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China Focus: AIIB expands membership
- March 23, 2017
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo Po welcomed the approval, but called on the city state's finance committee to hasten its consent for the required processes.Legislative council member Kenneth Leung Lai Cheong suggested that the city's administrators take a more proactive role to help Hong Kong companies take advantage of the opportunities created by joining the bank, including setting up an office to handle issues linked to the AIIB. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo Po welcomed the approval, but called on the city state's finance committee to hasten its consent for the required processes.Legislative council member Kenneth Leung Lai Cheong suggested that the city's administrators take a more proactive role to help Hong Kong companies take advantage of the opportunities created by joining the bank, including setting up an office to handle issues linked to the AIIB. (more...)
CBI comments on the death of Martin McGuinness
- March 23, 2017
The Queen, whose handshake with McGuinness in 2012 was a seismic moment in his transition to statesmen, sent a private message to Mr McGuinness' widow, Buckingham Palace confirmed. In 1972, at the age of 21, he was second-in-command of the IRA in Derry at the time of Bloody Sunday, when 14 civil rights protesters were killed in the city by soldiers. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
The Queen, whose handshake with McGuinness in 2012 was a seismic moment in his transition to statesmen, sent a private message to Mr McGuinness' widow, Buckingham Palace confirmed. In 1972, at the age of 21, he was second-in-command of the IRA in Derry at the time of Bloody Sunday, when 14 civil rights protesters were killed in the city by soldiers. (more...)
Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein named world's greatest leader
- March 23, 2017
Epstein texted this to ESPN's Buster Olney , " Um, I can't even get my dog to stop peeing in the house ". Fortune named the president of the MLB's Chicago Cubs as the No. What Epstein was able to accomplish is great and all, but how can you compare it to the job of a world leader or activist? If Zobrist's ball is three inches farther off the line, I'm on the hot seat for a failed five-year plan. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Epstein texted this to ESPN's Buster Olney , " Um, I can't even get my dog to stop peeing in the house ". Fortune named the president of the MLB's Chicago Cubs as the No. What Epstein was able to accomplish is great and all, but how can you compare it to the job of a world leader or activist? If Zobrist's ball is three inches farther off the line, I'm on the hot seat for a failed five-year plan. (more...)
Dozens killed, buried in rubble after Mosul air raid - Iraqi officials, residents
- March 23, 2017
The officers were reportedly captured by ISIS after running out of ammunition during the clashes. No other fighting force in the country has the capability to launch an aerial attack of the scale reported. The terrorists reportedly ordered the victims to kill citizens who had tried to escape the Iraqi city of Mosul, for which they were sentenced to death by ISIS' lawmakers. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
The officers were reportedly captured by ISIS after running out of ammunition during the clashes. No other fighting force in the country has the capability to launch an aerial attack of the scale reported. The terrorists reportedly ordered the victims to kill citizens who had tried to escape the Iraqi city of Mosul, for which they were sentenced to death by ISIS' lawmakers. (more...)
Nunes: Trump transition team was under surveillance
- March 23, 2017
This immediately raised two major questions. Nunes is sorry. So sorry he went to President Trump and the press with "evidence" that Trump was not lying when he falsely accused President Obama of wiretapping him. Nunes briefed reporters on the new information without consulting with Schiff or other Democrats on the committee. Nunes didn't specify any officials, aside from Trump, whose communications were collected. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
This immediately raised two major questions. Nunes is sorry. So sorry he went to President Trump and the press with "evidence" that Trump was not lying when he falsely accused President Obama of wiretapping him. Nunes briefed reporters on the new information without consulting with Schiff or other Democrats on the committee. Nunes didn't specify any officials, aside from Trump, whose communications were collected. (more...)
ME job match service hit with data breach
- March 23, 2017
The Associated Press reported according to the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, more than 430,000 people in the state may have had their personal information compromised by the data breach. Officials say anyone who has been affected by this breach, or thinks they may have been affected, should watch their bank accounts, credit cards and other financial transactions. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
The Associated Press reported according to the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, more than 430,000 people in the state may have had their personal information compromised by the data breach. Officials say anyone who has been affected by this breach, or thinks they may have been affected, should watch their bank accounts, credit cards and other financial transactions. (more...)
