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Australia May Move Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
- October 17, 2018
Australia may follow the United States' lead and relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, bucking decades of tradition. Morrison also said no decision has been made on the issue, but added that "Australia should be open-minded to this and I am open-minded to this and our government is open-minded to this". (more...)
- October 17, 2018
Australia may follow the United States' lead and relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, bucking decades of tradition. Morrison also said no decision has been made on the issue, but added that "Australia should be open-minded to this and I am open-minded to this and our government is open-minded to this". (more...)
Abuja rage as Boko Haram kills another aid worker
- October 16, 2018
At the same time, the Boko Haram faction known as ISWAP announced it has executed another humanitarian worker, Hauwa Leman of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Following the death however Mohammed issued a statement, saying: "It is very unfortunate that it has come to this". He also thanked all the friendly governments and the clerics across religious lines, that have continued to work with Nigeria for the safe release of the abducted women. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
At the same time, the Boko Haram faction known as ISWAP announced it has executed another humanitarian worker, Hauwa Leman of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Following the death however Mohammed issued a statement, saying: "It is very unfortunate that it has come to this". He also thanked all the friendly governments and the clerics across religious lines, that have continued to work with Nigeria for the safe release of the abducted women. (more...)
Trump Rebukes Media for ‘Dishonest’ Coverage of Rally Remarks
- October 16, 2018
Taken in isolation, that sounds like the president thought Lee was the "incredible" general. "Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn't been properly recognized, OK?" In fact, Trump was talking about Ulysses S. When one listens to the president's full comments at the rally about the two leaders, it is clear he was calling Ulysses S. Grant , the general of the Union army, "incredible" - not Lee. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
Taken in isolation, that sounds like the president thought Lee was the "incredible" general. "Ohio is the state that gave us a great president who hasn't been properly recognized, OK?" In fact, Trump was talking about Ulysses S. When one listens to the president's full comments at the rally about the two leaders, it is clear he was calling Ulysses S. Grant , the general of the Union army, "incredible" - not Lee. (more...)
Trump calls Elizabeth Warren a ‘phony’ over DNA test
- October 16, 2018
That tweet was like chum, and today Trump swam right for it, once again calling Warren "Pocahontas" but this time adding "the bad version". At one point, the school newspaper referred to Warren as "the first woman with a minority background to be tenured". (more...)
- October 16, 2018
That tweet was like chum, and today Trump swam right for it, once again calling Warren "Pocahontas" but this time adding "the bad version". At one point, the school newspaper referred to Warren as "the first woman with a minority background to be tenured". (more...)
Trump says he 'didn't really make fun' of Ford at rally
- October 16, 2018
We won". She says the ritual will include effigies, coffin nails, graveyard dirt and spells. "I had one beer, right?" Trump poked fun at Ford's testimony at a rally in MS early this month, where he mocked Ford's testimony against Kavanaugh . (more...)
- October 16, 2018
We won". She says the ritual will include effigies, coffin nails, graveyard dirt and spells. "I had one beer, right?" Trump poked fun at Ford's testimony at a rally in MS early this month, where he mocked Ford's testimony against Kavanaugh . (more...)
Netizens Poke Fun at 'Cringy' Fantasy Painting of Trump With GOP Presidents
- October 16, 2018
He painted Trump's face twice - the first one he was "happy with" but said "it wasn't the smile we usually see, so I found a bunch of photographs with this particular smile and I thought it seemed more appropriate". Lincoln is opposite him and Reagan, George HW and George W Bush, an avuncular Theodore Roosevelt, and a tickled Dwight Eisenhower to Trump's right. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
He painted Trump's face twice - the first one he was "happy with" but said "it wasn't the smile we usually see, so I found a bunch of photographs with this particular smile and I thought it seemed more appropriate". Lincoln is opposite him and Reagan, George HW and George W Bush, an avuncular Theodore Roosevelt, and a tickled Dwight Eisenhower to Trump's right. (more...)
Russian Orthodox Church cuts all links with Constantinople
- October 16, 2018
The Russian Orthodox Church chose to completely cease the Eucharistic relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church reports. And it reversed the excommunication ( anathema ) by the Russian Church of two top Ukrainian clerics, who lead the until now unrecognised churches in Ukraine. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
The Russian Orthodox Church chose to completely cease the Eucharistic relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the press service of the Russian Orthodox Church reports. And it reversed the excommunication ( anathema ) by the Russian Church of two top Ukrainian clerics, who lead the until now unrecognised churches in Ukraine. (more...)
