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Washington has urged Asuncion to think twice about the “historic relationship” between the US, Israel and Paraguay, and reconsider the decision to move the country’s Israeli embassy back to Tel Aviv. After Paraguay announced the embassy move plans, Vice President Mike Pence was quick to get President Mario Abdo Benitez on the line. “The Vice […]
Senior Airman Patrick P. Evenson/USAF The United States formally complained to China after Chinese nationals pointed lasers at U.S. military aircraft near Djibouti in recent weeks, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “They are very serious incidents … We have formally démarched the Chinese government and we’ve requested the Chinese investigate these incidents,” Pentagon spokeswoman Dana […]
Dick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, is criticizing the Olympic body for neglecting to punish Russia strongly enough, and instead allowing potentially hundreds of Russian athletes to compete at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang. The strongly worded critique comes in a personal letter, obtained by CBC News, to IOC President Thomas Bach. “There […]
(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Google unit told U.S. election regulators in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday that it “strongly supports” tightening rules on online political advertising as part of efforts to curtail “foreign abuse and influence” in elections. Federal lawmakers have criticized Google, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc for not doing enough to identify […]
NBC’s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update special this Thursday performed strongly, delivering the night’s second-best numbers. Based on the fast nationals — and noting that NBC, like the other major nets, had meaningful NFL preemptions (in 11 percent of U.S. markets) — Weekend Update is looking at 6.5 million total viewers and a 1.7 demo […]
