Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara

A Turkish policeman has shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, apparently in protest at Russia's involvement in Aleppo.

The killer has been identified as Mevlut Mert Aydintas, 22, a member of the Ankara riot police. It was not clear if he had links to any group.

The incident happened a day after protests in Turkey over Russian support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Turkey's President said the attack was aimed at hurting ties with Russia.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and, in a video message, said that they both agreed it was an act of "provocation".

He said that those who wanted to harm relations between the two countries "would not achieve it".

In televised remarks, Mr Putin said the act was "undoubtedly a provocation aimed at disrupting the normalisation" of bilateral ties and the "peace process in Syria".

While there were protests in recent days about the situation in Aleppo, on a political level the Turkish and Russian governments have been co-operating in the ceasefire operation, the BBC's Turkey correspondent, Mark Lowen, reports.

Before the attack happened, a meeting of the Russian, Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers had been planned in Moscow for Tuesday.

source: BBC News

Shocking features Added To Samsung S8

Samsung is to launch its new flagship Galaxy S8 in the second quarter of 2017 where we are expecting to have a bezel-less display similar to Xiaomi Mi MIX

According to Bloomberg, the new Samsung Galaxy S8 will absolutely have no-bezel, and Samsung is going to drop its legendary physical home-button and will replace it by a capacities button infused with fingerprint sensor similar to Apple iPhone 7.

There are rumors around that Galaxy S8 is going to be launch a month later to its due date and it is believed that Samsung is taking increased measures for the success launch after the fiasco of Galaxy Note 7.

The phone will have two different model a 5.1-inch and 5.7-inch similar to the S7. The phone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Samsung’s own Exynos SoC.

There are also rumors that the phone will have 6GB of RAM, which seems quite true after various smartphones release with 6GB RAM like OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus, Xiaomi Mi MIX and many more.

S8 launch is indispensable for Samsung to raise out of the ashes of Galaxy Note 7 and it will take any possible action to make the launch successful and even after.

The rivalry stands still between the two competitors Apple and Samsung to outnumber each other in the sales of units.

Train drivers at home, Worst Rail disruption

LONDON:  British commuters faced the worst travel chaos on Tuesday as train drivers went on a strike which is considered to be the worst rail disruption that Britain has never seen  in decades.

Southern Rail, which operates trains between England’s south coast and London, informed of severe disruption and cancelled all of its 2,284 services after workers launched three days of industrial action.

According to reports around 1,000 drivers are on strike, which will affect almost 300,000 passengers in the people who travel to London’s Gatwich Airport.

The drivers began a 48-hour walkout on Monday and planned a further 24-hour walkout for Friday and six days on action in January, which has not been decided yet.

The strike is about “driver-only operated trains” which means there would be no guard to assist and open and close the doors of the train for the passengers.

A point raised by the Union leaders about the safety and possible job losses, though the company affirmed that the number of staff will not be affect.

Passengers on routes from Brighton and other key commuter towns in southern England have been experiencing months of disruption to the services and series of walkouts that began in the April.

Govia Thameslink Railway’s owner started the latest strike after he lost a legal bid to halt the action.

Britain’s railways have once experienced this he level of shutdown in 1994 when signal workers went on a strike.

Southern Rail released a consolatory words, said it was “sincerely sorry” that trains were at a standstill.

“These strikes are wholly unjustified and we must find a way forward,” a company spokesman said, adding that it had invited union representatives to talks aimed at resolving the issue.

Mick Whelan the general secretary of the train drivers’ union Aslef, said the union was prepared to negotiate but “it’s up to the company, and the government, to be flexible and end the misery of commuters.”

Chris Grayling, Britain’s transport minister called it a “completely futile, pointless strike”.

Further he told BBC’s Radio 4 that he did not agree with the action but: “I don’t have the power to order people back to work. This is a lawful strike.”

The rail walkout comes after Post Office workers also voted Monday to strike in a row over job cuts, closures and pensions.

Next week, the five days of strike is being carried by the Communication Workers Union which will affect the courier services and shipping of goods while the busiest period, Christmas, is just around the corner.

Earned £90,000 from a Hair cut

LONDON: A British man who suffered a stroke because an artery was damaged during a routine haircut has reportedly received £90,000 in compensation from the salon.

Dave Tyler, a 45-year-old father of two, collapsed two days later during a business meeting, prompting a trip to hospital where a consultant asked him: “Have you had your hair cut recently?”Tyler had his hair washed and cut at the Headmasters salon in his hometown of Brighton, southern England, according to reports in The Times and Mail on Sunday.

