Tuesday, July 7

Featured

Canary Wharf incident: second man dies after falling from height
8Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

Canary Wharf incident: second man dies after falling from height

    A man has died after falling from a height inside a Canary Wharf shopping centre in the second tragedy in just two days. Emergency crews were called to the scene in east London this morning after the middle-aged man was heard plunging to the ground. Shocked workers described hearing a ping then a "distinct thud" before a body was seen lying on the floor near escalators. Paramedics raced to the scene, but the man, believed to be in his 50s, sadly could not be saved, Scotland Yard confirmed. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: We were called at 8.39am today to Canada Square, E14 to reports of an incident. We sent an incident response officer, two single responders in cars and an ambulance crew to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. Sadl...
Read More
PM defeat could shut government
8Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

PM defeat could shut government

    Tory MP Nicky Morgan and Labour's Yvette Cooper have tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill which would limit the government's spending powers in the event of the UK leaving the European Union without a deal. It has the support of Tories Sir Oliver Letwin, Nick Boles and Sarah Wollaston as well as Hilary Benn, the Labour chairman of the Brexit select committee. A separate measure put down by Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable would also prevent ministers from collecting key taxes unless parliament has approved its approach to Brexit. Sky's chief political correspondent, Jon Craig, said the amendments could starve the government of cash and create a Donald Trump-style shutdown in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Ms Cooper said: The risks to our economy and security...
Read More
Women in Saudi Arabia will now be notified of divorce by text
7Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

Women in Saudi Arabia will now be notified of divorce by text

    Women in Saudi Arabia will be informed by text message that their marriages have ended under a new regulation aimed at ending the practice of secret divorce, whereby men in the kingdom could unilaterally decide to separate without informing their wives. The new measure was approved by the country’s justice ministry on Sunday, Agence France-Presse reports citing local media. Women… will be notified of any changes to their marital status via text message, the justice ministry said in a statement run on the Saudi state-operated Al-Ekhbariya news channel. The report added that women could access documents related to the termination of their marriage contracts on the ministry’s website. Under previous statutes, Saudi men could trigger a divorce unilaterally without tell...
Read More
Why young Muslim men are cleaning up America’s national parks
7Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Why young Muslim men are cleaning up America’s national parks

    A group of young Muslim men fanned out across the Mall shortly after sunrise Sunday to pick up litter and empty trash cans. Following President Trump’s warning Friday that a partial government shutdown could last for months or even years, the men arrived with trash bags and gloves to do what the federal government is no longer doing collecting trash. Their peers were doing the same over the weekend in national parks in Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Ohio. It’s just what we do, Sarmad Bhatti, 23, said as he emptied trash cans along Independence Avenue. If there’s an opportunity to serve, that is what Muslims do. The men are part of the youth group of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a branch of Islam that preaches about the importance of tolerance and has face...
Read More
Migrants found after empty boat sparks search
7Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Migrants found after empty boat sparks search

    Up to five migrants are understood to be in police care after a dinghy was found on the Kent coast. The empty inflatable boat was found on a beach in Dungeness at 8.10am on Monday, prompting an extensive search of the Channel by the coastguard. Search teams were stood down when it became clear there were no maritime casualties. According to the Press Association, five migrants were found. The Border Force has not commented on the incident, but a spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "HM Coastguard has been coordinating a search at Dungeness in Kent after an empty RHIB (rigid-hulled inflatable boat) was found on the shore. The spokesman added the coastguard is "only concerned with preservation of life, rescuing those in trouble and bringing them sa...
Read More
UK companies shift £800bn in assets to Europe
7Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

UK companies shift £800bn in assets to Europe

    Financial services companies have moved almost £800bn of assets to Europe since the EU referendum, according to a new report. The study from EY, which tracks 222 of the largest UK financial services firms regarding their efforts to reduce the effects of an uncertain Brexit on their operations, highlights the broad-ranging business ramifications of Britain’s divorce from the EU. “As things stand, and per regulatory expectations, financial services firms have no choice but to continue preparing on the basis of a ‘no deal’ scenario,” said Omar Ali, UK financial services leader at EY. The £800bn figure was determined using public announcements of asset transfers, but EY cautions that not all firms publicly declare the value of their transferred assets. “This number is...
Read More
UK’s nuclear deterrent sub has unusual level of damage
7Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

UK’s nuclear deterrent sub has unusual level of damage

    One of Britain's nuclear deterrent submarines has suffered an unusual amount of damage as pictures emerge of HMS Vengeance returning from patrol with around 30 per cent of her sonar panels missing. The ballistic missile submarine returned last week from her latest three-month patrol. As the nuclear-armed vessel surfaced near the Faslane naval base on the Clyde it was obvious the expected level of wear and tear had been exceeded by up to  three times the usual amount. Britain’s ballistic missile submarines are covered with sonar panels specially designed acoustic shields to mask any sound from inside the submarine and absorb the sound waves of an active sonar emitted by another vessel looking for the boat. Maybe her replacement wasn’t ready, meaning she had a longe...
Read More
Belgium bans halal and kosher slaughter methods
7Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

Belgium bans halal and kosher slaughter methods

    A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a clash across Europe over the balance between animal welfare and religious freedom. With both animal rights advocates and right-wing nationalists pushing to ban ritual slaughter, religious minorities in Belgium and other countries fear that they are the targets of bigotry under the guise of animal protection. “It is impossible to know the true intentions of people,” said Yaakov David Schmahl, a senior rabbi in Antwerp. “Unless people state clearly what they have in mind, but most anti-Semites don’t do that.” Laws across Europe and European Union regulations require that animals be rendered insensible to pain before slaughter, to make the process...
Read More
What to do if you fill your car with the wrong fuel
6Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Life Style

What to do if you fill your car with the wrong fuel

    Putting the wrong fuel in your car sounds like the kind of problem that happens to somebody else. But, according to the RAC, it happens every three minutes in the UK – affecting around 150,000 motorists every year. It’s surprisingly easy to do, especially when it concerns putting petrol in a diesel car, because a petrol pump nozzle will fit into most diesel car filler caps. That’s not to say it’s impossible to put diesel in a petrol car, but the diesel nozzle is larger than the majority of petrol filler necks, making it far less common. In both cases, do not start the engine. The severity of the problem will depend on how much incorrect fuel you have put in the tank and whether you’ve put petrol in a diesel car or diesel in a petrol car, so we’ll take each scenario ...
Read More
PM pledges Brexit vote will go ahead
6Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

PM pledges Brexit vote will go ahead

    Theresa May has insisted she will go ahead with a crucial vote on her Brexit deal amid growing speculation that it could be delayed. The prime minister said she was seeking further clarification from the EU to address the concerns of MPs, as well as specific measures relating to the backstop on Northern Ireland before the vote in the week beginning 14 January. She also said she would look at giving parliament a greater say in how the UK’s future relationship would be negotiated, but refused to say exactly what that might be. May said a second referendum would be disrespecting people who voted for Brexit and warned that it could not be held before 29 March, the date of Britain’s departure from the EU. On her own future, she refused to put a timescale on her departu...
Read More