Jul 20 2019 — Associated Press — A pregnant African American lawmaker in Georgia said she was verbally attacked in a supermarket Friday by a middle-aged white man who used profanity, called her vulgar names and told her to “go back where you came from” as her 9-year-old daughter looked on.
Jul 19 2019 — Associated Press — U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on a Somali-born congresswoman Friday while reversing his previous criticisms of a North Carolina crowd who chanted “Send her back,” defending them as “patriots” while again questioning the loyalty of four Democratic lawmakers of colour.
Jul 19 2019 — Associated Press — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday chided his supporters who chanted “send her back” when he questioned the loyalty of a Somali-born congresswoman, joining widespread criticism of the campaign crowd’s cry and his Republican allies worried about political blowback from the angry scene. In a week that has corkscrewed daily with hostile exchanges over race […]
Jul 17 2019 — Associated Press — The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday after the virus spread this week to a city of two million people. A WHO expert committee had declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this […]
Jul 16 2019 — Associated Press — In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s “racist comments” against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.”
Jul 16 2019 — Associated Press — U.S. President Donald Trump is vowing to “take a look” at Google after a billionaire investor suggested it may have been infiltrated by Chinese intelligence.
Jul 16 2019 — Associated Press — North Korea says it is rethinking whether to abide by its moratorium on nuclear and missile tests and other steps aimed at improving ties with the U.S. The Foreign Ministry’s statement Tuesday appears aimed at applying more pressure on the U.S. as the two countries attempt to resume nuclear diplomacy. The statement says upcoming regular […]
Jul 15 2019 — Associated Press — The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jul 15 2019 — Associated Press — China’s economic growth slowed to its lowest level in a decade in the latest quarter, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.
Jul 14 2019 — Associated Press — A U.K. newspaper published more leaked memos from Britain’s ambassador in Washington on Sunday, despite a police warning that doing so might be a crime. In one 2018 cable published by the Mail on Sunday, U.K. ambassador Kim Darroch says U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran as an […]
Jul 12 2019 — Associated Press — The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about US$5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report cited an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
Jul 11 2019 — Associated Press — U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned his controversial bid to demand citizenship details from all respondents in next year’s census Thursday, instead directing federal agencies to try to compile the information using existing databases.
Jul 11 2019 — Associated Press — American presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that he would soon be coming to Canada with a group of diabetics to buy cheaper insulin. The Vermont senator said in a tweet that he planned to make the trip toward the end of this month. Typically, a vial of insulin Type 1 diabetics need to […]
Jul 11 2019 — Associated Press — The former Palm Beach County state attorney is disputing Labor Secretary Alex Acosta‘s account of why he signed off on a secret sex trafficking plea deal involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Jul 11 2019 — Associated Press — Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline asked a judge to again block construction of the USD $8-billion project after U.S. President Donald Trump issued it a new permit.