The Vermont senator was adamant that Clinton pick a hardline progressive for vice president if she successfully secures the Democratic nomination for president....
Donald Trump. A federal judge ordered the release of Trump University internal documents, including marketing "playbooks," connected with an ongoing fraud lawsuit against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's now-defunct series of courses on real estate and investing, The Washington Post reported. In his decision, JudgeGonzalo Curiel ordered the documents, totaling about 1,000 pages, must be released by June 2 ... ....
FIFA's recently elected PresidentGianni Infantino told its governing council a salary offer made to him by the soccer group's compensation committee was "insulting," according to report by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The newspaper's report, based on the leak of a recording... ....
The relic is considered to be from the elbow of St Thomas, killed by four knights in 1170 after he fell out with King Henry II... The event ends a week-long pilgrimage from Hungary to London and Kent ... In 1164, Becket fled to France, returning in 1170. On the 29 December1170, four knights, believing the king wanted Becket out of the way, murdered him in Canterbury Cathedral ... ....
Thanks to a bout of buybacks, the dollar recouped most of its early losses to move around �110 in Tokyo trading late Thursday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at �110.02-03, almost unchanged from �110.03-03 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1170-1170, up from $1.1145-1146, and at �122.90-90, up from �122.63-65. The appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....
The dollar was weaker around �109.80 in Tokyo trading on Friday, chiefly pressured by position-adjustment selling before the weekend. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at �109.77-77, down from �110.02-03 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1175-1176, up from $1.1170-1170, and at �122.67-68, down from �122.90-90. The dollar moved around �109.70 in appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....
Bone fragment travels from Hungary to UK cathedral where he died, as Catholic and Anglican church celebrate famous priest. @harrietsherwood. For almost eight centuries, the tiny sliver of bone has been venerated by distant devotees of England’s famous “turbulent priest” ... Twitter ... Twitter ... A few years later, in 1170, he returned but swiftly angered Henry by excommunicating the archbishop of York who had sided with the king against Rome ... ....
Stock markets around the world edged higher Thursday as traders interpreted the rise in oil prices to $50 a barrel for the first time this year as a positive sign for the global economy. KEEPING SCORE. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.1 percent at 6,271 while France's CAC rose 0.7 percent to 4,511 ...U.S ...OIL RALLY ... Ahead of the figures later, the euro was up 0.2 percent at $1.1170 while the dollar fell 0.1 percent to 110.11 yen ... ....
MUNICH ... At the Olympic Shooting Centre, Heena finished 12th out of 104 shooters in the eventual standings but would have been pleased at having shot a higher score than 384 ahead of the all-important Rio Olympics ... In the other event of the day Chain Singh, in the men's 50-metre rifle 3 positions, shot 1170 in qualification to finish at 38th spot....
PUNE. Indian shooters remained empty handed on the concluding day of the ISSFMunichWorld Cup on Wednesday. Shooting in the 10m air pistol qualification round, Heena Sidhu shot 384 ... Other Indians in the fray, Shweta Singh (378) and Shri Nivetha P (377) finished 47th and 52nd respectively ... Army's Chain, who will be shooting in the Rio Olympics, shot 1170 in the qualification round ... RELATED....