worldsightadmin (Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet with the new leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats on Thursday, nearly a week after her junior coalition partner set out demands to remain in government.Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken, who were confirmed as the SPD’s leaders last Friday, are to meet Merkel for breakfast on Thursday, RND … Read more
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. Read from Source
Turkey said on Wednesday it would retaliate against any U.S. sanctions over its purchase of Russian defense systems, adding that with Britain it had agreed to speed up a joint fighter jet program to meet Turkish defense needs. Read from Source
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's rapidly shifting strategy in northern Syria has U.S. commanders there scrambling to protect their forces from an expected surge in actions by military units from Turkey, Russia, Iran and the Syrian government, as well as their proxy forces, according to Defense Department officials. U.S. commanders now see these armed groups … Read more
AL AHSA, Saudi Arabia — Not long before a 21-year-old Saudi Royal Air Force trainee shot and killed three American sailors Friday at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida, he called his mother and his brother back home.The trainee, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was wearing his uniform, they could see on the video call … Read more
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Democrats unveiled articles of impeachment against President Trump shortly before partnering with him to reach a trade deal. Are they undermining their own strategy by working against and with the president at the same time? Read from Source
During Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Justice Department inspector general’s report on possible FISA abuses in the Russia probe, top inspector Michael Horowitz pushed back against former FBI Director James Comey’s suggestion that the findings vindicated bureau actions.While Horowitz’s recently released report finds that there was no political bias by FBI leadership and … