Latest news : July 2018

Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Polar bear shot dead after attacking cruise ship tour guide as climate change pushes predators closer to human habitats

Norwegian authorities said a polar bear on Saturday attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise company said. The Joint Rescue Coordination for Northern Norway tweeted that the attack occurred when the tourists from the MS Bremen cruise ship landed on the most northern island of the Svalbard archipelago, a region between mainland Norway and the North Pole that is known for its remote terrain, glaciers, reindeer and polar bears. The German Hapag Lloyd Cruises company, which operates the MS Bremen, told The Associated Press that two polar bear guards from their ship went on the island and one of them "was attacked by a polar bear and injured on his head." The polar bear was then shot dead "in an act of self-defense" by the second guard, spokeswoman Negar Etminan said. The injured man was taken by helicopter to the town of Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen island. He was not identified and no further information was given on him. Polar bear guards travel with most cruises in the Arctic Credit: Peter Bischoff "He was flown out, was responsive, and is currently undergoing medical treatment," Etminan said, adding that the victim was not in a life-threatening condition. She said all cruise ships traveling in the northern region are obliged to have polar bear guards aboard. Svalbard - locator map Arctic tourism to the region has risen sharply in the last few years and is now in high season. A Longyearbyen port schedule showed that 18 cruise ships will be docking at the Arctic port in the next week.

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Turkey planning summit with France, Germany, Russia: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is seeking to hold a summit in Istanbul with France, Germany and Russia on September 7 to discuss regional issues including the Syrian conflict, in comments published on Sunday. "We will discuss what we can do in the region together," Erdogan said, quoted by Hurriyet daily.

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Minneapolis Police Release Bodycam Video From the Fatal Blevins Shooting

Footage shows the man shot from behind after a frenetic foot chase

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HHS Official Ximena Barreto Resigns After Scandal Over Anti-Muslim Comments

A Department of Health and Human Services official who shared bigoted memes

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Harley-Davidson unveils new range of electric motorbikes and an electric bicycle

Harley-Davidson unveiled on Monday its first ever electric motorcycles and an electric bicycle, in what is being seen as the most radical shakeup of the struggling company in its 115-year-history. Matt Levatich, CEO of the Milwaukee-based company, said the new products were designed in response to changing times. “We are not running away from our core,” he said. The electric motorcycle range will include several of what Mr Levatich called “lightweight, urban” transportation products that are designed specifically to appeal to “young adults, globally, living in dense urban spaces.” In 2014 the company signalled its interest in electric motorbikes with the LiveWire electric prototype, which will go on sale next summer. Earlier this year the company announced an investment in electric motorcycle company Alta Motors. Harley-Davidson's Kansas City plant will close later this year, with the loss of 800 jobs Credit: Neville Elder for The Telegraph On Monday they presented as many as five more electric models - including lightweight, urban bikes – which will be on sale by 2022. They also unveiled their electric bicycle. Harley-Davidson's LiveWire electric bike The company revealed plans to promote its motorbikes in emerging markets, with a small motorcycle model introduced in India in the next two years; a series of middleweight bikes in 2020 in Europe; and an expansion of ranges and distribution in China. At the same time, the company will attempt to retain market dominance with the classic Harleys - full-size touring and cruiser motorcycles - that are the backbone of its international sales. “We are shifting our mindset from ‘we build bikes’ to ‘we build riders,’” said Mr Levatich, 53, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. Donald Trump invited Harley-Davidson executives to the White House in February 2017, and was infuriated when they moved some production to Europe He also defended his company’s decision, much criticised by President Donald Trump, to meet increased European Union tariffs by expanding production operations overseas. “Our preference is to make motorcycles in the US for the world market,” he said. “But at the same time, we have to protect our business and preserve our market strength and serve our customers.” The company says that its new models are a survival strategy. According to its 2018 second-quarter report, released last week, Harley domestic sales fell 6.4 per cent from the same period in 2017. “This whole plan to create new riders is a bold, ambitious and bordering-on-audacious goal,” said Mr Levatich. “But there is no other option.”

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'Erratic' winds, dry conditions fuel deadly California fires

Around 12,000 firefighters battled Sunday to contain wildfires in California that have killed six people -- but authorities warned "erratic" winds and dry conditions have caused the flames to grow and spread. "Very hot and dry conditions will continue over the West coast states through Sunday," the National Weather Service said early Sunday.

