Month: December 2019

Moira DoneganDecember 6, 2019 Nancy Pelosi is rushing to conclude the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. On Thursday, just over two months after the inquiry was launched, Pelosi announced she was instructing investigators to draft articles of impeachment. These will be voted on by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives as soon as this month. The…

Key point: Issues of command and control remain important to keeping America’s nuclear deterrent secure and reliable. A key component of the U.S. doctrine of mutually assured destruction — commonly and appropriately known as MAD — was that American troops would still be able to retaliate if the Soviet Union launched a nuclear attack. But for a…

Michael Bloomberg is facing criticism on social media for using a common racist trope to describe Democratic presidential rival Cory Booker as “well-spoken” Friday on “CBS This Morning” with host Gayle King. In the interview, King asked Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York mayor who recently entered the 2020 race, his thoughts about the lack of racial diversity…

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg says employees at his news organization need to accept restrictions with their paycheck, including the ban on investigating their boss. Bloomberg, billionaire founder of Bloomberg News, was asked in a CBS News interview about rules put in place when he announced his candidacy: The organization’s reporters…

A gurdwara priest and his wife were arrested for allegedly desecrating the holy scriptures by using its pages to wrap the tiffins of their two school-going children, police said. The police said the priest’s wife has been accused of using torn pages of the holy scriptures for wrapping ‘chapatis’ for the lunch of their sons…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trappers can keep using sodium cyanide bombs to kill coyotes and other livestock predators, the Trump administration said Thursday, rejecting calls for a ban despite repeated instances of the devices also poisoning other wildlife, pets and people. The Environmental Protection Agency’s interim decision newly restricts use of the so-called M-44s within 600…

Washington (AFP) – The US has re-authorized the use of poison traps called “cyanide bombs” which are meant to protect livestock from predators, despite opposition from conservationists who say they are cruel and also endanger people. Thursday’s announcement was the latest twist in a running saga after the devices were briefly re-instated in August before…

The Trump Administration will reauthorize the use of so-called “cyanide bombs” to poison coyotes, foxes and feral dogs that could threaten private livestock. The decision comes four months after halting their authorization amid public backlash. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday it would include new safety requirements to protect humans and pets, such as…

A Virginia state commission released a report Thursday calling for the official repeal of “deeply troubling” state laws still on the books that contain “explicitly racist language and segregationist policies.” The Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law published a lengthy report saying that the outdated laws should not “remain enshrined in law” despite no longer being…

December 7, 2019 Minsk (AFP) – Roughly 1,000 Belarusians joined an unauthorised demonstration on Saturday against the prospect of a closer union with Russia. Long-time ruler Alexander Lukashenko was meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia on Saturday to discuss “key issues in our bilateral relations, including the prospects for deepening integration”, according…