Boeing crash payouts would be partly based on how long passengers knew they were doomed
Settlements to the families of 346 people who died in the two catastrophic Boeing Max plane crashes will be calculated, in part, by how long the victims knew they were doomed. Lawyers handling claims against the US aerospace company said the longer the passengers and crew were aware of their desperate fate, the larger the…
French MPs demand inquiry into Steve Bannon’s links with Marine Le Pen
A former conservative minister and several French MPs are calling for a parliamentary inquiry into links between Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former advisor, and Marine Le Pen’s far-Right party. Frédéric Lefebvre, who served as trade minister in the centre-Right government of President Nicolas Sarkozy, is urging the French parliament to investigate whether the anti-immigration party…
Duchess of Sussex’s ex-husband Trevor Engelson marries heiress in lavish ceremony
The former husband of Meghan Markle remarried this weekend in a lavish Californian ceremony almost a year after his former wife became royalty. As the Duchess of Sussex was enjoying the heady days of new motherhood with Prince Harry by her side, on the other side of the world Trevor Engelson was also beginning a new…
Iranian woman working for British Council jailed for ‘spying for UK’
An Iranian woman working for the British Council has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran on allegations that she spied for the UK government. Aras Amiri, 33, worked for the UK cultural institution in London and was arrested in Iran in March 2018 while on a private holiday to visit family. Iranian…
Sudan’s last elected leader calls on Britain to help build democracy on the Nile
When Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir was arrested by his own generals and thrown into Khartoum’s notorious Kobar prison last month, one man knew exactly how he felt. But Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister, was not especially sympathetic. Click Here: online rugby store malaysia “For me it was very… exhilarating,” Mr Mahdi told The Daily Telegraph. “They’ve…
Sweden may seek extradition of Julian Assange as it reopens investigation into rape allegations
Swedish prosecutors may seek extradition of Julian Assange from the United Kingdom in connection with allegations of sexual assault. The decision means Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, may have to decide whether to extradite him to Sweden or to the United States, where he is wanted on suspicion of hacking into a Pentagon computer. Eva-Marie Persson, Sweden’s deputy…
Pope’s alms-giver criticised by Matteo Salvini after switching on electricity for homeless squatters
Matteo Salvini has criticised the Vatican after Pope Francis’s official alms-giver, a Polish cardinal known for his acts of charity, restored power to a building occupied by hundreds of homeless people in Rome. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski at the weekend climbed down a manhole and turned on a switch that restored electricity to the building, saying…
Eight al-Qaeda linked militants charged with LGBT murders in Bangladesh
Click:Nail polish Bottles Eight members of an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group have been charged with the murder of two pioneering Bangladeshi LGBT advocates. Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tonoy, both 35, were hacked to death with machetes in April 2016 after a mob gained entry into Mannan’s house in Dhaka by pretending to be parcel couriers. Mannan was…
Death toll in Gwadar hotel attack raised to five
The death toll of an attack on a luxury hotel in Pakistan rose to five people on Sunday, as prime minister Imran Khan confirmed the assault was an act of terrorism. Police officials said that in addition to the five victims, the four gunmen who stormed the Pearl Continental hotel in the southwestern coastal town…
Paris is too ugly for now for an Amelie sequel, says French film’s director
The director of Amélie, the hit film which became a planetary ode to Paris, says he wouldn’t make a sequel because the City of Lights has become "ugly now" due to constant "construction sites everywhere”. Click Here: bapehoody Jean-Pierre Jouyet’s 2001 whimsical urban fairytale about a young girl’s quest for love in an idealised depiction…