Tuesday, September 29

Tag: Featured

Israel jails 19 year old woman for refusing military service
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Israel jails 19 year old woman for refusing military service

    A 19-year old woman has been jailed by the Israeli authorities for refusing to be conscripted into the Israel Defence Force. Noa Gur Golan is currently being held in a military prison near Haifa, having been detained for more than 30 days. She is being held in a room with nine other women and is only allowed to see her family once every two weeks. Israel expects all Jewish, Druze and Circassian Israeli over the age of 18 to do their military service, with women being conscripted for two years and men two years and eight months. Ms Golan's brothers, aged 29 and 24, have completed their service with the Israeli Defence Force. She had sought to avoid military service on the grounds of her being a pacifist, but her plea has been rejected in the two hearings she has had so far,...
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Family convicted of keeping at least 18 victims as slaves for up to 26 years
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Family convicted of keeping at least 18 victims as slaves for up to 26 years

    Members of an extended family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring which kept one of its captives in truly shocking conditions for decades. Vulnerable people were forced to work for the family for little or no wages, while their pay-masters lived a life of lavish luxury. The 11 gang-members, convicted of fraud and slavery charges, enjoyed holidays to Barbados and cosmetic surgery and even shelled out on a Manchester United soccer school, earned off the backs of their workers. Operating from sites in Lincolnshire, they targeted victims who were homeless, had learning disabilities or complex drug and alcohol issues. The men, aged 18 to 63, were freed after raids by Lincolnshire Police and the National Crime Agency, carried out in 2014. One of the victims was ...
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Dhaka vehicle speed comes down to 7 kph in 10 yrs
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Dhaka vehicle speed comes down to 7 kph in 10 yrs

    Despite spending huge public funds, the speed of different types of vehicles has come down to 7 kilometers per hour from 21 kilometers over the last 10 years in the capital, killing the city dwellers’ 32 lakh working hours each day due to the growing traffic congestions. Speakers came up with the shocking observations at a discussion on ‘Thousands corers of development projects for transportation system, the sufferings people are increasing; Government’s role and responsibility’ in the city on Saturday. Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) or Save the Environment Movement organised the discussion. The speakers sought a mass transportation-centric integrated communication system to end people’s sufferings caused by gridlocks on roads in the city. The traffic gridlock that kills s...
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Contaminated eggs scandal: Is it dangerous
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Contaminated eggs scandal: Is it dangerous

    Hundreds of thousands of eggs potentially infected with a dangerous insecticide have been imported into Britain from Dutch farms, the Food Standards Agency has said. The contaminated eggs have been infected with a pesticide named Fipronil, which is dangerous if consumed by humans, sparking a UK-wide scare over the popular food. About 700,000 eggs are feared to be contaminated, and supermarkets have pulled egg products, including egg salads and sandwiches, from their shelves after the scare emerged. As the news broke, worried shoppers were left wondering if the egg products they have recently consumed were contaminated with the dangerous insecticide. Here we explain the issue. What is Fipronil? It is an anti-tick and flea pesticide which is banned in products which are dest...
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Underground station evacuated as Bakerloo line tube train on fire
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Underground station evacuated as Bakerloo line tube train on fire

    A tube carriage caught fire at Oxford Circus, causing a mass evacuation which witnesses described as terrifying. There were casualties after the fire, with four patients treated by the London Ambulance Service and two taken to hospital. The station was fully operational by 11am after the scene was attended by the London Fire Brigate. The Bakerloo Line was suspended after smoke was seen billowing out of one of its trains and witnesses reported the smell of burned plastic. Commuters were pictured shielding their faces from thick smoke which billowed through their carriage. Commuters were told at rush hour to take other routes as one of London's busiest tube stations was evacuated. A witness said the smoke was spreading, tweeting: There has been some of fire at Oxford Circus....
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More social housing was completed in crisis hit Tower Hamlets
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

More social housing was completed in crisis hit Tower Hamlets

    More social homes built by Tower Hamlets despite government spending cuts. In crisis-hit Tower Hamlets even without government help than any other London borough last year, according to latest City Hall figures. They reached 886 in 2015-16, including major schemes like rejuvenation of Stepney’s massive Ocean Estate, Bromley-by-Bow’s Watts Grove and Poplar’s controversial Blackwall Reach project at Robin Hood Gardens. Another 1,000 affordable homes were completed in the subsequent 12 months to April to tackle the East End’s rocketing population growth with 20,000 families on the waiting list. We face a housing crisis with no support from the government, Deputy Mayor Sirajul Islam claimed. “Councils have been left to pick up the pieces and create the affordable housing that...
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Gambling addict accountant who stole £350,000 walks free
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Gambling addict accountant who stole £350,000 walks free

    An accountant who stole £350,000 from her employers to feed her gambling addiction walked free after a judge said she was not the general stuff of which the prison population is made. Natalie Saul, 37, pilfered the money from technology firm Idio’s accounts over a year and blew more than £250,000 playing online poker. The mother-of-one submitted more than 400 fake invoices to get the cash from the software company, based in Fitzrovia, central London, between March 2015 and December 2016. But Saul was given a two-year suspended sentence and 250 hours unpaid work by Judge Catherine Newman, QC, who admitted her sentence was wholly exceptional and fell outside sentencing guidelines. The judge told Southwark Crown Court yesterday: I’m taking a considerable risk that the Crown w...
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Diplomats react to Trump thanking Putin for expelling US embassy workers
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Diplomats react to Trump thanking Putin for expelling US embassy workers

    Current and former U.S. diplomats reacted to President Trump's comments thanking Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling U.S. embassy workers with dismay. As far as I'm concerned I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll, Trump said at a briefing at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Thursday. We'll save a lot of money, he added. It's unclear if the U.S. would save any money because of the expulsion. Any diplomats removed from Russia would be sent to posts elsewhere around the world. The Russian order to expel 755 U.S. diplomats last month came in response to new sanctions imposed by the U.S. A diplomatic row over Russian interference in the 2016 election began last year after President Obama ordered t...
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Female teacher had sex with school girl in car which she admitted to the Court
9Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Female teacher had sex with school girl in car which she admitted to the Court

    A drama teacher, Sarah Barton admitted to being in a sexually-motivated relationship with the girl. She has been banned from the classroom after having sex with a pupil in her car and taking her to see a West End musical. Sarah Barton admitted being in a sexually-motivated relationship with the unnamed girl pupil at the school in Essex, and consistently and persistently failed to maintain appropriate boundaries, a National College for Teaching and Leadership panel said. Ms Barton, who worked at the school from September 2007 to July 2016 and was head of department fo r drama and dance when she resigned, took the student to see Matilda in London during a half-term holiday, despite being advised not to go. The NCTL panel heard Ms Barton taught the pupil - who is referred to ...
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Brexit should be reversed and tweeted a hashtag promoting a second referendum in 2019
9Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Brexit should be reversed and tweeted a hashtag promoting a second referendum in 2019

    James Chapman, David Davis and Scottish Secretary David Mundell meets in Glasgow in October. Mr. Chapman, who no longer works for Davis, has called Brexit a catastrophe The former chief of staff to Brexit Secretary David Davis has called Britain’s efforts to leave the EU a catastrophe and called on sensible MPs to admit it. James Chapman, an ex-Daily Mail political editor, also said Brexit should be reversed and tweeted a hashtag promoting a second referendum in 2019. Chapman went to work for Davis after last year’s referendum, having previously worked for George Osborne, but left his government job in June to work in PR. He never hid his Remain sympathies and, after leaving Government, told the BBC Theresa May’s insistence Britain leave the jurisdiction of European courts...
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