Month: December 2019

Key point (This is from our archive and appeared several years ago): Only an invasion of North Korea would likely stop the regime’s missiles for good — but that would entail a horrendous war. Both of these following statements are true. (1) Attempts to encourage North Korea to abandon its nuclear program through diplomacy have…

(Adds background on treaties; byline) By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday tested a conventionally configured ground-launched ballistic missile, a test that would have been prohibited under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The United States formally withdrew from the landmark 1987 INF pact with Russia in August after determining that…

Key point: As long as both Beijing and Washington have the ability to destroy each other, they will avoid deliberately escalating a conflict. China has tested a new submarine-launched missile that can hit the United States. The first flight test of the JL-3 missile was conducted in November from Bohai Bay in the Yellow Sea, according…

Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has condemned Fox News and Tucker Carlson, calling the TV host a “white supremacist sympathizer” and saying his show represents an “hour-long production of unmitigated racism”. Related: Trump impeachment: House prepares for crucial vote amid whistleblower row – live The comments came following a segment on Carlson’s show in which he…

New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Fox personality Tucker Carlson is a “white supremacist sympathiser” who the network allows to “broadcast an hour-long production of unmitigated racism, without any accountability whatsoever”. The latest broadside against the network host, who has called white supremacy a “hoax” and not a “real problem”, came after a guest on…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., lashed out at Fox News hours after host Tucker Carlson and a guest had criticized her climate policy proposals, while suggesting her district is “dirty” due to its immigrant population.  “I go back and forth on whether to go on Fox News. The main reason I haven’t is squaring the fact…

The House Judiciary Committee debate over articles of impeachment against President Trump took an ugly turn Thursday when Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., brought up Hunter Biden’s past drug use while defending the president’s call for Ukraine to investigate him. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., took issue with Gaetz, who was arrested for DUI in 2008. “I would say the pot…

MAZAIKEWALE, Pakistan (AP) — Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once robust woman was nearly unrecognizable: malnourished, too weak to walk, her speech confused and disjointed. “Don’t ask me about what happened to me there” was…

Heavily redacted communications on withholding of Ukraine aid released by Trump administration originally appeared on abcnews.go.com The Trump administration released heavily redacted documents Thursday evening that, without the redactions, would have been the first communications revealed between government agencies regarding aid money to Ukraine being held up. The Freedom of Information Act request, filed by…

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party and Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a majority in Parliament on Friday, winning an election that pitted Johnson’s plan to “get Brexit done” against opposition parties who wanted to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union or even cancel it altogether. The victory makes Johnson the most electorally successful Conservative leader since Margaret Thatcher and is…