Canada Marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
MÄori Party co-leaders Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell say the global day of the World's Indigenous Peoples helps shine a light on the continuing battle for indigenous peoples' rights. "The Declaration, which took more than twenty years to negotiate, stands on Wednesday as a beacon of progress, a framework for reconciliation and a benchmark of rights", underscored Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Chairperson of the UN ...
Global News - All News
-
Ahmed Patel Wins Rajya Sabha, Congress Loses An Opportunity For A Churning
State BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya said that if rebel Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela wished to rejoin the BJP , the party would consider it. "This is not any individual's win or about Ahmed Patel but the entire party, our MLAs and workers; morale further boosted, said Ahmed Patel ".
-
Jacksonville Jaguars OT Branden Albert reportedly ending brief retirement
The Jacksonville Jaguars have to wonder exactly what they'll get out of Branden Albert this season. It was never clear why Albert, who was battling second-round draft pick Cam Robinson for a starting job, chose to walk away after nine National Football League seasons.
-
Trump's Approval Rating Plunges to 32 Percent
Bush, Trump's 36 percent for those who consider him a success pales in comparison to Bush's 56 percent and Obama's 51 percent, CNN reported . In fact, the more the president whines about the newspaper, the more successful it seems to be.
-
Won't stand for silent weakening of health care standards
Debbie Stabenow doesn't think of health care as a political issue. "That is why I will not stop until each of us has the coverage we need and deserve". The bill, which failed to pass in the Senate, would have left 15 million more Americans without insurance next year, the Congressional Budget Office said.
-
Newton Killer Arrested in Texas
Hawkins was later arrested after a chase and crash in Taylor, Texas. Murphy said the suspect had a relationship with the 24-year-old victim. The suspect was driving the victim's vehicle when he arrived at a family member's home. Newton Police say authorities received a call around 11 a.m. Tuesday about a possible double murder at the Roanoke Court Apartments. Police said there was no forced entry into the home, which happened overnight at a Duplex.
-
China CPI Slows To 1.4% In July
China's factory price inflation held steady in July in a positive sign for industrial output and profits for the third quarter, even though a government-led drive to reduce debt is expected to cool earnings and economic growth by year-end. Factory-gate prices rose in the ferrous metal mining and non-ferrous metal smelting industries, which widened to 2.7 percent and 1.5 percent from a month earlier, respectively, noted NBS senior statistician Sheng Guoqing.
-
United States government personnel in Havana report "incidents" causing physical symptoms
On May 23, the State Department took punitive action and asked two officials accredited to the Embassy of Cuba to depart the United States. "We first heard of these incidents back in late 2016", Nauert said. That individual and the U.S. officials weren't authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. So we're monitoring it.
-
Donald Trump Reportedly Gets 'Propaganda' Packets About How Great He Is
While he might not like the news , Trump is certainly willing to pay someone quite a bit of money to find positive stories about him. Confidence in President Donald Trump continues to tumble , as CNN announces he's never polled lower as president.
-
Led airstrikes kill 29 civilians in Raqqah
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 14 children have been killed in air raids since Monday evening. . Black smoke rises from Raqqa where US -forces are battling ISIS militants, in, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017.
-
Giant Inflatable Chicken Placed Near White House
The inflatable chicken, situated on the Ellipse facing 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, is a visual that organizers of the Tax Day March have used in the past to coax President Trump to release his tax returns. The existence of the orange-haired chicken delighted the Internet on Wednesday. Online retail website Ebay reportedly lists several available Trump chickens , with a 10-foot chicken hailing from China going for almost $500.
-
Kenya's Odinga claims election database was hacked
He added: 'Mr Odinga alleged he had proof that he had more than a million votes that had been officially logged because the forms had not been scanned but results sent to the board by text. Odinga, and all Kenyans to act with respect for the proverb: "We have not inherited this land from our forebears, we have borrowed it from our children".