Macron Says U.K. Shouldn’t Get New Delay If Johnson Loses Vote
Helene Fouquet and Ian WishartOctober 18, 2019 (Bloomberg) — French President Emmanuel Macron heaped pressure on the British Parliament to back Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, saying the U.K.’s departure from the European Union shouldn’t be delayed a moment longer. Click Here: Atlanta United FC Jersey With Parliament due to vote on the revised agreement on…
'Powderkeg' in Germany amid Turks-Kurds conflict
Berlin (AFP) – Syrian Kurd Mohamed Zidik, 76, still buys his bread and baclavas from his Turkish neighbours in Berlin, but he knows better than to expound on his views about Ankara’s offensive in his hometown. Since Turkish forces launched their assault on Kurds in northeastern Syria, tensions have risen in Germany where millions of…
Why Mexico Is Cooperating with Us on Immigration
One of the reasons border apprehensions have dropped from their alarming peak in May is that Mexico has been pretty aggressive in stopping third-country nationals from traversing its territory on their way north to make bogus asylum claims so they can be released into the U.S. But why has Mexico been willing to work with us like…
Bannon Teams Up With Chinese Group That Thinks Trump Will Bring on End-Times
After trying to launch his own cryptocurrency and failing to turn an Italian monastery into a training camp for Europe’s far right, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has a new plan: teaming up with a Chinese spiritual movement that reportedly believes Trump will bring about Judgment Day. On Saturday night, viewers of the rabidly pro-Trump…
Russia's Stealth Su-57 Is a Beast, But Can Russia Afford It?
Key point: The Su-57 is may not fundamentally change Russia’s military strategy. The Russian defense ministry staged an impressive video shoot with four of its Su-57 stealth fighter prototypes. But the dramatic display doesn’t make the Su-57 any more relevant. The Su-57 is beautiful. It’s also too expensive for Russia to buy in meaningful numbers.…
U.S. ground troops will not enforce Syria safe zone: defense secretary
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that no U.S. troops will take part in enforcing the so-called safe zone in northern Syria and the United States “is continuing our deliberate withdrawal from northeastern Syria.” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan earlier on Friday said Turkey will set up a…
The Latest: Turkish proxy forces clash with Syria's Kurds
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria (all times local): 2:00 p.m. A war monitor group says Turkey-backed Syrian fighters have clashed in several locations with Kurdish forces, in possible violations of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire in northern Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday that the Turkish proxy…
UPDATE 2-Trump hopes U.S.-China trade deal will be signed by middle of November
(Adds Chinese Vice Premier Liu He to speak on talks Saturday, paragraph 2) WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks a trade deal between the United States and China will be signed by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings take place in Chile on Nov. 16 and…
China says will work with the U.S. to address each other's core concerns
By David Kirton and Ryan Woo NANCHANG, China (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said on Saturday that China will work with the United States to address each other’s core concerns on the basis of equality and mutual respect, and that stopping the trade war would be good for both sides and the world.…
Police arrest 2nd suspect in case of isolated Dutch family
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch police said Thursday that a group of people discovered on an isolated farm this week may have been kept there against their will for up to nine years, as they arrested a 67-year-old man who says he is the father of the group. “We have reasons to suspect that the six…