Previous Russian spy is critically ill after exposure to strange substance

A man critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain

Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a "spy swap" between the US and Russia in 2010.

He and a woman, 33, were found unconscious on a bench at Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.

The substance has not been identified.

He was convicted of passing the identities of Russian intelligence agents working undercover in Europe to the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.

He and the woman, who he knew, are both in intensive care unit

Italian Fiorontina Captain Astori death confirmed

Fiorontina 

captain Davide Astori has died aged 31

Astori was staying a hotel ahead of his game on Sunday away at Udinese when he passed away.

The defender won 14 caps for Italy

 

in a career which started at AC Milan before being sold to Cagliari

"Fiorentina are profoundly shaken and forced to announce that their captain Davide Astori has died," read the statement.

"For this terrible and delicate situation, and above all out of respect for his family, we appeal to the sensitivity of the media."

The match against Udinese has been postponed following the announcement of the player's death. It was later confirmed that all Serie A games were to be postponed out of respect for Astori.

Suicidal shooting outside the White House

A man is reported to have suicidal shot  outside the White House as per the US Secret Service say

agents were "responding to reports of a person who allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound" outside the north fence

President Donald Trump is not at the White House

The Secret Service said that medical personnel were responding to a male victim. It said no one else has been reported injured in the latest incident.

Number of deaths resulted from bad weather in Europe

The deaths numbers from severe weather has risen across Europe, with at least 23  in Poland alone amid sub-zero temperatures .

Shelters have been opened as the plight of rough sleepers is a major concern. More than 60 people have died across the continent.

Meanwhile most transport and flights have been suspended in Ireland where thousands were left without power.

The unusually cold spell brought by a Siberian weather system was being felt as far south as the Mediterranean.

How will Europe respond to Trump New Tariffs and Trade War

Europe officials said they will respond "firmly" if US President Donald Trump presses ahead with his plan for steep global duties on metals

EU trade chiefs are considering slapping 25% tariffs on around $3.5bn (£2.5bn) of imports from the US as per many press reports

World Trade Organization Director General said: "A trade war is in no one's interests."

The rhetoric ramped up as Mr Trump tweeted that "trade wars are good". 

International condemnation has greeted the US president's Thursday announcement that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% on aluminium next week.

Many Cautions token after U.K Snow and Bad Weather conditions

 Cancellation of Flights and trains trips

 thousands of schools shut down 

As bad weather  conditions continue across the UK

Many Rail networks have told people not to travel on their routes

 Flood warnings remain in place in the south-west and north-east of England 

Further snow is expected on Friday and the Army has helped free standards motorists

Major incidents have been declared in many places, as blizzards brought roads to a standstill

 

The M62 near Manchester is closed "indefinitely" while the military helps police free standards motorists 

In addition to advising passengers not to travel SouthWestern Railway has announced that it will be shutting its services completely by 20:00 GMT on Friday. 

Prime Minister Theresa May has thanked everyone "going the extra mile".

Why did president Trump say Trade Wars are good ?

US President Donald Trump has said "trade wars are good", amid controversy over his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

He tweeted that the US was "losing billions of dollars on trade" and would find a trade war "easy to win".

On Thursday he said steel imports would face a 25% tariff and aluminium 10%.

Canada and the EU said they would bring forward their own countermeasures. Mexico, China and Brazil have also said they are considering retaliatory steps. 

Critics argue that the tariffs would fail to protect American jobs and would ultimately put up prices for consumers. 

The news sent shares in both Asia and Europe down on Friday.

Many people killed in drug rehabilitation center in Baku

A fire has killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku

pictures showed flames leaping through barred windows of a single-storey wooden building

The fire in a ward for bedridden patients was initially caused by an electrical fault in the building, as per government statement 

Thirty-one people were rescued during the incident

Four people were taken to hospital, according to  APA.

The fire which broke out just before dawn, was fanned by the strong winds. It took around three hours for fire fighters to extinguish it

Public are invited for Prince Harry wedding Ceremony

1,000 of the public have been invited to the Windsor Castle for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.

Attending public s will be able to watch the arrival and departure of the bride and groom only not the whole ceremony

All invitees will be about 2,640 people who will be given access to the grounds for the wedding on 19 May

Charity workers, school children, royal household members and Windsor residents are among those invited.

Ms Markle and Prince Harry wanted "members of the public to feel part of the celebrations too".

