| Firefighters Battle Huge Fire at 200-Year-Old National Museum in Rio De Janeiro Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:55 PM PDT  Nobody was injured and the fire began after the museum had closed for the day
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| China raises fears of 'new colonialism' with $60 billion investment across Africa Posted: 03 Sep 2018 10:38 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged $60 billion in financing for projects in Africa in the form of assistance, investment and loans, as China furthers efforts to link the continent's economic prospects to its own. Speaking to a gathering of African leaders in Beijing, Mr Xi said the figure includes $15 billion in grants, interest-free loans and concessional loans, $20 billion in credit lines, $10 billion for "development financing" and $5 billion to buy imports from Africa. In addition, he said China will encourage companies to invest at least $10 billion in Africa over the next three years. China's outreach to Africa aims to build trade, investment and political ties with a continent often seen as overlooked by the US and other Western nations. That has provided lucrative opportunities for Chinese businesses, while African nations are often happy to accept China's offers that come without demands for safeguards against corruption, waste and environmental damage. President Xi told African leaders that China's investments on the continent have "no political strings attached" Credit: AFP China has denied engaging in "debt trap" diplomacy, and Mr Xi's offer of more money comes after a pledge of another $60 billion at the previous summit in South Africa three years ago. Mr Xi earlier said the money came with "no political strings attached". No details were given on specific projects, although Mr Xi said China was planning initiatives in eight areas, including providing $147 million in emergency food aid, sending 500 agricultural experts to Africa, and providing scholarships, vocational training and trade promotion opportunities. During a speech at the summit South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday delivered a stinging rebuttal to criticism of China's development aid in Africa. Mr Ramaphosa said the meeting "refutes the view that a new colonialism is taking hold in Africa, as our detractors would have us believe". China's latest pledge comes on top of a 2015 promise to provide African countries with $60 billion in funding that Mr Xi said had either been delivered or arranged. Also Monday, Mr Xi promoted Beijing's initiative to build ports and other infrastructure as a tool for "common prosperity" in a world facing challenges from trade protectionism. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected charges of a "new colonialism" Credit: Getty Addressing businesspeople prior to the formal opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Mr Xi said the "Belt and Road" initiative will expand markets. He tried to mollify concern that Beijing wants to build strategic influence, promising Chinese investment comes with "no political strings attached." "Unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise. Economic growth lacks robust drive," Mr Xi said in a speech. "China-Africa cooperation under the BRI is a way to common prosperity that brings benefits to both our peoples." African and other Asian leaders have welcomed "Belt and Road" but some projects have prompted complaints about debt and other problems. The initiative involves hundreds of projects, most of them built by Chinese contractors and financed by loans from Chinese state-owned banks, across an arc of 65 countries from the South Pacific through Asia to Africa and the Middle East. In a major blow to China's ambitions, Malaysia recently canceled Chinese-financed projects worth more than $20 billion, saying they were unnecessary and would create an unsustainable debt burden. Deeply indebted Pakistan is also reportedly reconsidering some projects in the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that is a key link in the BRI. The Beijing forum brings together leaders from China and more than 50 African countries. Dozens of African leaders met with Mr Xi ahead of the conference. Mr Xi made no mention of the political and debt concerns that overshadow some BRI projects. But Chinese officials previously have rejected accusations that projects leave host countries too deeply indebted to Chinese lenders. "China's investment in Africa comes with no political strings attached," Mr Xi said. "China does not interfere in Africa's internal affairs and does not impose its own will on Africa."
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| 18 injured in German rival protests over migrants Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Eighteen people were injured in rival demonstrations capping off a week marked by xenophobic protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz, prompting Germany's foreign minister to urge Germans to "get off our sofas" and speak up against racism. Chemnitz has been in the spotlight after violent far-right protests erupted over the fatal stabbing of a 35-year-old man, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi last Sunday. On Saturday, 8,000 people answered a joint call by far-right party AfD and Islamophobic PEGIDA street movement to descend once again on the streets of the former communist city which was in the erstwhile East Germany.