Doctors believe an artery was injured when Tyler’s head was bent backwards over the basin to wash his hair, causing a blood clot that led to the debilitating stroke.

He reportedly spent three months in the hospital and was left only able to walk with a stick and unable to drive because of blurred vision.The salon agreed to pay £90,000 ($114,000, 107,000 euros) after Tyler’s lawyers had claimed it had failed to protect his head during the visit in 2011 adequately.The salon referred AFP’s questions about the case to the headquarters of Headmasters, a chain, but no one was immediately available for comment.

According to The Times, similar incidents have been previously recorded in medical journals, and the newspaper cited two other cases of so-called “beauty parlour syndrome”.In January 2014, mother-of-two Elizabeth Smith reportedly had a stroke after visiting a salon in San Diego, in the United States. And in 2000, Pamela Crabb, from Poole, in southern England, also suffered a stroke believed to have been caused by a salon visit.

Does Dinosaur are alive , Tail of dinosaur is found in Amber

The tail of a feathered dinosaur has been found perfectly preserved in amber from Myanmar.

The one-of-a-kind discovery helps put flesh on the bones of these extinct creatures, opening a new window on the biology of a group that dominated Earth for more than 160 million years.Examination of the specimen suggests the tail was chestnut brown on top and white on its underside.

The tail is described in the journal Current Biology.

"This is the first time we've found dinosaur material preserved in amber," co-author Ryan McKellar, of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Canada, told the BBC News website.

The study's first author, Lida Xing from the China University of Geo-sciences in Beijing, discovered the remarkable fossil at an amber market in Myitkina, Myanmar.

The 99-million-year-old amber had already been polished for jewelry and the seller had thought it was plant material. On closer inspection, however, it turned out to be the tail of a feathered dinosaur about the size of a sparrow.

Lida Xing was able to establish where it had come from by tracking down the amber miner who had originally dug out the specimen.

Dr McKellar said examination of the tail's anatomy showed it definitely belonged to a feathered dinosaur and not an ancient bird.

Dr McKellar said there are signs the dinosaur still contained liquids when it was fused into the tree pitch that in the end framed the golden. This demonstrates it could even have turned out to be caught in the sticky substance while it was still alive. 

Co-creator Prof Mike Benton, from the University of Bristol, included: "It's stunning to see every one of the points of interest of a dinosaur tail - the bones, substance, skin, and plumes - and to envision how this little individual got his tail got in the tar, and after that probably passed on in light of the fact that he couldn't wrestle free." 

Examination of the science of the tail where it was uncovered at the surface of the golden even shows up hints of ferrous iron, a relic of the blood that was once in the example. The discoveries likewise shed light on how quills were orchestrated on these dinosaurs, since 3D components are regularly lost because of the pressure that happens when bodies get to be fossils in sedimentary rocks. The plumes do not have the all around created focal shaft - a rachis - known from cutting edge winged creatures. Their structure recommends that the two finest levels of fanning in cutting edge plumes, known as thorns and barbules, emerged before the rachis shaped.

Child abuse 'Now Soccer stars' are involved

Here are now 83 potential suspects and 98 clubs involved in the inquiry into child abuse in football, police chiefs have said.

The investigations span all tiers of football, "from premier clubs through to amateur", the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said.

Police forces across the country are continuing to receive calls, it added.

Of the identified victims, 98% were male, and the age at the time of abuse was between seven and 20, police said.

A total of 639 referrals had been received from the helpline set up by the children's charity the NSPCC, and directly from police forces.

The information is being passed to Operation Hydrant - which oversees the investigation of allegations of "non-recent" child sex abuse within institutions - which collates it and shares it across forces.

The NPCC's lead for child protection said the allegations were "being swiftly acted upon" by police.

Although 98 football clubs had been "referenced", not all were necessarily under investigation, the police said.

And it said the number of victims, previously reported to be 350, continued to apply until all the referrals had been analysed and processed.

'No complacency'

Meanwhile, Premier League boss Richard Scudamore has written to the parents of more than 3,000 players in the league's youth system to reassure them their children are being protected.

In the letter, which was sent on Wednesday to the parents of children aged eight to 18, Mr Scudamore said the league had been "very concerned" by the allegations of historical sexual abuse at professional football clubs.

