Luke Perry of Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale suffers massive stroke

Riverdale actor Luke Perry is in hospital after suffering a ‘massive stroke’. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

Hollywood star Luke Perry suffered a ‘massive’ stroke and is sedated in hospital, his rep has confirmed.

There had been conflicting reports the former 90210 star — who currently appeared on Netflix series Riverdale — was in an induced coma but source say he is “sedated”.
TMZ reported that paramedics were called to Perry’s home in Sherman Oaks, California, at about 9.39am yesterday, local time.
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The Two Codes Your Kids Need to Know

Ninth graders in a computer class in Brooklyn. The College Board has said that to be successful, students need to master computer science.CreditCreditSarah Blesener for The New York Times

A few years ago, the leaders of the College Board, the folks who administer the SAT college entrance exam, asked themselves a radical question: Of all the skills and knowledge that we test young people for that we know are correlated with success in college and in life, which is the most important? Their answer: the ability to master “two codes” — computer science and the U.S. Constitution.
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With Shutdown Looming, Border Deal Is Reached ‘in Principle’

Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash. In recent months, the number of migrants detained by agents at the border has risen to an average of about 50,000.CreditCreditTed S. Warren/Associated Press

By Emily Cochrane and Glenn Thrush
WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators on Monday night agreed in principle to provide $1.375 billion for fencing and other physical barriers at the Mexican border, part of a broader agreement that would stave off another partial government shutdown without funding President Trump’s wall. Please Click Here For Details

Seven jailed for life over 2015 Tunis and Sousse terror attacks

Seven jihadists have been given life sentences for attacks on a museum and beach resort in Tunisia in 2015 that killed 60 people, including 30 Britons.
Dozens of defendants have been brought before two separate trials over the shootings that occurred just months apart.
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Trump tax avoidance: Most important points from New York Times report claiming president dodged hundreds of millions in inheritance tax

Donald Trump is facing a fresh series of allegations that he was involved in a scheme to fraudulently avoid tax over the course of several decades.
A New York Times investigation has uncovered details of what it believes is potential criminal behaviour involving money passed to Mr Trump from his late father's business. Click Here For Details

McConnell Faces Pressure From Republicans to Stop Avoiding Shutdown Fight

WASHINGTON — For weeks, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has remained conspicuously on the sidelines, insisting that it was up to President Trump and Democrats to negotiate an end to the partial shutdown of the federal government. Click Here For Details

Federal workers -- in a panic about their pay -- apply for unemployment

As they get closer to missing their first paycheck of the new year, many federal employees are filing for unemployment benefits to tide them over during the government shutdown.
Even if a deal is reached quickly to reopen the shuttered agencies, workers probably won't get a paycheck until mid-January or later. Please click Here for details 

Nancy Pelosi set to lead opposition to Trump as Speaker of a House with the most women

WASHINGTON - Some call her a San Francisco latte liberal. But her daughter Alexandra says all you need to know about Nancy Pelosi is: "She'll cut your head off and you won't even know you're bleeding."Click Here For Details

Trump Rejects Potential Shutdown Compromise as He Prepares to Meet Congressional Leaders

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday torched a compromise that his own vice president floated with Democrats last month to stave off a government funding lapse, saying $2.5 billion in border security spending was insufficient as he renewed calls for $5 billion for his border wall amid a shutdown that has stretched into its 12th day. Click Here For Details

'JUST CALM DOWN,' Trump tells detractors in New Year tweet

WASHINGTON (AFP) - For many, the New Year presents an opportunity for introspection and vows of self-improvement.

Not so for US President Donald Trump, who kicked off 2019 in characteristically belligerent fashion, tweeting an all-caps message to his critics, telling them to "CALM DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE."  For details news Please click Here

Cheering for Luigi - hometown of Five Star Movement leader scents victory as Italy heads to the polls

Campaign posters in Pomigliano d'Arco portraying Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the Five Star Movement, and Vittorio Sgarbi, standing against him (with glasses), an art critic and TV personality known for his irreverent language. Credit: Chris Warde-Jones

Filling a customer’s plastic bag with glistening white strips of fresh calamari, Enrico Ursini has no doubt who he will vote for in Italy’s general election on Sunday.

“I’m with Di Maio all the way,” the fishmonger says, referring to Luigi Di Maio, the 31-year-old leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.

“They’re the new generation. If they win, we’ll send Luigi a nice big box of seafood as a present.”

Mr Ursini runs a stall selling fish, prawns and clams in an open-air market in Pomigliano d’Arco, the town near Naples where Mr Di Maio was born and raised.
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Donald Tusk: 'No frictionless trade' with EU and UK if outside customs union and single market

European Council president Donald Tusk has warned there can be "no frictionless trade" with the EU if the UK is outside the customs union and single market.
"Friction is an inevitable side effect of Brexit by nature," he told business leaders in Brussels.
A "hard border on the island of Ireland" is one of the "possible negative consequences" of the kind of Brexit set out by the UK's red lines, Donald Tusk said

The European Council president said he would ask Theresa May at their meeting in London whether the UK has "a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border" as that set out in Brussels' draft withdrawal agreement - which has been rejected as unacceptable by the Prime Minister.
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen charged for tweeting brutal ISIS images

In this June 18, 2017 file photo, French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen exits a voting booth in Henin Beaumont, Northern France.

