| At State of the Union, Trump declines to shake hands with Pelosi Posted: 04 Feb 2020 06:35 PM PST  President Trump declined to shake hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Tuesday night's State of the Union Address, which came less than two months before Democrats in the same House chamber voted to impeach him.
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| Come to Rio, get robbed: Brazil tourism body shares awkward Instagram post Posted: 05 Feb 2020 12:52 PM PST ![Come to Rio, get robbed: Brazil tourism body shares awkward Instagram post]( "Come to Rio, get robbed: Brazil tourism body shares awkward Instagram post") When marketing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's national tourism agency typically focuses on the city's world-class beaches, samba-filled music scene and caipirinha-fueled parties. Violent crime is rarely listed among the attractions. "I just spent 3 days in Rio with my family, and in those 3 days my family and I were robbed and my 9-year-old sister witnessed a violent robbery," Instagram user "withlai" wrote in an Instagram Stories post.
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| An anti-Putin blogger was murdered in a French hotel, and the killing has the hallmarks of the Russian hit squad causing chaos in Europe Posted: 06 Feb 2020 05:28 AM PST  Imran Aliev, a 44-year-old Chechen blogger who opposed both Vladimir Putin and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, was murdered in Lille last week.
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| Florida trooper fatally shot while assisting motorist on I-95 Posted: 05 Feb 2020 04:58 PM PST  Law enforcement officials did not identify nor give any information about the person who shot Trooper Joseph Bullock.
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| Coronavirus toll continues to rise rapidly in China Posted: 06 Feb 2020 05:27 AM PST  The death toll from China's coronavirus outbreak surged again on Thursday, rising by 73 to a total of 563 people, Reuters reports. It was the third straight record one-day increase. There have been two deaths outside mainland China, one in the Philippines and the other in Hong Kong. Another 10 cases were confirmed on a quarantined cruise ship in the Japanese port of Yokohama, bringing the total cases on board to 20.Experts are intensifying a push to develop a vaccine for the flu-like virus. Drugmakers warned they still had a long way to go before finding an effective treatment, although a report of a possible "breakthrough" lifted financial markets that have been struggling against fears of an economic backlash from the outbreak.More stories from theweek.com Fox News' Brian Kilmeade is really mad that Romney would 'bring religion' into his impeachment decision Trump opens National Prayer Breakfast by waving around a stack of 'acquitted' newspaper headlines How history will view Trump's impeachment
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| Gabbard Campaign to Protest CNN Townhall over New Hampshire Snub Posted: 06 Feb 2020 09:12 AM PST  Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) is scheduling a protest outside the New Hampshire venue where CNN is hosting town halls ahead of the state's primary next week, after Gabbard was excluded from the two-night lineup — despite out-polling townhall guests Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer, and Deval Patrick in New Hampshire."This attempt to silence Tulsi is bigger than one person — it's our right as voters to hear from ALL the candidates, and to have our voices represented. No institution should be allowed to get away with censoring democracy: That's why we're standing up to CNN on Wednesday, February 5th, demanding that our voices be heard," the Gabbard campaign told Fox News.Gabbard told the network last week that she had reached out about being excluded, but had not received a response."We have reached out, I think, more than once, and we received no explanation. I don't even think we've gotten a response to date about why they're excluding the first female combat veteran ever to run for president, the only woman of color in the race," she said.Gabbard currently sits sixth in New Hampshire polling at 4.7 percent, while Yang polls at 3.7 percent, and Tom Steyer at 3.1 percent, according to a RealClearPolitics polling average.Patrick, who does not even register in the average, hit 0.4 percent in the most recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University New Hampshire poll.Gabbard has voiced public criticism over CNN's treatment of her campaign, and slammed the news network during the October debate after a CNN analyst called her a Russian asset."The New York Times and CNN have also smeared veterans like myself for calling to an end to this regime-change war," Gabbard told the crowd in Ohio. " . . . This morning a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia. Completely despicable."