Turkey says authorities have concrete information on missing Saudi journalist
- October 16, 2018
While a military conflict is not likely to arise between Turkey and Saudi Arabia , this new development will place more strain on the relationship, further complicating the already hard situation in the Middle East. "How is it possible for a consulate, an embassy not to have security camera systems?" "If this is true - that the Saudis lured a US resident into their consulate and murdered him - it should represent a fundamental break in our relationship with Saudi Arabia", Murphy wrote ... (more...)
- October 16, 2018
While a military conflict is not likely to arise between Turkey and Saudi Arabia , this new development will place more strain on the relationship, further complicating the already hard situation in the Middle East. "How is it possible for a consulate, an embassy not to have security camera systems?" "If this is true - that the Saudis lured a US resident into their consulate and murdered him - it should represent a fundamental break in our relationship with Saudi Arabia", Murphy wrote ... (more...)
Australia PM faces backlash over potential Israel embassy move
- October 16, 2018
Trump's Jerusalem move marked the first time since the UN-brokered partition of Palestine in 1947 that a president of the USA - a member of the Middle East Quartet, which is charged with mediating the peace process between Palestine and Israel - has departed from the established policy that the issue of Jerusalem as Israel's capital should be kept off the table. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
Trump's Jerusalem move marked the first time since the UN-brokered partition of Palestine in 1947 that a president of the USA - a member of the Middle East Quartet, which is charged with mediating the peace process between Palestine and Israel - has departed from the established policy that the issue of Jerusalem as Israel's capital should be kept off the table. (more...)
Israel and Jordan reopen key border crossings with Syria
- October 16, 2018
The Quneitra crossing was previously used by the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), made up of around 1,000 peacekeepers patrolling the 1974 ceasefire line there. Elnashra Lebanese news website had quoted a Syrian source as saying that "No agreement has been reached with the Lebanese side on all details related to the transit of trucks from Lebanon to Jordan through the Nassib border crossing". (more...)
- October 16, 2018
The Quneitra crossing was previously used by the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), made up of around 1,000 peacekeepers patrolling the 1974 ceasefire line there. Elnashra Lebanese news website had quoted a Syrian source as saying that "No agreement has been reached with the Lebanese side on all details related to the transit of trucks from Lebanon to Jordan through the Nassib border crossing". (more...)
Government blame 'admin error' for backing 'it's OK to be white' motion
- October 16, 2018
Hanson's motion, which was briefly debated on Monday afternoon , asked the Senate to acknowledge "the deplorable rise of anti-white racism and attacks on Western civilisation" and that "it is OK to be white". He repeated Cormann's statement that it was an "administrative error", and he is reviewing the processes in his office. 'The associations of the language were not picked up. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
Hanson's motion, which was briefly debated on Monday afternoon , asked the Senate to acknowledge "the deplorable rise of anti-white racism and attacks on Western civilisation" and that "it is OK to be white". He repeated Cormann's statement that it was an "administrative error", and he is reviewing the processes in his office. 'The associations of the language were not picked up. (more...)
Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit against Trump dismissed
- October 16, 2018
Michael Avenatti , Clifford's attorney and a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said Clifford would appeal. The lawyer said the exact amount of legal fees owed would be determined later. "Trump's contrary claims are as deceptive as his claims about the inauguration attendance", Avenatti tweeted Monday night. "We will appeal the dismissal of the defamation cause of action and are confident in a reversal", he tweeted. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
Michael Avenatti , Clifford's attorney and a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said Clifford would appeal. The lawyer said the exact amount of legal fees owed would be determined later. "Trump's contrary claims are as deceptive as his claims about the inauguration attendance", Avenatti tweeted Monday night. "We will appeal the dismissal of the defamation cause of action and are confident in a reversal", he tweeted. (more...)
President Trump says Defense Secretary Mattis is 'sort of a Democrat'
- October 16, 2018
I will say this: I don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. We get along very well. That the President's vanishingly rare appearance on a nonpartisan news program had resulted in a spectacle in which randomly assorted questions were bulldozed by a man eager to speak, and in which the interviewer generally left the viewers to decide what those answers meant without the benefit of meaningful follow-up, made the point clear. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
I will say this: I don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. We get along very well. That the President's vanishingly rare appearance on a nonpartisan news program had resulted in a spectacle in which randomly assorted questions were bulldozed by a man eager to speak, and in which the interviewer generally left the viewers to decide what those answers meant without the benefit of meaningful follow-up, made the point clear. (more...)
Cuomo Blames Republicans For "Proud Boys" Brawl
- October 16, 2018
Meanwhile, police Monday released new video from the fight Friday night on East 82nd Street after Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnis gave a speech at the Metropolitan Republican Club. In a call with reporters on Sunday, Cuomo said inviting McInnes to speak at the club was a "political tactic, because what they're trying to do is fire up their base" ahead of the midterm elections, The Associated Press reported. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
Meanwhile, police Monday released new video from the fight Friday night on East 82nd Street after Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnis gave a speech at the Metropolitan Republican Club. In a call with reporters on Sunday, Cuomo said inviting McInnes to speak at the club was a "political tactic, because what they're trying to do is fire up their base" ahead of the midterm elections, The Associated Press reported. (more...)
