Uber X launches in Adelaide with free trips
Uber X launches in Adelaide with free trips Posted May 13, 2016 08:30:10 Uber will launch its ride-sharing service Uber X in Adelaide with free trips despite previously threatening not to operate in South Australia.Last month the service threatened to abandon its plans due to prohibitive start-up costs of more than $700 and red tape which included vehicle inspection every six months.The South Australian Government agreed to allow ride-sharing services in the state fro..>> view originalObama administration to tell all school districts to allow transgender bathroom access
Two senators have an idea that they say will get passengers through airport security lines much faster this summer: Stop charging people for checked baggage. In a letter to a dozen of the country's major airlines, Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote that waiving the fees during the busiest travel time of the year is a "smart, commonsense step to help thwart" the "growing problem" of long security lines. The senators say the lines are clogged with people who use ..>> view original14 Killed in Clashes, Helicopter Crash in Southeast Turkey
Eight Turkish soldiers and six members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed Friday in clashes in the largely Kurdish region of southeast Turkey, a Turkish military statement said. Six soldiers were killed and eight were wounded when clashes broke out with rebels in Hakkari province on Friday. Two additional soldiers died when a military helicopter sent to the area later crashed due to a technical fault. Meanwhile, four suspected bombmakers were killed near Diyarbakir late ..>> view originalBrazil's new leader Michel Temer proposes 'national salvation' government
Brazil's interim President Michel Temer (centre) attends a signing ceremony for new government ministers on May 12. Photo: Getty Images Brasilia: Brazil's acting president Michel Temer called on Thursday for a "government of national salvation" after a Senate pre-impeachment vote that suspended President Dilma Rousseff from office.In his first presidential address to the nation, Mr Temer, ms Rousseff's former vice-president and leader of rival centrist Brazil..>> view originalSecret army sources told 'come forward'
A hostage escapes the Lindt cafe during the Sydney siege. Picture: Chris McKeenARMY experts who have spoken to media about the police handling of the Lindt Cafe siege have been urged to “come forward” to help end the speculation and “simmering debate” that has hung over the police response.The extraordinary request was made on Friday morning at the Sydney siege inquest by counsel assisting the coroner Jeremy Gormly SC.He said questions over the ability of the Australian Defence Force to better h..>> view originalUK leaves Australia for dead on Securency corruption prosecution
COMMENT. Rest assured: if you are charged with foreign bribery offences in Australia, you won't be facing a judge any time soon. This is what the extraordinarily sluggish prosecution of former executives from Reserve Bank of Australia banknote ...>> view originalCabin and Rolls-Royce fragments 'almost certainly' from MH370
Krystal Johnson and AFP - Yahoo7 and Agencies on May 12, 2016, 6:31 pm Video Debris 'almost certainly' from Malaysia's MH370 Two aircraft fragments found on the beaches of South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius are almost certain to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.Two new fragments washed up on beaches in South Africa and Mauritius in March and brought to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's laboratories for testing.This is an item a fragment of interior..>> view originalParents find dead newborn while making their teenage daughter's bed, police say
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Parents find dead baby in teen's bed A 17-year-old girl from California gives birth to a baby unaware she was even pregnant. PT0M52S 620 349 Authorities in Southern California are investigating after a newborn was found dead in the bed of his 17-year-old mother, who said she did not know she was pregnant until she gave birth.Police said the teenager's parents called 911 on Monday evening from their home in Chula Vista, near San Diego, after the..>> view originalGIC 'not named in Panama Papers'
GIC said yesterday that its address can be found in a database of offshore entities because of a previous investment it had made. The investment firm is not named in the so-called Panama Papers. The records containing its name come from records released in an older data leak. The database lists hundreds of thousands of records of offshore entities created by wealthy individuals and corporations around the world. It includes records from Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the centre of t..>> view originalStore manager drags driver to safety from burning car
Store manager drags driver to safety from burning car Mel Buttigieg - Yahoo7 News on May 13, 2016, 2:33 pm Video Man sets up camera before rescuing driver from a burning car A man is being hailed a hero after pulling a driver from a burning car that was upside down after it crashed in California on Tuesday morning.Mattress store manager Santiago Portillo saw the flipped Honda engulfed by flames in front of his store and began recording the blaze on his mobile phone - until he..>> view original
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