Archive du mois : décembre 2017

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Laura Plummer (33): In diesem Höllen-Knast muss die Touristin schmoren

Kairo – Vor Laura Plummer (33) liegen voraussichtlich drei Jahre in der ägyptischen Knast-Hölle! Als die Britin am 2. Weihnachtstag ihr Urteil vernahm, erlitt sie einen Schock, brach vor Gericht zusammen. Ihr Vergehen: Plummer hatte bei der Einreise nach Ägypten am 9. Oktober 290 Pillen des Schmerzmittels Tramadol im Gepäck. Sie waren für ihren ägyptischen…

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Bilawal Bhutto blames Musharraf for Benazir’s loss of life

Islamabad, Pakistan – An impassioned Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of being responsible for his mother Benazir Bhutto’s murder. Speaking at a rally to mark the tenth anniversary of Bhutto’s murder in the southern Pakistani town of Garhi Khuda Bux on Wednesday, Bilawal led a crowd of thousands in a…

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UNICEF: Children suffer at sexy scale in conflicts

Children in conflict zones around the world suffered « at a shocking scale » in 2017 as they became front line targets; used as human shields, killed, maimed and recruited to fight, the United Nation children’s agency said. UNICEF said that rape, forced marriage, abduction and enslavement of children have become standard tactics in conflicts from Iraq, Syria…

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Kabul: Four killed in suicide assault at Afghan Negate

At least four people have been killed and six wounded in a blast in Kabul at the office of the Afghan Voice news agency, the health ministry has said. Local media reported an explosion early on Thursday. 1TV News, quoting an interior ministry spokesman, said a suicide bomber was likely to have been behind the…

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The Saudi art work charade

Last month’s purchase of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, Salvator Mundi, for $450m by an associate of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) rocked the art world. It also called into question an already suspect anti-corruption drive launched by bin Salman in the weeks before the purchase. MBS’ earlier purchases of a $500 million yacht and a…

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Meghan Markle’s sister upset over Prince Harry family comment

Meghan Markle’s sister Samantha Grant has fired back at Prince Harry after he called the royals « the family she never had ». The newly engaged royal opened up about the couple’s first Christmas together as he took over as guest editor of the Radio 4 Today programme. Prince Harry, 33, told the audience of the flagship…

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Grocery store in St Petersburg rocked by colossal explosion

Kondratievsky Prospekt in St Petersburg (Picture: @ 5tv)Several shoppers have been injured after a large explosion in a supermarket. At least ten people were taken to hospital after the blast in the Russian city of St Petersburg this evening. The Investigative Committee, the nation’s top investigative agency, said a device containing 200 grams (7 ounces) of explosives…

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Fifty six,000 layoffs: India’s IT bloodbath this yr would possibly possibly perchance accurate be the initiating

For Indian techies, 2017 was the stuff of nightmares. One of the top employment generators until a few years ago, India’s $160 billion IT industry laid off more than 56,000 employees this year. Some analysts believe this spree was worse than the one during the 2008 financial crisis. Meanwhile, hiring plummeted, with entry-level openings having…