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Anger as MH370 report offers no new clues to aviation's greatest mystery

Investigators said Monday they still do not know why Malaysia's Flight MH370 vanished four years ago in aviation's greatest mystery, sparking anger and disappointment among relatives of those on board. In a long-awaited report the official investigation team pointed to failings by air traffic controllers, said the course of the Malaysia Airlines plane was changed manually, and refused to rule out that someone other than the pilots had diverted the jet. "The team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370," concluded the largely technical 400-page report, noting that investigators were hindered in their probe as neither the plane's wreckage nor its black boxes had been found.

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Dixons Carphone says data breach affected 10 million

The retailer says details of 10 million customers were affected by last year's data breach.

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From books to behemoth

Amazon's profits dazzled this week - how Jeff Bezos brought it from bookstore to behemoth in 20 years.

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Terrifying first-person footage shows just how devastating the wildfires in Greece are

First-person footage of flames engulfing a neighborhood shows just how devastating the wildfires in Greece are. A man trying to save his friend's cat caught the wildfire on video as it burned through the trees surrounding his home. Within the video's short span of time, just three-and-a-half minutes, the fire approaches and starts to consume the house. SEE ALSO: Devastating photos show the impact of deadly wildfires in Athens According to an English-language version of a local paper, the Cyprus Times, the person who recorded the video is safe. The severe wildfires near Athens has claimed 91 lives over the past week, the Associated Press says. A number of victims drowned in the sea while trying to flee the fire. According to the Centre for the Research on Epidemiology of Disasters in Brussels, this is the deadliest wildfire Europe has seen since 1900. The fire started on July 23 in Mati, a small village just outside of Athens, and spread without warning. Since then, it's ravaged the coast and prompted Greece to ask for aid from the European Union. During a Sunday memorial service at the local church in Mati, the Holy Synod — a ruling body of bishops in the Greek Orthodox Church — said in a letter that "everyone bears responsibility for protecting the environment from haphazard development." The unprecedented heat waves scorching Europe have been boosted by climate change. According to NOAA, Greece is experiencing one of its hottest years on record. Thanks to a lack of steady rainfall, heavy winds, and extremely dry forests, Greece's "tinderbox conditions" make wildfires almost inevitable. Rising temperatures are an international issue — although we're just over halfway through 2018, global warming is already apparent. WATCH: Veterinarians are using fish skin to help heal bear paw burns from wildfires

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A Democratic Wave In The Midterms Is Looking More And More Likely

Can we really expect a blue-wave election in November, with Democrats taking

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How inhaling wildfire smoke can wreak havoc on your health

Fueled by the tremendous threat of wildfires raging in parts of the United States each year is the growing concern for adverse health effects resulting from smoke exposure.

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Anger as MH370 families say official report offers no new information

A long-awaited official report into the disappearance of Flight MH370 gave no new clues about why the plane vanished, relatives of those on board the aircraft said Monday, expressing anger and disappointment. Family members had been hoping that the official investigation team's report could provide them with some closure, over four years after the Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people went missing. Some angry relatives walked out of the briefing.

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Vietnam minibus crash kills groom and 12 wedding guests

Thirteen people were killed and four injured when a minibus carrying guests on the way to a wedding in central Vietnam collided head-on with a large container truck on Monday, the government said in a statement. The bus was carrying the groom and his family members from Quang Tri province to the bride's home in Binh Dinh province during the early hours of the couple's wedding day. Traffic accidents are common in Vietnam, where traffic laws on busy and badly maintained roads are loosely enforced.

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Fox News Host Confronts Rudy Giuliani Over Michael Cohen 'Liar' Flip-Flop

Rudy Giuliani can't get his story straight on Michael Cohen -- and Fox News

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Iran's rial hits record-low 100,000 to the dollar

Iran's currency hit a record low on Sunday of 100,000 rials to the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions. The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.

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Thomas Markle Attacks Meghan Markle, Royal Family In Brutal Interview

Despite assurances he would stop giving interviews about his daughter Meghan,

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The Latest: Minneapolis cops: Feared for lives in shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the release of body-camera video in the June fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police (all times local):

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Orphaned Fawn Saved From Raging California Wildfire Thanks Officer With a Kiss

The rapidly spreading Carr fire has killed at least 5 outside Redding.

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Uber halts development of self-driving trucks

The ride-hailing firm says it will now focus solely on the development of self-driving cars.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She Will Serve 'At Least Another 5 Years' on the Supreme Court

The justice also called herself a "flaming feminist"

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Julie Chen Addresses Husband Les Moonves' Sexual Misconduct Claims on The Talk

Six women have accused the CBS head of sexual harassment

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After Indonesian earthquake terror, hundreds trek down from volcano

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nearly 700 trekkers headed down Mount Rinjani on Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok on Monday, a day after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 terrified the climbers as boulders tumbled down the slopes of the volcano. Officials said the death toll from Sunday's earthquake, which was centered on the northern part of Lombok, but was also felt on the resort island of Bali to the west, stood at 16. "I thought I was going to die," said John Robyn Buenavista, a 23-year-old American, who was at the summit when the quake hit.