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| Cherry Tomato Confit Is The Best Recipe You'll Make All Summer Posted: 03 Sep 2018 02:45 AM PDT  The origin story of this recipe is simple: I made it to prevent my family from
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| San Bernardino shooting: Eight people shot at California apartment complex Posted: 03 Sep 2018 09:35 AM PDT  Eight people have been shot in a mass shooting at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California, police have said. Captain Richard Lawhead said multiple weapons were fired in what police believe was an exchange of gunfire. Detectives do not have a motive for the shooting.
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| Beto O'Rourke's Path To Victory Runs Along The Border Posted: 01 Sep 2018 06:16 PM PDT  McALLEN, Texas -- By the time Beto O'Rourke arrived at the historic Cine El
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| Trump Has Hurt American Workers, Charges AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:09 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has done more to hurt American workers than help them,
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| Archbishop asks pope to cancel conference on youth Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:06 AM PDT ![Archbishop asks pope to cancel conference on youth]( "Archbishop asks pope to cancel conference on youth") PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The archbishop of Philadelphia has asked Pope Francis to cancel a bishops' conference focusing on youth in the wake of the child sex abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church.
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| Brazil's National Museum, Latin America's largest Posted: 02 Sep 2018 05:31 PM PDT  Brazil's National Museum, ravaged Sunday by a massive fire, is Latin America's largest natural history and anthropology museum, with more than 20 million artefacts and 530,000 titles. It sits in the Quinta da Boa Vista public park in the north of Rio de Janeiro, former palace gardens that now include the city's impressive Zoological Garden. The museum has about 150,000 visitors a year, according to its website, and has become an important centre of research and learning, integrated since 1946 into the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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| IKEA apologizes after customer reports caterpillar in his food Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:35 AM PDT  (Reuters) - IKEA has issued an apology to a customer in the Indian city of Hyderabad after he reported finding a caterpillar in his food at the store and posted a photograph of it on Twitter. Abeed Mohammad posted the picture on Twitter on Friday and Indian media reported that the city's food safety officials conducted a raid at the company's store. Officials from Hyderabad's civic body inspected the premises of IKEA and confiscated food samples, the Hindu newspaper reported over the weekend http://bit.ly/2LSI2LD.
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| Weekend Rewind: John McCain's funeral service Posted: 03 Sep 2018 02:07 AM PDT  Former presidents and family delivered poignant final words as Sen. John McCain was laid to rest.
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| Israel threatens attack on Iranian assets installed in Iraq Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:21 AM PDT  Israel has threatened to attack any Iranian military assets in Iraq as it has done in Syria, following reports Tehran has moved ballistic missiles closer to the Jewish state. Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's defence minister, signalled on Monday it would "contend" with Iranian provocations wherever they are found. "We are certainly monitoring everything that is happening in Syria, and regarding Iranian threats we are not limiting ourselves just to Syrian territory. This also needs to be clear," Mr Lieberman told a conference in Jerusalem. Asked if this included Iraq, he responded: "I am saying that we will contend with any Iranian threat, and it doesn't matter from where it comes ... Israel's freed." Tehran has transferred dozens of short-range ballistic missiles to Shia proxies in Iraq over the last few months, according to a Reuters report published over the weekend. Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani attends meeting with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran Credit: Anadolu Agency The Zelzal, Fateh-110 and Zolfaqar missiles in question have ranges of 400 miles, putting Tel Aviv within striking distance if the weapons were deployed in southern or western Iraq. The Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has bases in both those areas. "It seems Iran has been turning Iraq into its forward missile base," one Western source said. Israel is technically at war with Iraq, but the two countries have not openly traded blows for decades. Israel has however conducted hundreds of air strikes against arms transfers and deployments by Iran and its Lebanese ally, the Shia Hizbollah militia, fearing the threat across its border. Israeli officials will also be watching political developments