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READ MORE Argentina’s navy announced Thursday that the search for a missing submarine that has been lost for 15 days will continue but the rescue part of the mission is over, reflecting the faded hopes for finding the 44 crew members alive. Navy spokesperson Enrique Balbi said the rescue mission had “extended for more than twice what is estimated for a rescue.” Hopes of finding survivors had already dimmed because experts say the crew only had enough oxygen to last up to 10 days if the sub remained intact under the sea. The navy also said that an explosion occurred near the time and place where the ARA San Juan sub went missing on Nov. 15. Water got into missing sub’s snorkel, caused short circuit, Argentine navy says More than a dozen countries are still searching for the submarine which went missing on the South Atlantic on a patrol. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the rescue mission had “extended for more than twice what is estimated for a rescue....

READ MORE Argentina’s navy announced Thursday that the search for a missing submarine that has been lost for 15 days will continue but the rescue part of the mission is over, reflecting the faded hopes for finding the 44 crew members alive. Navy spokesperson Enrique Balbi said the rescue mission had “extended for more than twice what is estimated for a rescue.” Hopes of finding survivors had already dimmed because experts say the crew only had enough oxygen to last up to 10 days if the sub remained intact under the sea. The navy also said that an explosion occurred near the time and place where the ARA San Juan sub went missing on Nov. 15. Water got into missing sub’s snorkel, caused short circuit, Argentine navy says More than a dozen countries are still searching for the submarine which went missing on the South Atlantic on a patrol. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the rescue mission had “extended for more than twice what is estimated for a rescue....

READ MORE Cédric R. avait fait le tour des médias après le 13 novembre 2015, racontant comment il avait vécu l’attentat du Bataclan. Sauf qu’il n’y était pas. Il devrait en revanche se rendre ce vendredi 1er décembre au tribunal correctionnel de Versailles pour répondre de tentative d’escroquerie. L’ambulancier et sapeur-pompier de 27 ans a en effet essayé d’obtenir 30.000 euros auprès du Fonds de garantie permettant l’indemnisation des victimes. Un cas qui n’est pas isolé mais qui dénote par l’application dont a fait preuve le jeune homme pour “devenir” une victime du Bataclan. Avant même l’assaut de la BRI et du Raid dans la salle de concert, il s’était précipité sur place depuis son domicile des Yvelines et avait rejoint les personnes retranchées dans les bars. Cédric R. s’était par la suite fait connaître e...

READ MORE Les crypto-devises comme le Bitcoin pourraient poser une menace pour la stabilité financière lorsqu’elles seront davantage utilisées, a estimé Randall Quarles, un des gouverneurs de la Banque centrale américaine (Fed). M. Quarles a récemment pris ses fonctions au sein de la Fed en tant que vice-président chargé de la supervision financière et ses remarques interviennent alors que le Bitcoin vient de battre record sur record pour dépasser les 11.000 dollars mercredi. Il se stabilisait jeudi en-dessous de 10.000 dollars. M. Quarles a rappelé qu’en période de tensions financières, la demande de liquidités de la part des acteurs financiers augmentait fortement et que le comportement des devises numériques dans de telles circonstances était encore une inconnue. “La +devise+, soit l’actif qui sert de base à ces systèmes (monétaires), n’est pas garantie par d...

READ MORE Gunmen opened fire at a university in Peshawar, a northern city in Pakistan , killing at least 13 people and wounding 15.  The army was called in to clear the gunmen from the University of Agriculture on Friday. There were four attackers, all of whom have now been killed, according to the army. The operation is now over. Salahuddin Mehsud, inspector general of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, told Al Jazeera that the gunmen entered the premises by auto-rickshaw wearing full face veils. Several people reportedly jumped from buildings to save their lives, sustaining fractures. Friday is a public holiday in Pakistan, meaning the university would have been less busy than on a working day. All of the roads to the university were blocked as the operation to clear the fighters took place, and emergency services were on the scene.

READ MORE Muscat, Oman – Amid an unprecedented diplomatic crisis in the Gulf, where a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar has reached the six-month mark, the state of Oman has singularly avoided the fray. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, along with Egypt, issued a synchronised series of announcements in June to  cut ties  with Qatar, followed by a land, sea and air blockade. The dispute, which is being mediated by Kuwait, has put this month’s Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) summit in jeopardy . The GCC is a political and economic alliance of six countries, including Qatar, Saudi, Bahrain, the UAE, Oman and Kuwait. Oman , a country of 4.4 million people, has publicly stayed silent on the crisis and fallen back on its traditional role of political neutrality. But behind the scenes, Muscat has aided Doha in getting around the blockade, while benefitting financially from strengthened business ties between the two countries. Oman’s decision not to jo...

