Pastor in Sierra Leone finds hockey puck-sized diamond, 13th largest ever found
The government of Sierra Leone thinks that one of its citizens is a real gem. Pastor Emmanuel Momoh found a 706-carat diamond but decided to give it to authorities to help development in the West African country. The diamond from Sierra Leone's Kono ...>> view originalSean Spicer's angry, lonely defense of Trump's wiretapping claim, annotated
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on March 16 said President Trump "stands by" allegations he made that President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on him in 2016. Trump has provided no evidence for the claims. (Reuters) Things got very contentious in the White House briefing room Thursday afternoon, as press secretary Sean Spicer was confronted with the bipartisan doubts of congressional leaders about Trump's claims that President Barack Obama wiretapped him. At one point, Spicer spe..>> view originalSirens blare as Japan, fearing North Korea, holds first missile drill
OGA, Japan Sirens blared and loudspeakers broadcast warnings in Japan's first civilian missile evacuation drill on Friday, conducted in a fishing town by officials wary about the threat of North Korean missiles.The exercise comes more than a week after North Korea launched four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan's northwest coast, with one rocket landing about 200 km (124 miles)from the town of Oga.Friday's drill played out a scenario in which North Korea had fired a ballistic missile o..>> view originalSchool shooting, letter bomb at IMF put France on alert
PARIS — A heavily armed student opened fire and wounded four people Thursday at a high school in the southern French city of Grasse, officials said. Six others were slightly injured in the clamor to escape the school building, officials said. The student, whose identity was not released, was subsequently arrested, a spokesman for France’s National Police confirmed to The Washington Post. An Interior Ministry spokesman, speaking on French television, said the suspect is a 17-year-old male stud..>> view originalLetter Bomb Injures Worker at International Monetary Fund Office in Paris
The explosion wounded the secretary, who suffered injuries to the face and eardrums, but two other people who were nearby were not hurt, Mr. Cadot said. The parcel, he said, contained what appeared to be a handmade “pyrotechnical device,” or a “big firecracker” that caused only limited damage. A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office said it was opening an investigation into the attack, specifically into attempted murder in relation to a terrorist undertaking, terrorist conspiracy and de..>> view originalBBC crew makes dramatic escape as Mount Etna volcano erupts
Surrounded by steam and with boiling hot rocks pelting down on them, the group sprinted to a nearby rescue vehicle that took them to safety. Ten people were injured, but none seriously, Italian news agency Ansa reports.The volcano, on the island of Sicily, has been particularly unsettled in recent weeks and the group had made the ascent to take a closer look at the ongoing volcanic activity. Rebecca Morelle, the BBC's global science correspondent, described the group's rapid descent."Running dow..>> view originalSNP say Conservatives are running scared of independence vote
Image copyright PA Image caption SNP delegates are gathering for their spring conference SNP Deputy Leader Angus Robertson will accuse the Conservatives of "running scared" of Scottish opinion.Speaking at the SNP spring conference in Aberdeen later, Mr Robertson is to claim Prime Minister Theresa May "panicked" in turning down calls for a referendum on independence.But Mrs May, who is to speak to the Conservative spring forum in Cardiff later, will sa..>> view originalUS Denies Striking Syrian Mosque After Dozens Reported Killed
U.S. forces struck an al Qaeda meeting in Syria, killing several suspected terrorists, and are investigating reports that civilians were killed or injured in a nearby mosque, military officials told NBC News on Thursday night. The officials made the comments after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a nonpartisan group based in Britain that catalogs military actions in Syria, said at least 42 people were killed in an airstrike on a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jinnah in Idlib ..>> view originalTrump's campaign insults complicate Merkel's visit
WASHINGTON — If President Donald Trump wanted a close working relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he had a funny way of showing it during his presidential campaign. Trump, who will welcome Merkel to the White House on Friday, spent much of 2016 bashing the chancellor, accusing her of “ruining” Germany for allowing an influx of refugees from Syria. “You watch what happens to Angela Merkel, who I always thought of as a very good leader until she did this. I don’t know what went wr..>> view originalMissiles fired from Syria at Israeli jets after airstrikes
By Ian Deitch | AP By Ian Deitch | AP March 17 at 3:40 AM JERUSALEM — Anti-aircraft missiles were launched from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory early on Friday, following a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria, the Israeli military said. The military said its warplanes struck several targets in Syria and were back in Israeli-controlled airspace when several anti-aircraft missiles were launched from Syria toward the Israeli jets. Israeli aerial defense systems intercepted one o..>> view original
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