The full list of those invited to the grounds includes 1,200 members of the public from a broad range of ages and backgrounds, 200 people from charities, 610 Windsor Castle community members, 530 people from the royal households and the Crown Estate and 100 local school children.

Terrorism Attack on French embassy in Burkina Fasu

Gunshots , explosion have been heard near the army leadership center and the French embassy in the capital of Burkina Faso

reports about seeing armed men getting out of a car and opening fire

 

Pictures from the scene showed a cloud of black smoke  in the sky. 

It is not yet clear who is behind the apparent attack

 

"An attack is under way," the French ambassador stated

 

The US embassy in the city has advised people to seek shelter.

Science teacher in Florida practicing Sex with an adolescent

22-year-old Stephanie Peterson is accused of sending naked photographs to a 14-year-old teenager, having sex with him and buying drugs for him. According to the Daily Mirror, Peterson, a science teacher, began her relationship with an eighth-grader in November when she sent him her own pictures without clothes. Police in Florida, Florida, arrested the teacher on Wednesday and charged her with two counts, one of which was a "punitive assault" and the other was sending harmful material to a minor. During the investigation, the teenager said that his teacher started to go home and take her around 11pm and bring him back home at around 2 am. The student said Peterson was buying him a marijuana drug, asking him not to disclose any info to anybody

But with detoriation of the child and parents questions the child informed his parents who informed the police

The teacher is in prison now and with a penalty of 25 thousands penalty

Russia Key policies during 4th president term of Piutin

Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win in 17 days' time.

The weapons he boasted of included a cruise missile that he said could "reach anywhere in the world".

He said of the West: "They need to take account of a new reality and understand ... [this]... is not a bluff."

Giving his annual state of the nation speech, Mr Putin used video presentations to showcase the development of two new nuclear delivery systems that he said could evade detection. 

One video graphic appeared to show missiles raining down on the US state of Florida !!!!

One system Mr Putin described included a "low-flying, difficult-to-spot cruise missile... with a practically unlimited range and an unpredictable flight path, which can bypass lines of interception and is invincible in the face of all existing and future systems of both missile defence and air defence".

Another was a submarine-launched, long-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead

During the two-hour televised speech to a joint sitting of both houses of parliament, he said the weapons were a response to US development of its missile defence system

Trump New tariffs towards Aluminium and Steel imports to the U.S

President Donald Trump is to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports next week, hitting producers like Canada and China.

He said steel products face a 25% tariff, with 10% on aluminium goods.

The US imports four times more steel than it exports, and is reliant on steel from more than 100 nations.

Mr Trump tweeted that the US was suffering from "unfair trade". But the move has hit US markets, with the Dow Jones index closing down 1.7%.

The value of shares in American steel manufacturers jumped significantly after the announcement.

The news is likely to provoke an angry reaction from China, and analysts have expressed fears of the prospect of new trade wars.

Key US allies are also at risk of being hit with higher costs, but it is not clear if any countries will be excluded from the new measures.

Why now?

During his presidential campaign, Mr Trump said that foreign countries were "dumping vast amounts of steel all over the United States, which essentially is killing our steelworkers and steel companies".

And since taking office, Mr Trump said cheap imports from China were harming the viability of industry in the US, which is the world's biggest importer of steel.

New President of Catalonia Pro or anti Separation

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has said he is ending his bid to be reappointed as president of Spain's north-eastern region

He said he was stepping aside in favour of detained activist Jordi Sanchez.

Mr Puigdemont is in self-imposed exile in Belgium and has been told by Spain he faces arrest if he returns

This followed Catalonia's independence referendum last October

"I will not put myself forward as candidate to be appointed regional president 

Jordi Sanchez and several other Catalan pro-independence politicians have been imprisoned in connection with the poll

The central government in Madrid later sacked the Catalan regional government, imposed direct rule and called new elections, but pro-independence parties returned with a slim majority.

Scientists to realize 1st light emerged in the Universe

traces of the earliest light in the universe had been detected thought to emanate from the first stars formed after the Big Bang

The Big Bang happened since billions of years ago 

 Nature stated on February 28, said researchers found the "fingerprint" of the universe's first light as background radiation left on hydrogen

"This is the first time we've seen any signal from this early in the Universe, aside from the afterglow of the Big Bang," Judd Bowman, an astronomer at Arizona State University who is the leader for this work 

Following the Big Bang, physicists believe there was only darkness in the universe for about 180 million years, a period known by scientists as Cosmic "Dark Ages."

