurement plans.The Indian armed forces have 450,000 infantry soldiers, of whom only half go into ground battle and an even smaller number of them use sniper rifles to take out specific enemy targets through precision firing.The move is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's $250-billion modernization plan for the Indian defense forces, as the infantry soldiers continue to face the brunt of deadly attacks in disputed border areas such as Kashmir and the northeast.Plans to buy new equipment from global manufacturers, however, has been hit by bureaucratic delays and the Modi government's desire to meet the needs of the armed forces through the domestic industry under his 'Make in India' initiative, a key plank to boost local defense manufacturing and woo his core supporters.The 1.3 million-strong Indian Army's previous efforts to buy 5,720 sniper rifles in a process that began in Feb. 2018 was scrapped in July this year after four vendors, including the U.S.-based Barrett, Indonesia's PT Pindad and Russia's Rosoboronexport, failed to meet technical requirements, such as technology transfers for manufacturing the ammunition by local industry.Through the new bid to buy a smaller quantity of 8.6 mm sniper rifles and .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition, India wants to overcome the hurdles in first identifying the vendor to buy them in a fast-track mode, before placing future orders for 4,000 more sniper rifles.To contact the reporter on this story: N. C. Bipindra in New Delhi at nbipindra@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ruth Pollard at rpollard2@bloomberg.net, Muneeza NaqviFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Ex-U.K. Consulate Worker Claims Chinese Secret Police Tortured Him for Info on Hong Kong Protests Posted: 20 Nov 2019 05:18 AM PST  A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong was tortured by Chinese secret police who suspected the city's recent pro-democracy uprising was partially orchestrated by the British, the worker told Wall Street Journal in several interviews.Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen who was a member of the British consulate's business-development team, was on his way back to the city from a trip to mainland China when he was detained near the border crossing on August 8.U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the treatment of Cheng by Chinese authorities "amounts to torture.""I have made clear we expect the Chinese authorities to investigate and hold those responsible to account," Raab told the Journal, saying he had summoned the Chinese ambassador to Britain "to express our outrage."Cheng said Chinese police beat him, chained him spread-eagled, and deprived him of sleep during a period of four days when he was interrogated. He was forced to stand or sit perfectly still, and if he nodded off or moved in any way his interrogators compelled him to sing the Chinese national anthem. One questioner started threatening to detain him in prison forever."I started to think about suicide," Cheng said. Police forced him to reveal passwords for social media groups used by protesters and tried to get Cheng to confess that British officials incited the demonstrations. Cheng denied the charges but was forced to confess to a charge of soliciting prostitution, which he claims was false.While Cheng's account was not independently verifiable, the details were similar to those of other people detained by China and who recounted their experiences to human-rights groups.The protests in Hong Kong began in June after the city's pro-Beijing government introduced legislation that would have allowed the extradition of Hong Kongers to mainland China, a move critics described as a significant blow to Hong Kong's independence."For Hong Kongers," Cheng said regarding the demonstrations, "it shows their fear was not ungrounded."
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| Trump impeachment hearings: 4 takeaways from Day 3 of public testimony Posted: 19 Nov 2019 05:30 PM PST  The inquiry into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine continued with testimony from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Jennifer Williams, Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison.
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| Rep. Al Green on Ukraine: ‘I don’t believe this is the only reason we should impeach this president’ Posted: 19 Nov 2019 11:15 AM PST  Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who was the first member of Congress to officially call for the impeachment of President Trump, tells Yahoo News that he feels vindicated to see public hearings underway. However, he says the argument for removing the president from office extends far beyond the Ukraine controversy.
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| A California nanny promised children would be 'safe' in his care. He instead used them in porn videos, authorities say Posted: 20 Nov 2019 09:08 AM PST  A former California nanny will serve 30 years in federal prison for filming child pornography with at least 5 victims in his care, authorities said.
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| Netanyahu challenger unable to form coalition Posted: 19 Nov 2019 10:47 PM PST  Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival failed to form a new government by a Wednesday deadline, dashing his hopes of toppling the long-time Israeli prime minister and pushing the country closer toward an unprecedented third election in less than a year. The announcement by Benny Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, prolonged the political paralysis that has gripped the nation for the past year. It also provided a new lifeline for the embattled Netanyahu, who is desperate to remain in office as he prepares for an expected indictment on corruption charges.
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| What If Iran Could Take down the F-35? Posted: 19 Nov 2019 10:30 PM PST  Is it possible?
