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Priorities: Swedish youths facing housing shortage - migrants given preference instead

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 17:44 UTC

A survey from the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building, and Planning has shown that while young people are struggling to find homes, half of the local governments give new migrants priority.

The survey, which saw data gathered from 290 Swedish municipalities, highlighted the fact that young Swedes are having an increasingly difficult time finding housing with 230 saying they had a shortage for young people, Nyheter Idag reports.

Fewer municipalities, 221, said they had a shortage of housing for new migrants, and 135 said they had given preference to new migrants for housing, compared to just 12 who said they had given young people priority for homes in their areas.

The National Board of Housing, Building, and Planning wrote that the figures were "alarmingly high, and they show a very strained situation for young people in the housing market".

One municipality defended the move to prioritise new migrants, saying, "It would be desirable for the newly arrived to get leases first, so that they don't have to move around" and claiming that it would also aid in integration.

Prosecutors expand Boeing probe to 787 Dreamliner amid concerns of shoddy workmanship and cost cutting throughout the company

RT
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 15:41 UTC

Federal prosecutors are expanding their Boeing probe, investigating charges the 787 Dreamliner's manufacture was plagued with the same incompetence that dogged the doomed 737 MAX and resulted in hundreds of deaths.

The US Department of Justice has requested records related to 787 Dreamliner production at Boeing's South Carolina plant, where two sources who spoke to the Seattle Times said there have been allegations of "shoddy work." A third source confirmed individual employees at the Charleston plant had received subpoenas earlier this month from the "same group" of prosecutors conducting the ongoing probe into the 737 MAX.

Boeing is in the hot seat over alleged poor quality workmanship and cutting corners at the South Carolina plant. Prosecutors are likely concerned with whether "broad cultural problems" pervade the entire company, including pressure to OK shoddy work in order to deliver planes on time, one source told the Seattle Times. The South Carolina plant manufactured 45 percent of Boeing's 787s last year, but its supersize -10 model is built exclusively there.

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9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez dies from Ground Zero-related cancer

RT
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:21 UTC

Luis Alvarez, a former New York Police Department detective, has died of cancer caused by exposure to toxic air at Ground Zero. Alvarez campaigned to extend compensation for thousands suffering from 9/11 related health issues.

Alvarez had spoken at a congressional hearing to extend the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) and its funding just weeks before he died. Many paid tribute to the 53-year-old former detective on social media, thanking him for his bravery and work to extend the fund, which covers medical costs of 9/11 first responders and volunteers.

Thousands of first responders and others who rushed to help save people in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks were exposed to a "witches brew" toxic dust of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead, and concrete particles released from the falling buildings.

Emergency workers spent weeks sorting through the rubble and were told by New York and federal officials that it was safe. This was not the case and, as of March 2019, there have been 2,335 deaths attributed to 9/11 related illnesses, almost as many as the 2,996 people who died in the attacks.

The World Trade Center Health Program reports over 95,000 people suffering from health problems related to 9/11, with up to 900 new cases being identified each month, 18 years after the attacks took place.

Women beaten, shaved & paraded as 'punishment' for resisting rape gang in Indian village

RT
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:46 UTC

Two women were beaten and had their heads shaved as retribution for reportedly resisting an attempted rape by a government official and his friends in Bihar, India. They were then paraded through the village by their attackers.

Seven men barged into the house of a 48-year-old woman and her 19-year-old daughter in Bhagwanpur, in the Vaishali district of Bihar, and allegedly tried to rape the teenager, the Hindustan Times reports.

"Around 6.30 pm, half a dozen armed men forcibly entered my house and attempted to rape me. When my mother tried to save me, they started beating us," the young woman told police.

Boeing outsourced its 737 MAX software to $9-per-hour engineers to cut costs

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:36 UTC

The software at the heart of the Boeing 737 MAX crisis was developed at a time when the company was laying off experienced engineers and replacing them with temporary workers making as little as $9 per hour,according to Bloomberg.

In an effort to cut costs, Boeing was relying on subcontractors making paltry wages to develop and test its software. Often times, these subcontractors would be from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace, like India.

Boeing had recent college graduates working for Indian software developer HCL Technologies Ltd. in a building across from Seattle's Boeing Field, in flight test groups supporting the MAX. The coders from HCL designed to specifications set by Boeing but, according to Mark Rabin, a former Boeing software engineer, "it was controversial because it was far less efficient than Boeing engineers just writing the code."