As the universe expanded, the soup of ionized plasma created by the Big Bang slowly began to cool and form neutral hydrogen atoms, say physicists. Eventually these were pulled together by gravity and ignited to form stars.

Teachers and Educators strike to continue on West Virginia schools

All West Virginia schools will remain closed Thursday as a continuity of a week-long strike over pay 

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had reached a tentative pay deal with union leaders Tuesday that was designed to end the strike on Thursday

The agreement provides for a 5% pay raise the first year

However, the deal didn't include a fix to the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA).

The governor said the issue of funding insurance would be addressed by a task force created by the union deal, which is not the immediate fix educators wanted.

As a result, teachers and education personnel are demanding a fix to their health insurance as part of the new deal. 

Beautiful Words and Image of Barry Crimmins

RIP Barry Crimmins

Barry Crimmins was a compassionate, hilarious man who touched so many lives.   He gave so much of himself to help other people.  I hope his life inspires others to follow his example.  And he was hilarious.  We love you Barry

Hari Kondablou

Please watch @bcgoldthwait's documentary "Call Me Lucky" about Barry Crimmins. Barry passed away today & you should know why he was a special person & why we're all better off because he existed. RIP Barry.

This one hurts a lot. Barry Crimmins was a good man with a huge heart who sacrificed a great deal to make the world better. RIP Barry. It was an honor to meet you & I will cherish every kind word you said to me.

In loving memory of Barry Crimmins (1953-2018) A crusader, comic and a hero. When they asked "What are you?" Barry answered "I'm whatever threatens you." Words to live by.

RIP the great comedian and childrens' rights activist Barry Crimmins. Give a listen to his album on Spotify to hear righteous anger transformed into hilarious comedy.

So sad to hear about the passing of Barry Crimmins. One of the few close friends I was able to make in the last couple of years and an incredible inspiration. Love you so much, my G. Thank you for everything you've done. Pure hero. RIP

National Marjarita Days Funny news

Stores out of Stock Early

Fans at the debut of Jimmy Buffet's Broadway musical wanted to waste away in Magaritaville, but the bar ran out of booze.

"(The show) was sold out and there were many Parrotheads in the audience," according to a source tied to "Escape to Margaritaville," which had its first preview performance on Friday. "But the house did not expect to run out of Triple Sec, thus having to cut off Margarita sale

Invitation to 

Tomorrow, we'll be celebrating #NationalMargaritaDay at @cavadeltequila! For one day only, pair your chips and queso with a special margarita flight featuring flavors like guava, cucumber and passion fruit! ¡Salud! #Epcot

And How to made it

Who knew ...?

Today is National Margherita Day.

We'll drink to that 🥂❤️🍸

#NationalMargaritaDay

1 ounce tequila

Dash of Triple Sec

Juice of 1/2 lime or lemon

Pour over crushed ice, stir.  Rub the rim of a stem glass with rind of lemon or lime, spin in salt — pour, and sip.

Why Suez Egypt Shrimps are the best and most expensive

Ihab Abu Ali, founder of the famous Abu Ali fish restaurant in Sharm el-Sheikh, is the best in the world because of the Suez franchise.

Abu Ali said that the ships pass through the Suez Canal, allowing them to wait for the entrance and exit movement, and allow them to throw them, which caused the work of the fry - a place like giant cattle - where the fish are raised, The world as well as being the most expensive.

Updates on Russian Plane Crash Yesterday

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The plane that crashed on Sunday exploded when it hit the ground and did not fire on board before, despite all eyewitness accounts of smoke coming out of the plane as it headed for the ground, Russian federal investigators said on Sunday.

Photos of the American Foreign Minister in Cairo Egypt

New Names for Valentine Day

As per twitter trend there is eager to change valentine day name and theollowing are some suggestions 

Christmas Day for florists by @slimiath

Lingerie Sales Day

(panties are half off) by @Nowhere a child

Forever alone day @puppetauthorWP

 He took my car to get an oil change day! By @mixednutgallery

Cheap Chocolate Eve by @cathymcandrew

Singles complaining Day by @tumblrasshole

Hallmark Holiday by @rkelly940

Lovingly Romantic Day to some, 

Overly Commercialized Day to others by @cher1e

Relation between Hot Tea and Cancer

Doctors studied dietary habits for nearly half a million people between the ages of 30 and 79 years, and for nine years, they discovered 1731 cases of esophageal cancer due to drinking hot tea

Smoking, hot tea and alcohol increase the risk of esophageal cancer according to study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine .