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PARIS – French prosecutors have filed preliminary charges against far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence.

The prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre said the charges were issued Thursday for “distribution of violent images.” If the case reaches trial and she’s convicted, Le Pen could face three years in prison and 75,000 euros ($90,000 USD) in fines.
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Homeless to be detained in Brussels if they refuse to seek shelter during cold snap in Europe

An ice-covered bench on the frozen shore of Lake Geneva during a windy winter day, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Extreme cold weather is forecast to hit many parts of Europe with temperatures plummeting to a possible 10-year low.

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Police in Brussels have been directed to detain homeless people who refuse shelter during a cold snap.
The order comes from officials after a record cold snap – called “the beast from the east” has descended over much of Europe.
The beast refers to an area of arctic air originating in Siberia – essentially a polar vortex of very cold air – that has raced to the south thanks to a blocking pattern over the Arctic, Global News meteorologist Ross Hull explained.
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Florida students return to campus after massacre: ‘My best friends aren’t here anymore’

PARKLAND, Fla. — The line of students and their parents wrapped around Stoneman Douglas High School, several thousand people entering the campus for the first time since a gunman took 17 lives nearly two weeks ago.

They walked solemnly but resolutely Sunday through gates that had been locked to all but law enforcement and school officials since the Valentine’s Day shooting, set to collect backpacks and other belongings left behind as they fled the massacre. To enter, they passed within feet of the three-story building where the shooting happened. It is now cordoned off by a chain link fence that was covered with banners from other schools showing their solidarity.
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Rebels in Syria's eastern Ghouta welcome UN ceasefire resolution

A Syrian man on crutches walks down a street as smoke billows in the rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, following air strikes by regime forces on the area on Feb 23, 2018.PHOTO: AFP

BEIRUT (REUTERS, AFP) - The two major rebel factions in Syria's eastern Ghouta welcomed on Saturday (Feb 24) a UN resolution demanding a 30-day truce across the country to allow aid access and medical evacuations.

In separate statements, Jaish al-Islam and Failaq al-Rahman pledged to protect aid convoys that come into the besieged rebel enclave near Damascus. The insurgents said they would commit to a truce, but would respond to any violation by the Syrian government and its allies.

The Ghouta pocket has become the Syria war’s latest flashpoint, after a string of rebel defeats and negotiated withdrawals.Read More

Ecuador blames Britain for impasse over Julian Assange

Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 Credit: AFP

Ecuador has blamed Britain for upending its efforts to mediate a solution for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has lived in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition.

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the country's Foreign Minister, said Ecuador had hoped to forge an agreement with Britain on Australian-born Assange, who entered the embassy to avoid being sent to Sweden to face allegations of sex crimes, which he has denied.

"This has not prospered because to mediate, two parties are needed. Ecuador is willing but the other party is not," she told reporters.
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More bombs fall on Syria's eastern Ghouta ahead of UN Security Council vote

Smoke billows from Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, following Syrian government bombardments, on Feb 22, 2018.PHOTO: AFP

BEIRUT (REUTERS) - A new wave of bombs struck Syria's eastern Ghouta on Friday (Feb 23), which a witness in one town described as the worst yet, ahead of a UN Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire across the country.

For a sixth straight day, warplanes have pounded the densely populated agricultural pocket east of the capital, the last rebel bastion near Damascus. The escalation has killed at least 417 people and injured hundreds more, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group says.

Medical charities say jets have hit more than a dozen hospitals, making it near impossible to treat the wounded.
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Gun-free schools are magnets for bad people: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump taking part in a "listening session" on gun violence with teachers and students at the White House on Feb 21, 2018.PHOTO: AFP

WASHINGTON, NATIONAL HARBOUR (AFP) - A "gun free" school is nothing but a "magnet" for mass shooters, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Feb 22), doubling down on a proposal to train and arm some teachers to keep US schools safe.

"Highly trained, gun adept, teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly, before police arrive. GREAT DETERRENT!" Mr Trump tweeted.

At a White House meeting late Wednesday with survivors of a shooting rampage at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, Mr Trump suggested arming a select group of teachers to deter mass shootings.Read More

Ad blitz heralds Donald Trump Jr.’s visit to India

The eldest son of US President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr's Trump Towers ads are seen in major newspapers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

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“Trump has arrived. Have you?” shout the barrage of glossy front-page advertisements in almost every major Indian newspaper.

The ads, which have run repeatedly in the past few days, herald the arrival not of the American president but of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is in New Delhi to sell luxury apartments and lavish attention on wealthy Indians who have already bought units in a Trump-branded development outside the Indian capital.
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