“I am seeing total strangers offering help to fellow Malaysians to go home and vote. No one shall deny our right to vote!” wrote a user with the handle @Klubbkiddkl, who started a hashtag to connect those in need. … [Read more...] about ‘Go home to vote’: Malaysian Twitter users, firms offer to pay travel costs
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News briefs: Sheriff: Sniper ‘idolized’ school shooting suspect
A sheriff says 26-year-old landscaper Rex Whitmire Harbour of Snellville, fired at least 17 times and hit at least seven vehicles traveling northbound on Georgia 365 outside Atlanta around noon on Friday. Two people were wounded and a third was hurt by broken glass. None of their injuries was life-threatening. … [Read more...] about News briefs: Sheriff: Sniper ‘idolized’ school shooting suspect
Airlines hope flashier content for travel agents boosts sales
“When you know that airlines are investing billions in these options and experiences… you can imagine how happy we are to be able to communicate and try to market these options to the passenger,” IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac said at the association’s annual meeting in Sydney. … [Read more...] about Airlines hope flashier content for travel agents boosts sales
U.S. high court poised to rule on Trump travel ban, other cases
The nine justices are due to decide other politically sensitive cases on whether non-union workers have to pay fees to unions representing certain public-sector workers such as police and teachers, and the legality of California regulations on clinics that steer women with unplanned pregnancies away from abortion. … [Read more...] about U.S. high court poised to rule on Trump travel ban, other cases
Travellers who set up illegal camp slam council claiming litter on the site is health and safety risk
She said: “Dog and horse poo all over the place, hedge cuttings, bits of trees and wood in big piles… a whole roof's worth of smashed slate tiles in bags, bits of paper, magazines, nappies chucked over the fence on to the train track. … [Read more...] about Travellers who set up illegal camp slam council claiming litter on the site is health and safety risk