Malaysia: 2 More Pieces 'Almost Certainly' From Missing Plane MH370
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's government said Thursday that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were "almost certainly" from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five. The aircraft mysteriously disappeared more than two years ago with 239 people on board, and so far an extensive underwater search of vast area of the Indian Ocean off Australia's west coast has turned ..>> view originalTurkey 'losing hope' for EU visa-free deal
Image copyright AFP Image caption Volkan Bozkir (left) was speaking after meeting senior members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg The Turkish minister for European Union affairs has told the BBC he is losing hope of getting a deal on visa-free travel for Turks within Europe.Volkan Bozkir said changing anti-terror laws in Turkey would be impossible.The EU insists that Turkey needs to narrow its definition of terrorism - as well as meet four oth..>> view originalThe Latest: House committee chairs endorse Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Daylight Time): 9:15 p.m. Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is announcing new endorsements from several House committee chairs ahead of his trip Thursday to Washington. In a press release posted on his Facebook page Wednesday evening, Trump announced the backing of House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price of Georgia, Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions of Texas, Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Con..>> view originalFinally, Italy joins the same-sex club
Story highlightsLower house of the Parliament voted 369-193 to pass same-sex unionsItalian PM Mateo Renzi: "In Italy it cannot be possible to continue to postpone everything"The country's parliament approved same-sex unions Wednesday in a confidence vote 369-193 for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, ensuring that the civil unions bill will become law. Until the vote, Italy was the last major Western country not to legally recognize same-sex relationships. Previous attempts to legalize gay unions had ..>> view originalUPDATE 1-Australian PM Turnbull named in Panama Papers, denies wrongdoing
SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.Turnbull and former New South Wales Premier Neville Wran joined the board of Australian-listed Star Mining NL in 1993. The company hoped to develop a A$20 billion ($14.67 billion)Siberian gold mine called Sukhoi Log, according to the Australian Financial Review, which f..>> view originalKenya Is Planning to Close the 'World's Largest Refugee Camp'
Kenya will close Dadaab refugee camp and is drawing up a timetable to send hundreds of thousands of refugees home or to other countries, the Kenyan Ministry of Interior announced Wednesday in a plan decried by aid agencies and the U.N. “As a country we have been glad to help our neighbors and all those in need sometimes at the expense of our security,” the ministry said in a statement. “But there comes a time when we must think primarily about the security of our people. Ladies and Gentlemen,..>> view original
Thursday, May 12, 2016
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