26 firefighters die battling China forest fire

Sun Online Desk

1st April, 2019 07:35:22

At least 26 firefighters died after hundreds were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said Monday.

Nearly 700 firefighters were deployed to battle the fire, which broke out on Saturday on steep terrain at an altitude of around 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) in Muli County, according to the ministry of emergency management.

Authorities lost contact with 30 firefighters on Sunday afternoon after a sudden change in wind direction ignited a "huge fireball," the ministry said in a statement.

Rescuers have found 26 bodies and are looking for the other missing crew.

President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang delivered instructions to respond to the emergency, the statement said.

A separate forest fire that lasted two days in the northern province of Shanxi was brought under control on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency said.

More than 9,000 people were evacuated from their homes due to that blaze, which did not cause any casualties.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/381927/2019/04/01/26-firefighters-die-battling-China-forest-fire

Kim Jong-nam murder: Vietnamese woman pleads guilty to lesser charge

A Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing hurt by potentially deadly means.

A Malaysian court sentenced Doan Thi Huong to three years and four months in jail, starting from her arrest in February 2017.

However, under Malaysian law she could be freed by May, her lawyer said.

Huong would have faced the death penalty if found guilty of the murder.

Kim, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur Airport in 2017 in broad daylight, with the toxic nerve agent VX.

The development effectively means no-one has been held accountable for Mr Kim's death.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/381908/2019/04/01/Kim-Jongnam-murder:-Vietnamese-woman-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge

Five killed in factory explosion in eastern China

Five killed in factory explosion in eastern China

AFP

Five killed in factory explosion in eastern China

Five workers were killed and three injured in a factory explosion caused by a gas leak in eastern China, local authorities said Saturday.

The blast happened Friday night at a perlite workshop in Shandong province, city officials said in a statement.

All five victims were inside the Qingzhou city workshop during the explosion.

“The cause of the accident was initially found to be a liquefied natural gas leak, and the specific cause is under further investigation,” the statement said.

A company official has also been detained by local authorities, it added.

The incident came barely a week after one of China’s worst recent industrial accidents, in which an explosion at a chemical plant killed 78 people.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/381342/2019/03/30/Five-killed-in-factory-explosion-in-eastern-China

Chicago Police Forced to Release Suspected Drug Dealer When Confronted by Angry Mob

Members of the Chicago Police Department we forced to release a suspected drug dealer upon being confronted by an angry, possible armed mob during a routine arrest.

“Chicago police on Tuesday said they were searching for a drug suspect who escaped arrest when a group of men threatened to harm the officer taking him into custody on the city’s West Side,” according to the Chicago Tribune.

There were two suspects involved. One who was being placed under arrest, and another who ran away with a bundle of suspected narcotics. One officer fled after the suspect who was running away from the scene. The lone officer was then reportedly surrounded by a mob that “implied that it had weapons.”

“Out of an abundance of caution, [the officer] backs away from the arrestee. An individual comes and grabs the arrestee and another individual comes and grabs the narcotics,” said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/chicago-police-forced-to-release-suspected-drug-dealer-when-confronted-by-angry-mob/

Computer glitch causes system outages for all major U.S. airlines

April 1 (UPI) – Several U.S. airlines experienced system outages early Monday due to a technical glitch in a shared computer program, authorities said.

The Aerodata program – which monitors balance and weight of flights – crashed for a short time. The Federal Aviation Administration said several carriers were affected by the outage, including American, Delta, United, Southwest and Alaska Air. Dallas-based Southwest issued a ground stop order for a short time.

"Several U.S. airlines are experiencing computer issues this morning," the FAA wrote in a traveler alert early Monday. "Please contact your airline directly for flight information and updates. The FAA does not cancel flights."

United Airlines reached out to individual passengers when they ran into delays.

"It appears that we are experiencing an outage that is impacting our ability to create release paperwork," United tweeted to a passenger. "We know this is frustrating, and we will get you in the air as quickly as possible."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/04/01/Computer-glitch-causes-system-outages-for-all-major-US-airlines/9911554117614/

Erdogan's party loses key elections in Turkey vote

April 1 (UPI) – In one of the greatest defeats for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his Justice and Development Party has lost control of the capital city Ankara after elections Sunday.