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| Kenya Sees U.S.-Africa Trade Pace-Setter Role; Warns on Security Posted: 05 Feb 2020 08:19 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on TwitterKenya, set to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the U.S., sees itself as a pace-setter for bilateral deals with the world's biggest economy in sub-Saharan Africa while remaining committed to integration on the continent, President Uhuru Kenyatta said."We are definitely not breaking away -- Kenya has no intention whatsoever," Kenyatta said when asked about the nation's bilateral move with the U.S. at an event in Washington Wednesday. "We recognize the importance of regional integration and trade. If Kenya is ready, and others may not be as ready, let us be the pace-setters, let us be the path, and others can learn from our mistakes."Kenyatta, who is due to meet President Donald Trump Thursday, said he is "greatly looking forward to making an early, ambitious start to arrangements for the foreseen end to the AGOA program in 2025." He was referring to the African Growth Opportunity Act which provides 39 sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the U.S. for about 6,500 products ranging from textiles to manufactured items. "A free-trade agreement will be a game-changer."U.S. ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter confirmed last week that the two nations are set to start trade talks. The Trump administration wants the accord to be a model for future pacts with other nations in the region, according to a person familiar with the plans.The African Union favors a free-trade agreement to replace AGOA when it expires, AU Trade and Industry Commissioner Albert Muchanga said in August. All bar one of the continent's 54 nations have signed up to join the African Continental Free Trade Area, an AU-led initiative designed to establish the world's largest free-trade zone by area, encompassing a combined economy of $2.5 trillion and a market of 1.2 billion people.Asking the U.S. to see Africa as more than a continent that produces security threats and is a source of "unwanted migration," Kenyatta said America should invest in the region to create decent jobs for millions of young people, which will help with stability, security, and generating returns for American capital.Kenya maintains soldiers in an African Union force that's helping prop up Somalia's government. The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab, affiliated to al-Qaeda, has staged more than 150 attacks in Kenya since the country intervened in Somalia. Its members have also carried out bombings in Uganda and Djibouti, which have also contributed personnel to the African mission. Al-Shabeeb is Arabic for "the youth."A failure to create opportunities for young people creates "an unsustainable situation and if this reality does not change quickly we will produce in Africa many security crises that will leave no corner of this globe untouched."Kenyatta also called on the U.S. to help stem ideological extremism, and to help deal with illicit financial flows and criminals who are uniting to "seriously challenge to continuity of states in parts of Africa and the world," he said.To contact the reporter on this story: Glen Carey in Washington at gcarey8@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Margaret Collins at mcollins45@bloomberg.net, ;Bill Faries at wfaries@bloomberg.net, Ana Monteiro, David MalinghaFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Fraudster Madoff is dying, wants out of prison: lawyer Posted: 05 Feb 2020 05:11 PM PST  Bernie Madoff, jailed in the United States for perpetrating the world's largest fraud, is terminally ill and wants to leave prison to die, his attorney said Wednesday. Madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2009 of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that saw investors bilked out of an estimated $65 billion. "The Bureau of Prisons concluded in September 2019 that Madoff has less than 18 months to live because of the terminal nature of his kidney failure," Sample wrote.
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| A second cruise ship has been quarantined over coronavirus scare Posted: 05 Feb 2020 10:51 AM PST  The Diamond Princess, quarantined in a Hong Kong port, was carrying three passengers who tested positive for the virus.
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| 'I don't want to listen to lies about the Second Amendment': Father of Parkland shooting victim detained for State of the Union protest speaks out Posted: 05 Feb 2020 08:15 AM PST  The father of a student killed in the Parkland shooting is speaking out after being removed from the State of the Union address last night for shouting at President Donald Trump over "lies about the Second Amendment."Fred Guttenberg's 14-year-old daughter Jamie was killed in February 2018 during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Since her death, Mr Guttenberg has been an outspoken advocate for gun safety.
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| Texas to execute man convicted of killing five family members in 2002 Posted: 06 Feb 2020 04:12 AM PST  Abel Ochoa, 47, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. CST (0000 GMT), 17 years after a jury found him guilty of capital murder. Ochoa would be the third inmate in the United States and the second in Texas to be executed in 2020. Texas, which executed nine inmates in 2019, has executed more prisoners than any other state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
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| A photo shows that some coronavirus patients in Wuhan are being treated in their cars because there are 'too many sick people' in hospitals Posted: 05 Feb 2020 09:18 AM PST  Wuhan has built two emergency hospitals in an effort to combat the seemingly never-ending influx of coronavirus patients.
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| 96% of Iowa precincts are reported, but there's still no caucus winner; Buttigieg, Sanders neck and neck — updates Posted: 05 Feb 2020 10:30 PM PST  After problems emerged with the Iowa caucus results, frustrated Democratic presidential candidates headed to New Hampshire.
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| Will More Black Cops Reduce Violence? 200 Residents of Baltimore and Ferguson Have Answers Posted: 05 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST  High-profile cases of officer brutality against black citizens in recent years have caused Americans to question the racial makeup of their police departments.
