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Chicago mayor fires back at Trump, slams his 'ignorant buffoonery'
- October 28, 2019
Trump made the announcement during a speech Monday at a police conference in Chicago . Trump on Monday accused Smollet of beating himself up and called the attack a "scam". The commission is tasked with studying issues like substance abuse, homelessness, and mental illness. Trump has frequently slammed Chicago for its crime problems and status as a sanctuary city, one of scores of cities around the country that refuse to work with federal authorities to round up people who are living in the ... (more...)
- October 28, 2019
Trump made the announcement during a speech Monday at a police conference in Chicago . Trump on Monday accused Smollet of beating himself up and called the attack a "scam". The commission is tasked with studying issues like substance abuse, homelessness, and mental illness. Trump has frequently slammed Chicago for its crime problems and status as a sanctuary city, one of scores of cities around the country that refuse to work with federal authorities to round up people who are living in the ... (more...)
UK PM Boris Johnson accepts Brexit delay, pursues election
- October 28, 2019
He needs the support of two-thirds of the 650 MPs, but does not have even a simple majority. EU Council president Donald Tusk said it was a "flextension", meaning Britain can leave before the deadline if a deal is approved by Parliament. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
He needs the support of two-thirds of the 650 MPs, but does not have even a simple majority. EU Council president Donald Tusk said it was a "flextension", meaning Britain can leave before the deadline if a deal is approved by Parliament. (more...)
Rescuers hunt for missing as landslides, floods kill 10 in Japan
- October 28, 2019
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an emergency task force meeting Saturday morning and called for "the utmost effort in rescue and relief operations". According to police and rescue workers, a woman in her 60s was confirmed dead and another body, possibly of a man in his 60s, was found after landslides damaged a total of four buildings in Chiba city's Midori Ward and Ichihara. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an emergency task force meeting Saturday morning and called for "the utmost effort in rescue and relief operations". According to police and rescue workers, a woman in her 60s was confirmed dead and another body, possibly of a man in his 60s, was found after landslides damaged a total of four buildings in Chiba city's Midori Ward and Ichihara. (more...)
Trump's self-praise for ISIL death draws criticism
- October 28, 2019
A White House official told Time that Trump's language regarding al-Baghdadi's killing was purposeful and an attempt to actively dismantle the hold he had over his followers. Unbelievably brilliant as fighters. "I saw a president that is just desperate for some accolades, just hungry for some sort of success". It had to be bigger than the killing in a similarly daring raid in 2011 of Al-Qaeda founder and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden . (more...)
- October 28, 2019
A White House official told Time that Trump's language regarding al-Baghdadi's killing was purposeful and an attempt to actively dismantle the hold he had over his followers. Unbelievably brilliant as fighters. "I saw a president that is just desperate for some accolades, just hungry for some sort of success". It had to be bigger than the killing in a similarly daring raid in 2011 of Al-Qaeda founder and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden . (more...)
Former Trump Aide Won’t Testify to House in Impeachment Probe
- October 28, 2019
But Kupperman is the first impeachment witness who has been threatened with contempt for not appearing. Recent days have delivered the most damaging testimony yet about Trump and his advisers commandeering Ukraine policy for the president's personal political goals, which his allies on Capitol Hill sought to undermine by storming the deposition room and condemning the inquiry as secretive and corrupt. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
But Kupperman is the first impeachment witness who has been threatened with contempt for not appearing. Recent days have delivered the most damaging testimony yet about Trump and his advisers commandeering Ukraine policy for the president's personal political goals, which his allies on Capitol Hill sought to undermine by storming the deposition room and condemning the inquiry as secretive and corrupt. (more...)
United States says close to finalising parts of trade deal with China
- October 28, 2019
China said key parts of the text for phase one of the trade deal with the USA are "basically completed" following Friday's conference call between negotiators from the world's two largest economies. USA executives regularly complain that they are pressured to share or give away crucial technology in exchange for access to China's market and face restrictions on how they can use data that hurt their ability to compete there. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
China said key parts of the text for phase one of the trade deal with the USA are "basically completed" following Friday's conference call between negotiators from the world's two largest economies. USA executives regularly complain that they are pressured to share or give away crucial technology in exchange for access to China's market and face restrictions on how they can use data that hurt their ability to compete there. (more...)
Vietnam gets documents from UK on truck victims
- October 28, 2019
The prime minister renewed his pledge to find those responsible for the truck deaths. The driver of a truck found to be carrying 39 bodies appeared in a United Kingdom court via video link on Monday, charged with manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people . (more...)