READ MORE Les dix dirigeants indépendantistes catalans en détention depuis un mois comparaissent à nouveau vendredi devant la justice espagnole avec l’espoir d’être remis en liberté et pouvoir participer à la campagne pour les élections régionales du 21 décembre. Leur sortie de prison marquerait un tournant dans cette campagne que, depuis l’échec de leur tentative de sécession de cette région du nord-est de l’Espagne, les indépendantistes mènent sur le thème de la libération de ce qu’ils appellent “des prisonniers politiques”. Les huit dirigeants politiques et deux présidents d’associations séparatistes doivent comparaître à partir de 09H30 (08H30 GMT) devant la Cour suprême, qui se charge dorénavant de l’enquête sur tout le noyau dur indépendantiste. L’affaire était jusqu’ici divisée entre la ...

READ MORE Météo France a placé pour ce vendredi 1er décembre 9 départements en alerte orange neige et verglas. Presque tout le reste du pays demeure en vigilance jaune. Les départements concernés par l’alerte sont la Creuse, le Puy-de-Dome, la Corrèze, la Haute-Loire, le Cantal, les Hautes-Pyrénées, la Haute-Garonne, l’Arriège et le Var. Il s’agit du “premier épisode neigeux remarquable de la saison nécessitant une vigilance particulière” , indique Météo France. Voir: Premières neiges en Ile-de-France: des difficultés à prévoir en grande banlieue “Il a neigé plus fort que prévu cette nuit sur le Massif Central avec une couche de 8 cm relevée à Clermont-Ferrand, localement jusqu’à 10 cm à basse altitude. Ces chutes de neige sont maintenant plus faibles et localisées. Sur les Pyrénées, il neige actuelleme...

READ MORE Israel Aerospace reports tiny profitbut a swelling orders book Israel Aerospace Industries on Thursday reported a wafer-thin profit in the third quarter on declining sales, but said a swelling orders backlog bodes well for the future. Net profit was just $10 million, or 1.2% of sales, turning around from a year-earlier loss of $94 million caused by charges against layoffs at the state-owned company. Revenues fell 5.9% in the quarter to $840 million, with most units reporting declines. The one bright spot was Bedeq, the civilian-aviation unit. Looking ahead, IAI said it had won $4.5 billion in new contracts since the start of the year, mainly from India. That boosted its orders backlog to $10.8 million. “The broad scope of agreements with customers signed during the year will be reflected in sales over the coming years which include the largest transactions in the history of Israel’s defense industry,” said CEO Yossi Weiss. He noted that labor agreements had ...

READ MORE Wall Street finished November with a broad rally that gave the Dow Jones industrial average its biggest gain since March and pushed it past the 24,000 mark for the first time. Other market indicators also reached milestones on Thursday. The Standard Poor’s 500 index, which is widely followed by professional investors, had its biggest monthly gain since February. Technology stocks were responsible for much of the gain, following a sharp pullback the day before. Investors were encouraged by the latest batch of economic data pointing to a pickup in global and domestic demand. But the run-up in the market really kicked in after developments in Washington gave traders fresh optimism that the Republican-led effort to forge a sweeping tax cut bill will succeed. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) “A parade of data have surprised to the upside and that’s helped underpin the market’s tone,” said...

READ MORE All charges have been dropped against a man from the Siksika First Nation, southeast of Calgary, who suffered broken facial bones during a violent RCMP arrest last year. Christian Duck Chief, 24, faced charges  including assaulting a peace officer and resisting arrest stemming from an incident on April 1, 2016 when officers entered his home, broke at least four bones in his head and face during an arrest, and then walked him naked through their detachment. His lawyer, Dale Fedorchuk, maintained the use of force was excessive and that the officers were in Duck Chief’s home without a warrant, “violating his privacy and his dignity.” Prosecutor Ron Pedersen stayed Duck Chief’s charges in Provincial Court in Siksika on Thursday, but did not explain why. Duck Chief is “very happy that this matter is now over. He’s happy to put it behind him,” Fedorchuk told CBC News.  Woken from deep s...

READ MORE Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s recently retired President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, are set to accept “a golden handshake” value millions of dollars, immunity from assign and insurance of their immeasurable business interests. News of Mugabe’s shield has sparked critique from activists, including romantic priest Evan Mawarire, who has called on a 93-year-old to face hearing for purported tellurian rights abuses that date behind to a commencement of his premiership in 1980. After entertainment a largest anti-government protests a republic has seen in roughly a decade, Mawarire faced charges of overthrow and inciting violence, though underneath a new dispensation, a charges opposite Mawarire were forsaken on Wednesday. Mugabe resigned as boss on Nov 21, following a troops takeover on Nov 15 that saw a maestro personality mostly cramped to his private chateau by a army. According to rising details, a understanding could see a former init...