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| Russia voices concern over new US nuclear weapon Posted: 05 Feb 2020 07:31 AM PST  A senior Russian diplomat raised concern Wednesday about the United States deploying a new submarine-launched nuclear weapon, saying the move signaled Washington's belief that it could wage a limited nuclear conflict. The Pentagon's top policy official told The Associated Press this week that a a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power had been fitted onto a Trident II intercontinental ballistic missiles carried by nuclear submarines. John Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy, said the deployment of the so-called low-yield warheads lowers the risk of nuclear war by helping dissuade Russia from initiating a limited nuclear conflict.
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| Chinese Authorities Lock Citizens Inside Homes in Attempt to Stop Coronavirus Spread Posted: 06 Feb 2020 06:13 AM PST  Authorities in the Chinese province of Zhejiang have adopted draconian measures in an attempt to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, including padlocking families inside their homes, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday.Other measures include the closing of all public venues deemed "unessential" and the banning of weddings and funerals.In four cities in the province, with a combined population of 30 million, citizens have been issued "passports" to leave their homes. Government officials stationed at residential buildings stamp the "passport" each time a resident leaves, and one person per family is allowed to leave their home every two days.Allen Li, 26, and his parents were padlocked in their home in the city of Hangzhou after Li arrived from a different city. Hangzhou has 151 confirmed cases of coronavirus."We argued with them, but they said it's a decision from above," Li told the Post. "We understand we should not go out. But this is not humane. What if there's a fire at our home at midnight, and we can't get anyone to unlock it?"Zhejiang has 954 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in total, the most outside the epidemic's epicenter in Hubei province. Hubei has 19,665 confirmed cases, and is home to the city of Wuhan where the virus originated.As of Thursday morning, there were 28,396 confirmed cases in the world, the vast majority of them in mainland China. The virus has resulted in 566 deaths, while 1,341 people have recovered.Chinese citizens have criticized their government on social media after it was found that Wuhan authorities punished a doctor for warning friends about the outbreak of the as-yet unknown virus. That doctor, Li Wenliang, is now himself infected and unable to speak due to severe coughing and breathing problems caused by the illness.The Trump administration has taken a series of measures to prevent the spread of the virus in the U.S., including mandatory quarantines for suspected carriers and a ban on all foreign citizens recently in China from entering the country.
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| Xi says China has achieved 'positive' virus control results Posted: 06 Feb 2020 06:01 AM PST  China has achieved "positive" results in its prevention and control efforts in fighting the new coronavirus, President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia's King Salman by telephone, China's official Xinhua news agency reported. The two discussed "efforts to combat and control the novel coronavirus epidemic", the report said. China has declared a "people's war" on the virus and the whole nation is working as one to combat it, Xi said.
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| A plane had to turn around and fly 1,000 miles back home because a man on board claimed to have caught the Wuhan coronavirus Posted: 05 Feb 2020 09:10 AM PST  James Potok, 28, announced mid-flight on Monday that he had contracted the deadly virus. A medical team determined he had made it up.
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| Giuliani: If the U.S. doesn't investigate Joe Biden, it would be 'one of the great corrupt events in American history' Posted: 04 Feb 2020 06:14 PM PST  Rudy Giuliani expects President Trump to be acquitted by the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday, and thinks he should celebrate by investigating a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden."I would have no problem with him doing it," Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, told NPR. "In fact, I'd have a problem with him not doing it. I think he would be saying that Joe Biden can get away with selling out the United States, making us a fool in the Ukraine." Giuliani continues to believe in a debunked conspiracy theory that Biden wanted a Ukrainian prosecutor ousted because he planned on investigating the gas company Burisma; Biden's son Hunter was once on its board."I believe that it would be one of the great corrupt events in American history if this case is not investigated at the highest levels of two governments," Giuliani said, referring to the United States and Ukraine.Trump's impeachment was triggered by his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Alexander Zelensky, during which he asked Zelensky to launch an investigation into Biden. The House impeachment managers say Trump froze military aid to Ukraine as a way of pressuring Zelensky into announcing investigations. Several Republican senators have said Trump acted inappropriately, including Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who told NBC's Chuck Todd what Trump did was "wrong" and "improper, crossing the line."Giuliani pushed back, saying they "don't understand the facts. Lamar is wrong, and Lamar is a good friend of mine, and he's a fine man except he doesn't know all the facts."More stories from theweek.com Trump just won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Should financial markets be freaked out by coronavirus? America is doing so much better than you think
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| What is causing the mysterious giant 'ice rings' in Siberia? Posted: 05 Feb 2020 11:05 AM PST  Strange ice rings in Siberia's Lake Baikal have puzzled scientists for decades, but now the mystery apparently has been solved.
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| Hundreds of Salvadorans deported by US were killed or abused, report reveals Posted: 04 Feb 2020 11:30 PM PST  Human Rights Watch says 138 Salvadorans were murdered from 2013 to 2019 and 70 others were abused or sexually assaulted * Fleeing a hell the US helped createAt least 200 Salvadoran migrants and asylum seekers have been killed, raped or tortured after being deported back to El Salvador by the United States government which is turning a blind eye to widely known dangers, a new investigation reveals.Human Rights Watch has documented 138 deported Salvadorans murdered by gang members, police, soldiers, death squads and ex-partners between 2013 and 2019. The majority were killed within two years of deportation by the same perpetrators they had tried to escape by seeking safety in the US.The report, Deported to Danger: United States deportation policies expose Salvadorans to death and abuse, also identifies more than 70 others who were subjected to beatings, sexual assault and extortion – usually at the hand of gangs – or who went missing after being returned.El Salvador, the most densely populated country in Central America with just over 6 million citizens, has one of the world's highest rates of homicide and sexual violence. In addition, almost 11,000 people were registered missing during the last decade - more than the number of people who disappeared during the 1979-1992 civil war.Authorities are largely ineffective in protecting the population from this violence, which is often perpetrated by street gangs which have 60,000 or so members across the country.Extrajudicial executions, sexual assaults, enforced disappearances and torture have also been perpetrated by state security forces with almost total impunity.Amid widespread terror and impunity, the number of Salvadorans fleeing has soared, with asylum applicants in the US increasing by almost 1,000% in five years to 60,000 in 2017, according to UN figures.The dire security situation is well documented, but despite this, the US continues to deport Salvadorans to face abuse and even death, according to HRW.For instance, 17-year-old Javier escaped gang recruitment in 2010 and sought asylum in the US where his mother Jennifer had already fled. His asylum application was rejected, and Javier was deported in early 2017, aged 23. Four months later he was killed by members of the Mara Salvatrucha-13 gang."The United States has to have known this was happening because the cases were publicly reported and more importantly because Salvadorans make it clear in asylum applications that this is their reality. But this reality is ignored or not believed by US authorities," said Elizabeth Kennedy, co-author of the report.International law prohibits the US from returning anyone to a country where they face serious risks to their lives or safety.About three-quarters of the 1.2 million Salvadorans living in the US without citizenship lack papers or hold a temporary legal status making them vulnerable to deportation. Between 2014 and 2018, the US deported 111,000 Salvadorans, and granted asylum to just 18.2% of applicants – the lowest rate in the region.Deportations – and violence against deportees – is not a new phenomenon. But the approval of asylum claims plummeted since the Trump administration rolled out a series of hostile policies including Remain in Mexico – officially known as Migration Protection Protocols – and imposed tight restrictions on gender-based and gang-related grounds for asylum."The attack on asylum is unique in the Trump administration, which has put even more Salvadorans – and others – at risk of deportation, and made it much less likely that they are able to even present their case to get effective protection," said Kennedy.HRW researchers tracked and verified hundreds of press reports, and conducted 150 interviews with deportees, surviving family members, government and security officials, and US immigration attorneys.The actual number of killings and attacks is probably significantly higher than reported as most crimes in El Salvador go unreported, state violence are covered up, and it's too dangerous for journalists to enter some neighbourhoods.Alison Parker, managing director of HRW's US programme and co-author of the report, said: "Salvadorans are facing murder, rape and other violence after deportation in shockingly high numbers, while the US government narrows Salvadorans' access to asylum and turns a blind eye to the deadly results of its callous policies."
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| Pope defrocks founder of another Latin America-based order Posted: 05 Feb 2020 09:04 AM PST ![Pope defrocks founder of another Latin America-based order]( "Pope defrocks founder of another Latin America-based order") Another founder of a Catholic religious movement has been defrocked for sexual misconduct and abusing his power, the latest in a string of purportedly orthodox, charismatic priests who turned out to be predators. Pope Francis defrocked the Argentine priest, Roberto Juan Yannuzzi, after a four-year investigation determined he had sex with adults under his authority, absolved them of the sin during confession and otherwise abused his power. The pope's decision was made public this week in a statement by the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, where Yannuzzi in 1994 founded the Miles Christi community.
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| Trillions at Stake: The Next Battle In Asia Is Over North Korea's Rare Earth Resources Posted: 06 Feb 2020 01:30 AM PST  Trillions in minerals.
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| Nobel laureate Yunus facing over 100 Bangladesh lawsuits Posted: 06 Feb 2020 05:00 AM PST  Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is facing more than 100 lawsuits from disgruntled employees at the telecoms unit of his poverty-busting microfinance Grameen Bank, lawyers said Thursday. The cases filed against him and other senior managers in a Dhaka court relate to claims from Grameen Telecom (GT) employees for a share of profits, their lawyer Jafrul Hasan Sharif said. Yunus has faced mounting legal problems in recent years.
