Recent polls have demonstrated that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds a much higher potential to defeat Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, in an election than Hillary Clinton, altough the latter is the Democratic party's front-runner ...Clinton has so far won 1,716 delegates and Sanders has gained 1,433. Counting super-delegates, Clinton has 2,240 and Sanders has 1,473 ... READ MORE ... Source. Al Jazeera ... ....
Dark week for football with another terror attack in Iraq. This time, according to El Pais, it is a coffee shop which was targeted in a town north of Baghdad early on Friday, the attack killed at least 16 people, wounding 20 others ... In the next few hours, Islamic State claims claims responsibility for the attack online ... Real Madrid also shows its solidarity with the people of Iraq, who suffer injustice and extreme violence ... d'ALMEIDA....
Nicolas Maduro says ‘Washington is activating measures at the request of Venezuela’s fascist right’. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency on Friday due to what he called plots from within the OPEC country and from the US to topple his leftist government. Maduro did not provide details of the measure ...Related. Crowds steal flour, chicken and underwear in looting spree in Venezuela ... Related ... ....
British fighter jets were scrambled to intercept three Russian planes that committed an “act of aggression,” the U.K.'s defence secretary said. RAF Typhoons left their base in Estonia to obstruct the planes which were approaching Baltic countries...Try Newsweek. Subscription offers....
The UK's hopes of a Eurovision Song Contest triumph were dashed as Ukraine was crowned winner of the competition. Jamala won with her political song 1944 and pleaded for "peace and love" as she collected her trophy. Share Go To. Australia came second while Russia came third. British hopefuls Joe and Jake came a disappointing 24th out of 26th in the contest with their pop song You're Not Alone... Zelmerlow said ... Mede added ... He added....
Tongue Tied & Twisted blasts Indian storytelling into the 21st century combining the talents of UK music producer PKCtheFirst on stage with international performer Peter Chand ... A new co-production with Black Country Touring and Peter ......
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- So much for that soft, gentle TPC Sawgrass. The Players Championship turned into the test everyone expected all along - and then some - when a perfect storm of hot, dry and windy weather made the putting surfaces faster than they have been all week. Much faster. "Man, I felt like I was putting on dance floors out there," Billy Horschel said ...DanielBerger knew early on what kind of day it was going to be ... ....
WASHINGTON. United States (US) authorities and Internet giants are boosting attempts to counter the Islamic State (IS) group's online propaganda, though it is unclear how effective these efforts are in hampering the jihadists' public-relations machine ... Stenger said efforts are paying off ... JM Berger, an expert on the IS group who has written extensively about the jihadists' use of Twitter, said they are feeling the squeeze ... RELATED....
Speaking on behalf of UKTI, Racquel Peters, head of the division at the British High Commission posted in Kingston, stated that more business deals can be closed with face-to-face interactions than with emails and other alternative communication channels. Like Thornton, Peters proposed that the best approach to exporting to Europe should be to use the UK as a gateway to countries such as France — some 22 miles away....
FIRES ARE FIRES ... So here we go again ... R. Pocius. Oakville ... Not surprisingly, Mr ... Re “Time Canada reaffirms importance of NATO” (Peter MacKay, May 8). Peter MacKay’s comment that NATO has proven its ability to influence global affairs, shape military outcomes and buttress a stable world order should be an absolute fright to any sovereign nation ... And as for Peter MacKay, let’s all hope and pray he stays out of politics....
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — So much for that soft, gentle TPC Sawgrass. The Players Championship turned into the test everyone expected all along — and then some — when a perfect storm of hot, dry and windy weather made the putting surfaces faster than they have been all week. Much faster. "Man, I felt like I was putting on dance floors out there," Billy Horschel said ...DanielBerger knew early on what kind of day it was going to be ... ....
'All of us connected with the JerseyFreshInternational are deeply saddened by today's tragic news and we extend our condolences to Philippa's husband, Peter, and to her entire family,' Chairman of the Jersey Fresh Three-Day Event Dan Wunderlich said ... husband, Peter, to her family and her many friends in the sport, both in the USA and in Britain.'....
(Source...Peters (4-5) was efficient in slowing down one of the hottest teams in the region, allowing just four hits and one earned run in his 101-pitch nine-inning effort ... But, Peters escaped with almost no damage, allowing a sac fly in front of a double play to make it just 1-0 on the scoreboard ... Original documenthttp.//mkepanthers.com/news/2016/5/14/baseball-peters-slows-down-raiders-to-help-uwm-split.aspx?path=baseball ... (noodl....
Unified held off GovernorMalibu by three-quarters of a length Saturday in the $200,000Peter Pan Stakes for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park... Unified, the 1-2 favorite, was a dazzling winner of his previous two races at shorter distances. The colt and jockey Jose Ortiz were all out to prevail in the Peter Pan at 1 1/8 miles, raising the question of whether the Belmont Stakes at 1 1-2 miles falls within his scope ... The time was 1.47.14 ... ....
The more than $160,000 comes from a voter-approved property tax raise in April. Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman, promised the expansion on the campaign trail for the tax raise, and unveiled the plan at Monday's Board of Education meeting ... ....