The jury returns the guilty verdict in Trump's trial

Ex-president's two New York businesses charged with tax fraud

New York prosecutors have criminalized two of former President Donald Trump's companies on fraud charges and convinced jurors they hoped to help the chief executive avoid taxes by placing some of his pay as a lien.

A New York County grand jury in Manhattan on Tuesday found the Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Inc guilty on a combined 17 counts. The companies face fines of up to $1.6 million.

The former president has not been charged in the case and did not appear in court. One of his attorneys, Susan Nichols, said the evidence showed Trump was not involved in the related lawsuit.

Allen Weissenberg, a longtime Trump Organization executive director, is the only person charged with ties to the tax system. The 75-year-old former treasurer pleaded guilty in August under an agreement with prosecutors that would spare him up to 15 years in prison if convicted at trial. Instead, he only had to work 100 days after agreeing to testify against the two defendant companies.

Weissenberg's deputy, Jeffrey McCone, also testified after being granted immunity. He admitted to arranging paperwork that would have allowed the chief financial officer and other executives to avoid paying some of the taxes they would have paid, at the direction of Weissenberg.

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"World Health": "Santa Claus" is immune to "Corona"

 Celebrating Christmas is usually a joy that enters the hearts of children looking for gifts from their mythical "Santa Claus", but "Christmas" this year is different in light of the Corona outbreak .. and with strict preventive measures, children fear that "Santa Claus" will be infected with the virus, and thus it is transmitted to them. Infection, or unable t give his gifts.

In this regard, the World Health Organization sent a message to children around the world that Santa Claus "Santa Claus" has immunity to the Corona virus, which will enable him to safely present gifts on Christmas Day.

Maria Van Kerkhove, the supervisor of the Pandemic Department at the organization, confirmed, saying: "I understand the concern about Santa Claus because he is old and therefore from an age group that the epidemic poses a greater threat to .. But I can tell you that Santa Claus is immune to this virus."

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Corona's potential treatment date

Seth Berkeley, CEO of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), told a Swiss newspaper, that the first indications of the effectiveness of a possible vaccine against the Corona virus can appear in the fall, predicting a long way between this development and the widespread availability of the vaccine.

"Unfortunately, we do not really know which vaccine will work, and whether it is possible that there will be a vaccine at all. If we are lucky, we will see the first indications in the fall regarding efficacy," Berkeley said. Relates to a possible vaccine. "

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Trump: It seems my election campaign has been spied

Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that it seemed more and more that his campaign for the 2016 presidential election was spying. Trump wrote the twinkle after saying that documents about his former campaign adviser Carter Bidej had confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had misled the courts. Trump also criticized Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the National Democratic Party, the party's executive body. "It seems more and more that Trump's presidential campaign has been under surveillance for the political interest of Hillary Clinton, who has twisted tactics and the interests of the Democratic National Committee," Trump said in a tweet.

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Violent clashes in Greece on the anniversary of the student uprising

Greek police clashed with masked youths in the capital Athens on Friday after thousands of Greeks marched through the capital on the anniversary of a bloody 1973 student uprising against the military junta that ruled the country at the time.

More than 10,000 people marched peacefully to the United States embassy, which some protesters accuse of supporting the seven-year military rule. Authorities deployed about 5,000 policemen in the streets of central Athens.

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The excesses of the FBI office right Twitter

Legal experts said that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) exceeded apparently the scope of the existing legal guidance in the application of some types of Internet records from a company Twitter over the past year, and cited two things to observe without obtaining official permission Friday published by the social networking company.

Twitter said that the disclosure of the part, as a first time be allowed to disclose publicly about the secret orders delivered her with discreet when orders were issued in 2015 and 2016. The announcement comes after a similar revealed in recent months by other major Internet companies, including Google and Yahoo. 

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Trump accuses media of lying about the crowds that attended the inauguration

the US president, Donald Trump, Saturday, and severely media the day after he was sworn in, accusing it of lying about the estimated number of people who attended the inauguration ceremony.



