There are just a few months left in the Obama presidency, and at the
top of 2017, we’ll see a non-Obama family–likely either the Trumps or
the Clintons–inhabiting the White House for the first time in 8 years.
While the entire nation is focused on just who that will be, another
interesting question is risen. What the hell are the Obamas going to do?
How do you follow up the most scrutinized presidency in American
history?
Well, you can start with finding out where they’re going to live. Spoiler: They’re not going far.
The National Journal has learned that Barack and Michelle
are moving their family to a neighborhood in Northwest D.C., which will
be the perfect setting for Sasha Obama, their youngest daughter, to wrap up high school at Sidwell Friends.
As far as Malia Obama, she’ll be heading off to her
parents’ alma mater, Harvard, in the fall of 2017. She’ll strategically
take one year off from school to travel the world, which also gives her
family enough time to leave office and ease themselves out of the daily
public eye. Of course, this November, a new POTUS will be elected
Christine Jiaxin Lee spent a lot of the money on luxury handbags.
The boyfriend of a Sydney woman who allegedly had A$4.6 million
(NZ$4.98m) mistakenly given to her by her bank, said he was in shock
over allegations.
Vincent King arrived at Waverley Local Court this afternoon to bail out
the chemical engineering student Christine Jiaxin Lee, 21, who he said
was "a good girl".
Mr King said he had "no idea" she had access to the money, had never
seen her buy expensive items and was in the dark about his girlfriend's
situation until she called him today asking for help.
The court heard earlier that a Westpac "glitch" allowed Lee access to $4.6 million, part of which she spent on luxury handbags.
The bank inadvertently gave Lee access to an unlimited overdraft account four years ago when she was a month off turning 18.
Police allege between July 2014 and April 2015 Lee allegedly made
withdrawals on numerous occasions that totalled $4,653,333.02 - of which
$3.3 million was still "outstanding".
Lee was arrested last night trying to fly to Malaysia after obtaining an emergency passport.
When told outside court the amount Ms Lee allegedly had access to, Mr King said: "That's big money."
The couple have been in a relationship for 18 months.
She been charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
It is also alleged she failed to notify the bank that she was not entitled to the money.
But Magistrate Lisa Stapleton raised doubts about whether Lee's alleged
use of the money was a proceed of crime if the bank had "inadvertently"
given her an overdraft facility that she then took advantage of.
"It isn't proceeds of crime. It's money we all dream of," she said. Continued below.
Vincent King knew nothing of his girlfriend's million-dollar windfall.
According to the Westpac website, a personal overdraft is an unsecured
loan (up to an agreed limit) that forms part of your everyday Westpac
Choice bank account.
When Lee's lawyer Fiona McCarron said the money was partly spent on
luxury item like expensive handbags, Ms Stapleton remarked: "That's a
lot of handbags."
She agreed with Ms McCarron when the lawyer said the police would struggle to prove the spending of the money was illegal.
"They gave it to her," Ms Stapleton said. If that was proved to be the
case, then Lee would owe the money to Westpac and have to pay it back,
but she wouldn't necessarily have broken the law, Ms Stapleton said.
Ms McCarron, when arguing for her client's bail, said, while the first
reading of the facts made for "suspicious reading", the case was not as
straightforward as it appeared.
She said there was nothing "nefarious" about Ms Lee trying to obtain an
emergency passport as she had simply lost her own passport.
Ms Lee was prevented from boarding a flight to Malaysia at Sydney Airport by federal police on Wednesday night.
She had been living in Australia for a year before she opened the Westpac account.
Prosecutor Marc Turner said the bank and police had tried to speak to
her about the money but she didn't return emails or phone calls.
A fraud squad investigation began in 2012 but it took until March this
year for a warrant to be issued for her arrest. Within weeks she applied
for a passport, Mr Turner said
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The purported site of the drone strike in the Ahmad Wal area of Balochistan in Pakistan
Afghanistan's
spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has
been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike.
The drone targeted his vehicle in a remote area of south-west Pakistan, near the Afghan border, on Saturday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Mansour had posed "a continuing, imminent threat to US personnel".
Mansour assumed the leadership in July 2015, replacing Taliban founder and spiritual head Mullah Mohammad Omar.
The
Afghan National Security Directorate (NDS) said on Sunday that Mansour
had been killed in the Dalbandi area of Balochistan province - the first
official confirmation of the killing of the Taliban leader.
Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and defence ministry spokesman Daulat Waziri also said that Mansour had been killed.
Who is Mullah Mansour?
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Mullah Akhtar Mansour quickly climbed through the Taliban hierarchy
Long seen as acting head of the Taliban, and close to its founder Mullah Omar
Born in the 1960s, in Kandahar province, where he later served as shadow governor after the Taliban's fall
Was civil aviation minister during the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan
Had an active role in drug trafficking, according to the UN
Has clashed with Abdul Qayum Zakir, a
senior military commander, amid a power struggle and differences over
negotiations with the Afghan government
A man claiming to be Mansour met former Afghan President Hamid Karzai for peace talks in 2010 - but it later emerged he was an imposter
Profile: Mullah Akhtar Mansour
The
Pentagon announced on Saturday that an operation had taken place near
the town of Ahmad Wal at around 15:00 (10:00 GMT) and had been
authorised by President Barack Obama.
It said the strike had "probably" killed Mansour and an armed male combatant travelling with him.
The bodies were taken to a morgue in Quetta
There have been conflicting reports from the Taliban.
Senior
commander Mullah Abdul Rauf told Associated Press that Mansour had been
killed, but that the strike happened late on Friday.
Other
reports denied his death. One unnamed Taliban commander told Reuters:
"We heard about these baseless reports, but this not first time. Just
wanted to share with you my own information that Mullah Mansour has not
been killed."
False rumours have often surrounded Taliban leaders.
Analysis: Inayatulhaq Yasini, Editor, BBC Pashto online
The death of Mullah Mansour would be a big blow for the Taliban.
He
was gradually tightening his grip on the movement by bringing into his
fold other leading Taliban members, including a son and a brother of his
predecessor Mullah Mohammed Omar, and by launching large scale attacks
on Afghan security forces.
Under his leadership, the Taliban managed to capture an important city last year for the first time in 15 years.
Mansour
also managed to silence the splinter Taliban group under Mullah
Muhammad Rasool, which challenged his leadership, and is credited by his
followers for containing so-called Islamic State in Taliban areas.
A vacuum created by his death would once again trigger a leadership struggle.
Mr
Kerry, on a visit to Myanmar, said: "This action sends a clear message
to the world that we will continue to stand with our Afghan partners as
they work to build a more stable, united, secure and prosperous
Afghanistan.
"Peace is what we want. Mansour was a threat to that effort."
A
spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said: "Our hope in the wake
of the strike is for the Afghan-led peace process to bring lasting
peace and stability."
Mr Abdullah said Mansour had been "the main figure preventing the Taliban joining the peace process"
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Man takes off his clothes and jumps into a lion enclosure in a bid to commit suicide but survives(Graphic)
A 20 year old man, named by local media as Franco Luis Ferrada Roman,
who was suicidal, stripped naked and entered a lion enclosure in a
Chilean. The man broke into their cage early Saturday morning and
offered himself to the lions horrifying other visitors who were at the
zoo and witnessed the whole attack.
When he entered the enclosure, the two lions immediately pounced on him
and started to ,play' with him, severely mauling him. The zookeepers who
tried to intervene shot the lions to save the man's life.
Santiago authorities confirmed that the two lions who mauled the man
were shot and killed as they severely mauled the man because they didn't
have any fast acting tranquilizers.
The man was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and was said to be in critical condition.
The director of the zoo, Alejandra Montalva, said:
‘We believe that this person entered as a visitor and paid for his ticket.
‘Later he trespassed into an area where the public are not normally
allowed and we understand that he forced the roof of the lion’s
enclosure.
‘It was from there that he jumped, took off his clothes and started to
attract the lions.’
The zoo director said the place was crowded with visitors when the man
went into the enclosure. She also added that she was 'deeply affected'
by the deaths of the two lions, a male and a female
'The zoo has an established protocol because people's lives are very important to us
This incredible photos indicate what true love really is. Chris Minnini,
21, shared this heartbreaking photo on Reddit showing the moment his
parents, both on life support, said goodbye to each other.
The
incredible moment was captured by Chris’s brother at Kingston General
Hospital in Ontario, Canada, only hours before their dad, Jim, passed
away last weekend.
His mum, Cindy is now home
and recovering after having a heart attack and their son decided to
share the images to show how much his parents loved each other, even on their sick bed after 23 years of marriage.
