The looming threat to Trump’s booming economy A sugar high — from tax cuts and other stimulus — is expected to wear off in the coming year, constricting economic growth.
15 November, 2018 Comments Off on The looming threat to Trump’s booming economy A sugar high — from tax cuts and other stimulus — is expected to wear off in the coming year, constricting economic growth.
Concern over waning stimulus and rising rates has some of President Donald Trump’s advisers scrambling to avoid other problems to soothe jittery investors. | Richard Drew/AP Photo President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year. Chief among them is […]
Continue reading …Salvini meets rescued migrants, promises ‘welcome’ in Italy
15 November, 2018 Comments Off on Salvini meets rescued migrants, promises ‘welcome’ in ItalySalvini with migrants at the military airport in Rome today. Photo: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini met dozens of African migrants, recently evacuated from Libya by the UN, and sought to reassure them that Italy is “a welcoming, generous and supportive country.” Salvini, who has been at the forefront of the […]
Continue reading …Terrorism and Somalia Al-Shabab continues to blight Somalia with terrorist attacks, which likely will continue until the country gets the support from the international community that it really needs
15 November, 2018 Comments Off on Terrorism and Somalia Al-Shabab continues to blight Somalia with terrorist attacks, which likely will continue until the country gets the support from the international community that it really needs
The Somali capital Mogadishu and neighbouring areas were deeply shaken by a string of bomb car attacks on Friday, 9 November 2018, near a well-known hotel and the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) police headquarters. The bombings killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians, in this latest episode in the long train of terrorist […]
Continue reading …Moon, Pence stress cooperation on North Korea US requests Moon play bigger role in communication with Pyongyang
15 November, 2018 Comments Off on Moon, Pence stress cooperation on North Korea US requests Moon play bigger role in communication with Pyongyang
President Moon Jae-in and US Vice President Mike Pence hold a meeting in Singapore on Thursday. Yonhap SINGAPORE – President Moon Jae-in and US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday stressed the need for cooperation on North Korean issues, and the US requested Moon play a bigger role in aiding communication among concerned parties, Cheong […]
Continue reading …Putin plans to discuss New START, INF Treaty with Trump Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Argentina in November
15 November, 2018 Comments Off on Putin plans to discuss New START, INF Treaty with Trump Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Argentina in November
Putin, Trump to discuss INF Treaty on sidelines of G20 summit — Kremlin MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said among the key issues on the agenda of a possible Russian-US summit will be the fate of the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and […]
Continue reading …Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns Raab says he cannot ‘in good conscience’ support prime minister’s proposed EU withdrawal agreement.
15 November, 2018 Comments Off on Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns Raab says he cannot ‘in good conscience’ support prime minister’s proposed EU withdrawal agreement.
Raab said he could not “reconcile the terms of the proposed deal” [Henry Nicholls/Reuters] Dominic Raab has resigned as UK’s Brexit Secretary over the proposed EU withdrawal agreement in a huge blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May. “I regret to say that, following the Cabinet meeting yesterday on the Brexit deal, I must resign,” Raab said on […]
Continue reading …Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years
14 November, 2018 Comments Off on Lebanese Christian civil war foes shake hands, make up after 40 years
Christian Lebanese leaders Suleiman Frangieh (L) and Samir Geagea (R) shake hands accompanied by Patriarch Bechara al-Rai (C) in Bkerki, Lebanon November 14, 2018. (Reuters) Christian rivals from the Lebanese civil war, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh, shook hands with each other on Wednesday, marking a formal reconciliation to end more than four decades of […]
Continue reading …Is North Korea deceiving US with ‘undeclared’ missile bases? Analysts say claims that Pyongyang ‘broke promise’ reflect Washington establishment’s critical view of Trump-Moon approach to NK
14 November, 2018 Comments Off on Is North Korea deceiving US with ‘undeclared’ missile bases? Analysts say claims that Pyongyang ‘broke promise’ reflect Washington establishment’s critical view of Trump-Moon approach to NK
North Korea`s leader Kim Jong-un(left) and US President Donald Trump. Yonhap A Washington think tank’s report about undeclared missile bases in North Korea has prompted debate over whether Pyongyang is keeping its promises to the US, with many commentators questioning how the controversy will affect denuclearization talks down the road. Beyond Parallel, a team that […]
Continue reading …U.S. OFFERS $5M. REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OF HAMAS LEADER SALEH AL-AROURI State Department also announced reward for the capture of two senior Hezbollah leaders.
14 November, 2018 Comments Off on U.S. OFFERS $5M. REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OF HAMAS LEADER SALEH AL-AROURI State Department also announced reward for the capture of two senior Hezbollah leaders.
Palestinian Hamas militants attend a military drill in preparation to any upcoming confrontation with Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip March 25, 2018. . (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA / REUTERS) The US State Department has announced a $5 million reward for information which would lead to the capture of deputy Hamas politburo chairman Saleh […]
Continue reading …US names son of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah terrorist State Department says move against Jawad Nasrallah will deny him access to the US financial system.
14 November, 2018 Comments Off on US names son of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah terrorist State Department says move against Jawad Nasrallah will deny him access to the US financial system.
Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah group has been backed by the Iranian government [Reuters] The US State Department designated Jawad Nasrallah, son of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a terrorist and accused him of carrying out attacks against Israel in the occupied West Bank. The department on Tuesday also blacklisted Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB), which it said had links to the Lebanese group and […]
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