USMCA Trade Deal 'Within Range': ETFs to Benefit
Apart from the U.S.-China trade dealings, another trade negotiation is also hogging investors’ attention — the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) deal. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Nov 25 that the deal is ‘within range’ and House Democrats and the Trump administration have resolved their issues on the USMCA but a final review is still to be…
AOC Raised More for Reelection Campaign Last Quarter Than All Other House Dems, Including Pelosi
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) raised more funds for her reelection campaign than all other Democrats in the House, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to federal elections commission data. Ocasio-Cortez raked in $1.42 million between July 1 and September 30, outstripping Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), who raised $1.26 million over the same period, and House…
Cracked cockpit window forces plane to make emergency landing
A transatlantic flight was forced to divert to Ireland when pilots noticed a crack in the cockpit windscreen while flying at 38,000ft. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Air Canada flight AC857 was flying from London Heathrow to Toronto when a crack in the side window was discovered mid-flight. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft had passed…
An Air Canada Boeing 787 flying across the Atlantic was forced to turn back after its windshield cracked
The passengers were put on a different plane to continue on to Toronto the following day, Air Canada told Business Insider. It said the passengers “were put in hotels for the night.” It also said that the plane, with a tail number of C-GHQY, was repaired and has returned to service. Other Boeing 787 planes…
Merkel wants Europe to aim for joint stance on China and 5G
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European countries on Wednesday to agree a common approach towards China and the rollout of the next generation 5G mobile network. Some German lawmakers want to exclude China’s Huawei from 5G contracts, following warnings by the United States that this could lead to spying for Beijing.…
Merkel urges Europe to stick together in China dealings
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged EU countries to speak as one in their dealings with China, warning it would be “disastrous” to go it alone at a time of tensions with the Asian giant over technology and human rights. “One of the biggest dangers I see… is that everyone in Europe has their…
After 36 years in prison for murder they did not commit, 3 Baltimore men finally walk free
Three Baltimore men, who spent 36 years in prison for a murder they did not commit, were spending their first full day of freedom Tuesday after prosecutors determined that another man had committed the crime and a judge threw out the convictions. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released from custody Monday after…
Texas inmate freed while innocence claims investigated
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man serving a life sentence for a 2010 fatal stabbing was freed on bond Tuesday while authorities reinvestigate his case, including new DNA evidence that his lawyers say exonerates him. Lydell Grant has been in prison for seven years for the killing of 28-year-old Aaron Scheerhoorn outside of a Houston…
NGO accuses North Korea of institutionalised child sex abuse
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) – North Korean children are “constantly in danger” of sexual abuse and resulting social stigma without any chance to seek legal protection, a Seoul-based rights group said on Wednesday. Activists with PSCORE, or People for Successful Corean Reunification, interviewed more than 200 young male and female North Koreans…
Then and now: Swiss glacier photos show impact of global warming
FURKA PASS, Switzerland — On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for tourists to admire the Rhone Glacier has been abandoned now that the ice has retreated nearly 1.2 miles uphill. Where mighty glaciers once spilled into Swiss valleys like frozen rivers of ice, a residue of gray scree…