"The victims and survivors have been extremely brave to come forward and have our sympathy and support," he wrote.

"Given the volume of media coverage these disturbing stories understandably continue to generate, it is important that you... are made aware of the current standards and provisions in place to keep your children safe."

Mr Scudamore went on to outline the Premier League's various safeguarding measures.

He added: "There is no complacency - the Premier League's own safeguarding team and independent monitors visit each club regularly throughout every season to assess the quality of their work and guide them on any developments that could be made."

Three weeks ago, ex-Crewe defender Andy Woodward waived his right to anonymity to say he had been a victim of sexual abuse as a young footballer.

Since then, more than 20 former footballers - including ex-youth players, trainees and professionals - have come forward with allegations of historical abuse in football.

Governing body the Football Association has announced an internal review.

A leading civil rights lawyer has backed calls for an inquiry into child abuse in Scottish football.

Raju Bhatt, who sat on the independent panel into the Hillsborough disaster, said failure to do so would be a betrayal of the victims.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already rejected calls for a current inquiry into the abuse of children in care to be widened, saying it should be down to the police to probe football abuse claims.

Children's charity the NSPCC said the "shocking" numbers had revealed the "deeply disturbing extent of abuse" in football.

It said its football hotline, launched with the support of the FA, had seen a "staggering surge" in calls in its first week.

source : BBC News

‘Game of Thrones’ Maester Aemon of castle black Dies

LONDON: British actor Peter Vaughan, best known for his role as Maester Aemon in hit television series “Game of Thrones”, died Tuesday at the age of 93.

The character actor had been a recognisable figure on British television screens since the 1950s, but his appearance in the fantasy epic over five years from 2011 won him global fans.

“Very sadly Peter Vaughan passed away at approximately 10.30 this morning. He died peacefully with his family around him,” his agent Sally Long-Innes said.

Partially sighted in real life, in “Game of Thrones” he played the blind maestro of Castle Black, one of the lord commander’s closest advisors in the Night’s Watch.

Vaughan also appeared as a villain in prison sitcom “Porridge” in the 1970s, and starred in “Our Friends in the North” in the 1990s, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA television award.

Born on April 4, 1923, he was married to actress Billie Whitelaw for 12 years. He is survived by his second wife, actress Lillias Walker.- AFP

Extreme whether and Temperature rise, A sign of Danger for Humans

This “hot and wild” weather meant that global ocean temperatures rose at unprecedented levels, Arctic sea ice coverage and mountain glaciers declined and surface melting of the Greenland ice sheet continued at above-average levels.

The extreme weather also meant that people around the world suffered from high-impact climate events such as severe droughts in Africa, devastating floods in South-East Asia, terrible heatwaves in India and Pakistan, and catastrophic hurricanes and typhoons in the United States and the Philippines.

Against this backdrop and within the context of the ongoing 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Marrakech, Morocco (07-18 November 2016), the United Nations News

Centre spoke with Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization (WMO), on the state of the Earth’s weather and what it means to the people who inhabit the planet.

Q: The global climate report 2011-2015 confirms that the average global temperature in 2015 has already reached the 1 degree Celsius mark. What does this 1 degree Celsius really mean to people on the ground, say for an office worker in South East Asia or a farmer in South Africa?

Petteri Taalas: One degree does not sound like a big number if you compare the temperate over a couple of days but globally [over a long period of time] it means that we have seen an increase in the amount of disasters related to the weather. It means that we have observed more heat waves, for example, in Kuwait, the temperature hit 54 degrees-Celsius limit last summer and there have been devastating heat waves in many continents.

We have also seen changes in the pattern of rainfall, which means that some areas are now seeing flooding – when it rains, it rains much more — and that led to problems for human beings and also for economies. And then in some parts of the world we have seen more droughts, caused by the heat waves, and leading to forest fires and difficulties in agriculture. For example, at the moment, the southern part of Africa is suffering because of a drought that was partly caused by El Nino last year but also by a drying trend behind it. In tropical zones we have observed more intense tropical storms and they have been devastating for countries like Vanuatu. We also observed the first hurricane hitting Cabo Verde on the African coast.

So this one degree change means that the amount of disasters related to weather and hydrology have been increasing and if it goes beyond that one degree limit – which seems to be the case according to this year’s observations – we can expect to see more of this kind of disasters. And it will have a negative impact on the economies of the countries, and it will also impact the lives and wellbeing of all humans.

