An orca which washed up in Sechelt was a member of the endangered Southern Resident pod. The orca found dead off the B.C. coast this week was recently spotted looking underfed, according to a group of whale researchers who have been sounding the alarm about the population's food supply for years. Read More
The settlement ends lawsuits against the company by the families of Curren Collas, Camden Ellis , and Ted McGee. But previously confidential documents that Ikea turned over to the attorneys "100 percent" provided leverage for a settlement, he said. Read More
President-elect Donald Trump is calling for a significant increase to America's nuclear weapons arsenal. "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes", he said Thursday in a post on Twitter. Read More
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict though activists on the ground, says 60 buses are waiting to leave eastern Aleppo on Wednesday with some 3,000 evacuees - the final step that surrenders the Syrian opposition stronghold in the war-torn city to the government. Read More
Wednesday , the National Weather Service is calling for generally dry conditions and above-normal temperatures at Lehigh Valley International Airport. Chance of precipitation is 30%. The weather service says temperatures will crack 40 degrees this afternoon, and again Thursday and Friday . Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Read More
Navy has conducted "freedom of navigation" patrols that sail within the 12-nautical mile territorial limits of some of the disputed islands. The U.S. The U.S. will continue to investigate the events surrounding this incident and address any additional findings with the Chinese, as part of our ongoing diplomatic dialogues and the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement Mechanism . Read More
Friedman lacks the experience and temperament necessary to serve as our nation's ambassador to Israel", she said in a statement Friday. A left-leaning social media user said Friedman's ideology "is another national Jewish disaster with an American passport" and blamed Trump for "strengthening Netanyahu". Read More
According to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, his asylum application was not completed. Prosecutors also said they were unsure if they had the right person but suggested he could be one of a group. Holger Muench, the head of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, said he cannot rule out that suspects involved in the truck attack could still be at large. Read More
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Officials stated that the lotion's bottle packaging have clear warnings that the product contains ethyl alcohol and not meant to consume internally, where in fact, it contains levels of deadly methanol. Read More
When you think of 2016, what's the first word that comes to your mind? "Historically, 'surreal'has been one of the words most searched after tragedy, most notably in the days following 9/11". The dictionary and reference experts noted that searches for the word spiked three times this year: after the terror attacks in Brussels in March, after the coup attempt in Turkey and the terrorist attack in Nice in July, and following the U.S. Read More
Last August the Government was ordered by the European Commission to recover up to €13bn in unpaid taxes, plus interest, on the basis that Apple had been given preferential treatment by Ireland through two tax rulings in 1991 and 2007. Read More
The Merengues beat Kashima Antlers in overtime 4-2 , after being surprised by a very resilient side in the course of the first 90 minutes. "But when we have struggled this season we have always believed in ourselves and found a way to win". Read More
Winds were expected to be 15-20 miles per hour both ahead and behind the front, with a few gusts possible up to 35 miles per hour. Sunday and Monday should see the temperature drop down again. "The precip will be light and temps should hold very close to 32". The forecast calls for a high of 56 degrees today with another round of showers expected to dump anywhere from a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain. Read More
According to Goldman Sachs, OPEC members have only met 60 percent of their production cut commitments over the seventeen agreements made since 1982, although when only examining recent deals, that figure reaches 80 percent. The last time OPEC agreed on a collective production quota, members exceeded it for twenty out of 24 months before finally giving up on it in 2015. This hurts OPEC's efforts to raise prices by cutting production. Read More
The Lebanon-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV aired images Friday of public green buses reportedly returning evacuees to east Aleppo after the road was closed. He said he did not feel safe trying to flee Aleppo after hearing about the attack on the convoy. Before these statement, an United Nations official told reporters Friday in Geneva that the evacuation of civilians was suspended without explanation. Read More
In a statement posted on the intelligence agency's website, the public affairs office said it stands by its previous assessments that intelligence officials are "confident" the Russian government ordered the election hacking, which included an entry into the email system of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign officials. Read More
White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday also assailed Trump himself over his refusal to acknowledge the hacking and his attacks on the USA intelligence community.The tough talk from the White House fell flat in Moscow, where Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the accusations baseless and inappropriate."They should either stop talking about that, or produce some proof at last", Peskov told reporters Friday. Read More
Vaid said. The police and witnesses said that a group of four masked men entered the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at Rantipora in Pulwama brandishing their AK 47 rifles at 1.15pm. They looted Rs 11 lakh - Rs 16,000 in demonetised notes and rest in valid currency, police said. On October 25, gunmen looted Rs. 2.25 lakhs from J&K Bank's Kardar branch in southern Kulgam district. Read More
The month-long session saw the two sides spar over the recall of high denomination currency notes. "Be it inside Parliament or outside or in the Speaker's chamber, we kept persuading them", he added. Singh appeared to give a patient hearing to the veteran leader, but was seen hardly reacting. "It will be considered a washout". The Opposition, led by Congress, said demonetisation along with vagaries of weather had hit the farmers and demanded farm loan waiver to give relief to them. Read More
