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US still sees 'path forward' in N.Korea talks: Pompeo
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the US still sees "a path forward" in its nuclear talks with North Korea, even after Pyongyang's latest round of test launches.
Bill Barr, under fire for protecting Trump
AFP, Published on 05/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Attorney General Bill Barr had a solid reputation when he took over the US Justice Department in February, but his concerted efforts to downplay the Mueller report's damning allegations against President Donald Trump have left that reputation tattered.
Alas, the truth is still putting its boots on
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/05/2019
» According to the Washington Post, last week President Donald Trump notched up his 10,000th lie or untruth since took he took office. While many of the falsehoods are admittedly trifling and others child-like exaggerations of which he is so fond, there have also been a few embarrassing "whoppers". It still works out at about 17 alleged "porky pies" a day, which takes some doing.
North Korea fires short-range 'projectiles'
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday fired several unidentified short-range “projectiles” into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korean defence officials said, a likely sign of Pyongyang’s growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington meant to provide sanctions relief in return for nuclear disarmament.
ExxonMobil sues Cuban companies for nationalized assets
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» HAVANA - US giant ExxonMobil has filed a lawsuit against Cuba's state-owned oil company and a major business group for what it called "unlawful trafficking" of its assets after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.
Heard of the Holocaust?
News, Editorial, Published on 04/05/2019
» In Israel on Thursday, with sirens wailing as the entire country paused for two minutes of silence for its yearly commemoration of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, who could not have been moved by the sight of pedestrians and motorists standing stock-still on roadsides and in the middle of streets, heads bowed in remembrance?
Trump, Putin discuss Venezuela as Guaido calls for new protests
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where Washington has thrown its weight behind a campaign to oust the Moscow-backed socialist president.
Trump, Putin discussed Venezuela in phone talks: W.House
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Venezuela during wide-ranging telephone talks Friday, the White House said.
US job growth jumps again
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2019
» WASHINGTON: US job growth surged in April and the unemployment rate dropped to a 49-year low of 3.6%, pointing to sustained strength in economic activity even as last year’s massive fiscal stimulus fades.
Big pharma founder convicted of bribery in opiates scandal
AFP, Published on 03/05/2019
» NEW YORK: The founder of a major US pharmaceutical company has been convicted of bribing doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers blamed for fueling an opioid crisis that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.