Saudis 'to admit to killing journalist in interrogation that went wrong'
- October 16, 2018
The case has provoked an global outcry against Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, with more media and business executives pulling out of a planned investment conference there this month. On Sunday, Riyadh angrily rejected political and economic "threats" over the case of the missing journalist and said it would respond to any punitive action "with a bigger one". (more...)
- October 16, 2018
The case has provoked an global outcry against Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, with more media and business executives pulling out of a planned investment conference there this month. On Sunday, Riyadh angrily rejected political and economic "threats" over the case of the missing journalist and said it would respond to any punitive action "with a bigger one". (more...)
Sale of four United States carriers would cut China trade deficit
- October 16, 2018
They've made too much money for too long. "What they've done to our country is take out anywhere from $300 billion to $500 billion a year". United States President Donald Trump has alleged that in addition to Russia, China also meddled in the 2016 presidential elections. (more...)
- October 16, 2018
They've made too much money for too long. "What they've done to our country is take out anywhere from $300 billion to $500 billion a year". United States President Donald Trump has alleged that in addition to Russia, China also meddled in the 2016 presidential elections. (more...)
Hillary Clinton Claims She Never Criticized Bill's Accusers
- October 15, 2018
She made these stunning comments in an interview on " CBS Sunday", as Deadline and other outlets reported. Monica Lewinsky was an adult when having an affair with the US President Bill Clinton , and that absolves him of any responsibility, Clinton's ever-protective wife and failed presidential candidate Hillary has said . (more...)
- October 15, 2018
She made these stunning comments in an interview on " CBS Sunday", as Deadline and other outlets reported. Monica Lewinsky was an adult when having an affair with the US President Bill Clinton , and that absolves him of any responsibility, Clinton's ever-protective wife and failed presidential candidate Hillary has said . (more...)
Brexit: EU insistence on Northern Ireland backstop unacceptable, May tells MPs
- October 15, 2018
Giving the talks a head-start, Britain's Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab was in Brussels on Sunday for a previously unannounced meeting with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier . Carmakers have expressed worries that if there is no Brexit deal, port and road delays could slow the import of auto parts, hitting output and adding to costs. (more...)
- October 15, 2018
Giving the talks a head-start, Britain's Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab was in Brussels on Sunday for a previously unannounced meeting with European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier . Carmakers have expressed worries that if there is no Brexit deal, port and road delays could slow the import of auto parts, hitting output and adding to costs. (more...)
"Cornerstore Caroline" Apologizes For Accusing Black Boy Of Sexual Assault
- October 15, 2018
Teresa Klein told police that the boy "grabbed" her "a-s" at a Sahara Deli Market in Brooklyn, Pix11 reported. "I was sexually assaulted ", said Klein. "Her son grabbed my a-", she continues on the phone call. "White Woman calls police on a kid, saying he sexually assaulted her", he wrote. "I understand how it looks but [the boy's mother] escalated it and then I lost my temper at her, not at that child". (more...)
- October 15, 2018
Teresa Klein told police that the boy "grabbed" her "a-s" at a Sahara Deli Market in Brooklyn, Pix11 reported. "I was sexually assaulted ", said Klein. "Her son grabbed my a-", she continues on the phone call. "White Woman calls police on a kid, saying he sexually assaulted her", he wrote. "I understand how it looks but [the boy's mother] escalated it and then I lost my temper at her, not at that child". (more...)
#MeToo rattles Indian government as minister is accused of sexual harassment
- October 15, 2018
The complaint has been filed through Senior Partner of Karanjawala & Co, Sandeep Kapur. Akbar is one of the highest-profile figures so far to face accusations in India's burgeoning #MeToo movement. Hitting out at Priya, he had on Sunday said: " Priya Ramani began this campaign a year ago with a magazine article". The string of allegations began with a tweet from journalist Priya Ramani on October 8 in which she said Akbar was the man who had harassed her as mentioned in her ... (more...)
- October 15, 2018
The complaint has been filed through Senior Partner of Karanjawala & Co, Sandeep Kapur. Akbar is one of the highest-profile figures so far to face accusations in India's burgeoning #MeToo movement. Hitting out at Priya, he had on Sunday said: " Priya Ramani began this campaign a year ago with a magazine article". The string of allegations began with a tweet from journalist Priya Ramani on October 8 in which she said Akbar was the man who had harassed her as mentioned in her ... (more...)
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