The report , published online in JAMA late Tuesday, details what happened to 442 Zika-infected women who completed their pregnancies between January 15 and September 22. The virus can also be transmitted through sex, from either a male or female partner who has been infected, and a few cases of apparent infection via blood transfusion have been reported. Read More
And he was a national security adviser to Trump during the campaign and has worked for several defense contractors. Crowley is an author and newspaper columnist who frequently appears on Fox News Channel. Gen. Mike Flynn, USA (Ret.), National Security Advisor-designate. On Thursday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced two additions to his National Security Council, which is expected to be helmed by retired Lt. Read More
As West Michigan recovers from the recent snow storm, another one is headed out way. Wind gusts could reach upward of 45 miles per hour with isolated snow showers possible. Significant reductions in visibility are possible due to the snow and blowing snow. Then, a winter weather advisory goes in to affect until 5 a.m. Friday. Read More
The civilian death toll was lower because fans had already left the newly built Vodafone Arena Stadium after the soccer match when the blasts occurred. U.S. National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement, "The United States condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack", which he said "appears to have targeted police forces". Read More
She is believed to be playing a lieutenant commander on the show, which will make this the first time a Star Trek show hasn't focused on a starship captain. While we do not know her fate, we can say that we are extremely excited about her role on Discovery . Along with these stars, it also came to be heard that Doug Jones, the famous Hellboy actor would be a part of the series. Read More
Though the decision of clearing of the relief case is subject to filing of objections within a week's time and no formal orders as such have been issued, the PDP-BJP government has come under attack from its opponents in the mainstream politics and some right-wing Hindu groups including Shiv Sena which have threatened agitation if the family is given any relief. Read More
Actress Sunny Leone along with hubby Daniel Webber was recently in LA to rejoice the occasion of her brother Sundeep's wedding with fiancé Karishma . Gorgeous Sunny Shared the her brother wedding pics on her official social Media Accounts. Sunny slayed it in a racy black gown as she attended the pre-wedding party with her in-laws and husband. Read More
Only two crew members were injured in the crash, defense officials revealed . Marine Capt. Jake Frederick was killed last week when his F/A-18 Hornet crashed in the Pacific Ocean roughly 120 miles southeast of Iwakuni, Japan. The base in a crowded residential area in central Okinawa is to be relocated to another site on the east coast of the island called Henoko, in Nago, where residents oppose the plan, and Wednesday's crash added to their anger. Read More
Michigan's Supreme Court denied Jill Stein's appeal to keep her recount effort alive in the state Friday. But on cross-examination, Halderman admitted saying in previous news reports that he believed the more likely explanation for Trump's victory was that pre-election polls predicting a win for Hillary Clinton were wrong. Read More
He asked why Prime Minister his avoiding to participate in Parliament debates and explain about his demonetisation move. CPM General Secretary today accused that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a liar. The Opposition has stuck guns on its demand for discussion on the issue of demonetization in the Lok Sabha under a rule which entails voting. Since 2001, the rule has been used by several speakers, including Sumitra Mahajan who suspended 25 Congress MPs in August 2015. Read More
Since recognising the People's Republic of China in 1979, the United States has adhered to the One China policy, recognising Beijing as the capital of China and maintaining only unofficial relations with Taiwan. "Short. And why should some other nation be able to say I can't take a call?" Bill Stanton, a career diplomat who served as de facto USA ambassador to Taiwan from 2009 to 2012 and now heads the Center for Asia Policy at Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University, said Trump's comment ... Read More
Mahathir says the 350-kilometer (218-mile) rail project is too costly and that Malaysia "will make no money at all from this operation". The project is out for tender and was scheduled to be complet... Read More
Tropical Storm Warnings remain in place along the Gulf coast. Bay County emergency management officials held a news briefing Sunday, and said that due to tides and when the storm is expected to h... Read More
It still was a lot of great moments this month. "Unbelievable to be the first Australian to win the 500; maybe they will recognize me down there now", smiled Power. "I can't describe it", Power said... Read More
The officer shot and wounded the suspect, who was arrested before anyone else could be injured. "You never think they're going to happen in your hometown", is how Lt. Indiana's Senate Democrats issu... Read More
Pompeo also outlined 12 U.S. tough demands for Iran, including halting its uranium enrichment and closing its heavy water reactor, for any "new deal" with Tehran. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ... Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump has branded his latest attempt to discredit the special counsel's Russian Federation investigation as " spygate ", part of a newly invigorated strategy embraced by his ... Read More
But the USA can not protect Kim from threats inside North Korea. "But we're talking right now". Less than two weeks ago, American negotiators were stood up by North Korean officials at a meeting m... Read More
Embassy said on Wednesday. An investigation to establish the cause and impact has been launched by the US State Department. It added the Chinese Government told the embassy it is also investigat... Read More
Angered over not being allowed to take out a rally, the agitators started hurling stones at the security forces and overturned police vehicles. He said police had been forced to act "since protester... Read More
Responding to criticism from the United Nations human rights chief at a debate that is likely to end by setting up an inquiry into recent violence, she said the Council had returned to its "worst for... Read More
