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Kuwait arrests extremists in cell funded by Islamic State
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said Thursday it cracked down on an extremist cell that was aiding the Islamic State group with support that included brokering arms deals, arresting six people from various nationalities who were operating inside the country.The official Kuwait News Agency said police arrested a Lebanese...
Famous Harvard professor calls some student protesters ‘oppressive intolerants representing the worst of the pack’
Famed Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz is a staunch defender of civil liberties. He has served on a number of high-profile court cases, including working on Nelson Mandela’s international legal defense team. Though he has worked on behalf of one of history’s greatest supporters of civil rights, Dershowitz opposes...
Fuel shortages reported in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Severe fuel shortages have hit the rebel-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.Several residents of the rebel stronghold Donetsk told The Associated Press on Thursday that only a few gas stations remained open in what was once a city of half a million people. Prices for gasoline have skyrocketed by a third and drivers are...
Canadian newcomer Trudeau a fresh face among APEC leaders
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — He’s younger than the next youngest leader by six years and nearly a full generation behind the 60-year-old average age of his Pacific Rim peers.Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 43, installed on a liberal agenda at odds with the authoritarian policies of some other Asia-Pacific leaders, is...
Olympic athlete calls for all sports to be investigated
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The easy part was shutting down Russia’s anti-doping agency until further notice.The hard part for the World Anti-Doping Agency was, well, everything else.WADA’s top policymaking board handed down a declaration of noncompliance to Russia’s anti-doping agency Wednesday, in a much-expected rebuke for...
WADA suspends Russian anti-doping agency
Colorado Springs (AFP) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Wednesday suspended Russia’s national anti-doping body (RUSADA) with immediate effect after ruling it non-compliant with the global body’s strict code.WADA official Rene Bouchard said a Compliance Review Committee was “unanimous in its view that RUSADA should be...
Yale University is standing behind 2 administrators who support free speech, even in the form of offensive Halloween costumes
Yale President Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway sent an email to students affirming their support of two administrators mired in a controversy over free speech and racism on campus, The Yale Daily News (YDN) reported. The email, sent to students in Silliman College on Tuesday, indicated that Salovey and Holloway “fully...
This prominent Ukrainian millionaire told us Britain has to raise taxes to 70% and stop funding the NHS if it wants to phase out coal power
Alexander Temerko – one of the biggest supporters of Britain’s Conservative government and one of the biggest names in the UK oil and gas industry – just slammed Whitehall’s latest move in the energy sector as “unprofessional, immature, and a PR illusion.” In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, Ukrainian-born...
Narrowing rift, US and Russia entertain cooperation in Syria
MOSCOW (AP) — In a striking shift, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are embarking on a tentative path toward closer ties and possible military cooperation, as the bitter rift over Ukraine gives way to common cause against the Islamic State group.After weeks of accusing Moscow of trying to prop up Syrian President Bashar...
‘Two jihadists’ killed, two arrests in north Paris shootout
Saint-Denis (France) (AFP) – Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout Wednesday in north Paris with police hunting the mastermind of last week’s attacks on the French capital, sources said.As troops patrolled the streets, heavily-armed police swapped gunfire with people holed up in an...
