IIHF president says NHL Olympic participation 'now gone'

There is no longer any chance of a late deal with the National Hockey League to send players to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Tuesday. “I can say that this is now gone. We can tick that off the list,” IIHF president Rene Fasel told Reuters. […]

'Now we have a smaller payroll': Trump thanks Putin for cuts to US diplomatic staff in Russia

Published time: 10 Aug, 2017 22:11 Edited time: 10 Aug, 2017 22:18 President Donald Trump deadpanned that he is “very thankful” for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to kick out hundreds of US diplomatic staffers from Russia. Trump’s quip that the US would “save a lot of money” wasn’t met with much laughter, though. “I […]