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| The controversial YouTuber who faked his girlfriend's death has been arrested on a charge of assault with a weapon Posted: 04 Feb 2020 03:10 PM PST  Jason Ethier, also known as ImJayStation, is expected to appear in court next month. He recently gained attention for faking his girlfriend's death.
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| Taiwan says China feeding WHO wrong information about virus cases on island Posted: 05 Feb 2020 09:47 PM PST ![Taiwan says China feeding WHO wrong information about virus cases on island]( "Taiwan says China feeding WHO wrong information about virus cases on island") China is providing the World Health Organization (WHO) with wrong information about the number of coronavirus cases in Taiwan, the island's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, after the WHO published incorrect case numbers earlier this week. Taiwan is not a WHO member because of China's objections. Beijing says the island is a wayward Chinese province and not a country and is adequately represented in the organisation by China.
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| A new US hostage was reportedly taken by a Taliban group in Afghanistan Posted: 05 Feb 2020 06:48 PM PST  "The welfare and safety of US citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the Department of State," a State Department official told Insider.
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| 'Grey death': Louisiana police say powerful opiod can kill on contact Posted: 05 Feb 2020 01:54 PM PST  Police in Louisiana have issued a warning over 'grey death' - a powerful drug combination that can reportedly cause severe illness and even death through skin contact alone.David Spencer, a spokesperson for St Mary Parish Sheriff's Office near New Orleans, said: "The public recognises a lot of the drugs that we deal with. This is a new one."
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| Outrage after Limbaugh given Medal of Freedom Posted: 06 Feb 2020 04:50 AM PST  President Trump has been roundly condemned by critics for giving the controversial conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh one of the highest civilian awards in the country in the middle of his State of the Union address.
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| After impeachment: Storm of investigations, lawsuits awaits President Trump amid reelection bid Posted: 05 Feb 2020 01:42 PM PST  Trump is embroiled in legal battles that could have far-reaching consequences for the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches.
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| She Reported Her Cop Husband for Domestic Violence. Now She's Dead. Posted: 04 Feb 2020 02:50 PM PST  A Georgia woman who recently reported her husband, a local police officer, for domestic violence was found dead in her home Monday, authorities said. Her husband told authorities it was a suicide—but police are still investigating.Deputies found Amanda Perrault, 44, dead in her Eatonton, Georgia, home on Monday afternoon, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills told The Daily Beast. Sills said the woman's husband, Eatonton County Police officer Michael Perrault, was there at the time of her death but did not call 911. Instead, the officer called the Eatonton police chief to say his wife had taken her own life. The chief called Sills to investigate. "We responded to the scene immediately, and we found his wife dead of a single gunshot wound in their bedroom," Sills said. "He told us they had been arguing and that she produced a handgun and killed herself."The sheriff's office executed a search warrant at the residence Monday evening and were still processing that crime scene Tuesday night. They also called in investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to help examine what Sills called a "suspicious" crime scene.The results of an autopsy are pending, but Sills said that the only visible trauma to Perrault's body was a single gunshot wound to the head."He says it's a suicide, but we're looking at it with the utmost scrutiny," the sheriff said. Perrault's husband, who has been on administrative leave from the Eatonton Police Department since the domestic violence charges were filed, could not be reached for comment. He has not been arrested in connection with his wife's death.Less than a week ago, Perrault told police her husband hit her in the face and pushed her out of their front door. Sills said that the couple's 8-year-old daughter had witnessed them fighting and saw her father shove Perrault. Deputies on the scene saw red marks on her chest consistent with shoving. Her husband was arrested last Tuesday and charged with simple battery and cruelty to children in the third degree, according to Putnam County Jail records. He denied the allegations and was released on a $1,500 bond. Perrault's parents say he then returned to the family home. "She said he had nowhere else to go," Perrault's mother, Sharron Brookshire, told The Daily Beast.Her father said Perrault spoke to her adult daughter around noon on Monday—around the time she posted a wedding photo on her Facebook page—and told her she would check in later that night.Her husband never called to tell them about her death, he added. Instead, they learned about it through her son from a previous marriage, who received the news from authorities. The family said Perrault and her husband had been together approximately eight years. She often complained to them about her husband striking her, choking her, and kicking her out of their house, they said. Her mother added that she once recalled him dragging her across the pavement.In September, Perrault told a close friend that her husband had taken out a life insurance policy on her without telling her. In messages reviewed by The Daily Beast, she told the friend, Carrie Tegeder, that her husband was "super jealous" and "records everything.""Have a nice place but living in a prison," she wrote in a Sept. 10 Facebook message. "Going to delete these msgs… He may still see them… But keep them for me pls." "I'm good for now, I promise," she