Voucher bill fails to move forward in state Senate
- March 23, 2017
The bill, which would require students in public schools and higher-ed institutions to use restroom and locker facilities that correspond with the gender indicated on their birth certificate, is unlikely to move to House Committee next week. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
The bill, which would require students in public schools and higher-ed institutions to use restroom and locker facilities that correspond with the gender indicated on their birth certificate, is unlikely to move to House Committee next week. (more...)
ISIS claims London terror attack; attacker was British-born
- March 23, 2017
Eight people were detained in raids on various addresses in London and Birmingham, a city 125 miles northwest of London. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said some high school students visiting London from France were injured in the attack. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Eight people were detained in raids on various addresses in London and Birmingham, a city 125 miles northwest of London. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said some high school students visiting London from France were injured in the attack. (more...)
Ukrainian MOP Says Former Trump Campaign Chairman Hid Payments
- March 23, 2017
Leshchenko claimed the alleged 2009 payment to Manafort was backed by a "fake invoice and a fake contract" according to which the American supplied computers to a Belize offshore company. Manafort, who worked for Yanukovych's Party of Regions for almost a decade, resigned from Trump's campaign in August after his name surfaced in connection with secret payments totaling $12.7 million by Yanukovych's party. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Leshchenko claimed the alleged 2009 payment to Manafort was backed by a "fake invoice and a fake contract" according to which the American supplied computers to a Belize offshore company. Manafort, who worked for Yanukovych's Party of Regions for almost a decade, resigned from Trump's campaign in August after his name surfaced in connection with secret payments totaling $12.7 million by Yanukovych's party. (more...)
Michigan St. report: Doctor sexually assaulted teen gymnast
- March 23, 2017
Nassar, who was indicted on federal child pornography charge in December, was suspended from the university the day after Denhollander's complaint and was sacked by the university less than a month later. The university's responses to those complaints and his client's complaint were "clearly unreasonable as Defendant Nassar continued to sexually assault young females until he was discharged from the university in 2016". (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Nassar, who was indicted on federal child pornography charge in December, was suspended from the university the day after Denhollander's complaint and was sacked by the university less than a month later. The university's responses to those complaints and his client's complaint were "clearly unreasonable as Defendant Nassar continued to sexually assault young females until he was discharged from the university in 2016". (more...)
Rick Perry Questions Recent Texas A&M Student Body Election
- March 23, 2017
Perry, who was a former Aggie yell leader , submitted an editorial to a local newspaper implying that the election was "stolen and a mockery". He asks what the outcome would have been if McIntosh had been a minority student instead of a white male and if Brooks had been the disqualified candidate. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Perry, who was a former Aggie yell leader , submitted an editorial to a local newspaper implying that the election was "stolen and a mockery". He asks what the outcome would have been if McIntosh had been a minority student instead of a white male and if Brooks had been the disqualified candidate. (more...)
Can Republicans Get Enough Votes To Repeal Obamacare
- March 23, 2017
According to the Daily Kos, Meadows said "there are enough holdouts among conservatives to prevent the GOP's ObamaCare repeal plan". Congress is putting the final touches on the Republican health plan up for a vote this week... "We had a great meeting". Republicans can not afford to lose more than 21 votes from their own party, since Democrats are united in opposition. Ryan and other leaders have argued that adding the rollbacks the Freedom Caucus wants would make the bill ineligible for ... (more...)
- March 23, 2017
According to the Daily Kos, Meadows said "there are enough holdouts among conservatives to prevent the GOP's ObamaCare repeal plan". Congress is putting the final touches on the Republican health plan up for a vote this week... "We had a great meeting". Republicans can not afford to lose more than 21 votes from their own party, since Democrats are united in opposition. Ryan and other leaders have argued that adding the rollbacks the Freedom Caucus wants would make the bill ineligible for ... (more...)
'DWTS' host Tom Bergeron is Neil Gorsuch's doppelganger
- March 23, 2017
Neither did Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who said at the time of her confirmation hearings in 1993 that "a$3 judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints; for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process". (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Neither did Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who said at the time of her confirmation hearings in 1993 that "a$3 judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints; for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process". (more...)
Should Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch be quickly confirmed?
- March 23, 2017
Dianne Feinstein will heed the wisdom of the proverbial "Don't spit in the wind". She specifically brought up the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. The South Carolina Republican pointed out that he had voted to confirm President Obama's two Supreme Court nominees, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, because they were qualified for the bench and not because he agreed with their politics. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Dianne Feinstein will heed the wisdom of the proverbial "Don't spit in the wind". She specifically brought up the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. The South Carolina Republican pointed out that he had voted to confirm President Obama's two Supreme Court nominees, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, because they were qualified for the bench and not because he agreed with their politics. (more...)