26 July 2016 – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations specialized agency, will set up a committee to examine whether a 54 degrees Celsius temperature recently recorded in Kuwait, has set the new highest temperature for Asia, as well as for the entire Eastern hemisphere.

UN underscores readiness to assist South-East Asian countries hit by floods

18 October 2011 – The United Nations voiced deep concern over the devastating floods in Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam and offered to assist the affected countries to respond to the disaster that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused heavy damage to property and infrastructure.

Q: What has caused this dramatic change in temperatures?

Petteri Taalas: The main reason behind it is that we are using much more fossil fuel: coal, gas, and oil. We have changed the composition of the atmosphere. Therefore, we have seen a very dramatic increase of the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere. And we have also seen an increase in the amount of methane (CH4) in the atmosphere and an increase of the nitrous oxide (N2O). And all these are contributing to this warming that we have seen.

Q: Earlier WMO had said that this 1 degree rise – already half way to the 2-degree threshold – and that the national climate change plans adopted so far may not even be enough to prevent even a 3-degree rise. Do you think this is something that could have been foreseen before the Paris agreement?

Petteri Taalas: In our field we have known about this problem for 30 years. So about 30 years ago, we established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and then years later we established the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to start mitigating climate change. So this problem has been around for a long time, but the good news is that governments now understand the need to mitigate climate change, and that’s why they adopted the Paris Agreement on climate change last year, and it has very recently entered into force. This gives us a good basis for moving forward, and to mitigate the effects of climate change. And the key issue is whether we are acting quickly enough to avoid a 1.5 or 2 degree warming or are we going to go beyond that. So far the pledges behind the Paris Agreement indicate about a 3 degree warming level, which would mean that we might have a larger amount of disasters related to the weather. So it would be a smart thing for the governments to start reducing the emissions, and that would also be good for the coming generations.

There is optimism in the fight against climate change, but the best time to act is now, according to Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The head of the UN weather agency was speaking to UN News Centre, shortly after releasing a report on global greenhouse gases and climate change, which categorised 2011 to 2015 as the hottest five-year period on record. Mr. Taalas also noted that the world is now better equipped with technologies to mitigate the levels of greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate.

Q: In this context, what other messages would you like to give to the leaders attending the COP22 in Morocco?

Petteri Taalas: I would like to thank them for ratifying the Paris Agreement, which gives us hope. And we also now have better technological means for mitigation. And those means are also cheaper than they used to be. For example, solar and wind energy sources are cheaper than they used to be ten years ago. And we also have possibilities to convert our transport systems to use more electric cars. In the case of diet, we can go to more vegetarian diet; which could also reduce emissions.

So we have all the means available, and now it’s time to act and prevent these negative impacts of climate change, and it’s important that we start acting very soon, because if we wait, the problem will become more severe. I am very optimistic that we have all the means to be successful, but we should start changing our behavior very soon.

Combine initiative of Facebook and Google

Google said it is working on a policy change to prevent websites that misrepresent content from using its Ad Sense advertising network, while Facebook updated its advertising policies to spell out that its ban on deceptive and misleading content applies to fake news.

The shifts comes as Google, Facebook and Twitter Inc face a backlash over the role they played in the U.S. presidential election by allowing the spread of false and often malicious information that might have swayed voters toward Republican candidate Donald Trump.

The issue has provoked a fierce debate within Facebook especially, with Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg insisting twice in recent days that the site had no role in influencing the election.

Facebook’s steps are limited to its ad policies, and do not target fake news sites shared by users on their news feeds.

“We do not integrate or display ads in apps or sites containing content that is illegal, misleading or deceptive, which includes fake news,” Facebook said in a statement, adding that it will continue to vet publishers to ensure compliance.

Google’s move similarly does not address the issue of fake news or hoaxes appearing in Google search results. That happened in the last few days, when a search for ‘final election count’ for a time took users to a fake news story saying Trump won the popular vote. Votes are still being counted, with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton showing a slight lead.

Nor does Google suggest that the company has moved to a mechanism for rating the accuracy of particular articles.

Rather, the change is aimed at assuring that publishers on the network are legitimate and eliminating financial incentives that appear to have driven the production of much fake news.

“Moving forward, we will restrict ad serving on pages that misrepresent, misstate, or conceal information about the publisher, the publisher’s content, or the primary purpose of the web property,” Google said in a statement.

The company did not detail how it would implement or enforce the new policy.