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Woman Killed Alongside Her Great-Grandchildren in California Wildfire

The death toll from the growing blaze has reached 5, authorities said Saturday.

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After prison release, Palestinian teen considers law study

NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who became an international symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation after slapping two soldiers, walked out of an Israeli prison Sunday and told throngs of journalists and well-wishers that she now wants to study law to defend her people.

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Mugabe hopes his former party will lose Zimbabwe election

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted by the military in November, made a surprise intervention Sunday on the eve of key elections, calling for voters to throw his old party out of office. In his first live appearance since being forced to resign by his generals, Mugabe, 94, spoke slowly but appeared in good health sitting in a pagoda in the grounds of "Blue Roof", his sprawling mansion in Harare. In the country's first election since Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power, Zimbabwe goes to the polls on Monday amid mounting allegations of voter fraud and predictions of a disputed result.

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California wildfire: Firefighters gain ground on devastating inferno as victims' families reel from loss

Firefighters in northern California have finally begun gaining ground on the massive wildfire that has claimed at least six lives after doubling over the weekend – fuelled by hot, dry conditions and swift winds that pushed the flames. The family of a 70-year-old woman and two children killed by the massive fires, for instance, described the final moments of their loved ones, with the woman trying in vain to save her two great-grandchildren using a wet blanket at their house outside of Redding. The victims were identified by relatives as James Roberts, five, his sister Emily, four, and their great grandmother, Melody Bledsoe, 70.

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How inhaling wildfire smoke can wreak havoc on your health

Fueled by the tremendous threat of wildfires raging in parts of the United States each year is the growing concern for adverse health effects resulting from smoke exposure.

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Former FEMA Executive Investigated For Sexual Misconduct

A former personnel chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is being

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MH370 investigators say they can't rule out 'unlawful interference' as final report leaves relatives disappointed

Investigators released a report on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Monday, saying the Boeing 777's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course but they were not able to determine who was responsible. The 495-page report draws no conclusion about what happened aboard the plane that vanished with 239 people on board en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, leaving one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries unsolved. "The answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found," Kok Soo Chon, head of the MH370 safety investigation team, told reporters. On May 29, Malaysia called off a three-month search by US firm Ocean Infinity, which spanned 112,000 sq km (43,243 sq miles) in the southern Indian Ocean and ended with no significant findings. It was the second major search after Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless A$200 million (£112.06 million) search across an area of 120,000 sq km (46,332 sq miles) last year. Sarah Nor, the mother of Norliakmar Hamid, a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, cries as she arrives for the final investigation report Credit: MOHD RASFAN/ AFP Malaysian and international investigators have been looking into why the jet veered thousands of miles off course from its scheduled route before eventually plunging into the Indian Ocean. The last communication from the plane was from the Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah who signed off with “Good night, Malaysian three seven zero”, as the plane left the Malaysian airspace and later turned off course. A 440-page final report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) last year showed that Zaharie had flown a route on his home flight simulator six weeks earlier that was "initially similar" to the one actually taken by MH370. The Malaysian police previously concluded there were no unusual activity on the home simulator. Kok said the investigators examined the history of the pilot and the first officer, and they were satisfied with their background and training and mental health. "We are not of the opinion it could have been an event committed by the pilots," he said, but added they were not ruling out any possibility since the in-air turn back was done manually and the systems in the plane were also manually turned off. "We cannot exclude that there was an unlawful interference by a third party," Kok said. He added all the passengers of the 15 countries had their backgrounds checked by their respective countries and all came back with a clean bill of health. Conspiracy theories The inability to locate MH370's crash site has fuelled conspiracy theories and online debates over the last four years. Theories range from mechanical error or a remote-controlled crash, to more bizarre explanations like alien abduction and a Russian plot. Kok said they looked into each theory and rumour raised on social media. "We had over 60 allegations...we removed them one-by-one and saw what remained behind," Kok said. Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing plane in 2014 Credit: Rob Griffith/AP The report said there was no sign the plane was evading radar detection or that it was taken over by remote control. No irregularities were found in the on-board cargo, which included items like lithium batteries and about 2,500 kgs of mangosteen. Mistakes made In all, 27 pieces of aircraft debris have been collected from various places around the world but only three wing fragments that washed up along the Indian Ocean coast have been confirmed to be from MH370. Malaysia's newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said Malaysia would consider resuming the search only if new clues come to light. Investigators highlighted some mistakes made by the Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control centres and made safety recommendations to ensure such incidents do not occur again. Transport Minister Antony Loke said in a statement that the Malaysia would investigate any misconduct committed based on the findings. Families of passengers on board the flight said on Monday that the report failed to give closure Credit: Joshua Paul/AP The next-of-kin of the passengers were briefed on the final report by investigators earlier on Monday. "We hope that these mistakes will not be repeated and that measures are put in place to prevent them in the future," said Grace Nathan, a lawyer whose mother, Anne Daisy, was on the plane. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Beijing had paid close attention to the MH370 investigation. "We hope that all sides can continue to remain in close contact and coordination, to properly carry out relevant follow-up work," he told a daily news briefing, without elaborating. The majority of passengers on board were Chinese.

