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Associated Press/Evan Vucci Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that President Donald Trump reassured him that he has never suggested firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Mnuchin tweeted that Trump believed he didn’t have the power to do so. The statement comes in contrast with a Bloomberg report on Friday that said Trump has repeatedly […]
Published time: 19 Dec, 2018 14:25 Edited time: 19 Dec, 2018 14:32 Washington is planning to “rapidly” pull out all its troops from Syria, various media outlets have reported, citing US officials The decision was allegedly taken by President Donald Trump himself, who repeatedly expressed his intent to get out of the Arab Republic earlier. […]
Vice-Admiral Igor Kostyukov has become the new head of Russian Military Intelligence Directorate, sources have said. The top job at GRU, which scares the West so much, was vacant since the death of his predecessor in November. Kostyukov, who used to be the acting head of the GRU, has now fully taken the reigns at […]
Unfortunately, social network leaders still appear to be tone deaf regarding Myanmar’s reported atrocities. Twitter chief Jack Dorsey posted a series of tweets encouraging followers to visit Myanmar after he’d been there for a birthday meditation retreat, seemingly ignoring widespread evidence of the country’s government committing genocide against the Rohingya people and forcing hundreds of […]
Many children and youth don’t know how to intervene, even if they sense that what they’re witnessing is wrong, expert says.
Hardline backbench Brexiteer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is reportedly set to hand in a letter of no confidence in Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party, in protest at the deal she has agreed upon with the EU. Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent at The Daily Telegraph, is reporting that the Brexiteer will submit his letter […]
TJ Dillashaw will seek to become the UFC’s latest ‘champ champ’ when he challenges Henry Cejudo for the flyweight championship in what will almost certainly be the last title bout before the organization disbands the weight class. Dillashaw, the UFC’s current bantamweight champion, will make his 125lb debut against Cejudo at UFC 233 on January […]
Published time: 7 Nov, 2018 10:49 Edited time: 7 Nov, 2018 10:59 Police are deployed in downtown Dunkirk, northern France, after reports of a woman threatening to detonate a bomb in the city’s hospital. An evacuation of the building is underway. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?)
A Brazilian judge has ordered the seizure of national football icon Ronaldinho’s passport as part of a case involving a $ 2 million unpaid fine after investigators found just $ 7 in the star’s bank account, according to reports. The former Barcelona and AC Milan ace, 38, was handed an 8.5 million real (US$ 2.2 […]
Published time: 29 Oct, 2018 16:45 Edited time: 29 Oct, 2018 16:46 Rapper Theodore Jones – better known as ‘Young Greatness’ – has been shot and killed outside of a Waffle House in his hometown of New Orleans, according to local media reports. The shooting occurred at around 1:35 am on Monday, with first responders […]