READ MORE As a breeze instruction over Bali changed, so a charcoal plume from Bali’s volcano was driven divided from Denpasar airfield and flights could resume. Coincidentally, and conversion a breeze shift, nonetheless another pleasant storm started a growth only to a south of Java. National Disaster officials in Indonesia pronounced that 19 people died in flooding and landslides in East Java range progressing this week. Indonesia’s meteorological agency, Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG), reported that 383 mm of sleet fell in Pacitan. The flooding and landslides were a outcome of a entertainment thunderstorms that were entrance together to make pleasant storm Cempaka. This pleasant dissemination also brought clever winds of 65km/h and high waves onto a southern Javanese coast. Around 13 villages were influenced in Pacitan regency, with thousands of homes suspicion to be shop-worn and over 4,000 people evacuated. Water was chest low in some places. In Yogya...

READ MORE Le géant laitier néo-zélandais Fonterra a été sommé standard la probity vendredi de verser à son opposition français Danone l’équivalent de 105 millions d’euros d’indemnités après une fausse alerte au botulisme en 2013 concernant des laits flow enfants. Les craintes de decay des produits Fonterra entrant dans la combination de laits maternisés avaient provoqué un rappel planétaire, y compris de produits de la marque Danone. Les inquiétudes s’étaient révélées infondées et le groupe agroalimentaire français avait demandé réparation devant la probity néo-zélandaise et le centre d’arbitrage general de Singapour (Siac) sur le commerce mondial, lequel a rendu sa décision vendredi. Le groupe agro-alimentaire français avait estimé en 2014 que cet épisode lui avait coûté 300 millions d’euros de b...

READ MORE Le ministre français de l’Economie, Bruno Le Maire, a assuré vendredi à Pékin que la financial n’était and “l’ennemie” de son pays et affiché l’objectif de faire de la place de Paris le personality de la financial verte. “La France veut redevenir une grande place financière mondiale”, a affirmé le ministre à l’ouverture du 5e discourse économique et banker de haut niveau entre la France et la Chine à Pékin, où il s’est rendu flow préparer la visite d’Etat du président Emmanuel Macron en début d’année prochaine. “Le temps où la France déclarait que la financial était notre ennemie est révolu”, a assuré M. Le Maire, en présence du vice-premier ministre chinois Ma Kai, dans une évidente reference aux propos de l’ex-président François Hollande qui avait qualifi...

READ MORE When Harel Wizel, owners of a Fox conform chain, launched a site TerminalX, it ran out of Uniqlo, Urban Outfitters and even Mango and Fox equipment in a day. Food retailers, meanwhile, contend they onslaught to fill a orders pouring in, that is since smoothness can take a day or two. But Haaretz has detected that notwithstanding a reports of stampeding shoppers, many of Israel’s online ventures by grocery, drugstore and conform bondage are losing money. “All are losing income online, especially on food,” avers Eyal Ravid, among a owners of a Victory supermarket chain. It’s been offered by internet given a start of a year and a site is now obliged for about 4% of a company’s sum sales, according to Ravid. The ability of Israeli retailers to make a go of their online businesses is flourishing some-more critical. Israelis are already vast online shoppers, yet they spend a lot of their bill on abroad websites like Amazon and Alibaba. Exemptions from v...

READ MORE Two and a half months ago, a book and a Israel Tax Authority announced they would be lifting import duties on baby products, hit lenses and eyeglass frames. It was ostensible to be partial of Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s “Net Family” module to assistance revoke vital costs for immature families. The final barrier to canceling a duties was a open conference on Oct 26, Kahlon bureau said. Yet some-more than a month later, a orders putting them into outcome have nonetheless to be sealed — and no one can entirely explain why. The Finance Ministry hints that a means is a brawl with a Economy and Industry Ministry’s Foreign Trade Administration. But a Economy Ministry says it gave a capitulation for a avocation cuts behind in June. Its usually portion was that they sojourn in force for dual years, that in any box isn’t a problem since they were being put into outcome as an puncture sequence that would automatically finish after 18 months. Israe...

READ MORE The Kraft Family Israel Football League had dual really tighten games this past weekend. On Thursday night, a Petah Tikva Troopers overcame an early hole in a diversion that they were totally dominated (other than on a scoreboard), and flog a Haifa ‘Nemo’s’ Underdogs 12-9. On Saturday night, a Judean Rebels cruised to a 32-8 halftime lead over a Be’er Sheva Black Swarm and hardly hold on to win 32-28. The diversion on Thursday night in Petah Tikva was strange, as Haifa entirely dominated a hosts. However, a few large plays by a Troopers and missed opportunities by a Underdogs gave a home group a victory. In a initial quarter, a Troopers’ Matis Goldmeier picked off a Ron Dafni pass, though a personal tainted opposite a Troopers on a run-back pushed them nearby their possess idea line. After a bad snap, QB Avrami Farkas was sacked in a end-zone for a safety, 2-0 Haifa. Farkas done adult for it toward a finish of a second quarter, attack Jonathan Cur...