Around 1,300 woman and children have fled the Islamic State controlled town of Hawija in the past two days. Iraqi forces are aiming to dislodge Islamic State from Hawija and the surrounding areas, where up to 78,000 people could be trapped, according to the United Nations.
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that on average, 93 Americans are killed with guns every day. Using figures from Everytown For Gun Safety, Here are some other shocking figures that make up Americas ongoing gun violence epidemic.
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that on average, 93 Americans are killed with guns every day. Using figures from Everytown For Gun Safety, Here are some other shocking figures that make up Americas ongoing gun violence epidemic.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton came under fire on Wednesday (4 October) after laughing at a female reporters question during a press conference. Panthers director of communications Steven Drummond later issued a statement saying Newton expressed regret for using those words. But the female reporter claimed that Newton did not apologise.
Workers on the US side of the Mexican border began construction of a prototype structure that could be used to fulfill President Donald Trumps promise of a physical barrier between both nations.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Trump appear to have a strained relationship. A recent NBC report said Tillerson called the President a moron following a 20 July meeting at the Pentagon and that Tillerson was close to resigning this past summer. While Tillerson denied that he was ever considering resigning, there is evidence to suggest his relationship with Trump is a rocky one.
Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock bought his girlfriend Marilou Danley a ticket to the Philippines to send her out of the country when he carried out his deadly attack on 1 October. While she was there, Paddock had reportedly wired money asking Danley to buy a house for her family.I was grateful, but honestly I was worried that first, the unexpected trip home, and then the money, was a way of breaking up with me. It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone, Danley said in a statement read out by her lawyer.
Earlier witnesses had identified acute VX poisoning as the cause of Kim's death and testified that the nerve agent was found on Kim Jong Nam's body and belongings.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 has been awarded to development of cryo-electron microscopy. The instrument is useful in medical research for finding antibiotics for deadly diseases.
President Trump thanked hospital staff for treating victims of the deadliest mass shooting in US history, but refused to discuss the gun violence epidemic with reporters.
President Trump thanked hospital staff for treating victims of the deadliest mass shooting in US history, but refused to discuss the gun violence epidemic with reporters.