added when her friend expressed concern. "Held my own for 8 yrs with him."Tegeder says Perrault later sent photos of what she said were injuries caused by her husband. "She said, 'Please swear you're going to keep these for me,'" Tegeder said. "'In case anything ever happens to me, you can share them with my mother.'"Perrault's mother said she had been keeping close tabs on her since the domestic violence report, asking her to check in frequently by text message. The last message she received from Perrault was about a photo of her two sisters taken that weekend. She said they looked "angelic.""We're just trying our very best to piece everything together for her," Tegeder said. "Because we're the only voice she has." Read more at The Daily Beast.Get 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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| Report: Emirates pilots unaware engines idle in 2016 crash Posted: 06 Feb 2020 02:32 AM PST  The pilots of an Emirates flight that crashed in 2016 and caught fire in Dubai did not realize the engines of their Boeing 777 remained idle as they tried to take off from a failed landing attempt, according to an investigative report released on Thursday. Without power from the engines to lift the plane, Flight EK521 coming from Thiruvananthapuram, India, was doomed to crash on the runway at Dubai International Airport on Aug. 3, 2016.
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| Wuhan Doctor Who Was Punished for Warning of Coronavirus Outbreak Has Been Infected Posted: 04 Feb 2020 11:51 AM PST  A doctor from Wuhan, China, who was punished by authorities for warning medical school classmates of the outbreak of the then-unknown coronavirus, is himself now infected with the virus.Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist, told CNN from his intensive-care hospital bed that he had contracted the virus after coming into contact with an infected patient at Wuhan Central Hospital on January 10. Li developed a fever and coughing, and could only communicate with CNN via text message due to severe breathing problems.On December 30, Li texted his classmates that the Wuhan hospital had seen several cases of a SARS-like illness in patients that had visited a seafood market in the city. While he told his friends to warn family privately, screenshots of his texts went viral in China hours later.While Wuhan authorities announced the outbreak on December 31, Li was reprimanded by police on January 3 for "spreading rumors online" and "severely disrupting social order.""My family would worry sick about me, if I lose my freedom for a few days," Li said. "There was nothing I could do. [Everything] has to adhere to the official line."There are now 20,438 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in mainland China, with close to 200 confirmed cases in other nations. China has reported 425 deaths from the virus, while one death was reported in the Philippines.China has accused the U.S. of "spreading fear" in the wake of the outbreak, which has surpassed the 2003 SARS outbreak in scope. The Trump administration on Friday announced a series of measures to prevent foreign citizens who have recently visited China from entering the U.S.
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| Violence and other forms of abuse against teachers: 5 questions answered Posted: 06 Feb 2020 05:45 AM PST  Concerns about violence and other forms of abuse in schools typically emphasize the safety of students. But teachers and other school staff also suffer acts of violence and abuse. A group of scholars on a task force organized by the American Psychological Association studying violence against teachers shine light on the extent and nature of this problem. 1\. How common are violence and other forms of abuse against teachers?In 2010, soon after we began to look at this issue, we administered a nationwide survey to assess the extent of violence perpetrated against the 3.6 million teachers in U.S. public schools. The roughly 3,000 teachers from 48 states who participated were comparable to the population of teachers in the United States. About 80% said they had personally experienced some form of violence or abuse within the current or past year.But, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2014, only 9% of U.S. teachers recounted being threatened with injury, and 5% said they were physically attacked in the current or prior year. We believe that the actual numbers could be much higher, as our research indicates, because teachers may fear that reporting these incidents could jeopardize their jobs. The forms of violence and abuse teachers described varied greatly in our survey. For example, nearly 75% said they had been harassed at least once during the previous year, more than half experienced damage to their cars or other property and almost half experienced some type of physical attack. One teacher told us that "my keys have been stolen, my tires slashed, and my car was keyed," while another described having "been hit, spit at, bitten, kicked, pushed, had things thrown at me, had someone try to stab me in my eye with a pencil." Another said "I was threatened by a student at a school after I reported to the security officer that he was beating up another student. The officer did nothing and when the student saw me again he called me a rat and threatened me." 2\. Who attacks teachers?Although students committed most of these violent acts, parents and even other school employees were responsible for some of these incidents. Among the teachers in our sample who had been victimized at least once, 37% said the parents of students were responsible and 21% relayed incidents by their own colleagues. Most of those incidents involved some type of harassment rather than physical attacks. 3\. Where does this happen?We asked the teachers who told us about being victimized to think about all of the times they experienced either violence or abuse at school and to describe the most upsetting incident. We found that high school teachers were more likely to say they were threatened than elementary school teachers. Indeed, threats expressed verbally are more frequent for teachers of older students compared with younger students. However, elementary school teachers were more likely to be subjected to physical abuse or even be assaulted than teachers who work at middle and high schools. 