KEY POINTS President Donald Trump has a new label for Chinese President Xi Jinping: “Enemy.” In one of a series of tweets that hit the market like a torpedo Friday morning, the president posed a question to his more than 60 million followers comparing Xi to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. As recently as this […]
Adelson said he’d never again meet Netanyahu, report
American Jewish gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson, whose family owns Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, told police investigators he will never again agree to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu after “reading in the paper” about the prime minister’s alleged efforts to undermine the free daily, Israel’s Haaretz daily reported based quoting Channel 13 News . Adelson, a billionaire reportedly made the remarks […]
Bernie Sanders campaigned for $15 / hr min. wage, now his workers are demanding it
Campaign workers for Bernie Sanders have taken aim at one of the senator’s key policies in his 2020 presidential run — raising the federal minimum wage. According to The Washington Post, some members of Sanders’ campaign team have been lobbying to raise their wages so that they make the $15 hourly rate that the Vermont […]
Tehran dismisses US claim of destroying Iranian drone
Tehran on Friday denied the United States had downed one of its drones, saying all Iranian aircraft were accounted for and jesting Washington may have accidentally hit their own machine. The latest incident in the strategic Strait of Hormuz comes amid soaring tensions between the two foes, with Washington already reeling from Iran shooting down […]
Trump vows to deport ‘millions’ of migrants . Will he?
By: FERNANDA ECHAVARRI and NOAH LANARD On Monday evening, one day before officially launching his reelection bid, President Donald Trump tweeted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will soon begin “the process of removing” millions of undocumented immigrants from the country. Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly […]
Indonesia returns five containers of TRASH to the US
Indonesia has returned five containers of rubbish to the United States and will not become a “dumping ground”, officials said Saturday, the latest Southeast Asian country to return imported waste. The containers were supposed to contain only paper scrap, according to the customs documents. Instead they were loaded with other waste including bottles, plastic waste, […]
Federal agency recommends firing Kellyanne Conway from her White House job
The independent federal agency that oversees compliance with the Hatch Act has recommended that President Donald Trump’s top aide Kellyanne Conway be removed from her job after she repeatedly used her office for political purposes. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel sent a report to Trump on Thursday that said Conway violated the law numerous […]
Italy’s Mount Etna sparks into life
Mount Etna in southern Italy has burst into life, spitting molten lava high into the sky, though cloud cover Saturday ruined the view for those brave enough to venture up the flanks of Europe’s highest volcano. The National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) said there was “lively spattering” as fire and hot ash spewed […]
Saudi coast guard rescues Iranian oil ship in Red Sea, no injuries: SPA
Saudi coast guard rescued an Iranian oil ship near Jeddah Islamic Port in the Red Sea, the Saudi Press news Agency (SPA) said early on Thursday. The 26-sailor crew of the ship “Happiness 1” carrying oil products were all rescued, SPA added. REUTERS
Three children of Denmark’s richest family killed in Sri Lanka attacks
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s richest man Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife lost three of their four children in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for Povlsen’s fashion firm said on Monday. The spokesman declined to give any further details but Danish media said the family had been on holiday in Sri […]