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Denmark to force refugees to give up valuables under proposed asylum law
13Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Denmark to force refugees to give up valuables under proposed asylum law

    Denmark will force refugees to hand over their valuables in order to pay for their accommodation while applying for asylum, in a move the UN has warned may fuel fear and xenophobia. The Danish government has secured a parliamentary majority in favour of legislation that will severely curb the rights of refugees, and is expected to pass the legislation in parliament on Wednesday. The bill states that asylum seekers who arrive with more than 10,000 kronas in cash “will have to [use] the surplus above 10,000 kronas to pay for their stay”, Danish government spokesman Marcus Knuth told the Guardian. After criticism of an earlier draft of the law, refugees will no longer have to give up items of sentimental value, such as wedding rings or items deemed as essential, such as watch...
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Turkey arrests Russian suspects after Istanbul attack
13Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Turkey arrests Russian suspects after Istanbul attack

    Police in Antalya have arrested three Russians accused of having connections with the terror group Islamic State. An anti-terror squad conducted the raid a day after a suicide bomber killed 10 people in Istanbul. Russia's Consulate General in Turkey's Mediterranean city, Antalya, confirmed that three of its na-tionals had been detained over suspected connections with the Islamic State (IS). Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency said that an anti-terrorism squad conducted the raids on Wednesday. The suspects were allegedly in contact with IS fighters in conflict areas and had provided logistical support to the group, Anadolu said. Moscow says thousands of Russians have left the country to join the IS in Syria. The arrests come in the wake of a terror attack in Istanbul a d...
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Iran: 10 US sailors detained by revolutionary guard released after Persian Gulf incursion
13Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Iran: 10 US sailors detained by revolutionary guard released after Persian Gulf incursion

    Iranian naval authorities have released 10 US sailors who unwittingly strayed into the Islamic Republic's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf . Officials in both the US and Iran have worked speedily to head off a serious international incident over the loss of the two patrol boats, which has been blamed on a navigational error. The US and its allies are on the cusp of lifting sanctions on Iran following an agreement on the country's nuclear programme in July. Iran's Republic Guard's broadcast a statement on Iranian State Television saying it had freed the the US sailors and explaining they had been released into international waters. Iranian naval authorities had promised the swift release of the sailors on state television, Admiral Ali Fadavi, the naval commander of Ir...
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How easily can a parent psychologically damage their child
12Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

How easily can a parent psychologically damage their child

    Bringing a person into the world, teaching them wrong from right, and equipping them with the skills to live a happy life make parenting an extremely challenging and daunting job. It’s no wonder, then, that mothers and fathers can obsess over the minute details of their parenting skills, while simultaneously trying to care for a child’s basic needs. A thread on the question and answer website Quora laid bare the fear surrounding this issue, as one user asked: “What is the most psychologically damaging thing you can say to a child?” Members of the website advised each what not to tell children: drawing from their own experiences and anecdotal evidence. One woman wrote that her mother was sometimes “like a volcano” when she became angry, and that her verbal attacks started w...
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North Korea faked sub-launched missile test footage analysis
12Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

North Korea faked sub-launched missile test footage analysis

    North Korean state television aired footage on Friday of the latest test, said to have taken place in DecemberFootage of a North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test released by Pyongyang two days after it announced it had conducted the country's fourth nuclear test last week was faked, according to an analysis by a California-based think tank. In defiance of a UN ban, the isolated country has said it has ballistic missile technology which would allow it to launch a nuclear warhead from a submarine, although experts and analysis of North Korean state media cast doubt on the claim. North Korean state television aired footage on Friday of the latest test, said to have taken place in December. Unlike a previous SLBM test in May, it had not been announced at...
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Tory bill could cost UK nearly 200,000 council houses, warns Labour
12Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tory bill could cost UK nearly 200,000 council houses, warns Labour

    Labour estimates that 40,000 council homes will disappear each year under the current demands of the Conservative government. More than 190,000 council houses could be lost by 2020 if the government’s housing bill, currently passing through parliament, is approved, Labour has warned. A proposal to force councils to sell their highest value homes, as well as the impact of increased discounts for council tenants granted the “right to buy”, will result in the loss of one in every eight council properties, according to the shadow housing minister. Speaking in advance of the Commons housing debate on Tuesday, John Healey said the homes could be snapped up by overseas investors and buy-to-let landlords rather than people in housing need. The legislation being proposed by the com...
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Western sanctions severely harming Russia
12Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Western sanctions severely harming Russia

    President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Monday in an interview with German daily Bild that Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis are affecting Russia. "Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia," he said in a long interview, calling the EU sanctions "a theatre of the absurd". Moscow has been hit by US and European sanctions over the conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces which has claimed more than 9,000 lives since April 2014. In late December, the EU extended its sanctions by six months, arguing that the Minsk peace agreement signed by Moscow has not been fully implemented. Putin said, however, that "the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline of the prices for ...
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Hospitals in emergencies only plea as junior doctors strike
12Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Hospitals in emergencies only plea as junior doctors strike

  Hospitals gear up for junior doctors strike Hospitals across England are providing emergency care only after thousands of junior doctors went on strike. Despite last-ditch talks to prevent the damaging action, around 4,000 operations and procedures have been cancelled, with thousands more routine appointments also postponed. Around 100 picket lines have been put in place for the strike, with a large concentration in and around London. Patients have been told hospitals are under pressure and asked to attend A&E only if they have a genuine emergency. Instead, patients are being asked to make the most of other NHS services, including GPs, walk-in centres, the 111 phone line and pharmacies. The British Medical Association (BMA) is being backed in its action by other unions, includ...
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Germany: Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in Cologne amid tension
11Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Germany: Pakistanis, Syrian attacked in Cologne amid tension

    Supporters of anti-immigration right-wing movement PEGIDA during a demonstration march, in reaction to mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve, in Cologne, Germany January 9, 2016 BERLIN. A group of Pakistanis and a Syrian were attacked in Cologne amid tensions over New Year's Eve assaults in the city that have been blamed largely on foreigners, police said Monday. Six Pakistani nationals were attacked Sunday by a group of around 20 people and two of them were briefly admitted to a hospital, police said. Also Sunday evening, a Syrian man was attacked by five people. He was injured but didn't need treatment. Police said they received tips Sunday afternoon about groups of people who would "seek provocation," but were still investigating whether the subsequent attacks were r...
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UK house price to crash as global asset prices unravel
11Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK house price to crash as global asset prices unravel

    House prices have broken free from reality and defied gravity for far too long, but they are an asset like anything else, and there are six clear reasons a nasty correction looms in the coming year. Global asset price crash Asset prices around the world soared as central bankers embarked on the greatest money printing experiment in history. While much of that money flowed into the stock market, a great deal also found its way into house prices. What we are now witnessing on trading screens around the world is the unwinding of the era of monetary excess, and house prices will not escape the fallout. The end of easy money began when the US stopped its third quantitative easing programme in October 2014. That date marks the point the US balance sheet, or amount of money in th...
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