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| American Airlines admitted a mid-air accident that knocked out 2 flight crew and forced an emergency landing was not caused by spilled soap Posted: 20 Nov 2019 04:59 AM PST  On October 21 a flight from London to Philadelphia was forced to land in Dublin, Ireland, when two staff members were knocked unconscious.
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| 7 Amazing Facts About Jaguars, One of the World's Coolest Cats Posted: 19 Nov 2019 03:04 PM PST |
| A Saudi Arabian princess and rights activist who 'fell off the radar' in late 2018 is reportedly detained under house arrest with 24/7 surveillance Posted: 19 Nov 2019 02:47 AM PST  Sources close to Princess Basmah told Deutsche Welle that Saudi authorities stopped her travelling to Europe for urgent medical care in December 2018.
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| Impeachment witnesses cast doubt on Trump's motives for requesting Ukrainian investigations Posted: 19 Nov 2019 06:05 PM PST  Two theories cited by President Trump came under fire Tuesday by witnesses at his impeachment hearing.
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| House Hitler was born in will become a police station, Austria says Posted: 20 Nov 2019 07:26 AM PST  The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be turned into a police station, Austria's interior minister said, after years of debate over how best to prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. Having recently carried out a compulsory purchase of the house in Braunau am Inn, a town on the border with Germany, Austria will invite architects to submit plans for a redesign of the building. It will house the local police force's offices, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
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| 'Vicious, senseless': Patrick Frazee gets life sentence for killing fiancée, burning body Posted: 19 Nov 2019 07:12 AM PST  Kelsey Berreth was last seen with her infant daughter on a grocery store video on Thanksgiving Day 2018. Her body was never found.
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| California puts brakes on fracking permits in oil crackdown Posted: 19 Nov 2019 03:26 PM PST  California Gov. Gavin Newsom cracked down on oil producers Tuesday, halting approval of hundreds of fracking permits until independent scientists can review them and temporarily banning new wells using another drilling method that regulators believe is linked to one of the largest spills in state history. The state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources announced it will not approve new wells that use high-pressure steam to extract oil from underground. It's the type of process Chevron uses at an oil field in the Central Valley that leaked more than 1.3 million gallons (4.9 million liters) of oil and water this summer.
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| Navy Killer: Is This China’s Dangerous New Anti-Ship Missile? Posted: 19 Nov 2019 10:00 PM PST  A Chinese magazine might have revealed a new and potentially powerful anti-ship and land-attack missile
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| NASA just detected water vapor on a moon of Jupiter — yet another clue that Europa's hidden ocean could hold alien life Posted: 20 Nov 2019 04:15 AM PST  Alien life could be hidden in the salty ocean below Europa's surface. An upcoming NASA spacecraft will hunt for more clues.
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| Sewer campus escape bid by Hong Kong protesters ends in arrest Posted: 20 Nov 2019 03:53 AM PST  Two pro-democracy protesters were arrested Wednesday as they emerged from a manhole on a Hong Kong road outside a besieged campus, in a thwarted escape bid from inside the university. Two male protesters holed up in the campus for days were detained along with four people lowering ropes to help them out from the drainage system, police said. Dozens of diehard pro-democracy protesters are believed to still be inside PolyU, running out of supplies and options to avoid the police cordon around the campus.
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| Army officer on Trump phone call said it was his 'duty' to report president Posted: 19 Nov 2019 08:16 AM PST  Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told Congress Tuesday that he listened to President Trump's July phone call with the president of Ukraine and immediately knew it was his "duty" to report Trump's "improper" behavior to White House lawyers.
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| School district in rural Colorado tries new ways to attract teachers Posted: 19 Nov 2019 05:43 PM PST  The Big Sandy School District in Simla, Colorado, has 335 students from grades pre-K to 12th grade who learn under one roof
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| She can't vote, but 2020 Democratic candidates want her support anyway Posted: 19 Nov 2019 11:31 AM PST  One of the most sought-after presidential endorsements in a key early voting state is from a woman who cannot vote.
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| Russia's TU-22M3 Backfire Bomber Has A New Supersonic Missile (And The Navy Is Worried) Posted: 19 Nov 2019 03:30 PM PST  A formidable strike capability.
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| The New Formula to Calculate Your Dog's Age in Human Years Posted: 18 Nov 2019 10:29 AM PST  It's much more accurate than multiplying by 7.
