John Malathronas July 13, 2018 Share this article Thanks to an intrepid group of Welsh explorers setting sail from their homeland in 1865, a small slice of Argentinean Patagonia will forever be Wales. John Malathronas investigates. A sign in Spanish hangs on a Monterrey pine: “Malacara, let your memory live with my heirs”. Clery Evans—one […]
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Black Panther: THIS character to get own spin-off? Star says ‘YES’ after box office wins
The Marvel film has broken a raft of records, and has now even outperformed Star Wars at the global box office. Now, Nyong’o has said a simple “Yes ma’am!” when asked if she’d like to see Nakia given her own adventure. “I liked the fact she’s this independent woman and a lone wolf with a […]
Billy Bush confirms it was Trump’s voice on ‘Access Hollywood’ tape: ‘Yes, Donald Trump, you said that’
NBC Billy Bush confirmed that Donald Trump was the voice featured in the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape from 2005. Trump previously apologized for his vulgar comments in the tape, then dismissed them as “locker-room talk.” But Trump has also questioned the tape’s authenticity in private conversations this year. Former NBC host Billy Bush confirmed in […]
‘Yes or no?’ Madrid vows to ‘take action’ unless Catalonia clarifies independence declaration
Published time: 14 Oct, 2017 22:55 After the Catalan government declared independence earlier this week, only to suspend it moments later, the Spanish interior minister has warned that Madrid will have no choice but to take direct control of the region unless it clearly states its intentions. On Tuesday, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other […]
90% of voters said ‘Yes’ to independence from Spain – Catalan government
Published time: 1 Oct, 2017 22:42 Edited time: 1 Oct, 2017 22:47 The overwhelming majority of Catalans who participated in the banned referendum have voted in favor of independence from Spain, the Catalan government has announced. Over two million Catalans, or 90.9 percent of those who voted said ‘Yes’ in Sunday’s referendum, regional authorities said. […]
Key Trumpcare holdout says he’s a ‘yes’ if guaranteed a vote on his amendment
AP For months, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been a staunch critic of Senate Republicans’ replacement for the Affordable Care Act, publicly blasting it as “Obamacare-lite” because it leaves many of the law’s taxes and some of its regulations in place and allocates billions of dollars for insurance market stabilization that he derides as a “bailout.” Paul has blocked previous iterations […]
From ‘Not in My Backyard’ to ‘Yes in My Backyard’
Real-estate developers are not popular with most of the American public. A recent Stanford paper found that people like developers only slightly more than they like corporate executives. Many progressives object to developers’ business model, which depends on building new units and charging as much as possible for them, even if that makes them unaffordable […]
Puerto Rico votes ‘Yes’ to join the US amid record low referendum turnout
Published time: 12 Jun, 2017 00:46 With a record low turnout of 23 percent, Puerto Ricans have voted to join the US as the Union’s 51 State. The US Congress will now have to decide whether it wants to expand the nation’s borders and accept the poverty stricken Caribbean island into the Union. Some 97.18 […]
‘Yes’ leading in Turkish referendum with a quarter of votes counted – media
Published time: 16 Apr, 2017 15:00Edited time: 16 Apr, 2017 15:10 With more than 30 percent of the ballots counted in the Turkish referendum on constitutional reform, over 61 percent of voters said ‘yes’ to expanding the powers of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media report. Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT – Daily news