By Catherine Bosley Yale’s Robert Shiller says Elizabeth Warren harmed her chances by calling for higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy. Taxing the ultra-rich more heavily as proposed by U.S. presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren probably won’t work, according to Nobel laureate Robert Shiller. The widening gap between the rich and the poor and its effect in […] Read more
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks to the media during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2019 Germany and France are making fun of Italy and the European Union with their treaty to give Germany a permanent seat at the United Nations, Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Friday […] Read more
Police in Athens fired tear gas at crowds of protesters who had gathered outside parliament on Thursday to express anger over the proposed name change of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Republic of North Macedonia. Protesters chanted “Long live Macedonia, long live Greece!”, referring to the Greek province of Macedonia. There were […] Read more
By Kevin Liptak President Donald Trump insisted in a letter Wednesday he would deliver his annual State of the Union address from the chamber of the US House next week as planned, telling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi her concerns about security during a partial government shutdown were unfounded. Trump’s letter, written with his characteristic flourish, […] Read more
US President Donald Trump says he recognises Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans are taking to the streets in protest against President Nicolás Maduro. Mr Guaidó, who called for the demonstrations, declared himself acting leader in Caracas on Wednesday. Mr Maduro was sworn in for a second term […] Read more
By: Erin Donnelly Sarah Sanders’s defense of Nicholas Sandmann raised the ire of former Parkland student David Hogg and others Hours before Nicholas Sandmann — the MAGA-hat-wearing Covington Catholic High School student accused of taunting a Native American veteran in a controversial video — appeared on Wednesday’s Today broadcast to insist that his behavior was “not disrespectful,” he found support from […] Read more
By Katelyn Polantz Former national security adviser Michael Flynn could now be in limbo in the justice system through the fall. Bijan Kian, a lobbying associate of Flynn’s who is charged in a separate case and whom Flynn may testify against, has asked to move his criminal trial to September. He cited an “extraordinary” amount […] Read more
By: Sachin Nakrani Fulham’s Aboubakar Kamara has been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm following allegations of a fight at the club’s Motspur Park training ground that has also led to the striker being banned indefinitely from the venue. Metropolitan police were called to Motspur Park shortly after 5pm on Monday following reports of […] Read more
Police in Mogadishu are holding an American Citizen who was caught with teargas Canisters at the Mogadishu airport ,Radio Dalsan reports Upon searching him, police and immigration officers found a boarding pass to Addis Ababa. It was not clear why the suspect was travelling with the teargas canisters, which are among goods restricted by airlines […] Read more
Thousands endure sub-zero temperatures in US and Europe to see rare event Thousands of stargazers have battled sub-freezing temperatures to catch a glimpse of a lunar extravaganza known as a super blood wolf moon. The rare celestial event takes places when the moon is positioned slightly closer to the Earth than normal, and appears slightly […] Read more