4\. How do teachers respond?Although you might expect that teachers would tell school administrators about all these incidents, 1 out of 5 of the teachers who told us about an incident said they never did that. What's more, while the vast majority of teachers (87%) discussed the incident with another teacher, only 12% of the teachers spoke to a counselor or a mental health professional about the incident.There are many reasons why teachers might not want to talk about these incidents. Some may feel embarrassed or worry about losing their jobs. Others may fear that they won't be taken seriously. In one case, a teacher told us about seeing a student walking around in an unauthorized area. The school expelled the student, who had already been suspended several times for other serious infractions. At the end of the day, the student tracked down the teacher outside of a classroom and threatened the teacher, saying "I know where you live and I know your people. You better watch out." The teacher then reported this incident to school administrators, but she was simply "laughed off by the administration."The administrators told the teacher that they felt the problem had been appropriately addressed, since they had expelled the student, and she would no longer be attending the school. 5\. What's next for your research?Our task force is now studying how the way schools are managed and their overall cultures might actually be creating the conditions that lead to teacher assaults. We are also examining the relationship between safety issues in general and violence against educators. For example, we are looking into the cumulative effects of school shootings and lockdown drills and the impact of arming teachers. Although many teachers never personally experience violence, these incidents can be life-changing for those who do.Rena Subotnik, director of the American Psychological Association's Center for Psychology in the Schools and Education, contributed to this article.[ Like what you've read? Want more? Sign up for The Conversation's daily newsletter. ]This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts.Read more: * Even when they aren't fired for being pregnant or gay, teachers face strict moral demands * Teachers' activism will survive the Janus Supreme Court rulingEric M. Anderman receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institutes of Health, and the American Psychological Association.Dorothy Espelage, Linda A. Reddy, Ron Avi Astor, and Susan McMahon do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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| Slovakia expels Vietnamese diplomat over abduction case Posted: 06 Feb 2020 02:28 AM PST ![Slovakia expels Vietnamese diplomat over abduction case]( "Slovakia expels Vietnamese diplomat over abduction case") Slovakia said it had expelled a Vietnamese diplomat over a case involving the abduction of a Vietnamese businessman in 2017 from a Berlin street. In a final ruling on the case, a German court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal of the last suspect in the kidnapping of businessman Trinh Xuan Thanh, who had been seeking asylum in Germany at the time of his disappearance. Trinh was taken - via Slovakia - back to Vietnam, where he was tried and jailed for life in 2018 for violating state regulations and embezzlement.
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| An Iowa woman tried to retract her support for Pete Buttigieg after learning he's gay Posted: 04 Feb 2020 11:10 AM PST  Pete Buttigieg came out as gay in 2015. A viral video from an Iowa caucus shows how one woman reacted when she just learned about it.
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| Lindsey Graham joins conservatives spinning conspiracy theories about Iowa's Democratic caucuses Posted: 04 Feb 2020 10:57 AM PST  Some conservatives are apparently rooting against democracy this time around.Iowa's Democratic party still hasn't released the results of Monday's presidential caucuses, and it's leading to more than just mockery from the other side of the aisle. Several conservatives, including some Republican elected officials, are openly suggesting — without proof — that the whole debacle is just Democratic National Committee "rigging" in action.President Trump himself largely stayed out of conspiracy territory, but members of his family didn't have a problem with peddling disinformation. Eric Trump tweeted Monday night that the Democrats were surely "rigging this thing," while Donald Trump Jr. repeated that unfounded claim. Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale also suggested that the Iowa Democrats' "quality control" excuse for the delay was synonymous with "rigging."But it wasn't just a bunch of unelected figures planting doubt about American democracy. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a longtime lawmaker who definitely shouldn't be doing this kind of thing, suggested all of this had to do with Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) apparent success in Iowa.> What are the odds that:> > ➡️ most anticipated poll of the year (@DMRegister) is cancelled. > > ➡️ voting system completely crashes.> > ....and it has nothing to do with a Bernie blowout and a Biden crash?> > — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) February 4, 2020To be clear, there's no evidence that the Iowa caucuses have been "rigged" in any way whatsoever.More stories from theweek.com Trump just won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Should financial markets be freaked out by coronavirus? America is doing so much better than you think
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| Russia Just Handed China Some Fearsome New Missiles (Think S-400s) Posted: 06 Feb 2020 03:15 AM PST  During wartime, Chinese S-400s, in theory, could shoot down Taiwanese fighters while they're taking off. That danger has compelled Taiwan to develop missiles that can strike the S-400 batteries.
