February2018
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Airlines probed over ‘confusing’ seating policy
Feb 4, 2018A review is being launched into airlines’ seating policies, the Civil Aviation Authority says. It will examine whether companies are deliberately splitting up groups of passengers so they pay to sit together. Airlines allocate seating via... -
Liverpool Maya Bar attack: Three quizzed over murder
Feb 4, 2018Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was attacked in a bar in Liverpool city centre. Anthony Condron, 29, from Huyton, was assaulted in the Maya Bar in Wood Street at... -
BBC journalist ordered to leave Indonesia’s Papua over tweets
Feb 4, 2018A BBC journalist on a reporting trip to cover a health and malnutrition crisis in Indonesia’s easternmost area of Papua was forced to leave the province after the country’s military said tweets she sent on her... -
Kill pilot, Syrian rebels down Russian plane
Feb 4, 2018Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane on Saturday and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia’s defense ministry and Syrian rebels said. The SU-25 came down in an area... -
North Korea ‘uses Berlin embassy to get missile parts’
Feb 4, 2018North Korea has been acquiring technology for its nuclear and weapons programmes through its Berlin embassy, Germany’s head of intelligence says. Hans-Georg Maassen told NDR TV that many of these activities had been thwarted, but not... -
ActionAid praise $30 billion funding commitment to education by developing countries
Feb 4, 2018ActionAid have praised developing countries for committing $30 billion to education at a funding conference – over 12 times more than the amount committed by donor countries – but called for tax reform to address systemic... -
Switzerland commits 3 million USD to Multi-Agency UN Programme
Feb 4, 2018A 3 million USD allocation from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will support a joint UNDP, UNCDF, and UN Women programme to advance gender equality and sustainable development by supporting inclusive and equitable... -
Brazilian judge orders passport returned to ex-president Lula
Feb 4, 2018A Brazilian federal judge on Friday ordered that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s seized passport be returned. A lower court judge had ordered Lula sentenced last week to more than 12 years in prison... -
Bangladesh Government implementing projects to develop police as a modern force
Feb 4, 2018The government has been implementing 218 projects as part of the three-year ‘Strategic Plan 2018-20’ for developing the police as a modern, disciplined, effective and highly professional force. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan unveiled the ‘Strategic Plan... -
President administers Syed Mahmud Hossain’s oath as chief justice of Bangladesh
Feb 4, 2018President M Abdul Hamid yesterday administered the oath of office of Syed Mahmud Hossain as the new chief justice a day after signing his appointment. The president administered the oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban...
