“The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back, is not one I made lightly. “It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges. “And I know I haven’t always gotten it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option. “What […]
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Yellow Vests leader who vowed to approach Elysee under investigation – media
Eric Drouet, one of the Yellow Vests leaders who called on demonstrators to march towards the official residence of Emmanuel Macron, is now under investigation for organizing “unlawful protests,” French media report. The 33-year-old truck driver, who turned into a voice of the powerful movement, made headlines on Thursday. “Saturday will be the final outcome. […]
Meet Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the new populist president of Mexico who vowed to sell his official jet and wrote an entire book calling on Trump to ‘listen up’
AP Photo/Christian Palma Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide victory on Sunday night. The 64-year-old populist inherits a country plagued with official corruption and violence, and a population increasing disillusioned with the political status quo. He campaigned on a platform of ending corruption and poverty and has vowed not to live […]
Carrier plant Trump vowed to protect schedules 200 layoffs
Published time: 10 Nov, 2017 04:47 The Carrier air conditioning company in Indianapolis is preparing to layoff 200 workers at their Indiana plant President Donald Trump vowed to protect while campaigning. Carrier released a statement Thursday, referencing their pledge to the president last year. “More than 1,100 jobs remain at the Indianapolis facility in keeping […]
North Korea vowed to send the US more ‘gift packages’ of missile tests
KCNA/via REUTERS SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Grinning broadly, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delighted in the global furor created by his nation’s first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, vowing Wednesday to never abandon nuclear weapons and to keep sending Washington more “gift packages” of missile and atomic tests. U.S. and South Korean […]
‘An open affront against the Muslim world’: Iran has vowed reciprocal steps in retaliation for US visa ban
Thomson Reuters Iran on Saturday condemned the U.S. visa ban against Tehran and six other majority-Muslim countries as an “open affront against the Muslim world and the Iranian nation” and vowed to retaliate. A Foreign Ministry statement carried by state media said Iran “would take appropriate consular, legal and political measures” against the ban, which […]