Published time: 2 Nov, 2017 18:17 President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach has condemned calls for the disqualification of Russia from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Speaking at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly on Thursday, Bach said everybody had the right to a “fair and due procedure,” referring […]
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Trump ‘constantly looks for other scapegoats’: Leon Panetta criticizes the president’s response to US deaths in Niger
@AC360/Twitter Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the deaths of four US soldiers in Niger, during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday. Trump addressed the deaths of the four soldiers, who were killed on October 4, for the first time on Monday, after facing backlash from the public. […]
Trump Rescinds White House Invite to NBA Star, Criticizes NFL Protests
President Trump extended an unusual clash with the professional sports world by rescinding a White House invitation for the Golden State Warriors, a move that followed his sharp criticism of the NFL. WSJ.com: What’s News US
Jimmy Kimmel criticizes Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy over last-ditch Obamacare repeal
ABC via Variety Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is mixing more and more serious stuff in with his comedy. Kimmel took to the stage of his ABC late-night program and, for the second time in five months, urged viewers to push back against Republican lawmakers seeking to repeal the Affordable Care Act. And, in a rare instance of a […]
Hillary Clinton Criticizes Trump's 'Dangerous' U.N. Address on Colbert
Visiting The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton weighed in on President Trump‘s assertion to the United Nations General Assembly that he’d “totally destroy North Korea” if it threatened the United States or its allies. RELATEDAlec Baldwin Has Mixed Feelings About Sean Spicer’s Surprise Emmys Cameo “What I’d hope the president would […]
Putin criticizes ‘ridiculous’ US approach to North Korea, warns of possible ‘global catastrophe’
Thomson Reuters XIAMEN, China (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counter-productive and said threats of military action could trigger “a global catastrophe”. Putin, speaking after a BRICs summit in China, criticised U.S. diplomacy in the crisis and renewed […]
‘Putting people at risk': Assange’s lawyer criticizes new documentary on WikiLeaks founder
The recently released documentary on the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, called “Risk,” compromises the security of those who appeared in the movie, Assange’s lawyer Melinda Taylor told RT. READ MORE: Assange: I urged Trump Jr to release emails on Russian lawyer before NYT story The documentary “shows persons who never agreed to be in the […]
GE CEO Criticizes President Trump on China and the Paris Accords
When asked what it’s like to “navigate the age of Donald Trump” on Wednesday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Jeffrey Immelt, the chairman and CEO of GE, was at first reluctant to offer a critique. “Thanks for that question,” he said with a sarcastic chuckle. His role is “first and foremost to run a good […]
US criticizes ‘destabilizing’ Russian build-up near Baltic states, could deploy Patriot missiles to the region
Thomson Reuters VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday criticized what he called a destabilizing Russian military build-up near Baltic states and officials suggested the United States could deploy Patriot missiles in the region for U.S. exercises in the summer. U.S. allies are jittery ahead of war games by Russia and Belarus […]
’One-off strike won’t make a difference’: Hillary Clinton criticizes Trump on Syria, N. Korea
Hillary Clinton admitted at a women’s event that she supported the Syrian airstrike, though she said it wouldn’t make much difference. She also called Syria and North Korea “wicked problems,” taking several jabs at President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The former secretary of state was the featured speaker at the Women for Women International luncheon […]