Day: December 23, 2018

French police defend pulling out gun against protesters

PARIS — French authorities on Sunday defended aggressive police actions to contain violence at yellow vest protests after a policeman was seen briefly brandishing a gun at a surging crowd in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron called for “the most severe” legal repercussions against violent protesters. After a […]

Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town

BEIRUT — Turkey is massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force, a war monitor and Turkish media said Sunday. The buildup comes even though Turkey said it would delay a promised offensive in eastern Syria in the wake of U.S. […]

UK police free 2 drone suspects in Gatwick travel chaos

LONDON — British police on Sunday freed two people who been arrested in connection with the drone incursions at London’s Gatwick Airport, saying they were no longer suspects. The move left the public with no answers about who had disrupted the holiday travel plans of tens of thousands […]

China’s Huawei faces new setbacks in Europe’s telecom market

LONDON — The U.S. dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company’s biggest foreign market, where some countries are also starting to shun its network systems over data security concerns. Some European governments and telecom companies are following the […]

Tsunami set off by volcanic eruption kills 222 in Indonesia

CARITA BEACH, Indonesia — An eruption of one of the world’s most infamous volcanic islands is believed to have triggered a tsunami that killed at least 222 people in Indonesia during a busy holiday weekend. The waves smashed onto beaches at night without warning, ripping houses and hotels […]

Soccer: Real Madrid ease past Al Ain for fourth Club World Cup title

ABU DHABI – Real Madrid lifted the FIFA Club World Cup for a record fourth time on Saturday after thrashing local side Al Ain 4-1 in the final in Abu Dhabi with the help of impressive distance strikes in either half from midfielders Luka Modric and Marcos Llorente. […]

Tsunami kills at least 222 in Indonesia after Krakatau eruption

PANDEGLANG, Indonesia – A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide believed to have been caused by the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, officials said on Sunday. Hundreds of homes and other buildings were “heavily […]

CWC Jammu reunites missing girl child with her family in UP

open view web desk open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 23: In an another effort to reunite the missing children with their families, Children Welfare Committee (CWC) Jammu has successfully sent a differently-abled girl to his parents in Uttar Pradesh after tracing their details. The differently-abled girl named […]

SLSA organizes orientation program for lawyers, paralegal volunteers

open view web desk open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 23: J&K State Legal Services Authority on Sunday organised a day long orientation programme for retainer lawyers, panel lawyers and para legal volunteers in collaboration with J&K State Judicial Academy and District Legal Services Authority Jammu. The Programme […]

Bodies of 7 labourers killed in Uttarakhand airlifted to Uri

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 23: The bodies of the 7 Kashmiri labourers killed in a landslide in Uttarakhand were, on the instructions of Governor Satya Pal Malik, this morning flown by a special chopper to their native place Uri in district Baramulla. The Government has also […]

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