in Baghdad with concern. Lebanese soldiers inspect remains of a surface to air missile that landed in the southern Lebanon after being fired by Iranian forces from Syria on the Israeli-occupied Golan Credit: AFP After months of wrangling, two blocs on Monday claimed to hold the majority of seats in parliament and therefore the right to name a prime minister. The bloc of incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has the support of the US, while the bloc of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Badr Organisation militia leader Hadi al-Amiri is backed by Iran. Badr is part of the state apparatus and answers to Iraq's prime minister, but Mr Amiri and other members of the group's leadership frequently meet and consult with Qassem Soleimani, Quds Force commander. A Maliki-Amiri coalition would likely lead Iraq to greater hostilities with Israel. The Kurds, a minority in Iraq, have yet to pick a side but could end up kingmakers. Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat Isil, has been trying to convince the various Kurdish parties to fall in line behind Mr Abadi. Phillip Smyth, Soref fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told the Telegraph the Israelis "won't want to see another Iranian-controlled government spring up." "I'd also bet this would worry them more if that also means there's the possibility of continued and more advanced weapons transfers," he said. Richard Baffa, senior defense researcher at the Rand Corporation, warned that escalating tensions between Israeli and Iranian forces have demonstrably increased the risk of a new, large-scale regional conflict. "Tehran's continued provocations and violations of Israel's stated red lines are fueling an escalatory spiral that has the potential to rapidly spin out of control," he wrote.
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| Tech billionaire returns to China after US arrest Posted: 02 Sep 2018 05:14 PM PDT  Tech billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu has returned to China, the company said Monday, following a brief arrest in the US over allegations of criminal sexual conduct. JD.com, the company which Liu founded in 1998, is an e-commerce juggernaut in China and the main competitor to industry leader Alibaba. Liu, also known by his Chinese name Liu Qiangdong, was arrested over the misconduct allegations late Friday and released Saturday afternoon in the midwestern US city of Minneapolis, records from Hennepin County Jail showed.
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| Nebraska Catholic diocese rocked by old abuse allegations Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:06 PM PDT  For more than a decade, a conservative Catholic diocese was the only church in the U.S. that refused annual reviews of sexual misconduct.
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| Putin, Erdogan, Rohani to hold Syria talks Friday: Kremlin Posted: 03 Sep 2018 07:17 AM PDT  The Kremlin on Monday said the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey would on Friday hold a tripartite summit in Iran seeking an end to the Syrian conflict. In a statement confirming the date of September 7 that was reported earlier by Turkish media, the Kremlin said Putin would "make a working visit to Iran" for the talks.
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| Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:50 AM PDT ![Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography]( "Breathtaking images celebrate the world's best destination wedding photography") These breathtaking images have been selected as the best of the best when it comes to destination wedding photography around the world. The shots were taken in a variety of stunning locations, from the tops of mountains to sites overlooking lakes, and they use the likes of New York City and the Milky Way as glittering backdrops. In other images, newlywed couples can be seen embracing in fields in full bloom, reflected in salt flats, and kissing underwater. (Caters News)
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| Woman With Baby in Car Leads Cops on High-Speed Chase Before Crashing: Cops Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:31 AM PDT  Caitlyn Rodriguez, 29, allegedly fled during a traffic stop after her Mercedes SUV was pulled over by a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety on June 15.
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| Roseanne Barr Says She’s Moving To Israel When ‘The Conners’ Premieres Posted: 03 Sep 2018 11:37 AM PDT  Roseanne Barr isn't going to be around when "The Conners" premieres this fall.
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| Tearful mourners line up to bid farewell to east Ukraine rebel chief Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:55 AM PDT  The funeral in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk of a pro-Russian rebel leader killed in an explosion last week drew vast crowds of mourners on Sunday, Reuters footage from the breakaway region showed. Alexander Zakharchenko was fatally injured in an explosion in a cafe in Donetsk on Friday. Russia's foreign ministry accused Ukraine of his murder, while Kiev blamed his death on separatist infighting.