- October 28, 2019
The prime minister renewed his pledge to find those responsible for the truck deaths. The driver of a truck found to be carrying 39 bodies appeared in a United Kingdom court via video link on Monday, charged with manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people . (more...)
Chilean president shaking up government amid protests
- October 28, 2019
However, while rallies throughout the week were marked by eruptions of violence, Friday's gathering appeared to avoid major clashes, with both protesters and security forces showing more restraint. An online poll conducted by local company Activa Research of 2,090 people between October 22-23 found 83% of respondents said they supported the goals of the demonstrators, but 72.5% said they did not support violence as a method of protest. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
However, while rallies throughout the week were marked by eruptions of violence, Friday's gathering appeared to avoid major clashes, with both protesters and security forces showing more restraint. An online poll conducted by local company Activa Research of 2,090 people between October 22-23 found 83% of respondents said they supported the goals of the demonstrators, but 72.5% said they did not support violence as a method of protest. (more...)
Tens of thousands march in Barcelona urging Spanish unity
- October 28, 2019
The Catalan separatists are angered by an October 14 Supreme Court ruling that sentenced nine separatist leaders to prison for organizing an illegal independence referendum in 2017. Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, a Catalan, meanwhile slammed "an unacceptable level of violence" after Saturday's peaceful march later degenerated when some 10,000 joined a separate demonstration by the radical CDR. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
The Catalan separatists are angered by an October 14 Supreme Court ruling that sentenced nine separatist leaders to prison for organizing an illegal independence referendum in 2017. Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, a Catalan, meanwhile slammed "an unacceptable level of violence" after Saturday's peaceful march later degenerated when some 10,000 joined a separate demonstration by the radical CDR. (more...)
Container deaths: Accused lorry driver 'part of global ring', court told
- October 28, 2019
A 38-year-old man, a 38-year-old woman-both from the northern English town of Warrington-and a 46-year-old man from Northern Ireland were questioned on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. In central Ha Tinh province, the father of 20-year-old Nguyen Dinh Luong said he received a call from a Vietnamese man in the United Kingdom this week saying his son had died en route to Britain. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
A 38-year-old man, a 38-year-old woman-both from the northern English town of Warrington-and a 46-year-old man from Northern Ireland were questioned on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. In central Ha Tinh province, the father of 20-year-old Nguyen Dinh Luong said he received a call from a Vietnamese man in the United Kingdom this week saying his son had died en route to Britain. (more...)
Argentina heads to polls with incumbent Macri on the ropes
- October 28, 2019
Macri held a march in the city last week, attracting huge crowds as he looked to win back "angry" voters under the slogan, "Yes we can, yes we can turn the election around". Opponents believe she would be the power behind the throne in a Peronist government - a fear dismissed by the candidates. "I'm afraid that this rally will be a farewell, that we'll say goodbye and the disaster will arrive", Oscar Valle, a 70-year-old engineer, told AFP at Macri's event. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
Macri held a march in the city last week, attracting huge crowds as he looked to win back "angry" voters under the slogan, "Yes we can, yes we can turn the election around". Opponents believe she would be the power behind the throne in a Peronist government - a fear dismissed by the candidates. "I'm afraid that this rally will be a farewell, that we'll say goodbye and the disaster will arrive", Oscar Valle, a 70-year-old engineer, told AFP at Macri's event. (more...)
Pelosi Criticizes Trump For Cutting Dem Leadership Out of Raid
- October 28, 2019
Trump also pushed back on Kelly's comments in a statement: " John Kelly never said that, he never said anything like that". And the good news apparently brought a brief truce with Democrats who are looking to beat Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, if they can not remove him from office via impeachment . (more...)
- October 28, 2019
Trump also pushed back on Kelly's comments in a statement: " John Kelly never said that, he never said anything like that". And the good news apparently brought a brief truce with Democrats who are looking to beat Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, if they can not remove him from office via impeachment . (more...)
Family fly out to join search for missing backpacker
- October 28, 2019
Her friend is still there as they were due to leave the island on Saturday, but she hasn't left because Amelia is missing'. Georgie Bambridge said relatives were distraught by her sister's disappearance. The backpacker's brother Harry Bambridge also appealed for help in finding his sister. Her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards was found on the beach but she did not return to the backpacker's hostel, which was a 40-minute walk along an unlit path surrounded by thick jungle. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
Her friend is still there as they were due to leave the island on Saturday, but she hasn't left because Amelia is missing'. Georgie Bambridge said relatives were distraught by her sister's disappearance. The backpacker's brother Harry Bambridge also appealed for help in finding his sister. Her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards was found on the beach but she did not return to the backpacker's hostel, which was a 40-minute walk along an unlit path surrounded by thick jungle. (more...)