A shut and open case of Lucknow's iconic Tunday Kababi
- March 23, 2017
The latest victim of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's government on the illegal meat shop crackdown is one of Lucknow's most famous and oldest eateries, Tunday Kebabi. "We are investigating the matter", a police official said. Lucknow is among the several districts in the state where a comprehensive verification drive is underway to ascertain the number of legal slaughter houses and meat shops. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
The latest victim of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's government on the illegal meat shop crackdown is one of Lucknow's most famous and oldest eateries, Tunday Kebabi. "We are investigating the matter", a police official said. Lucknow is among the several districts in the state where a comprehensive verification drive is underway to ascertain the number of legal slaughter houses and meat shops. (more...)
'Beauty And The Beast' Banned In Kuwait Over Gay Content
- March 23, 2017
Yet the film really adds nothing new to the classic story; many scenes are copied like-for-like from the animated original. Disney's " Beauty and the Beast " is a live-action re-telling of the studio's animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Yet the film really adds nothing new to the classic story; many scenes are copied like-for-like from the animated original. Disney's " Beauty and the Beast " is a live-action re-telling of the studio's animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. (more...)
Schumer Says He'll Oppose Gorsuch Nomination, Sets Up Filibuster Showdown With GOP
- March 23, 2017
Wade . Schumer's position is no surprise; Democrats remain angry that Republicans controlling the Senate denied former president Barack Obama a hearing on his choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died more than a year ago. The hearing came as new reports emerged that Judge Gorsuch told students he taught as an adjunct professor that women often manipulated employers to obtain pregnancy benefits, and that employers were entitled to ask would-be women employees about pregnancy plans. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Wade . Schumer's position is no surprise; Democrats remain angry that Republicans controlling the Senate denied former president Barack Obama a hearing on his choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died more than a year ago. The hearing came as new reports emerged that Judge Gorsuch told students he taught as an adjunct professor that women often manipulated employers to obtain pregnancy benefits, and that employers were entitled to ask would-be women employees about pregnancy plans. (more...)
'Frozen Trucker' Case Looms in Gorsuch Hearing
- March 23, 2017
Wade to his disparagement of judges who have ruled against him. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insisted that since a presidential campaign was underway it was the right of the next president to fill the opening, and his gamble paid off when Trump won the election and chose Gorsuch. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Wade to his disparagement of judges who have ruled against him. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insisted that since a presidential campaign was underway it was the right of the next president to fill the opening, and his gamble paid off when Trump won the election and chose Gorsuch. (more...)
White House: Trump believes House will pass healthcare bill Thursday
- March 23, 2017
Politico reported late Tuesday that the carbon tax issue is causing a rift among White House advisers, causing officials like Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon to be skeptical of Cohn and others for taking the meeting. I want to get a sense of how confident you are. "I have not commented on the tweets to anyone including my wife", Spicer told Thrush in an email. "Our services are at the New York Times' disposal when it comes to writing headlines", Spicer said in a joking tone, ... (more...)
- March 23, 2017
Politico reported late Tuesday that the carbon tax issue is causing a rift among White House advisers, causing officials like Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon to be skeptical of Cohn and others for taking the meeting. I want to get a sense of how confident you are. "I have not commented on the tweets to anyone including my wife", Spicer told Thrush in an email. "Our services are at the New York Times' disposal when it comes to writing headlines", Spicer said in a joking tone, ... (more...)
Nonsensical Claims From Donald Trump's Latest Interview
- March 23, 2017
TRUMP: Hey look, in the mean time , I guess, I can't be doing so badly, because I'm president, and you're not. "Because a wiretapping is, you know, today it is different than wiretapping", he explained. You know, ' Trump told Time's Washington bureau chief Michael Sherer. " In fact I'm forming a committee on it". But even if Nunes does have the records he claims to have, they wouldn't justify Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped him. (more...)
- March 23, 2017
TRUMP: Hey look, in the mean time , I guess, I can't be doing so badly, because I'm president, and you're not. "Because a wiretapping is, you know, today it is different than wiretapping", he explained. You know, ' Trump told Time's Washington bureau chief Michael Sherer. " In fact I'm forming a committee on it". But even if Nunes does have the records he claims to have, they wouldn't justify Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped him. (more...)
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