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| Burma jails two Reuters journalists for seven years amid international outrage Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:41 PM PDT  Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Secretary, on Monday vowed to champion the cause of two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, in a case that has been denounced as a new low for press freedom in Burma. A Burmese court sentenced Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, to seven years in prison for breaching a law on state secrets while they were investigating the mass murder of ten Rohingya men. The Foreign Secretary added his protest to global condemnation of the ruling - the latest in a long series of human rights abuses in Burma to undermine the reputation of Nobel Peace laureate and civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. "Imprisoning journalists who write about inconvenient truths is an unconscionable blow to press freedom, and indeed everyone's freedom. Will be raising the extremely serious case of the two Reuters journalists on my forthcoming visit to Burma (Myanmar)", Mr Hunt said on Twitter. The two journalists had pleaded not guilty to violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. They protested that they were framed by police while investigating allegations of the massacre of a group of Rohingya men by the military. As they were led to a police van in handcuffs after, Wa Lone shouted: "I have no fear. I have not done anything wrong. I believe in justice, democracy and freedom." Their sentencing falls just one week after the publication of a blistering report by a UN fact-finding mission that called for Burma's top military generals to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in Rakhine State, home of the Rohingya minority. Burma rejects the charges. Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's civilian leader and former global human rights heroine, was singled out by UN investigators for failing to use her "moral authority" to stop the military's extreme violence against the Rohingya, which has caused more than 700,000 to flee their homes. Reuters journalist Wa Lone departs Insein court after his verdict announcement in Yangon Credit: Reuters Monday's conviction of the journalists seeking to expose military atrocities against the Muslim minority dealt another blow to hopes that her election to government after years of house arrest would herald an accelerated transition to full democracy from military rule. Stephen Adler, editor-in-chief at Reuters, denounced the verdict as "a sad day for Myanmar, Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and the press everywhere," adding that the "false charges" had been designed to "silence their reporting and intimidate the press." In a statement, he added: "This is a major step backward in Myanmar's transition to democracy, cannot be squared with the rule of law or freedom of speech, and must be corrected by the Myanmar government as a matter of urgency." The two journalists were arrested in December while reporting on the mass killing of ten Rohingya Muslim men in the village of Inn Din, Rakhine state, last September. Burmese journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon Credit: AFP Seven Burmese soldiers have since been sentenced to ten years of hard labour for their role in "contributing and participating in murder." The trial of the reporters who exposed the crime, and who both testified that they suffered from harsh treatment during their initial interrogations, has drawn widespread condemnation from the US, United Nations and wider international community. Their several appeals for release on bail were rejected, and during his detention Wa Lone missed the birth of his first child, a daughter named Thet Htar Angel. Kyaw Soe Oo also has a three-year-old daughter, Moe Thin Wai Zan. "What happened today threatens to undermine the rule of law and freedom of press that democracy requires," said Kevin Krolicki, Reuters' regional editor for Asia. He called the verdict "heartbreaking." Human Rights Watch condemned the "politically-motivated" charges as a return to the media repression seen during military rule. No words for this outrageous injustice against @Reuters reporters Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo. How can #Myanmar judicial system justify sending reporters doing their job to a longer prison sentence than the #Tatmadaw soldiers who killed the 10 #Rohingya in their story in cold blood? pic.twitter.com/lI2Qp0k6ub— Phil Robertson (@Reaproy) September 3, 2018 "The outrageous convictions of the Reuters journalists show Myanmar courts' willingness to muzzle those reporting on military atrocities," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "These sentences mark a new low for press freedom and further backsliding on rights under Aung San Suu Kyi's government." During eight months of hearings, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo testified that two police officers they had not met before handed them papers rolled up inside a newspaper during a meeting at a Yangon restaurant on 12 December. Almost immediately afterwards, they said, they were bundled into a