“One of the incentives for a good portion of fake news is money,” he said. “This could cut the income that creates the incentive to create the fake news sites.”

However, he cautioned that detecting fake news sites was not easy. “What if it is a site with some real information and some fake news? It requires specialized knowledge and having humans (do it) doesn’t scale,” he said. –REUTERS

source: The News Tribe

Trump website resumes ‘Muslim ban’ proposal

 Trump’s proposal for calling a ban on Muslim immigrants from worldwide disappeared from his campaign website on Thursday, but a spokesman said what some observers took as a softening of Trump’s policies was due to a technical glitch.

The link to Trump’s Dec. 7 proposal titled: “Donald J. Trump statement on Preventing Muslim Immigration,” in which he called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” vanished temporarily from the website but later reappeared.

So too did a list of Trump’s potential Supreme Court justice picks as president and certain details of his economic, defense and regulatory reform plans.

“The website was temporarily redirecting all specific press release pages to the home page,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in an email.

Links to Trump’s policy proposals, including the Muslim ban, were working again by 3:30 p.m. EST (2030 GMT).

The links, which had redirected readers to a campaign fundraising page, appeared to have been removed around Election Day on Tuesday, when Trump won a historic upset against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to a website that records historic snapshots of web pages.

In an appearance on CNBC on Thursday, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal praised Trump for removing the Muslim ban proposal from his website and also said Trump had deleted statements offensive to Muslims from his Twitter account.

The prince could not be reached for comment after the links were restored.

Several tweets attacking Muslims that Trump sent while campaigning for president remained in his feed on Thursday, including a March 22 tweet in which Trump wrote:

“Incompetent Hillary, despite the horrible attack in Brussels today, wants borders to be weak and open-and let the Muslims flow in. No way!”

After initially praising the removal of the Muslim ban proposal at a news conference with other civil rights leaders on Thursday, Samer Khalaf, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said in a follow-up interview the group was hoping to see better behavior from Trump.

“False hope just came over us,” Khalaf said, but “we didn’t really think it was monumental that they took down the language.”

Khalaf said Trump’s policies were more important than any statements. “He’s elected, he said some horrible things, now we have to see what his policies are. If they’re good policies we’re going to commend him for it. If they’re horrible policies we’re going to challenge him on it.”

Despite the temporary glitch, most of Trump’s core policy positions had remained on his website, including his central immigration promise to build an “impenetrable physical wall” on the border with Mexico and make Mexico pay for its construction.

It was not the first time the Trump campaign blamed technical difficulties for changes to its website. The campaign this year also replaced the part of the site describing Trump’s healthcare policy with a different version. When contacted about it by Reuters in September, the campaign put the original page back up. –Reuters

source: The News Tribe

King Khan Pictorial Biography

MUMBAI: Bollywood’s legendary star, Shah Rukh Khan aka King Khan has on Wednesday night launched his pictorial biography in an aspiring event in Mumbai.

While talking to media at the launch, Shah Rukh recounted his early days in the industry.

“I was an odd-looking guy, I was not from a film background, I spoke too fast but I am thankful to all the filmmakers and those friends who gave me an opportunity. So for me, if a newcomer comes, I have been trained by people like these to respect the newcomer and love them,” he said.

The actor later took to twitter and thanked author Samar Khan for the book. He even specially mentioned how his younger son AbRam loved the book. SRK wrote, “Thk u @samarmumbaikhan this is so special. The book is lovely & my lil 1 is happy to c so many papas #25yearsofalife”.

SRK has had an awe-inspiring journey in Bollywood for 25 years now. While he is known as the ‘Badshah of Bollywood’ today, 25 years ago, he was just a guy who wanted to make it big in the city of dreams.

The biography ’25 Years Of A Life’ has captured his journey in the world of films, where each of its chapters are a director’s take on a particular character created by them and portrayed by SRK. The book was unveiled by King Khan himself at an event on Wednesday night.

The story originally appeared in TOIM

America gets Trumped

NEW YORK: Millions of Americans went to bed in utter disbelief late Tuesday night and many more
 woke up to a shocking reality Wednesday morning when they discovered that Donald Trump would
be the 45th President of the United States. He secured, at least, 290 electoral votes against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton who managed to bag 228 votes. Trump, 70, will be the oldest man ever elected president of the United States. He married thrice and his youngest son, Barron, is ten years old.

