Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a tearful goodbye to his longtime friend, John McCain, on Thursday, fondly remembering their years together in Washington D.C. while drawing parallels to losing his own son to the same form of aggressive brain cancer which led to McCain's death last weekend, according to CBSNews. "My name is Joe Biden. I'm a Democrat... "I always thought of John as a brother ... God, he loved it." ... ... SeniorPastor Dr ... ... ....
RIYADH. A Saudi official hinted on Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations ... The plan, which would physically separate the Qatari peninsula from the Saudi mainland, is the latest stress point in a highly fractious 14-month long dispute between the two states ... ....
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Two people wounded in a knife attack at the Dutch capital’s busy main railway station on Friday are both American citizens who were visiting the Netherlands, the U.S. ambassador said Saturday as police investigated possible motives, including the possibility it was an extremist act. Police shot and wounded a 19-year-old Afghan man immediately after the attack and are questioning him as a suspect ... More News ... ....
Donald Trump's numerous attacks on Special CounselRobert Mueller and Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions appear to be driving voters away since sixty percent of those polled in a new survey released Friday said they disapproved of Trump's job performance, a new high, according to CNBC news ... More than fifty percent said they think Trump attempted to interfere in Mueller's investigation in a way that would qualify as obstruction of justice....
LONDON — . Protesters seeking to oust London MayorSadiq Khan on Saturday launched a giant balloon over Parliament Square depicting him dressed in a yellow bikini. A small group of supporters watched the inflatable take to the skies, and the crowd cheered and shouted, "higher, higher, higher" as the balloon was launched. Some wore T-shirts saying, "Make London safe again." ... Recommended for you ... ....
A new report says PresidentDonald Trump is ready to take the trade war with China to the next level, Business Insider reports.Bloomberg reported Thursday that Trump had told aides that he wants to follow through on a threat to impose tariffs on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods as early as next week ... Economists have warned that substantially ramping up the trade war would increase costs for U.S ... goods ... ET.WN.com, Jim Berrie....
Currently owned by parent company Whitbread, the Costa chain is about to be sold to Coca-Cola. Whitbread bought the chain back in 1995 when it was just made up of 39 outlets. In the 23 years since, it's grown to have 2,400 branches in the UK along with over 1,400 overseas ... the deal is worth £3.9 billion ... [BBC]. Featured image. Costa Coffee ....
The government of NicaraguanPresidentDaniel Ortega is expelling a United Nations human rights team two days after the body published a report blaming it for the violent repression of opposition protests. Guillermo Fernandez Maldonado, chief of the U.N.’s human rights mission in Nicaragua, said in a news conference Friday that he and his team would leave the country Saturday ... We only did our job.” In a statement, the U.N ...The U.N ... 5....
The US has been the largest single donor to Unrwa, providing $368m (£284m) in 2016 and funding almost 30% of its operations in the region. But in January, the administration of PresidentDonald Trump withheld more than half of its planned funding to Unrwa, saying it would keep back $65m unless the body carried out "reforms" ... President Trump also appears unhappy with how US aid to the region has been received ... Related Topics. ....
High-stakes trade negotiations between the White House and Canadian leaders unraveled Friday, amid strains caused by lingering divisions and comments President Trump made that suggested he would refuse to offer any concessions, The Washington Post reported.The breakdown put Trump’s effort to redraw the North American Free Trade Agreement in legal limbo ... and one of its closest allies. U.S ... “Oh well, just more dishonest reporting....
As Aretha Franklin was remembered at her funeral Friday as a proud black woman who also used her magnificent voice to stand up for the black community she loved, several speakers used the moment to continue to demand respect for black America... "No — she used to perform for you," the Rev ... "She worked for us ... C.L ... MichiganDemocraticHouseRep ... EllisIII, pastor of Greater GraceTemple, which the audience shouted in Waters' direction....
(CNN)Brazil's top electoral court has barred former PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running for reelection because of a corruption conviction, just weeks before Brazilians go to the polls for a vote in which he was considered a frontrunner despite being in prison. Four of seven justices from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Brasilia ruled that Lula was ineligible to run in October, while one voted in favor ... Read More ... ....
Tyga and Travis Scott have made amends and all is well with the world again (Picture. EPA; Splash). Tyga has refuted claims of bad blood between him and Travis Scott, saying there’s ‘no beef’ between the pair. Speaking on QueenRadio with Nicki Minaj, the 28-year-old artist spoke about Kylie Jenner’s success, Travis Scott, and Minaj’s new album. Tyga and Kylie dated on and off from 2014, before breaking it off in 2016 ... He said ... He said ... ....