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...Uber: The ride-hailing app is expected to post a 14 per cent boost in third-quarter revenue to $9.5bn as its delivery business grows, with investors on the lookout for commentary on future pricing moves....
...In 2006, Carvajal is alleged to have overseen a 5.6-tonne shipment of cocaine to Mexico on a DC-9 jet that can carry more than 100 people....
...If you google “gun violence” in America this week, you will see not just stories about the Mississippi attack but other headlines: “14 young people shot in Georgia in 12 hours”; “9 juveniles injured in gas...
...They arrived at 9.08pm, just four minutes after the first calls were made to emergency services, and included a special unit trained to deal with mass shootings....
...It had been flagged by an automatic number plate recognition camera as being linked to a firearms offence....
...The shooting occurred after specialist firearms officers stopped Kaba’s vehicle, which had been identified by an automatic number plate recognition camera as being linked to a previous firearms offence....
...matriarch of the family that dominates the opposition Congress party, protested on Wednesday with other opposition figures outside parliament, demanding a discussion about the border clash on December 9...
...Other earnings: Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson will report earnings after the bell, just weeks after two high-profile mass shootings in the US....
...It struck down a New York state law that restricted the right of individuals to carry concealed firearms in public....
...He is prepared to have the police arrest those caught with firearms again and again, he vowed....
...The proposed framework stops short of many of the more stringent measures supported by Joe Biden’s administration, including raising from 18 to 21 the minimum age to buy certain firearms. 4....
...There are now around 9,000 red kites in the UK, thanks to reintroductions and the realisation it was time to stop shooting wild birds just for the hell of it....
...The US now has 13m citizens with permits to carry concealed firearms, which is more than 12 times the number of police officers....
...From the stalemate of the cold war to the post-9/11 focus on counter-terrorism through to today’s great power conflicts, this aspect of the craft has remained constant....
...Shootings such as the ones in Colorado and Georgia, earlier in March, have helped to persuade a growing number of people of the need for stronger background checks as a condition of firearm ownership....
...In Mississippi, carrying a firearm without a permit is allowed. “The Defenders are everything....
...It expanded 0.9 per cent in 2019, only to shrink 6.6 per cent last year....
...Shares in the company jumped more than 3 per cent in after-hours trading, after sliding 9.5 per cent during the regular session amid a broader market rout....
...Backtested data show that the index has delivered annualised net returns of 14.2 per cent since the end of May 2012, compared with the 12.9 per cent registered by the MSCI World....
...Ammo Inc, an ammunition manufacturer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, reported on Thursday that its revenues had surged 125 per cent to $9.7m in the three months to June....
...Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet also had strong gains with their share prices climbing 8.3 per cent, 7.4 per cent and 6.9 per cent respectively....
...Ancient firearms, rusting gas canisters and “home-made grenades” fill glass display cases....
...The murder unleashed a wave of violence that led to some 9,000 people being arrested, mainly in the region of Oromia, and left at least 178 people dead....
...Fourteen men were charged with a mix of state and federal crimes, including conspiracy to kidnap, assisting terrorism, gang membership and possessing a firearm while committing a felony....
...On an adjusted basis, earnings of 9 cents per share surpassed estimates by two pennies. Background checks — used as a gauge of consumer gun sales — are poised to set a new annual record in 2019....
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