The researchers found that esophageal cancer was 5 times more frequent among those who drank hot drinks and at least 15 grams of alcohol, and that the disease was twice as common among hot tea lovers with smoking.

NOVARTIS bribery biggest scandal in Greece History

The Greek parliament will discuss corruption charges involving a number of Greek politicians over their association with granting illegal benefits to Swiss drug company Novartis

Greek television networks quoted the minister as saying: the biggest scandal in modern Greek history


The major bribery scandal  involved 2 former prime ministers and 8 former ministers in Greece where they are suspected to have led to years of inflated medical supply prices


An investigation was started in 2016, and Novartis was targeted in Greece. The company said it was cooperating with the authorities


Prosecutors have been forced to bring the case to parliament because of the presence of suspects enjoying judicial immunity


Novartis faces probes on suspicion of involvement in corruption in several countries, including Italy, China and South Korea

What did you know about John Mahoney before his death today ?

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British-born Born in Blackpool

actor John Mahoney best known for his role in the US sitcom Frasier, 

died aged 77

Mahoney died on Sunday 

Last days of his life spent in hospice care in Chicago,  

GMahoney played the unpretentious, blunt father of Frasier and Niles Crane in the hit comedy, who were portrayed by Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce.

Frasier ran for 11 seasons from 1993-2004 

won a SAG award in 2000 in for the role.

Mahoney was  nominated for two Emmys ,  two Golden Globe

he moved to the US as a young man , 

winning a Tony award in 1986,

 

3 Persons at his home and He knows who killed his wife immediately ?

If you want to know the Answer click here but please make your mind at first 

3 persons at his home and He knows who killed his wife immediately How ?

Answer
The police officer was the only man while the doctor and lawyer were ladies.
Peter on a second glance would also read the police officer's name on his name tag as "John".
Peter's wife was saying, "No John! Don't do it!" to the police officer and the police officer shot her anyway.

Best Comments about Lady Doritos

After the hashtag has become the 2nd place in USA

We will transfer here some of the best comments gained our attention 

Megan @m_dot_brown Wrote

I want to know how the Lady Doritos conversation went

Bob: Hey Sharon! Doritos needs to take a stronger stance in the Me Too movement. Any ideas?

Sharon: Equal pay... perhaps more resources for women who experience harassment in the workplace?

Bob: Doritos for Ladies. Got it!

Lariane @larianebaker wrote

I saw Lady Doritos trending and thought "Ah, so Kylie named her baby."

Marie @thistallawkgirl

Women: We want equal pay for equal work and an end to sex discrimination in the workplace.

Society: Here's a bag of Lady Doritos so you won't have to crunch too loudly in front of your male colleagues.

@isaleewolf wrote

Women: We want equal pay for equal work and an end to sex discrimination in the workplace.

Society: Here's a bag of Lady Doritos so you won't have to crunch too loudly in front of your male colleagues.

The Worst drop in Dow Jones points Since 2008 but Tomorrow ???

The real Question for me now is Tomorrow what about Tomorrow as the Ice ball is growing and reflection of Dow Jones drop on all stock markets major or minor markets and if Nikkei of Tokyo drop for the 2nd day and the wave continues to Middle East and Europe , my expectations for tomorrow is not so good 

So please watch Tokyo
We will know tomorrow before We Sleep 

ICE Ball concept ...Z???

Today Closure

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed down by 1,175 points in the biggest one day fall since 2008

The leading US stock market index closed down 4.6% at 24,345.75.

It is the worst drop in points since September 2008 when a plan to rescue the US banking industry was rejected. 

The decline extended losses on Friday, when strong wage growth data raised the prospect of accelerated interest rate rises. 

Monday's sell-off surpassed a 777.68 points drop on the Dow Jones on 29 September 2008 

US investors are reacting to small but significant changes in the outlook for the US economy.

Erykah Badu : Many Questions raised about ?

Erykah Badu showed compassion for Hitler in a wide-ranging interview

Badu, 46,

 Spoke about staying relevant to younger listeners when her interview took a turn into more controversial subject matter.

She was asked about being labeled as anti-Semitic after traveling to Israel in 2008 where she said she followed Louis Farrakhan, the nation of Islam leader.

"I'm not an anti-Semitic person. I (didn't) even know what anti-Semitic was before I was called it. I'm a humanist. I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler," she said, taking a pivot into another questionable discussion.

"Hitler was a wonderful painter,

The interviewer expressed discontent then asked "what would his skill as a painter have to do with any 'good' in him?"