car by plainclothes officers. In April a police captain, Moe Yan Naing, testified that a senior officer had ordered his subordinates to plant secret documents on Wa Lone to "trap" the reporter. Other police witnesses have told court that the reporters had been searched at a routine traffic stop by officers who were unaware they were journalists and found to be holding secret documents from an unknown source. The prosecution's case was marked by inconsistencies and irregularities, including conflicting official accounts and evidence of police misconduct, Human Rights Watch said. Attacks on free speech had intensified over the past two years, the group added, pointing to a slew of repressive laws that had been increasingly used to silence journalists and activists for perceived criticism of the government or military. Chit Su Win, (2nd-R), wife of jailed @Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, sobs with family members as their daughter Mar Mar Latt (L) looks on. She won't see her father come home for seven years#Myanmar#Journalismisnotacrimepic.twitter.com/qgjrroIwcV— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) September 3, 2018 "These convictions won't hide the horrors against the Rohingya from the world – they merely reveal the precarious state of free speech in the country and the urgent need for international action to free these journalists," said Mr Adams. Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International's Director of Crisis Response, demanded that the convictions be quashed and the men unconditionally released. The judgement sent "a stark warning to other journalists in the country of the severe consequences that await should they look too closely at military abuses. This amounts to censorship through fear," she said. "Today's verdict cannot conceal the truth of what happened in Rakhine State. It's thanks to the bravery of journalists like Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, that the military's atrocities have been exposed. Instead of targeting these two journalists, the Myanmar authorities should have been going after those responsible for killings, rape, torture and the torching of hundreds of Rohingya villages." Reuters has said it will contest the decision. "We will not wait while Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo suffer this injustice and will evaluate how to proceed in the coming days, including whether to seek relief in an international forum," said Mr Adler.
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| The Latest: 5 of 8 killed in New Mexico crash identified Posted: 01 Sep 2018 08:23 PM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation of a crash between a semi-trailer and a bus in New Mexico that killed eight people (all times local):
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| 9 injured, 4 missing as boats collide on Colorado River Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:08 AM PDT  The two vessels collided head on at about 8 p.m. local time between Pirate Cove and the Topock Marina, north of Lake Havasu near the Moabi Regional Park, a recreational area on the Colorado River.
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| Mourners line streets to say goodbye to John McCain Posted: 02 Sep 2018 02:17 PM PDT  John McCain, the veteran senator who emerged as the most visible Republican critic of Donald Trump, was laid to rest at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after a private ceremony on Sunday. Four naval jets performed an aerial salute with a single F-18 fighter peeling off into the sun as part of the missing man formation. The funeral concluded a week of memorials for McCain, who died on August 25, at the age of 81, from brain cancer. He trained at the naval academy, graduating in 1958, before serving in Vietnam as a fighter pilot. A horse-drawn caisson carrying the senator's casket led a procession of mourners from the academy's chapel to its cemetery following a private service. Family and friends join a procession behind McCain's casket Credit: Mary Calvert/Reuters The senator's widow, Cindy, and his children were among those who walked behind the casket. Joining them were family and friends as well as members of McCain's class of 1958, military leaders and academy midshipmen. Prominent political leaders gathered a day earlier to remember the Arizona senator at the Washington National Cathedral People watch as the casket of John McCain is taken to the US Naval Academy Credit: Susan Walsh/AP Two former presidents were among those to offer tributes, which included a string of references to his ability to bridge rivalries in a reminder that the country is currently led by a president known for a brash brand of divisive politics. His daughter, Meghan McCain, offered the bluntest attack on Mr Trump, who had had mocked her father's Vietnam record as a prisoner of war. "The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great," she declared with a steely glint in her eye. Mccain obit On Sunday, McCain was buried beside his classmate, Admiral Chuck Larson, who had reserved four burial plots for the two friends and his wife. "Chuck has his wingman back now," Sarah Larson, the late admiral's wife, told CNN.
