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A seven-year-old girl who died when a tree collapsed onto her in an Essex park has been pictured for the first time. Leonna Ruka was visiting family when the accident happened in Chalkwell Park, Southend, on Saturday. In a tribute issued through Essex Police, her family said she was the “light in our lives”. Leonna’s…
Finding a job can be a tall order in today’s economy, given the recent slowdown in hiring. For those searching, a new study on the best job markets in the United States may come in handy. With an eye toward job-hunters’ needs, SmartAsset ranked 348 U.S. cities based on six factors from the most recent Census Bureau…
Hong Kong’s Immigration Department is assisting the family of a 16-year-old resident who reportedly died while climbing a snow-covered mountain in Sichuan province in mainland China. An image circulating online believed to show an official bulletin from the Mount Siguniang Scenic Area Administration said the victim was a Hong Kong resident living in Shenzhen in…
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Huawei Technologies’ bid to dismiss most of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals, and misleading banks about its work in Iran. Source link
By David Morgan, Bo Erickson and Davide Barbuscia WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As President Donald Trump’s Republicans push ahead on a sweeping tax-cut and spending bill that nonpartisan analysts say could add $3.3 trillion to the nation’s debt over the next decade, they’re taking a new approach – denying there is anything to worry about. Instead, they…
The Trump administration recently transferred immigration detainees from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean to detention facilities at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, dramatically expanding the nationalities of those held there, internal U.S. government records obtained by CBS News show. As of earlier this week, Guantanamo Bay’s immigration detainees — who…
LONDON (AP) — Zheng Qinwen became the second top-five seed to lose in the first round at Wimbledon on Tuesday when the Olympic gold medalist fell to Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. The 22-year-old Chinese player was the No. 5 seed at the All England Club and her loss came hours after third-seeded Jessica Pegula…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has launched a new type of investment account that contains withdrawal guarantees, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as Moscow looks to attract foreign investors to the Russian stock market. Since sweeping international sanctions were imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Russia has frozen billions of…
A major storm has yet to hit Florida this hurricane season but that hasn’t stopped the annual deluge of drugs from making landfall. A beachgoer on Sunday morning stumbled across nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine wrapped in “Yosemite Sam” packaging washed up on a Florida beach, authorities said, marking yet another discovery of illicit drugs…
Hong Kong cinema operator Golden Harvest has exited the local theatrical market, ending its long legacy as its few remaining outlets were shut down over the weekend. A yet-to-be-named new operator will enter the market to take over a trio of their outlets. Golden Harvest was established as a production company in 1970 by co-founder…