WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is set to face a US extradition hearing on Thursday morning just a day after he received a jail term for breaching his bail conditions in the UK. The 47-year-old is wanted in the US on a charge relating to conspiring to hack government computers with whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Manning, who […] Read more
Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost a bid to be Georgia’s governor last year, will not challenge Republican Sen. David Perdue in the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. But she’s not ruling out a run for the White House. “My responsibility is not simply to run because the job is available. I need to run because […] Read more
Scotland should hold an independence referendum before the current Scottish parliamentary term ends in May 2021, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday. “A choice between Brexit and a future for Scotland as an independent European nation should be offered in the lifetime of this parliament,” Sturgeon told Holyrood, Scotland’s devolved parliament. She said she […] Read more
His report is done, but Robert Mueller’s work will live on for a while longer. Over the course of its sprawling 22-month investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the special counsel’s team referred 14 criminal cases to other offices, Mueller’s 448-page report revealed. Only two of those referrals — one involving former Trump […] Read more
Just weeks after talks with Donald Trump stalled, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has set up a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. They will hold talks in Russia towards the end of April, according to the Kremlin. It comes after a second summit between Kim and Trump in February failed to reach a deal […] Read more
If you ask any Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate what is the most significant fiscal accomplishment of the Trump presidency, the overwhelming answer would be the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA. When passed in December 2017, the TCJA did not have majority American support. Despite this […] Read more
Nissan Motor Co. shareholders decided to remove former boss Carlos Ghosn from the board on Monday, as the former chairman faces several accusations of financial misconduct that landed him in prison. The company’s shareholders held an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo where they also decided to oust Greg Kelly, another director who is also involved in […] Read more
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos, have finalised their divorce. The powerful business executive, whose portfolio includes The Washington Post, and his now-former wife announced the dissolution of their marriage in separate statements on Twitter. “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone […] Read more
Fake news has been decried the world over for misleading the public over big issues like the US presidential election and the Brexit referendum. But if there’s one day of the year when everybody partakes with outlandish announcements, it’s April Fools’ Day. Here’s a roundup of some of the best pranks: France: ‘Detective rabbit’ French […] Read more
British Prime minister Theresa May will ask the European Union for a short Brexit delay, a British government source confirmed to Euronews on Wednesday. “There is a case for giving parliament a bit more time to agree a way forward”, the source said. The British PM is expected to send a letter to the EU […] Read more