Trump said during his visit to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): "Frankly, there seemed to be two million and a half million, and reached (the crowd) until the Washington Monument."

He added: "I watch the TV channel which was showing (space) empty and talking about 250 thousand people .. This is a lie."

Trump pointed to the "war" being waged against the media, where the 45th president of the United States considered that journalists are among the "most persons lack of fairness in the world."

Usually American police do not provide any numbers during the demonstrations, but aerial photographs broadcast by US television channels Friday showed that the crowd did not even reach the Washington Monument, and that the number was clearly less than a million and a half million people.

The number of the crowd less than the number who gathered in the same place during the performance of former President Barack Obama, right twice, in 2009 and 2013.

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America's ambassador to the United Nations: Russia's actions threaten world

In her last big speech as ambassador of the United States to the United Nations, Samantha Power said that the actions of Russia are threatening the world order, which is governed by laws and regulations.

She said Bauer told the Atlantic Council in Washington that "Russia's actions do not promote a new world order. They demolish the existing system," citing Russia's intervention in Ukraine and its support for the Syrian regime, and its efforts to influence the elections in Western democracies.

Candidate Trump defend Israel and attack the United Nations

On the other hand, it is expected to attack the UN agency, because of their position toward Israel.  pre-prepared  Certificate showed seen by Reuters Tuesday that Nikki Haley, a candidate of US President-elect Donald Trump, to be US ambassador to the United Nations International Organization will criticize because of its dealings with Israel, and that at a meeting of the US Senate to ratify the appointment.

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Moscow is moving to expand economic sanctions on Turkey

he Russian government has announced that it intends to take new economic measures against Turkey, against the backdrop of the worsening relations between the two countries since the overthrow of Ankara to the "Su 24"  in Syria on 24 November.
Arkady Dvorkovich said, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, according to today's Russia, the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking during the recent ministerial meetings about the need to expand sanctions against Turkey, adding that Moscow will go on this way consistently.
He said that the Russian government do not put their eyes towards abandoning cooperation with Turkey final, saying: "But we feel that it is necessary to provide an appropriate response to the Turkish unfriendly steps."
It is noteworthy that Russian President Vladimir Putin, took place on the 28th of November, a law for the adoption of special economic measures towards the Turkish Republic prohibits the import of certain types of Turkish products, ban includes first-class agricultural products.

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East China mine collapse kills people and trapped 17 others

State media reported on Sunday that at least one person was killed and 17 others still trapped after the collapse of the mine in Shandong province in eastern China. According to the news agency "Xinhua" that the instability of the structure of the tunnel and rocks falling nearly 700 men hamper rescue efforts were using heavy equipment to reach the trapped miners in two locations. Workers were rescued miners were stuck his leg under a rock early on Saturday morning, bringing the total number of workers who have been rescued seven workers, as four other workers managed to get out safely on their own on Friday. The 29 people working in the mine tunnel collapse occurred when, in fact, gypsum mine in the town of Bautay Shandong Province, the first on Friday, according to the "Xinhua".

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Penetrate to the US government information network

Affairs Office of Management announced a breakthrough for American workers of nearly four million current and former employees in the federal government in what was described as the biggest hacking operation in American history data.
A statement issued by the US Department of Defense that the Pentagon personnel affairs office, told the American ministries and government agencies including the Pentagon, the process of piracy.
The statement pointed out that he was hacked personal data, including bank accounts for millions of current and former employees of American government.
US authorities said that the FBI is currently under investigation in the process of penetration at a time across the US officials believe that China is the source of the recent cyber-attacks.
However, the consultant Marie Harf Foreign Minister strategic communications refused to confirm that China is behind the latest break, saying that there are many agencies around the world have these capabilities are increasing.