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| UPDATE 1-FBI wishes it had acted quicker as China stole intellectual property Posted: 20 Nov 2019 01:32 AM PST ![UPDATE 1-FBI wishes it had acted quicker as China stole intellectual property]( "UPDATE 1-FBI wishes it had acted quicker as China stole intellectual property") The FBI wished it had taken swifter action as Beijing recruited U.S.-based researchers to transfer intellectual property from American laboratories, a senior official at the agency said on Tuesday during Senate testimony. China has repeatedly insisted Washington has exaggerated the problem for political reasons, and asked for a response to the FBI's comments, a Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday that "Cold War mentalities" should be discarded.
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| 22 farmers arrested in India for causing air pollution Posted: 20 Nov 2019 01:41 AM PST  Twenty-two farmers were arrested in northern India on Wednesday for setting fires to clear their fields and contributing to some of the worst air pollution in the country, a government official said. India's Supreme court last week ordered a fine of up to 100,000 rupees ($1,420) for those polluting the air. Air pollution in northern India peaks in the winter due to smoke from agricultural fires.
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| Young Lebanese protesters demand better future -- at home Posted: 20 Nov 2019 03:36 AM PST  At an anti-corruption rally in Lebanon's capital, 16-year-old Mariam Sidani said she had skipped school to protest against politicians who care nothing for her life prospects. "I want to live in my own country, not be forced abroad," she said, her long hazel hair flowing over her backpack straps. At the heart of Lebanon's one-month-old protests, a young generation of activists is coming of age and demanding a country in which they can see themselves thriving and growing old.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for ousting White House adviser Stephen Miller as a 'white supremacist' Posted: 19 Nov 2019 06:01 PM PST  Ocasio-Cortez described Miller's presence as one of the more "disturbing" aspects of the Trump administration. She is among many Democrats who have called for Miller's removal.
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| One Million Brexit Coins Melted Down After Johnson Misses Deadline Posted: 19 Nov 2019 03:39 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.The U.K. has used the seven-sided 50 pence coin to celebrate national achievements ranging from the London Olympics of 2012 to the work of children's author Beatrix Potter.Now about one million of the distinctive coins minted to mark the U.K.'s planned divorce from the European Union on Oct. 31 are being melted down. The Royal Mint acted after Prime Minister Boris Johnson requested a delay until Jan. 31.As Bloomberg revealed in October, some of the coins had already been made when Johnson wrote to the EU asking for a Brexit extension. But the extent of his government's over-confidence was only fully revealed on Tuesday.A spokeswoman for the mint confirmed around one million Oct. 31 Brexit coins were made and will now be destroyed. The response came after a freedom of information request by the Daily Telegraph newspaper. She wouldn't comment on the cost of the production and destruction of the coins, but the price will ultimately be borne by taxpayers.In 2007, a 50 pence piece was produced to celebrate 100 years of the boy scout movement, bearing the legend "be prepared." Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid and the Treasury may have taken that advice too literally.To contact the reporter on this story: Thomas Penny in London at tpenny@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Tim Ross at tross54@bloomberg.net, Adam BlenfordFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| FBI Looking Into Possibility that ‘Criminal Enterprise’ was Involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Posted: 19 Nov 2019 08:56 AM PST  The FBI has opened an investigation into a possible "criminal enterprise" involved in the death of Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Tuesday Congressional testimony of Bureau of Prisons director Kathleen Hawk SawyerSawyer announced the inquiry during a line of questioning from Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.)."With a case this high profile there has got to be either a major malfunction of the system or criminal enterprise at foot to allow this to happen. So are you looking at both, is the FBI looking at both?" Graham asked, to which Sawyer responded that "the FBI is involved and they are looking at criminal enterprise, yes."Sawyer took her position in August after Attorney General William Barr demoted Hugh Hurwitz a week after Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.Epstein, 66, died in what New York City's chief medical examiner ruled was suicide by hanging on August 10, despite being put on suicide watch after attempting suicide a few weeks earlier on July 23. Prison staffers recommended days before his death that Epstein be taken off the watch for unknown reasons.News broke Tuesday morning that the guards assigned to Epstein have been arrested and are accused of falsifying log entries to read that they checked on the late financier every half hour as required, when in fact they had neglected to do so for several hours."I was appalled, and indeed the whole department was, and frankly angry, to learn of the MCC's failure to adequately secure this prisoner," Barr said in August. "We will get to the bottom of what happened. Any co-conspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice and they will get it."
