Month: October 2019

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – A huge oil spill off Brazil’s northeastern coast may have involved a “ghost ship” carrying Venezuelan oil in breach of US sanctions, an expert close to the probe into the disaster said Tuesday. Brazil has accused its South American neighbor of responsibility for the leakage that began in early September…

Key point: South Korea has experience dealing with North Korean infiltrations. At 4:30 p.m. on June 22, 1998, Capt. Kim In-yong noticed a curious site from the helm of his fishing boat as it sailed eleven miles east of the South Korean city of Sokcho: a small submarine, roughly sixty feet in length, caught in…

FLETCHER, N.C. – A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to a North Carolina fair has claimed a third life, state health officials say. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that 140 Legionnaires’ cases have been confirmed in 19 North Carolina counties and “multiple states” so far. It’s not immediately clear which states…

(Adds quotes, details) WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The senior U.S. defense official for Asia said on Tuesday that the United States has some concerns about some of the tactics used by demonstrators in Hong Kong but was also concerned about the heavier hand Beijing and Hong Kong authorities have used against protests in the…

Democrats continued their whirlwind investigation of Donald Trump on Tuesday as another witness testified before Congress, building momentum towards a likely impeachment of the president. Related: National Enquirer shredded Trump documents, Ronan Farrow book claims Trump sought to fight back by drawing attention to a TV interview in which Hunter Biden, the son of the…

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani informed House Democrats on Tuesday that he will not comply with a subpoena for documents they sent him as part of an ongoing impeachment inquiry. “Mr. Giuliani will not participate because this appears to be an unconstitutional, baseless, and illegitimate ‘impeachment inquiry,’” Jon Sale, Giuliani’s attorney, wrote…

LGBT activists gathered last week for CNN’s “Equality” town hall with the Democratic presidential candidates. The advocates present were, in the words of Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David, the “tip of the spear in our fight for full equality.” Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The “spear” metaphor grew more apt as the night went…

From Popular Mechanics A Norwegian hiker uncovered an ancient arrowhead. Discoveries like these are uncommon in Norway, where harsh winters have either hidden away or destroyed many artifacts. Some archaeologists credit climate change for the discovery. A hiker traversing mountainous Norway made an astonishing find by chance: a 4.6-inch arrowhead that possibly dates back 1,000…

Morelia (Mexico) (AFP) – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his strategy Tuesday for fighting the violent crime wracking Mexico, as relatives mourned 13 police officers killed in an ambush claimed by a powerful drug cartel, while a separate shootout left 15 dead. Relatives of the 13 slain police officers killed on Monday sobbed over…

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Grieving relatives of 13 police officers killed in an apparent cartel ambush gathered outside a funeral home Tuesday, many of them angry at the government and police commanders they believe sent their loved ones to a certain death. “The good ones are here,” said the brother of slain officer Marco Antonio…