Rabin said: "...it took many rounds going back and forth because the code was not done correctly."

Dubai's Princess Haya reportedly ditches billionaire ruler, flees with £31 million

PressTV
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 16:25 UTC

The wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has reportedly fled the Persian Gulf kingdom to London with £31 million (over $39 million) following the break-up of their marriage.

Princess Haya Al Hussein, who is the half-sister of Jordan's King Abdullah II, is said to be seeking a divorce after initially fleeing to Germany, where she sought political asylum, British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail reported.

A German diplomat apparently helped the princess, 45, escape from Dubai. There are reports that she has also taken her son Zayed, 7, and daughter Al Jalila, 11, with her.

It is claimed that German authorities have refused a request from the wealthy ruler of Dubai, who is also the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, to return his wife, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Germany and the UAE.

No more crocs, bears or lions as pets in Russia

RT
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:22 UTC

Crocodiles, bears, lions, apes, cobras and scorpions, as well as other large predators and poisonous creatures, are now the subject of a ban from being kept as pets in Russia, to safeguard the health of both 'owner' and animal.

Such beasts pose dangers to people, while apartments or country houses differ greatly from the natural habitats of the animals, a difference that "may affect their health negatively, even causing death," a new act, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday, reads.

Large predators such as bears, wolves, lions, tigers, lynxes and others are among the species to benefit from the new protections. The ban also includes crocodiles and carnivore turtles, Komodo Dragons, bearded lizards and other reptiles. Also set to get a new lease on life are snakes such as cobras and pythons, as well as many poisonous arachnids, including scorpions and tarantulas.

Aquarium lovers should forget about putting sharks or manta rays in their household fish tanks from now on, with coral polyps also outlawed in the home. Penguins, pelicans, owls, falcons and some species of ostriches have been added to the list of birds banned from homesteads.

Germany to return painting stolen by Nazis to Italy

ABC News
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:01 UTC

Germany says it will return to Italy a painting by Dutch artist Jan van Huysum that was stolen by Nazi troops during World War II.

The government said in a statement Saturday that Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Italian counterpart Enzo Moavero will travel to Florence soon to hand the still-life "Vase of Flowers" back to the Uffizi Gallery.

Newark International Airport reopens after grounding flights for an hour

Soo Youn, Josh Margolin and Mina Kaji
ABC News
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 09:08 UTC

Newark Liberty Airport reopened Saturday morning after it grounded all flights into and out of the airport due to an "airport emergency."

"#EWR Airport reopened. Expect delays. Please check with your carriers," the airport tweeted at 9:37 a.m. Saturday.

At about 8:20 a.m., United Flight 2098, which is an Airbus 319, landed on Runway 22L at Newark, a law enforcement source told ABC News. The aircraft departed LaGuardia airport for Houston but was diverted to Newark with a hydraulic issue.

Upon landing, the left main gear tires blew and the front landing gear was damaged and the aircraft was evacuated, the source said. There were 133 people on board, including crew, who were taken to Terminal C.

Reddit 'quarantines' pro-Donald Trump group 'r/The_Donald' over threats

Tamar Lapin
New York Post
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:21 UTC

A Reddit forum for self-described supporters of President Trump was "quarantined" on Wednesday over threats against police and public officials in Oregon, the tech giant said.

Reddit officials said the moderators on the subreddit "r/The_Donald" - which counts about 750,000 followers - had encouraged or allowed behavior that broke the site's violence policy.

"We are sensitive to what could be considered political speech," said Reddit spokeswoman Anna Soellner.

Comment: Interestingly, this whole quarantine happened shortly after the infamous Carlos Maza complained on Twitter about r/The_Donald. This isn't the first time Maza has successfully managed to have people or platforms censored.

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Society's Child

Priorities: Swedish youths facing housing shortage - migrants given preference instead

Prosecutors expand Boeing probe to 787 Dreamliner amid concerns of shoddy workmanship and cost cutting throughout the company

9/11 first responder Luis Alvarez dies from Ground Zero-related cancer

Women beaten, shaved & paraded as 'punishment' for resisting rape gang in Indian village

Boeing outsourced its 737 MAX software to $9-per-hour engineers to cut costs

Dubai's Princess Haya reportedly ditches billionaire ruler, flees with £31 million

No more crocs, bears or lions as pets in Russia

Germany to return painting stolen by Nazis to Italy

Newark International Airport reopens after grounding flights for an hour

Reddit 'quarantines' pro-Donald Trump group 'r/The_Donald' over threats

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