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| Dreaming of traveling to Australia? Qantas offers $100 flights — but you have to book fast Posted: 18 Nov 2019 11:55 AM PST  Qantas has $100 flights to Australia from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth and Chicago, but seats and dates are limited.
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| Russia Has Captured A U.S. Tomahawk Missile In Syria (And Is Planning Countermeasures) Posted: 19 Nov 2019 02:00 PM PST  What does this mean for America?
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| Maria Ressa: "Our dystopian present is your dystopian future" Posted: 20 Nov 2019 02:15 AM PST  Ressa was among a group of journalists recognized by Time magazine as 2018's Person of the Year
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| U.S. to change migration rules in hopes to send asylum seekers elsewhere Posted: 19 Nov 2019 11:45 AM PST  The Trump administration is set to harden the rules this week on those allowed to seek asylum in the United States, as it attempts to stem a wave of migration on its southern border with Mexico.
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| UPDATE 3-China tortured me over Hong Kong, says former British consulate employee Posted: 20 Nov 2019 12:29 AM PST ![UPDATE 3-China tortured me over Hong Kong, says former British consulate employee]( "UPDATE 3-China tortured me over Hong Kong, says former British consulate employee") A former employee of Britain's consulate in Hong Kong said Chinese secret police beat him, deprived him of sleep and shackled him in an attempt to force him to give information about activists leading pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong, which was returned to China by Britain in 1997, has been convulsed by sometimes violent protests and mass demonstrations, the biggest political crisis for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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| Khamenei says enemy 'repelled' in protest-hit Iran Posted: 19 Nov 2019 10:58 PM PST  Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the enemy had been "repelled" in the country where dozens are thought to have died in violent protests sparked by a petrol price hike. State television, which rarely shows any signs of dissent in Iran, has aired footage of masked young men appearing to clash with security forces. London-based rights group Amnesty International said more than 100 demonstrators were believed to have been killed across Iran since security forces were ordered to "crush" the protests.
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| Trump turns 'very routine' physical into attack on media Posted: 19 Nov 2019 11:55 AM PST  President Trump lashed out at the media Tuesday over reporting about his sudden trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center last weekend.
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| Malaysians Do Singapore’s Dirty Work While Foreigners Do Theirs Posted: 19 Nov 2019 09:29 PM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Explore what's moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast.Malaysians are crossing the straits to do Singapore's dirty work for better pay, while relying on foreign labor to do similar work for them.More than half a million Malaysians across all sectors opt to work in the city-state as the pay is about five times the amount offered by neighboring countries, Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran said in a parliamentary reply Tuesday. That's what makes them willing to take on even "3D work" -- dirty, dangerous, difficult -- that Malaysian companies are finding difficult to hire locals to do.The trend has left the country's plantations and manufacturers sourcing workers from abroad, creating what Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng called an "addiction to low-skilled foreign labor." The construction industry alone has only been able to hire one-third of the 1.2 million workers it needs, according to the Master Builders Association Malaysia.Malaysia seeks to tackle the problem by giving monthly wage incentives of as much as 500 ringgit ($120) to workers who get hired locally and up to 250 ringgit for their employers. That's aimed at reducing the number of foreign workers by 130,000 over five years.The builders association isn't optimistic the move will fully resolve the labor issues."The measure won't be too effective in reducing the number of foreign workers, as many foreign workers are employed in jobs which Malaysians are not keen to compete or participate in," Master Builders Association Malaysia said.To contact the reporter on this story: Anisah Shukry in Kuala Lumpur at ashukry2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Yudith Ho at yho35@bloomberg.net, Michael S. ArnoldFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Condemned Tennessee inmate’s supporters seek clemency Posted: 19 Nov 2019 01:47 PM PST  Supporters of Tennessee death row inmate Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman kicked off a clemency campaign on Tuesday amid uncertainty over whether his death sentence will be upheld. Abdur'Rahman (AHB'-dur-RAK'-mahn) was sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of Patrick Daniels, who was stabbed to death. Norma Jean Norman was also stabbed but survived.
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| A dog named Bear is saving koalas from wildfires in Australia Posted: 20 Nov 2019 07:27 AM PST ![A dog named Bear is saving koalas from wildfires in Australia]( "A dog named Bear is saving koalas from wildfires in Australia") Dubbed the "koala detection dog" by International Fund for Animal Welfare, Bear has been searching for koalas that might have survived the flames.
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| India Wants the F-21, but Is It Really Just an Old F-16? Posted: 19 Nov 2019 06:00 PM PST  Worth the cost?
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