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| Japan to halt Iran oil imports under US pressure: reports Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:55 PM PDT  Japan's major oil wholesalers are preparing to suspend crude oil imports from Iran in October, amid fears Washington will sanction countries importing Iranian crude, local media reported. US President Donald Trump in May pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and last month began reimposing sanctions that block other countries from trading with Iran.
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| Afghan teen to appear in court for Amsterdam station attack Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:44 AM PDT  A 19-year-old Afghan man who was shot and wounded by Dutch police after allegedly attacking bystanders at Amsterdam's Central Station will briefly appear in court on Monday, police said. The suspect, identified by authorities as "Jawed S.", "will appear before a judge and until then no further details will be released," the Amsterdam police said in a statement on Sunday. Two American citizens -- both believed to be male -- were seriously injured when a knife-wielding man attacked bystanders around noon on Friday at the busy station next to the Dutch capital's historic city centre.
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| Israeli farmers to file war crimes complaint against Hamas Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:32 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — A group of Israeli farmers is filing a war crimes complaint at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday against Hamas over the torching of thousands of acres of farmland in recent months.
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| Arrest warrant issued for man in murder of wife, Amber Alert for 2 missing sons Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:46 AM PDT  An Amber Alert was issued for Jonathan and Victor Coronado Nunez, ages 5 and 8, on Saturday.
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| Ruling party leader wants Poland to be like western Europe Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:04 AM PDT  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland's conservative ruling party, whose policies have led to clashes with European Union leaders, said Sunday he wants the country to remain in the EU so it can become like western European nations "in every respect."
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| Mazda Bongo Friendee Buying Guide Posted: 03 Sep 2018 06:27 AM PDT  Oddly named MPV was never an official UK import, but its family friendly features and high spec have earned quite a following. It's the Friendee you need…
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| Trump tweets in defence of Tiger Woods and cites low unemployment rates for African-Americans Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:32 AM PDT  Donald Trump has tweeted in defence of golfer Tiger Woods after his comments about respecting the office of the presidency and tied it to unemployment rates for African-Americans. Mr Trump wrote Woods showed "great class" when answering a question about his friendship with the president after the Northern Trust golf tournament last week. Woods had said "you have to respect the office [of the US president].
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| Germans told to 'get off the sofa' and stand against far-Right violence Posted: 02 Sep 2018 04:23 AM PDT  The German foreign minister on Sunday called on the country's "silent majority" to "get up off the sofa" and take a stand against the far-Right in the wake of neo-Nazi riots. "The vast majority of Germans are cosmopolitan and tolerant," Heiko Maas told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "If decent people remain silent, the racists are much louder. We have to show the world that we democrats are the majority and the racists are a minority. The silent majority must finally get louder." Mr Maas' comments come after violent protests over the fatal stabbing of a man by migrants in the east German city of Chemnitz last week that saw neo-Nazis openly making Hitler salutes and hunting foreigners through the streets. "When it comes to xenophobia, the far-Right and racism, Germany is quite rightly viewed through especially critical eyes," the foreign minister said. "If the Hitler salute is displayed on our streets today it is shameful for our country. Politicians must do our part, but it is a challenge for the whole of society: we have to take a stand against the far-Right." Mr Maas said Germans had to speak up for basic rights. "My generation has been given freedom, the rule of law and democracy. We didn't have to fight for it, and sometimes we take it for granted," he said. "We have to get up off the sofa and open our mouths." Chemnitz has seen several days of protests following the death of a German-Cuban man in a suspected stabbing by two migrants from Iraq and Syria. Fresh protests passed off largely peacefully on Saturday amid a heavy police presence. Eighteen people suffered injuries in scuffles, but none were seriously hurt. An Afghan man was attacked and beaten in another part of the city, away from the main protests, but also escaped serious injury. There were fears of clashes as far-Right and far-Left protesters held rival demonstrations in the city. But police numbers have been massively increased with reinforcements from around the country following Monday's riots, and they were able to keep control. More than 11,000 people took part in the rival rallies, according to police. Protestors poured into Chemnitz from across Germany and trains to the city were completely full. People gather during demonstrations following the killing of a German man in Chemnitz Credit: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke The nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which has seen its support rise in the opinion polls since the protests began, held a silent march through the city led by Björn Höcke, one of its most controversial politcians, who has previously called for a "180-degree turn" in German attitudes to the Second World War. The AfD march joined with a separate demonstration by the anti-Muslim Pegida movement. Meanwhile left-wing "Antifa" protestors held a rival rally across the city, and water cannons and riot police were deployed to keep them apart. At one point far-Left protestors were reported to be arming themselves with stones. Sören Bartol, an MP from the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD), tweeted that he and a group of peaceful protestors had been attacked by neo-Nazis and had to be escorted back to their bus by police. Several German journalists reported they had been threatened by protesters while trying to cover the rallies. MDR television said one of its crews was attacked after being invited into a flat to film the protests: one of the crew members was knocked down the stairs and their camera was broken.
