Official: 12 Turkish agents to be charged for D.C. melee
Police are set to announce charges against a dozen Turkish security agents who were involved in a violent altercation when Turkey's president visited Washington last month, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
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Turkey's Erdoğan slams US move to issue warrants for bodyguards
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized the U.S. move to issue arrest warrants for 12 of his bodyguards allegedly linked with a brawl outside the Turkish embassy in Washington last month.
hurriyetdailynews.com
Turkey jails UN judge in 'breach of diplomatic immunity'
The United Nations says Turkey's decision to convict one its judges is a breach of both diplomatic immunity and a binding legal order.
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Trump Lashes Out at Top Justice Official, Confirms He's Focus of Probe
President Donald Trump lashed out at the Justice Department official with authority over the special counsel probe of Russian election-meddling and acknowledged that his firing of James Comey as FBI director is a focus of the investigation.
bloomberg.com
Russia Says It May Have Killed Islamic State Leader in Syria
Russia is verifying intelligence that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed near Raqqa, Syria, during a bombing raid by its forces in May, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
bloomberg.com
Installing fire-proof panels at Grenfell Tower would have only cost an extra £5,000
Contractors responsible for the multi-million pound refurbishment on Grenfell Tower could have covered the building with non-flammable cladding by spending an additional £5,000, according to reports.
ibtimes.co.uk
Their life disrupted, South Korean grannies vow to fight THAAD till the end
In Soseong-ri, a small farming village of about 80 residents in southern South Korea, a band of elderly women is at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system next to their neighborhood.
reuters.com
Germany’s 1st ‘liberal mosque’ opens in Berlin, bans niqabs & burkas
Germany's first “liberal mosque” has opened inside a Protestant church in Berlin. Niqabs and burkas will be banned from the place of worship, with its organizer saying they are a “political statement” and “have nothing to do with religion.”
rt.com
Don’t believe anonymous officials, DOJ tells Americans
The Department of Justice has warned the American public not to take at face value anything attributed to anonymous government officials, just before another such report got Washington speculating about an investigation of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
rt.com
Hawaii may become first US state to adopt basic income
An unprecedented bill supporting the idea of universal basic income (UBI) has been introduced in the American state of Hawaii.
rt.com
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
Amazon.com Inc. will acquire Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion, a bombshell of a deal that catapults the e-commerce giant into hundreds of physical stores and fulfills a long-held goal of selling more groceries.
bloomberg.com
US woman sues casino that 'offered dinner instead of $43m jackpot'
A US woman is suing a casino that told her the slot machine displaying a $43m (£34m) jackpot was faulty and offered a steak dinner instead, reports say.
bbc.com
16.4 million American adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows
As the old adage goes, you should never cry over spilt milk. But perhaps you should cry if more than 16 million people of voting age – in the most powerful country on Earth – think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
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