"Okay, he was a terrible painter. Poor thing.

He had a terrible childhood. 

That means that when I'm looking at my daughter, Mars... I could imagine her being in someone else's home and being treated so poorly, and what that could spawn," she continued. "I see things like that. I guess it's just the Pisces in me."

So from your point of view Erykah is anti-Semitic person or not 

Or just She just want to withdraw attention as she is approaching hard years for her as a star 

And do you think that causes she gave is a clue for anyone to consider any good thing in a person like Hitler 

Larry Nassar how many victims do U have ?

 Disgraced former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in a Michigan state prison Wednesday, bringing an end to a marathon sentencing hearing that featured statements from more than 150 girls and women who asserted he sexually abused them. 

The sentence, which is part of a plea deal in which Nassar admitted to 10 sex assault charges in two Michigan counties, comes on top of a 60-year federal sentence Nassar, 54, also faces for child pornography crimes he pleaded guilty to last year. 

Nassar apologized to the victims, saying "There are no words that can express the depth and breadth of how sorry I am." Afterward, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina read a letter Nassar had written to the court objecting to the length of the sentencing hearing

So if 150 women and girls admitted that sexually abused them how many do we do not know ?

Stephanie Clifford : The last victim of trump or others to appear again

 an alleged $130,000 payment made to an adult film star by one of Donald Trump's personal attorneys, with sources stating that the intended purpose was to cover up an affair between the actress, Stephanie Clifford, and the now-President of the United States. According to
 WSJ, the payment occurred just a few weeks before the 2016 election.

Clifford didn't respond to the Journal's request for comment; meanwhile, the White House has, of course, aggressively denied that any of this is true. 

Trump has been accused by multiple women of groping or sexually assaulting them in the past, although the alleged affair between him and Clifford is reported to have been consensual.

Many of Sexual assaults by Trump had erupted during the last month in the 2016 Elections campaign 

So really We can not expect to be the last woman to be linked to our president in Sexual issue or it will be the start of the Storm

CIA documents : King Hussien of Jordan had a child from a Jewish American Actress

CIA documents show that King Hussein of Jordan had a child out of wedlock with an American Jewish actress, who was later beaten to death by their son. 

A three-page CIA memo, made public for the first time last month, shows that the spy agency was eager to make a good impression on the Arab monarch during an official state visit in 1959, according to USA Today. 

The file reveals that the 24-year-old king, having divorced his first wife two years earlier,  "was especially desirous of female companionship during his Los Angeles visit 

As Hussein sought to secure financial aid from the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration during the trip, the spy agency arranged a meet with a 32-year-old B-list movie actress named Susan Cabot. 

The Hollywood prominent Howard Hughes invited Cabot to a party thrown by billionaire oilman Edwin Pauley.  

But before attending the tycoon's festive affair, Cabot (born Harriet Shapiro) was told by her handler "We want you to go to bed with him."


"The actress said that she rejected the proposal but finally went to [Hussein's] party," the memo states. She later found him to be most charming." 

A few days later the king asked the CIA to arrange another meeting with Cabot, this time in New York City

The relationship went secretly as would caused turmoil in his homelands 



It remains unclear how long Cabot and the King maintained their relationship. But in 1961, she gave birth to a boy named Timothy, long-rumored to be Hussein's son.

Born a dwarf, Timothy was later adopted by Cabot's second husband, Michael Roman. 


In 1986, Cabot was found bludgeoned to death with a weightlifting bar in her San Fernando Valley home, leading to her son's arrest. 

Timothy was  charged with involuntary manslaughter, claiming his mother who suffered from mental illness that attacked him first. 


During Timothy's trial, it was revealed in court that Cabot had received a monthly payment of $1,500 from the Jordanian government.


Timothy Roman was sentenced to four years in prison  dying of heart failure in 2003. 

King Hussein married three more times, his last to American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor till his death in 1999

Names of Immigrants from Haiti and Nigeria who enrich American Life

Names of Immigrants from Haiti and Nigeria who enrich American Life 

Examples of immigrants/descendants of immigrants from Haiti & Nigeria, 2 of Trump's "....

....." countries :

- Karim Abdul-Jabbar

- Chimamanda Adichie

- Issa Rae

- Zoe Saldana

- Sidney Poitier

- Rep. Mia Love

- Wyclef John

- Eric Andre

- Jozy Altidore

- Rick Famuyiwa

- Uzo Adubo