A new surge of white voters, mostly without college degrees and doing blue-collar jobs, negated all
 projections and predictions by the mainstream US media and ensured his victory. High percentage
of Latino, black and Asian voters failed to help Hillary Clinton become the first female president of
 the United States. For months, she was the favourite of the New York Times, Huffington Post and
other credible publications. “Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business. Complicated. Thank you very much,” the president-elect told his jubilant
 supporters, at his victory speech, in New York’s Hilton.

Mrs. Clinton conceded defeat and called President-elect Trump to congratulate him.

“I have just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us. It’s about us. On our victory,
 and I congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign. I mean, she fought very
 hard… and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country,” the president-elect said.

In her post-defeat speech Wednesday morning, Mrs Clinton believed Trump would be a successful
president of the United States. She said they were not expecting such results, which left both her and
 the supporters disappointed. “Our campaign was not about one person. It was about building America
. Our nation is deeply divided. We must accept these results and look to the future. Donald Trump is going
 to be our president. Our constitution enshrines peaceful transition of power,” she said

President Obama called the president-elect to invite him to the White House on Thursday to discuss the
 smooth transition of power. He also called former Secretary of State Mrs Clinton and expressed admiration
 for the strong campaign she waged throughout the country. Polling began in the United States on Tuesday
 with high hopes among Mrs. Clinton supporters. However, as clocks ticked she and her supporters had to
 face one shock after another. Five States including Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa
flipped to Republicans and played a decisive role in President-elect Trump’s victory.

The Republicans also won the Senate and maintained their majority in the House of Representatives,
 which meant they were in virtual control of three power centres. Besides, after assuming office the
 president will appoint a ninth Supreme Court judge, expected to tilt the balance in Republicans’ favour.

Trump, who never held any public office before, will be heavily relying on his advisors to formulate domestic

 and foreign policies. He already made it clear that he would not follow the policies of Obama administration
 vis-à-vis Middle East and ISIS.

Democrats’ election night parties abruptly ended across America after it became clear that they had lost the election. They came with happy faces to celebrate victory. However, they had to leave early in tears. “Yikes,” snapped Congressman Jamie Raskin, when Daily Times sought his comments about America under Trump.
 “Is this really a serious question? I shudder to think about it,” he said.

Cathy, a paramedic, refused to accept that America would be just fine under Trump presidency. “This man wanted all immigrants to leave. He harassed women. He evaded taxes. He lied. He cheated. He is the last
nail in the coffin,” she said.

Trump was uncharacteristically gracious in his victory speech, saying he would pursue harmony over hostility throughout the world. “I will be President for all of Americans, and this is so important to me. For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country,” Trump said at his victory speech to throngs of jubilant supporters.

source:daily times

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Trump win ‘opens period of uncertainty’: France

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande, who once said Donald Trump made him want to retch, warned Wednesday that the Republican billionaire’s stunning victory in the US election “opens a period of uncertainty.”

In a televised address, Hollande underlined that the United States was a key partner for business, for solving wars in the Middle East and tackling global warming — something Trump has dismissed as a hoax.

“This American election opens a period of uncertainty,” he said in a statement that offered only brief congratulations to the Republican billionaire.

As well as France keeping up its global role, “this context calls for a united Europe, capable of making itself heard and of promoting policies wherever its interests or its values are challenged,” he said.

Hollande, who has disastrous approval ratings ahead of France’s presidential election next year, has been an outspoken critic of Trump and in October had predicted a victory for Hillary Clinton.

In the wake of a feud between the incoming US president and the Muslim parents of a slain US soldier in August, the Socialist French president told journalists that “his excesses make you want to retch”.

Trump has raised hackles in France after saying attacks in Paris last year that left 130 people dead might have been avoided if the country relaxed its gun laws.

He has also referred to “vicious” no-go zones in Paris and said French people arriving in the United States could face security vetting because of fears about extremists. –AFP

source: The news Tribe

Junior Rawalpindi Express

Shoaib was over the moon with this big news and declared the day as the ‘best day of his life’.

Guys, am ecstatic to share that me & Begum have been blessed with a healthy baby boy just now. Oh what a feeling! Thank u Allah Pak.

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) November 7, 2016

While speaking to Geo News exclusively, Shoaib let it be known that both mother and the baby are fine and out of danger.

He further thanked all his fans and friends for keeping the family in prayers.

Both Mom & little angel are fine. Getting a human life to dis world is surely d biggest miracle. Rawalpindi Express is now a Proud Papa!!!

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) November 7, 2016