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| JD.com's billionaire CEO released after U.S. arrest Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:33 AM PDT ![JD.com's billionaire CEO released after U.S. arrest]( "JD.com's billionaire CEO released after U.S. arrest") The billionaire founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc, Richard Liu, was arrested in the U.S. state of Minnesota on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct and later released after what the company said was a false accusation. JD.com, backed by Walmart Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google, and China's Tencent Holdings, said in a statement on Sunday that Liu, whose Chinese name is Liu Qiangdong, was falsely accused.
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| Father-Son Duo Bikes From Canada to Coney Island to Support Autism Organizations Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:24 AM PDT  Ten-year-old James Potvin and his father, Chris, rode over 600 miles.
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| Jordan's Palestinian refugees fearful after US slashes aid Posted: 02 Sep 2018 07:26 AM PDT  US President Donald Trump's cut to funds for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has sparked fears in Jordan's largest refugee camp, where tens of thousands depend on its aid for survival. "Our country is gone and now they're coming after our livelihoods," said Zeinab al-Ardaba, a resident of Jordan's Baqaa camp.
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| Duterte in Israel for first visit by a Philippines president Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:43 PM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been accused of condoning human rights abuses, received a warm welcome in Israel Sunday.
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| Is the 'realistic' beauty campaign about to get its big break? Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:31 AM PDT  It is a truth universally acknowledged that the dreaded pore, like zits or stray hairs, is far from welcome when it comes to major beauty campaigns. The image was subtly but crucially different from the brand's more usual social media output, which has tended to showcase complexions airbrushed into impossible perfection. Earlier this summer, cruelty-free label Urban Decay began posting pictures that showed complexions in close-up, pores, stray brows and all.
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| Iran's Zarif in Syria for talks ahead of Idlib offensive Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:54 AM PDT  Mohammad Javad Zarif's trip to war-ravaged Syria also comes just days before a top-level tripartite meeting in Tehran to discuss the Syrian conflict, now in its eighth year. On Monday afternoon, he met Assad to discuss "issues on the agenda for the tripartite meeting," according to the Syrian presidency's account on the Telegram messaging app. Zarif also met with Syria's prime minister and its chief diplomat Walid Muallem on Monday.
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| Feel good Monday: Son reunited with war hero father’s lost car Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:16 AM PDT  A team of volunteers from charity Follow the Flag restored a fallen war hero's Toyota Celica as a surprise birthday gift for his son. Here's the full heart-warming story
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| Mollie Tibbetts' Father Begs Politicians to 'Leave Us Out of Your Debate' Posted: 02 Sep 2018 12:24 PM PDT  Anti-immigration forces have latched on to her suspected killer's status
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| Teen from New Mexico compound says he was trained for jihad: FBI Posted: 01 Sep 2018 06:10 PM PDT  A 13-year-old boy told FBI agents that his mother's boyfriend wanted to "get an army together," court documents show.
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