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| CNN’s Van Jones worries Trump’s address will win over black voters Posted: 05 Feb 2020 12:24 PM PST  CNN analyst Van Jones warned fellow Democrats on Tuesday that Trump's criminal justice reform policies and prioritization of funding for historically black colleges could win over black voters.
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| Schiff: Bolton refused to submit sworn affidavit on Ukraine dealings Posted: 05 Feb 2020 06:00 PM PST  In an interview with MSNBC, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said former National Security Adviser John Bolton refused to submit a sworn affidavit on President Trump's conduct with Ukraine.
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| Man arrested on capital murder charge in fatal shooting of two women in Texas campus dormitory Posted: 04 Feb 2020 06:37 PM PST  A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a double murder that police say appeared to target his ex-girlfriend in a campus dormitory.
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| Joe Biden moves town-hall audience to tears as he opens up about how he dealt with his stutter Posted: 05 Feb 2020 10:17 PM PST  The former vice president and 2020 hopeful emphasized the importance of empathy and asked people to "to reach out a little more for people."
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| Malaysia's PM-in-waiting seeks end to palm tension with India Posted: 06 Feb 2020 01:34 AM PST  Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dialed back his criticism of India after it sparked a boycott of Malaysian palm oil, his chosen successor Anwar Ibrahim told Reuters on Thursday, urging New Delhi to note the change in tone. India, the world's biggest buyer of edible oils, last month imposed curbs on refined palm oil imports and informally asked traders to stop buying from Malaysia, the world's biggest producer and exporter of the commodity after Indonesia. Sources said the move was in retaliation for Mahathir speaking out against a new citizenship law which critics say discriminates against Muslims.
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| Prince Andrew: Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers and Harry Dunn’s family demand royal is exchanged for Anne Sacoolas Posted: 05 Feb 2020 06:18 AM PST  Alleged victims of the billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the family of Harry Dunn have joined forces to call for Anne Sacoolas to reuturn to the UK and the Duke of York to face questioning from the FBI in the US.Radd Seiger, spokesman for the teenager's family, contacted Lisa Bloom, the lawyer representing six of Epstein's alleged victims, saying there was a "common thread" in both cases.
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| AG Barr Requires FBI to Obtain His Approval Before Investigating 2020 Candidates Posted: 06 Feb 2020 05:26 AM PST  Attorney General William Barr has issued a memo requiring the FBI to obtain approval from Barr himself before conducting any investigation into any 2020 presidential election candidate."In certain cases, the existence of a federal criminal or counterintelligence investigation, if it becomes known to the public, may have unintended effects on our elections," Barr wrote in the memo, which was obtained by the New York Times. The attorney general went on to emphasize that "we also must be sensitive to safeguarding the department's reputation for fairness, neutrality and nonpartisanship."The memo establishes certain requirements for the FBI and other agencies under the purview of the Justice Department to meet before opening a "politically sensitive" criminal or counterintelligence investigation against candidates or donors. Barr must personally give approval for investigations into presidential and vice presidential candidates, as well as their respective senior staffs.The move follows Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on the FBI's obtainment of a FISA warrant against former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page as part of the agency's investigation into suspected collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents. The report detailed various errors and material omissions in the FBI's initial application for a FISA warrant and subsequent renewals."We identified multiple instances in which factual assertions relied upon in the first FISA application were inaccurate, incomplete, or unsupported by appropriate documentation, based upon information the FBI had in its possession at the time the application was filed," the report read.The FBI in 2016 carried out investigations pertaining to both presidential candidates. While the Trump campaign was investigated for possible connections to Russia, a claim that the Mueller Report subsequently found to be based on insufficient evidence, the bureau in October 2016 also reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for classified messages.
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| Virus impact: Automakers look at restarting China operations Posted: 05 Feb 2020 12:30 AM PST  Automakers are considering whether to resume operations in China amid efforts to contain a virus outbreak, but the impact is spreading for many other companies. Retailers are closing shops and big tech companies are canceling presentations at trade shows. NISSAN MOTOR CO.: The Japanese automaker says it is considering reopening some factories in China on Monday but operations in the province at the center of the virus outbreak won't resume until at least Feb. 14.
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