New Delhi enveloped by toxic smog as pollution reaches ‘unbearable levels’
India’s capital New Delhi was enveloped in heavy, toxic smog on Sunday – the worst levels in recent years – with flights diverted or delayed as politicians blamed each other for failing to tackle the crisis. Every winter, the megacity of 20 million people is blanketed by a poisonous smog of car fumes, industrial emissions…
FBI sting nets ‘white supremacist’ in alleged synagogue bomb and arsenic plot
An alleged white supremacist has been arrested in an FBI sting after allegedly plotting to blow up a synagogue or poison those inside with arsenic. Richard Holzer, 27, was accused of domestic terrorism after it was alleged he planned to target Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colorado. He was said to have met undercover FBI agents…
Chinese professor files country’s first lawsuit against use of facial recognition technology in zoo row
A Chinese professor has filed the country’s first lawsuit against the use of facial-recognition technology after a Chinese zoo installed a new surveillance system for its ticket gate. Guo Bing, a law professor at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, has brought a rare lawsuit against the Hangzhou Safari Park, after it installed a facial recognition system in…
China’s Xi Jinping expresses ‘high degree of trust’ in Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam
Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed a "high degree of trust" in Hong Kong’s unpopular leader Carrie Lam as the two met in Shanghai, state media said, days after the Communist Party agreed to change the way it picks or removes the city’s top official. Click Here: mochila fjallraven Xi also called for "effective efforts" to be made…
McDonald’s chief sacked over relationship with staff member will walk away with £40million
The British chief executive of McDonald’s has walked away with up to £40 million in pay and shares after being sacked for making a “mistake” over a relationship with a member of staff. Steve Easterbrook, 52, was fired after a board meeting for breaching company rules over the consensual relationship with an unnamed junior colleague.…
Sister of slain Islamic State leader Baghdadi captured by Turkey in Syria raid
Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence "gold mine." Rasmiya Awad, 65, was detained in a raid near Azaz, the official said, referring to a Turkish-controlled Syrian town near the border.…
Fallujah an unlikely refuge for families fleeing violence in Baghdad
Buildings in Fallujah still bear the scars and bullet holes from 2004, when US forces fought jihadist insurgents through the streets in two of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq War. Conflict returned to the city in 2016 as Iraqi forces, backed by Western airpower, drove out the Islamic State (Isil) fighters who had controlled…
Greek woman in her nineties reunited with Jewish siblings she saved from the Nazis
It was an act of courage that could have cost her everything but 75 years on, a 92-year-old Greek woman has been reunited with Jewish siblings she hid from the Nazis during the Second World War. At an emotional reunion in Jerusalem, Melpomeni Dina also met around 40 of the two siblings’ descendants, who owe…
Paulsmeier Backs Out Of M&S Big
South African investment adviser Paulsmeier Inc has walked away from backing a proposed managment buy-out of Marks & Spencer, insisting it never planned a bid itself. The company, fronted by financier Mark Paulsmeier, issued a statement after the Takeover Panel intervened at M&S’s request. Paulsmeier said it “is not a financier of takeover bid or…
L’Oreal invests in Korea
L’Oreal, the worlds biggest cosmetics company, is expected to invest greatly in Korea. In terms of sales, the company suffered a number of setbacks during the past year, as did other companies. Klaus Fassbender, president of L’Oreal Korea, said: “We will invest more aggressively in our brand portfolio and stay fully committed to Korean consumers…