Month: January 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. Treasury Department senior adviser pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for leaking confidential banking reports related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Natalie Edwards, 41, of Quinton, Virginia, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, where U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods set sentencing for June 9. Although…

GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images China’s crackdown against its Uighur population reportedly involves it ordering people in the Muslim minority to redecorate their homes to make them more Chinese. Radio Free Asia reported that Uighurs had been ordered to remove traditional furniture or design elements — and witnesses said that the vast majority are complying…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waged one of his signature political and diplomatic battles against the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement. The losing effort contributed to his alienation from former President Barack Obama, who brokered the deal. President Donald Trump, who has been warmly embraced by Mr. Netanyahu, ran for office in part on criticism of…

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Severe winter weather has claimed more lives as avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall killed 55 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir while 15 died in neighboring Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. The latest deaths raise the two countries’ overall death toll from the severe weather to 126 since Sunday. The disputed Himalayan region of…

Alors qu’il était en promotion du film Suicide Squad, Will Smith a dit ce qu’il pensait des déclarations sexistes de Donald Trump dans une interview au site australien News.com. « Qu’un homme soit capable de faire publiquement référence à une femme comme à une grosse truie, cela me met les larmes aux yeux », a…

Islamabad (AFP) – Avalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather has killed more than 130 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as authorities struggled to reach people stranded by heavy snowfall. At least 93 people died and 76 were injured across Pakistan — with several still missing — while a further…

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least 59 people were killed and many more were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday. In neighbouring India, at least 10 people were killed after several avalanches hit the northern-part of Indian-administered Kashmir. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Two Pakistani…

U.S. commanders at the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq do not think that last week’s attacks by Iran were only meant to scare people. “These were designed and organized to inflict as many casualties as possible,” Lt. Col Tim Garland, Commander of Task Force Jazeera, told The Washington Post. Iran launched more than…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made a striking claim Monday, insisting it was he who ensured that people with preexisting medical problems will always be covered by health insurance. He wasn’t. He also complained anew that Democrats didn’t allow him to send lawyers to the impeachment inquiry. The opposite is true: Democrats invited him…

Associated Press President Trump said in a pair of Monday morning tweets that he “saved” insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions on behalf of Americans, a claim that was misleading at best. Trump first tried scrapping Obamacare in Congress back in 2017. When that failed, his administration turned to the courts and backed a GOP lawsuit…