Victories by the secular People's Republican Party, led by mayoral candidate Mansur Tavas, ended more than two decades of leadership for Erdogan's party in Ankara. Some consider the election a referendum on Erdoğan's administration, particularly amid a currency crisis that led to a recession last month and rising costs of living.

State-run Anadolu news agency reported the Nation Alliance had captured 48 percent of the vote in Istanbul, compared to Erdogan's People's Alliance with 47.7 percent.

Sunday's losses for Erdogan's party could signal the beginning of great change to Turkey's political landscape.

"[If] the Erdogan-led AK Party-MHP alliance loses Istanbul, along with Ankara as well, that means loss of control over five major cities in Turkey," analyst Murat Yetkin said. "Even if Istanbul, with 11 million voters, is won with a few thousand votes, it will be perceived as a major loss."

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/04/01/Erdogans-party-loses-key-elections-in-Turkey-vote/2061554113751/

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South Korea begins excavation of war remains in DMZ

SEOUL, April 1 (UPI) – South Korea launched an independent excavation of Korean War remains in the Demilitarized Zone on Monday, with Pyongyang unresponsive to its call to work together as agreed, Seoul's defense ministry said.

Under last year's bilateral military accord aimed at reducing tensions and building trust, Seoul and Pyongyang had planned to carry out the joint project on Arrowhead Ridge, a notorious battle site during the 1950-53 conflict, from April through October.

But the North has yet to accede to Seoul's request to jointly start the excavation. It has appeared lukewarm about the military accord since the no-deal summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and its leader, Kim Jong-un, in Hanoi in late February

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/04/01/South-Korea-begins-excavation-of-war-remains-in-DMZ/8671554106311/

Lawsuit challenges city's attack on 2nd Amendment

Requires gun owners have 'safe storage' in violation of state law

A judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed against an ordinance passed by the city of Edmonds, Washington, requiring gun owners to have “safe storage” for weapons.

The lawsuit argues the state of Washington has a law pre-empting local restrictions that conflict with state law.

Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Anita L. Farris said the plaintiffs have standing to challenge the city, a requirement for a lawsuit against the municipality.

A law Washington adopted 35 years ago places sole authority for firearms regulation in the hands of state lawmakers.

The National Rifle Association and two private citizens, Brett Bass and Swan Seaburg, joined the Second Amendment Foundation, or SAF, in the claim.

Edmonds adopted its “safe storage” requirement last year.

SAF explained: “Judge Farris has done what King County Superior Court Judge Barbara Linde would not do when she dismissed a similar lawsuit against the city of Seattle on technical grounds after the city argued that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. SAF and NRA have appealed her ruling. Seattle has adopted a ‘safe storage’ requirement, possibly emboldened to challenge state preemption because it also adopted a controversial ‘gun violence tax’ in 2015 that the State Supreme Court allowed to stand.”

Alan Gottlieb, founder of SAF, said he was encouraged by the order.

“The city knows this ordinance violates the state preemption statute, and we believe this ordinance, and the one in Seattle, were passed specifically to erode the state law,” he said.

“The cities have desperately wanted to remove the preemption law so they can establish their own, possibly contradictory gun control rules,” he said. “Their ultimate goal is to discourage citizens from exercising their rights under the state and federal constitutions by financial intimidation through fines that could climb to $10,000 under the Edmonds ordinance. The cities want to take Washington State back in time, to an era when a patchwork quilt of confusing, conflicting gun laws existed. State preemption did away with that, and it’s time for the courts to end this nonsense.”

WND reported in 2018 when the Edmonds case arose that the city’s demands went beyond what the state law allows.

Defendants in the case are the city, Mayor Dave Earling and Police Chief Al Compaan.

According to SAF: “Under Washington law, the state legislature has exclusive authority for all firearms regulation, including but not limited to ‘registration, licensing, possession, purchase, sale, acquisition, transfer, discharge, and transportation of firearms, or any other element relating to firearms or parts thereof, including ammunition and reloader components.'”

But the Edmonds ordinance mandates so-called “safe storage” and sets fines for civil infractions ranging to $10,000.

https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/lawsuit-challenges-citys-attack-on-2nd-amendment/

Senate Banking Chair Warns Banks Against Targeting Gun Industry

'Business lending decisions should be based on creditworthiness, rather than politics or political pressure'

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee warned the banking industry on Thursday that it should not attempt to restrict legal gun sales by denying financial services to members of the gun industry.

Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho) sent a letter to eight of the country's biggest banks detailing his concerns with the way some of them had begun rejecting business from certain gun companies. In the last year, several of them have attempted to restrict what kinds of guns can be sold to the public and who they can be sold to by applying financial pressure.

Bank of America announced last year it would deny services to companies that produce "military-style firearms." Around the same time, JP Morgan Chase said it would limit its business with gun companies. Citibank went further by declaring it would not do business with any company that sells what they called "high capacity" magazines or that sells firearms to adults between the age of 18 and 21.

https://freebeacon.com/issues/senate-banking-chair-warns-banks-against-targeting-gun-industry/

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Russia blocks encrypted mail service provider ProtonMail

Russian federal authorities have directed internet service providers across the country to block access to ProtonMail, an encrypted email service provider, as confirmed by the company’s CEO. The block order came directly from the Russian Federal Security Service, which was formerly known as the KGB.

As reported via a Russian blog post that published the federal order, the block was enforced following accusations that ProtonMail, and a group of other email service providers, facilitated the sending of bomb threats. Last January, multiple anonymous emails including bomb threats were received by the Russian police, which led to the evacuation of several schools and a group of government buildings.

The federal order involved the blockage of a total of 26 online domains. Also, it included multiple servers that were utilized to scramble the final connection for Tor clients; Tor is the world’s most popular anonymization protocol and internet anti-censorship solution. Internet service providers across Russia were ordered to put the block into action “immediately” via means of BGP blackholing. This blocking technique forces internet routers to discard network traffic instead of routing it to its final destination

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2019/03/30/russia-blocks-encrypted-mail-service-provider-protonmail/

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3 children missing within 3 miles of each other in Kentucky

LONDON, Ky. (FOX 13) - Three children in one Kentucky county have been reported missing.

The Laurel County Sheriff's Office said all three juveniles were reported missing within three miles of each other on Sunday.

Deputies said 15-year-old Mark Fields was the first to disappear around 6 p.m. Friday.

About 36 hours later, 12-year-old Lindsey Couch and 17-year-old Dalton Robinson were also reported missing; Couch was last seen at 12:53 a.m. Sunday morning, while Robinson was last seen at 12:05 a.m.

Investigators said it's possible Couch and Robinson may have run away together.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Laurel County Sheriff's Office at 606-864-6600.

https://www.fox5dc.com/amp/news/3-children-missing-within-3-miles-of-each-other-in-kentucky

Elizabeth Warren's finance director leaving 2020 campaign after disagreement over donors

Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren’s finance director is leaving the campaign after a clash over the Massachusetts senator’s decision not to take money from wealthy donors during the primaries.

Michael Pratt is slowly making his way out of the role after Warren made the decision, which he reportedly advised her against.

An aide for the Warren campaign told CNN on Sunday that Pratt is “still a consultant but winding things down and transitioning out since we made the decision not to have (Warren) do high dollar events.”

Warren announced in February that she would not be hosting or attending exclusive fundraisers for her campaign, hoping to highlight her policy positions and travel more to solicit money from smaller, individual donors.

With the first quarter fundraising deadline coming to a close, the large, and growing, number of Democratic candidates are working hard to draw in donations. Fundraising is key to a Democratic candidate making it to the debate stage. The Democratic National Committee said candidates with 65,000 unique donors can debate, clearing the way for lesser-known figures to have a platform.

Warren is currently in fifth place among Democratic primary candidates with 5.7 percent support according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/elizabeth-warrens-finance-director-leaving-2020-campaign-after-disagreement-over-donors

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In Yuma, illegal immigrants are released directly to the streets

Facilities used to house apprehended illegal immigrants have been so full due to the surge of border crossings in recent weeks, border patrol has no option but to release them directly to the streets of Yuma, Arizona.

Border Patrol begins releasing migrant families on the streets of Yuma

U.S. Border Patrol officials in Arizona said they have started releasing migrant families from their custody into the streets of Yuma because processing centers can’t cope with the large numbers of arriving families and minors.

Community groups in the Yuma area have set up temporary facilities to house the families and to provide food and shelter while they assist migrants with travel plans to leave the border city.

The Border Patrol issued a statement Thursday announcing its decision, which followed the lead of officials in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, who last week began releasing families from their custody.

https://noqreport.com/2019/03/31/yuma-illegal-immigrants-released-directly-streets/

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