Source: — 24th June 2018 at 13:16 (about 4 hours ago)
DOON, Iowa (AP) ? An estimated 230,000 gallons (870,619 liters) of crude oil spilled into floodwaters in the northwestern corner of Iowa following a train derailment, a railroad official said Saturday. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 13:16 (about 4 hours ago)
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been given honorary citizenship in Russia's Chechnya republic by Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman ruler who has been accused of human rights violations including the widespread torture of gay men. Kadyrov handed Mr Salah a decree declaring him a citizen and pinned a medal on his chest at a dinner in honour of the Egypt team, who are training in Chechnya during the World Cup. ?Mohamed Salah thanked us for our surprisingly warm and good hospitality, great affection for the team and excellent conditions for their stay and training,? Kadyrov, who was banned last year from his beloved Instagram, wrote on Russian social network VK. ?I'm sure our Akhmat club and the Egypt team will at some point hold a friendly match in Grozny.? Human rights defenders have condemned the approval of Chechnya as a World Cup training base due to its crackdowns on LGBT people and activists. Alexander Agapov, president of the Russian LGBT Sport Federation, said he had questions for FIFA, the Egyptian football association, the Liverpool team and Mr Saleh about the dubious honour bestowed on him. Mo Salaha receiving honour at gala dinner ?It is unacceptable for a footballer who should talk about equality and acceptance of all people in football to receive an award from a man who rejects any equality and acceptance of LGBTi people, who is accused of persecuting gay people and human rights defenders,? Mr Agapov said. At least five died after Chechen authorities rounded up and tortured hundreds of gay men in a witch hunt last year. One victim said he was kept for 12 days in a cell ?doused in blood? and repeatedly beaten with a club until he could no longer stand. Kadyrov told the BBC this month that these allegations were ?made-up? and Chechnya does not have a single gay person. Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah He has exploited the arrival of the international football star to boost his own standing, even dragging Mr Salah out of bed to show him off to thousands of adoring fans at the local stadium. Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch said Kadyrov was ?using the World Cup to gloss over the staggering repressions in Chechnya?. Ramzan Kadyrov The Chechnya director for Russia's oldest human rights group Memorial, Oyub Titiyev, was arrested in January and faces 10 years in jail for drugs, which he said were planted in his car by police. ?If Titiev is not released, it?ll be a dark stain on FIFA. It?ll mean that FIFA hasn?t fully used its leverage with Russian authorities to do the right thing,? Ms Lokshina said. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
And all their castmates were there to support them #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ? The Trump administration is calling for the expanded use of family detention for immigrant parents and children who are stopped along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move decried by advocates as a cruel and ineffective attempt to deter families from coming to the United States. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
President Donald Trump?s announcement on Monday of a sixth branch of the armed services ? the ?space force? ? was a surprise proposal issued after months of frustration at Pentagon scepticism, it has been claimed. Mr Trump on Monday announced: ?I?m hereby directing the department of defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.? He added: ?That?s a big statement.? He seized on the idea a few days later, whipping a crowd in Minnesota into a frenzy of chanting: ?Space force! Space force!? Yet, according to the Wall Street Journal, the week before his announcement senior commanders from the air force gathered for a strategy session in Dayton, Ohio, but had no idea of the planned announcement. Donald Trump, signing a space policy directive at the White House in December Credit: Reuters The Pentagon has not created a new service since the air force was begun in 1947. Mr Trump first raised the idea in March, and then again in May. Last year a bill to include provisions in a defence spending bill were removed, amid opposition from senators and the armed forces. James Mattis, the defense secretary, wrote in a 2017 letter to the senate armed services committee: ?I oppose the creation of a new military service and additional organisational layers at a time when we are focused on reducing overhead and integrating joint warfighting functions.? But following Mr Trump?s announcement on Monday, he took a more conciliatory line. ?It?s going to require legislation and a lot of detailed planning and we?ve not yet begun,? he told reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday. ?I mean, we?ve clearly got to start the process.? The Pentagon?s stance also shifted, with a senior military official saying in response: "The Joint Staff will work closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, other DoD stakeholders and the Congress to implement the president?s guidance.? #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
Two masked gunmen ambushed the rapper. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
We come along while Mercedes tests its first long-range electric vehicle. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
The United States has warned rebels in southern Syria that they should not expect military intervention if government troops launch an assault against them, a rebel commander told AFP Sunday. Russian-backed government forces are preparing an offensive to retake Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Sweida, still mostly held by rebels who had been backed by the US for years. The US warning, contained in an Arabic-language message seen by AFP, came as Syrian troops this week stepped up air strikes on the southern provinces. #
Source: — 24th June 2018 at 11:46 (about 6 hours ago)
Millions of dollars have been raised by an outpouring of Americans who seek to help families they may never know. #