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Trump says he’ll meet with Iran leaders with ‘no preconditions’

President Donald Trump has said that he would meet with the leaders of Iran without preconditions “whenever they want”. “I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” Mr Trump said during an event at the White House. Mr Trump, who has previously taken tough stances towards Iran and pulled the US out of the seven-party 2015 deal established to try and limit its nuclear weapons ambitions, continued: “No preconditions.

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'Not Just A Paper Pusher': Former White House Staff Secretaries Weigh In On Kavanaugh Fight

WASHINGTON ― Republicans say the Senate does not need to see documents related

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Thomas Markle Attacks Meghan Markle, Royal Family In Brutal Interview

Despite assurances he would stop giving interviews about his daughter Meghan,

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Missing Iowa Jogger Mollie Tibbetts Was Doing Homework Late on the Night She Disappeared

It is unclear whether she returned home after her run.

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Mugabe to hold press conference on eve of Zimbabwe election: spokesman

Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, 94, is to give a surprise press conference Sunday on the eve of the country's first election since he was ousted from office last year, a spokesman said. "He is giving a press conference at Blue Roof (his private residence in Harare)," the spokesman, who requested not to be named, told AFP. Zimbabwe goes to the polls Monday in its first election since Mugabe was forced to resign last November after 37 years in power, with allegations mounting of voter fraud and predictions of a disputed result.

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Family of Branson Duck Boat Victims Seeks $100 Million for Deadly Sinking

The suit alleges "decades of unacceptable, greed-driven, and willful ignorance"

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Rudy Giuliani Stuns Fox News Hosts With Rambling Account Of Trump Tower Meetings

Rudy Giuliani baffled Fox News hosts Monday when he attempted to clarify

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U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says he sees at least 3 percent growth for next 4-5 years

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that he believes the quickening pace of growth in the nation's economy in the second quarter will persist for the next few years. "I don't think this is a one- or two-year phenomenon. I think we definitely are in a period of four or five years of sustained 3 percent growth at least," Mnuchin said in an interview with 'Fox News Sunday.' The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter - at a 4. ...

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Faith-Based Agencies Report Uptick in Interest Directly Linked to Family Separation Crisis

Bethany Christian Services has worked to place unaccompanied immigrant children with foster families for years. But since the news emerged in June about the government separating children from their parents at the border, inquiries into its foster care program have skyrocketed.

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Homeless Man Wearing a Suit and Tie Passes Out Resumes at Intersection, Then This Happens

When a California homeless man stood at a busy intersection holding a sign, he didn't ask for money. Instead, he handed out his resume. He never expected what he got in response.

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Kids Return Wallet Filled with $700, Praised for Doing the 'Right Thing'

This is the story of three children who have proved the doubters wrong about the younger generation.

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'Salvation Is the Most Important Thing': Fallen Milwaukee Police Officer Continues to Reach People After His Death

A Milwaukee police officer shot and killed in the line of duty last week is being remembered as a great man of faith.

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Did iTunes 'Shadow Ban' the 'Walk in the Word' Podcast over a Trump Prayer Request?

Pastor James MacDonald of Harvest Church recently encouraged his audience on Facebook to support and pray for President Trump, in response, the ministry says iTunes mysteriously dropped MacDonald's podcast, Walk in the Word, from the Top 200 Chart.

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'God Has Forgiven Me': He Killed Their Kids and Grandkids, But These Families Forgave Him Through Christ

What if several members of your family were killed by the negligence of another driver? Would your faith in God allow you to forgive the driver and even ask the judge to consider the utmost leniency?

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'It Is Well...with My Soul': How Wynter Pitts' Family Showed a Powerful Christian Response to Death

The family and friends of Wynter Evans Pitts celebrated her life and legacy over the weekend after her sudden, unexpected death last week. Her family has been transparent about the real pain they're feeling after losing Wynter, but they've also offered an amazing testimony to the power of faith in Christ, even in the face of death.

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