Joe Biden responds to criticism of his son's Ukraine dealings
- October 28, 2019
How does President Donald Trump feel about the current 2020 Democratic frontrunner, Joe Biden? Watch above, via CBS . Biden has been put on the defensive about his son Hunter's acceptance of a position on the board of a Ukrainian energy company while he was vice president. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
How does President Donald Trump feel about the current 2020 Democratic frontrunner, Joe Biden? Watch above, via CBS . Biden has been put on the defensive about his son Hunter's acceptance of a position on the board of a Ukrainian energy company while he was vice president. (more...)
PM Modi leaves on a day long visit to Saudi Arabia
- October 28, 2019
Saudi Arabia which shares a good relation with Pakistan is a closed ally of India as well. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative will be holding from October 29 and October 31 and President Buhari is expected to perform Lesser Hajj immediately after the forum. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
Saudi Arabia which shares a good relation with Pakistan is a closed ally of India as well. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative will be holding from October 29 and October 31 and President Buhari is expected to perform Lesser Hajj immediately after the forum. (more...)
UK lorry deaths: Police free three suspects on bail
- October 28, 2019
A man and a woman, both 38 and from Warrington in northern England, were arrested on suspicion of trafficking and manslaughter, according to Essex Police . The family of Tra My, 26, released screenshots of what they say were her final messages to her mother. In a text message shared by her parents, she said: "I am really, really sorry, Mum and Dad, my trip to a foreign land has failed". (more...)
- October 28, 2019
A man and a woman, both 38 and from Warrington in northern England, were arrested on suspicion of trafficking and manslaughter, according to Essex Police . The family of Tra My, 26, released screenshots of what they say were her final messages to her mother. In a text message shared by her parents, she said: "I am really, really sorry, Mum and Dad, my trip to a foreign land has failed". (more...)
Biden: Trump has 'no idea' about working-class struggles
- October 28, 2019
The speech is scheduled for 10 a.m. (1400 GMT). Joe Biden recalled a lifetime steeped in what he described as middle-class values and sought to dismantle Donald Trump's claim to understand and fight for ordinary Americans, an argument central to the president's 2016 win and his 2020 re-election campaign. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
The speech is scheduled for 10 a.m. (1400 GMT). Joe Biden recalled a lifetime steeped in what he described as middle-class values and sought to dismantle Donald Trump's claim to understand and fight for ordinary Americans, an argument central to the president's 2016 win and his 2020 re-election campaign. (more...)
Waiting for Bolton: A capital speculates on what he will say
- October 28, 2019
So far, closed-door interviews have been scheduled with Charles Kupperman , a Bolton deputy, and Tim Morrison, National Security Council's senior director for Russian Federation and Europe. Hours later he tried to retract the statement. House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry last month, less than a year after Kelly departed. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
So far, closed-door interviews have been scheduled with Charles Kupperman , a Bolton deputy, and Tim Morrison, National Security Council's senior director for Russian Federation and Europe. Hours later he tried to retract the statement. House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry last month, less than a year after Kelly departed. (more...)
British police arrest 5 suspects after 39 migrants found dead in truck
- October 28, 2019
CNN reported that Pham Thi Tra My's family make about $400 a month between them but they managed to scrape together the money to pay for their daughter to travel to the United Kingdom , where they hoped she would have a chance at a better life. (more...)
- October 28, 2019
CNN reported that Pham Thi Tra My's family make about $400 a month between them but they managed to scrape together the money to pay for their daughter to travel to the United Kingdom , where they hoped she would have a chance at a better life. (more...)
Edward Snowden couldn't find evidence of the government hiding aliens
- October 28, 2019
American whistleblower Edward Snowden said he went looking for any evidence of extraterrestrial life hiding in USA government documents, but couldn't find any. After the attacks in NY, the American intelligence community reassured people that oversight had been reduced and they have expanded their capabilities, which he called "bull-it". (more...)
- October 28, 2019
American whistleblower Edward Snowden said he went looking for any evidence of extraterrestrial life hiding in USA government documents, but couldn't find any. After the attacks in NY, the American intelligence community reassured people that oversight had been reduced and they have expanded their capabilities, which he called "bull-it". (more...)
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