Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walks free from jail

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P3yLnY

Vietnam receives remains of all British truck victims

The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month have been brought to Vietnam, bringing to a close a tragic saga that has devastated rural communities in the Southeast Asian country.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35XcGOL

Goa: Three-vehicle pile-up stalls traffic at Verna

Two cars were damaged in an accident involving four vehicles at Verna on Friday evening. In the ensuing commotion, a pick-up van, parked on the national highway and was the cause of accident, fled.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DreT8G

BJP: Maharashtra-like union in Goa a pipe dream

Terming the alliance of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP in Maharashtra “obscene”, state BJP president Vinay Tendulkar on Friday said their attempt of stitching together a similar alliance in Goa would prove to be just a pipe dream. ​

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DvVfs8

Goa: Consumers tear up as price of onions touches Rs 120 per kg

There seem to be no respite for consumers from rising onion prices. At Panaji market this Friday, the cooking essential was sold at Rs 100/kg, and quality onions went for as much as Rs 120 to 140.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2LmldD1

Will seek nod from pollution board, Margao body tells HC

Considering the urgency in clearing the legacy dump at Sonsoddo, Margao Municipal Council (MMC) told high court of Bombay at Goa on Friday that it would immediately seek permission for consent from the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to operate/authorisation for remediation of the legacy dump. ​

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/34APl4S

New bypass will pave way for era of development in Canacona: CM

Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday threw open to the public the Canacona to Mashem national highway bypass road and dedicated it to the memory of former chief minister Manohar Parrikar. ​

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y4TFqD

Seymour Siwoff, Master of Sports Statistics, Is Dead at 99

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2q4R8jP

Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori freed from jail

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34CxVEY

London attacker named, was previously convicted of terrorism offenses

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been convicted of terrorism offenses and was released from prison last year.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35SPTDH

Australia moves closer to compulsory child abuse reporting by priests

Australia's top attorneys agreed on Friday to standardize laws across the country forcing priests to report child abuse revealed to them during confessions in a move that could widen a schism between the church and the government.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OztjKv

Jesus manger: Relic to return to Bethlehem in time for Christmas

Christians await the return of the thumb-sized relic, which spent almost 1,400 years in Rome.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37NXxRm

Rediscovering the forgotten Indian artists of British India

The East India Company commissioned some remarkable artwork from Indian painters in the 18th Century.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qXyZEX

How BBC's Katy Watson pumped breast milk through polls and protests

Katy Watson covered a turbulent time in South America while still producing a food supply for baby Isadora.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OXUmhu

How contestant was failed in Spain's Big Brother sex assault case

Carlota Prado had no memory of what had happened until she was shown it in the diary room.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2L6r133

Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views

Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XYX4r0

Priya: India's female comic superhero returns to rescue 'stolen girls'

The fictional female superhero and her pet tiger fight trafficking in the latest Priya Shakti comic.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qIHrHV

11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

By BY LAUREN HARD from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2OwMzIu

Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views

Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2XYX4r0

3 Young People Stabbed on Busy Hague Street, Setting Off Alarm in Dutch City

By BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2OUYS04

The Nets Win One for Their Culture

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/37T891h

Mexico bristles at U.S. cartel plan, insists it's doing its part

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that his government was committed to fighting organized crime, seeking to dispel fears that the United States could take matters in its own hands in the fight against drug cartels.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35NBHf8

Shmoo Cake, Persians and Spudnuts: Touring Canada’s Regional Cuisine

By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/35P2Y0q

Dyson to move global HQ to historic Singapore building

The UK company says the old power station will be an "inspiring backdrop" as it shifts to Asia.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2R7dbBD

Donald Trump visits US troops in Afghanistan for Thanksgiving

The president paid a surprise visit to US soldiers and said the US and the Taliban have been engaged in talks.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/35Ngimj

Fantasy Concoction

By BY DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/37FTKp8

Sudan crisis: Party of ex-leader Omar al-Bashir dissolved

An oppressive public order law that was used to regulate women's behaviour has also been repealed.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2L4fP7n

Top10: Time for new low for India’s economy?

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2tlZbpO

High court pulls up FSSAI officials over formalin

Stating that the issue of formalin in fish is a “very serious matter”, the high court of Bombay at Goa pulled up officials of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for “not taking it seriously”.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R06DV7

NGT seeks compliance report from Goa on turtle sites

Warning of doubling environmental compensation to Rs 2 crore and other punitive actions, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi has directed the state authorities to file a compliance report against illegal structures in Morjim, Mandrem, Galgibaga and Agonda turtle nesting sites.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2pZNjMG

Michael Lobo: One offshore casino to be shifted towards Verem

The state government has passed an order to move one offshore casino vessel from the Panaji side to the Verem side, ports minister Michael Lobo said on Thursday.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/33v5N5s

Cortalim jams wreck travel plans, wedding schedules

From missed flights to delayed weddings, the nightmarish traffic jams along the Agassaim-Verna stretch are putting a spoke in the best-laid plans and making travel nothing short of an ordeal. The ongoing construction for the six-lane Zuari bridge has turned the national highway into a pothole-infested stretch, and all it takes is a minor accident to bring traffic to a standstill for hours on end.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/37QDYbk

Governor Satya Pal Malik likens India’s ‘selfish’ super-rich to bag of rotten potatoes

Satya Pal Malik on Thursday compared the super-rich of India to a bag of rotten potatoes and claimed that they do not spare even a paisa for charity.

from Goa News, Latest Goa News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/35HupcB

Families of Mexico massacre victims suffer backlash over cartel row

Members of a U.S.-Mexican religious community who lost relatives in a gangland massacre this month have come under fire from supporters of Mexico's government for pressing the United States to declare drugs cartels terrorist groups.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2pZY2Xr

Hong Kong gears up for weekend protests after rare lull in violence

Hong Kong braced for a fresh round of protests over the weekend as police said they would withdraw from a university on Friday that has been the site of some of the worst clashes between protesters and security forces in nearly six months of unrest.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2q0RYOx

‘I got HIV my first time’

Aged 17 when she was diagnosed with HIV, one woman tells the BBC about living with the virus.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DwvYOp

7 Killed in Plane Crash in Ontario

By BY MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT World https://ift.tt/35JYjgy

Breast cancer: 'I have one breast, would you like to see it?'

Three women tell us why having a mastectomy never made them feel less of a woman.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OX3ZNv

Inside Malaysia's straight edge punk scene

Khai Aziz, lead singer of Second Combat, says convincing people of his no-drink, no-drugs lifestyle is challenging.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2st3frN

Sudan moves to dissolve ex ruling party, repeals public order law

Sudanese transitional authorities approved a law on Thursday to dissolve the former ruling party and repealed a public order law used to regulate women's behavior under ex-president Omar al-Bashir, the justice minister said.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35GgEuO