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Trump marijuana policy reversal stokes fears

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The Trump administration's decision to enforce federal anti-marijuana laws has sent shivers through users, medical patients and businesses encouraged by the growing number of states legalizing the drug. Cannabis growers, sellers and financial institutions supporting them, a roughly $7 billion industry, are particularly under threat by the move, and the lack of clarity on how toughly federal anti-pot laws will be enforcedRead more

Trump marijuana policy reversal stokes fears

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Deutsche Bank in $220 mn Libor settlement with US states

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Deutsche Bank has reached a $220 million settlement with 44 states and the District of Columbia who say the German lender manipulated interest rates at the expense of local governments, California's attorney general announced Wednesday. The settlement adds to a list of hefty payouts Deutsche Bank and other giants have racked up amid a five-year scandal over manipulation the LondonRead more

Evacuation ordered as levee breached south of Houston

Houston - Muslimchronicle

Floodwaters have breached a levee south of the city of Houston, officials said Tuesday, urging residents to leave the sector immediately. "The levee at Columbia Lakes has been breached!!" the Brazoria County government tweeted on its official feed. "GET OUT NOW!!" The Columbia lakes area lies south of Houston, large parts of which remain under water four days after HarveyRead more

Canada fires drive thousands more out of their homes

Montreal - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have ravaged British Columbia province for more than a week. The inferno's progress prompted authorities to take new emergency measures, ordering the evacuation of 24,000 people in the region including the town of Williams Lake which is home to some 11,000Read more

Emirates REIT sees strong rental growth in FY 2016

Dubai - WAM

Emirates REIT Ltd., the UAE’s first regulated Sharia compliant Real Estate Investment Trust listed on Nasdaq Dubai and managed by Equitativa, today reported its audited financial results for the year ending 31st December 2016. Emirates REIT saw rental income in Q4 2016 increase by 25 percent to US$13.0 million compared to Q42015 US$10.4 million. Overall, for the year ended 31stRead more

16 US state attorneys general call Trump's refugee ban "unlawful"

Washington - ArabToday

Attorneys general from 15 U.S. states and the District of Columbia Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily barring refugees and seven Muslim-majority countries' citizens from entry into the United States, calling it "unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful." In a joint statement, the 16 state attorneys general, all Democrats, vowed they will quickly act and "use all of the toolsRead more

Diver may have found ‘lost nuke’

Vancouver, Canada - Arab Today

The Canadian navy will be heading to the coast of British Columbia to investigate claims that a diver may have come across “the lost nuke” — a Mark IV bomb that went missing after an American B-36 bomber crashed in the region during the cold war. Diver Sean Smyrichinsky was wrapping up a day of diving near Haida Gwaii, anRead more

Canada faces deadly fentanyl overdose crisis

Vancouver - Arab Today

Sirens scream non-stop through the urban heart of Vancouver, as responders race toward drug addicts overdosing — and dying in such numbers that the city’s morgues are full. This wealthy Pacific coast city is the bleak epicentre of an opioid epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives in Canada, while next door in the United States, drug overdoses are nowRead more