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Steinitz: World powers and Iran will reach the nuclear deal is likely bad

Yuval Steinitz, the Israeli minister of strategic affairs, said on Monday that "likely" that the world powers and Iran concluded "bad deal" about Iran's nuclear program, stressing that it will continue to pressure to tighten the terms of any agreement before the resumption of talks this week.

Steinitz told Reuters in an interview before meeting French officials in Paris: "We believe that it would be bad and incomplete agreement ... it seems very likely to happen, unfortunately."

The United States and France and four other world powers suspended talks with Iran in Switzerland on Friday to resume this week in a bid to end the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear research and the lifting of sanctions in order to reach a framework agreement before March 31.

And Israel is not involved in the negotiations, but they feel threatened by the possibility that Iran become a nuclear power.

Often described France as the bargaining power that convergence of views and the Israeli point of view, is scheduled to speak with Steinitz's chief negotiator and adviser to French President Francois Olond later on Monday.

Steinitz said, "Although we are against the agreement in general, however, until the end of it, we will refer to the gaps and difficulties."

He said that the two main issues are the number of centrifuges and any ability granted to Iran to follow up on research and development.

He added, "you will get a strong and complex agreement can retain capabilities of Iran and allowed to remain on the cusp of becoming a nuclear state.

Iran says its nuclear program has purely peaceful purposes.

He said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month that the United States is negotiating a bad deal with Iran could lead to "a nuclear nightmare" which US President Barack Obama called for criticizing.

Steinitz said, "I do not think that the United States would abandon one of its closest allies and more democratic ally in the entire Middle East because we express our differences of opinion on Iran's agreement."

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Australian police find 8 bodies of children in the city of Cairns

Australian police Friday, said that eight children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, were killed stabbed to death in the northern city of Cairns.

Australian police said Friday that eight children were killed and the woman was stabbed to death during what she called the media to "mass stabbing incident" in the city of Cairns in the north of the country.

Queensland state police said in a statement that it has moved to a house in the suburb "Manora" in Cairns after reports of the existence of an injured woman who was seriously injured in the building.

Police found the bodies of children aged between 18 months and 15 years during the examination of the place.

Police confirmed that it was not immediately clear whether children from one family, or their relationship to the affected women, who continue to question her.

And Australia on high alert after police stormed a cafe in Sydney on Tuesday morning to end the hostage crisis lasted 16 hours and killed three people, including a lightning hostages.

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Russian opposition: Putin's days are counted

Russian opposition leader warned President Vladimir Putin, that his days in power are counted, while Russia awaits the reaction of the president on the sharp decline in the value of the ruble.
And gave former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who was an ally of Putin, is responsible for the growing economic crisis on the economic mismanagement of Putin, and Western sanctions, due to the crisis in Ukraine, and the decline in world oil prices.
Kasyanov said (57 years) for "Reuters", in an interview Wednesday: "Russia is on the brink of the abyss. 2015 should be the year that Putin made a fundamental decision. "
He warned that the president may face protests, saying that Putin may choose to "increase pressure on political atmosphere", meaning tighter restrictions on critics or accept the fact "that he needed an exit strategy," and agrees to hold early elections.
He added, "As a result (it should be) to go out quietly by the presidential election. I do not think he will win the election, if they were free and fair. "

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Russia calls on North Korean leader to visit in May

Asahi Shimbun Japanese newspaper reported on Wednesday that Russia called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend the commemoration of the end of World War II ceremonies in May in what may be the first foreign visit for Kim since taking the helm of the reclusive state in 2011.

The newspaper said, quoting unnamed diplomatic sources said Kim would probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as North Korea supports Russia in Ukraine crisis while Moscow need to cooperate with Pyongyang to promote exports of natural gas to South Korea.

The newspaper said it is unclear at the moment whether Kim would accept the invitation.

North Korea is seeking to forge closer ties with Russia at a time when it is facing international criticism over charges of human rights violations as well as its nuclear program.

