Twitter cites ‘newsworthiness’ as reason for not removing threatening Trump tweet

Published time: 27 Sep, 2017 00:19 Edited time: 27 Sep, 2017 00:20 Twitter has said that Donald Trump’s “newsworthiness” was the reason why it did not remove a tweet from the US President threatening to wipe out North Korea. As North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho spoke at the United Nations Saturday, Trump posted […]

Inequality is getting so bad it’s threatening the very foundation of economic growth

Mike Hewitt/Getty Income inequality has been rising so rapidly in the United States and around the world that it threatens to make economic growth less durable, according to research from the International Monetary Fund. “While strong economic growth is necessary for economic development, it is not always sufficient,” four IMF economists write in a new blog. “Inequality has […]

‘Grave error’: France’s Macron berates Trump for threatening Iran nuclear deal

French President Emmanuel Macron said he defended the Iranian nuclear deal in front of US President Donald Trump, calling it a “good accord” that would be irresponsible to disrespect. Trump has repeatedly suggested he could pull the US from the deal. READ MORE: ‘Shameless, ignorant, new Hitler’: Iran & Venezuela fire back after Trump criticism at […]

‘Life threatening’ Category 5 hurricane Maria barrels into Puerto Rico

Published time: 20 Sep, 2017 04:02 Hurricane Maria’s winds hit a sustained 175 mph as the the storm rolled through the northeastern Caribbean in route toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Residents of the territories have been warned to prepare for the worst. On Tuesday, the eye of Maria was seen moving towards St. […]

Trump takes a jab at the Emmys after threatening to ‘destroy North Korea’ in first UN speech

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Two days after celebrities threw verbal jabs at President Donald Trump during the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, Trump fired back at his critics with a tweet. “I was saddened to see how bad the ratings were on the Emmys last night – the worst ever,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday evening. “Smartest people of […]

Putin, Macron: N. Korea threatening peace & safety, direct talks needed

Published time: 15 Sep, 2017 12:38 Edited time: 15 Sep, 2017 12:51 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have agreed on the importance of defusing the Korean peninsula stand-off through diplomacy, urging all parties to engage in direct talks. The two leaders compared opinions on the Korean Peninsula crisis during telephone […]

New York is threatening to sue Trump over DACA after reports he may end the immigrant-protection program

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state’s attorney general on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. Reuters reported Trump plans to announce on Tuesday he will end the program but […]

Bulgaria Sunny Beach threatening to crack down on boozy tourists on holiday

Bulgaria is the latest to issue a warning to boozy tourists who head to the country on holiday. Other party towns have previously attempted to stop the lewd behaviour from drunk tourists, with Magaluf just one of the many. The Spanish islands are hoping that new laws and large fines will help to prevent ruining […]

Trump wants to destabilize Latin America by threatening Caracas with force – Venezuelan FM

Threats of a military operation against Venezuela are an attempt by US President Donald Trump to drag Latin America into a conflict and destabilize the continent, said Jorge Arreaza, the Venezuelan foreign minister. “Venezuela rejects in the most categorical and convincing manner the unfriendly and hostile statements by US President Donald Trump… in which he […]

‘Fisk’ is currently one of Dictionary.com’s most searched words thanks to an NRA video threatening The New York Times (NYT)

NRA If you don’t know what “fisk” means, you’re not alone. Searches for the word were up 7,643% week-over-week on Friday afternoon, after the National Rifle Association (NRA) posted a video in which it threatened to “fisk” the paper of record, The New York Times. In less than an hour, “Fisk” quickly became one of the […]