Month: December 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — Ousted Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Tuesday that he didn’t “intentionally mislead or deceive” anyone about the mid-October night he was found sleeping behind the wheel of his SUV. Johnson, 59, released a statement through his attorney a day after Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired him for “ethical lapses,” just weeks before…

Key point: Tehran’s new “stealth” fighter is anything but. Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S. military has implicated Iranian agents in several summer 2019 attacks on civilian ships sailing near…

By Se Young Lee and David Brunnstrom BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China warned on Wednesday that U.S. legislation calling for a tougher response to Beijing’s treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority will affect bilateral cooperation, clouding prospects for a near-term deal to end a trade war. Click Here: Cheap Golf Golf Clubs Expectations of a quick…

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – From his field of aubergines in the Gaza Strip Massud Habib gazes at the nearby Israeli border security barrier, squinting in the late autumn sun. For four years, he said, Israeli planes regularly sprayed herbicides along the border which scorched his crops, and he fears it could resume at…

Key point: Nuclear weapons ensure everyone loses. How much of a threat do Russia’s emerging 5th-generation stealth fighter, nuclear arsenal, high-tech air defenses, anti-satellite weapons, conventional army and submarines pose to NATO and the U.S.? Current tensions between Russia and NATO are leading many to carefully assess this question and examine the current state of weaponry…

By Phil Stewart and Robin Emmott LONDON (Reuters) – Seventy years since its Cold War-era founding as a transatlantic alliance focused on Moscow, NATO is expanding its gaze toward the increasingly muscular challenge posed by China. But it’s unclear, even to diplomats within the 29-member military alliance, whether NATO is up to the task —…

US forces are thought to have killed a senior jihadist leader in northern Syria using a rarely deployed “Ninja” missile which attacks targets with precision sword-like blades. The Hellfire missile, or AGM-114R9X, which has a set of six folding blades instead of a warhead for minimum collateral damage, is believed to have been used to…

Pakistan will send a human to space for the first time in 2022, with the assistance of China. The same year, India is also scheduled to launch its manned space mission the same year. Click Here: new zealand rugby team jerseys Pakistan’s first space mission has been planned for 2022 and the federal Cabinet meeting…

WASHINGTON — House Democrats will vote this month on a bill intended to lay the foundation for a restoration of the full Voting Rights Act, a significant step in a years-long effort to respond to a 2013 Supreme Court decision that significantly weakened the law. “I think we’re very close to getting that on the…

Watford (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The leaders of Britain, Canada, France and the Netherlands have been caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace reception mocking US President Donald Trump’s lengthy media appearances ahead of Wedensday’s NATO summit. The footage, shot by the British host’s camera pool on Tuesday evening and spotted and subtitled by Canada’s…