Putin held talks with the Personal Envoy of Kim last month and called for the deepening of relations with North Korea to improve regional security.

He said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said North Korea is ready to resume the stalled international talks on its nuclear program.

North Korea began, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the United States talks in 2003 to rid the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons, but those talks stalled after Pyongyang conducting nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

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Close stores in Britain because of the fights on "Black Friday"

 

 

 

 

Police were called Friday to major commercial markets and shops across Britain to break up scuffles broke out between customers who Collaborated to take advantage of discounts offers on the occasion of "Black Friday."

Greater Manchester Police said in a tweet on her social networking site (Twitter) after three people were arrested in the wake of a woman injured in the head after the fall of a TV in a supermarket, "Tesco".

The incident occurred after less than 30 minutes from the store opened its doors in the middle of the night in preparation for the day "Black Friday," the day of deals and discounts solve before Christmas quoted the idea of the United States and enjoys wide popularity in Britain.

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"Black Sea Demon" appears for the first time

US mission returned from the "Monterrey" in the Gulf of California this time achieved after 20 years of "prospecting" for this rare fish that no one could previously photographed from near when she swim in the deep ocean.
The spokeswoman for the American Institute of Kim Fulton This achievement has been achieved By virtue of  the cameras and thermal screening specifically designed to identify new species of marine creatures, according to site CNN American.
The black devil-like fish known as "the black seadevil" fish that we see in the maritime museums, and is characterized with teeth sharp and light closer to the light bulb above her head glow in the dark to attract the prey with ease magnet.

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North Korea made ​​a submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles

Sunday, military and government sources in the South Korean , said that North Korea has launched a new submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles, raising more concerns about the northern neighbor and the development of missile and nuclear threats.

The news agency "Yonhap" from South Korean government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, as saying that the communist state "imported submarine belonging to the era of Soviet-style
the Golf-class diesel-powered and amended." Soviet submarine was built in 1958 and decommissioned in 1990.

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Moscow recognized the election of Lugansk and Donetsk; and Kiev protests

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed hope Non-interference of the external attempts to thwart the elections in the republics of the Donetsk and Lugansk, stressing that Russia would recognize their results, confirming that Moscow supports the start of a national dialogue in Ukraine with the participation of the republics of the Donetsk and Lugansk Cobeitin Almalentin unilaterally.

He said in an interview with Channel Life News of the newspaper "Izvestia" Russian publication of the night Tuesday, October 28 / October: "We have said more than once that we respect the results of referendum that took place in May of this year in Lugansk and Donetsk, and insisted on actually applied through dialogue with Kiev" . 
He added that Russia "consistently support at various levels including international the need to start a national dialogue with the participation of all regions of the Ukrainian political forces."

With this Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Russia's recognition of the legislative elections scheduled for the eastern areas of the country, undermining the peace process between the two parties. 
An official at the Foreign Ministry said Moscow's position hurt calm by weaken confidence internationally as a reliable partner as he put it.

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President of Ukraine bloc and 4 pro-European movements tend to win 70% of parliament

A poll has revealed voters out of polling win pro-Western and nationalist parties offices by an overwhelming parliamentary elections in Ukraine, and amid the absence of the citizens of the Crimean separatists.

The south-eastern Ukraine regions announced a boycott of these elections,  and the announcement of the second November date for the presidential and legislative elections, which means non-participation of more than five million voters of the total number of registered voters and more than three thirty million, although the Ukrainian official, authorities said prospects for the participation of the nearly two million registered voters in the special areas of southeastern Ukraine.

On the morning of the election, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko went to the separatist pro-Russian East, wrote on his account on the site "Twitter": "I arrived at the Donbass," and specifically to the mines, which includes the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk breakaway and which have witnessed bloody battles between the Ukrainian government forces and the separatist region loyal to Russia since last April, also published a photograph of him wearing a camouflage military uniform on board the helicopter.

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