Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters at a State Department news conference on Monday that “the Kremlin is standing with its Venezuelan cronies” and blamed a blackout in Venezuela on “the marvels of modern Cuban-led engineering.”
What Omar said...."Omar slammed Obama's "hope and change" message as more smoke and mirrors than anything concrete, saying, like Trump, his immigration policies involved detaining children at the southern border and he made heavy use of lethal drone strikes overseas. "We can't be only upset with Trump. ... His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was," Omar told Politico. "And that's not what we should be looking for anymore. Читать дальше...
Stephane Richard won’t be the star of a monthlong fraud trial that started this week in a Paris courtroom, but his role as head of one of France’s largest companies hangs in the balance.
Foreign deposits dropped in most eurozone states in the second half of 2018, after banks were hit by money-laundering scandals, European Central Bank data showed, a trend that could expose one of the bloc’s weak spots in tackling financial crime.
A Tokyo court rejected ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s request to attend a board meeting this week, denying him a seat at the table even as the carmaker looks set to bolster an alliance he built over two decades.
Confounding the grim prediction made by the British economist Thomas Malthus in 1798, the world currently produces more than enough food for a population that has increased almost tenfold since then.
Never, since World War II, has Europe been as essential.
When I first met the Accra-based fashion designer Chiedza Makonnen in 2014, her sales beyond Ghana were minimal.
Egypt’s army Monday said 46 suspected militants were killed in clashes in the restive Sinai Peninsula, where troops are fighting Daesh (ISIS) militants.
A young Iranian couple has been arrested after a marriage proposal in public that was captured on a video clip that went viral on social media.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza began receiving $100 payouts from Qatar Monday, the latest tranche of funds under an informal deal between the territory’s rulers Hamas and Israel.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Latest on South Dakota's consideration of a bill to legalize industrial hemp (all times local): 7 p.m. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has vetoed a bill that would have made it legal to cultivate industrial hemp in the state. In a statement Monday, Noem says she rejected the legislation mainly because it would make it more difficult for law enforcement. Noem has said she's worried that drug detection dogs flag hemp like marijuana and that the plants look alike, making it difficult... Читать дальше...
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Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo took aim at Cuba and Russia on Monday for their support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who Washington wants to remove from power. The secretary of state rejected Maduro's assertion that the US was responsible for a widespread blackout, instead pointing the finger at the socialist nature of the Venezuelan leader's government. "Nicolas Maduro promised Venezuelans a better life and a socialist paradise.
Читать дальше...A strong chinook hit southern Alberta with 160 km/h wind gusts and double-digit highs on Monday, but up to 15 centimetres of snow is expected on Tuesday.
Sam Pegram's family, from Penwortham in Lancashire, have spoken of their devastation after his death in Sunday's air crash near the town of Bishoftu
PFA chief Gordon Taylor warned players not to incite fans with their celebrations. He is not blaming the game’s stars after the latest outbreaks of fan violence saw Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish punched and Manchester United’s Chris Smalling shoved by pitch invaders. But Taylor says provoking the game’s lunatic fringe will not help. He feels […]
The Irishman was arrested after the alleged incident in Miami in the early hour of Monday morning
LOS ANGELES (March 11, 2019) — WBA/WBO lightweight world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko and WBO super middleweight world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez came to Fortune Gym in Hollywood on Monday for a media workout as they prepare for their respective bouts, April 12 at Staples Center. Lomachenko, the pound-for-pound Picasso, will defend his world titles …
Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, three U.S. officials said on Monday, an indication that the probe has funding to keep it going for months if need be. The operations and funding of Mueller's office were not addressed in the budget requests for the next government fiscal year issued by the White House and Justice Department on Monday because Mueller's office is... Читать дальше...
Chess player Babatunde Onakoya is using the game to educate children in Nigerian slum communities.
The social network says it pulled down the ads for using Facebook's corporate logo.
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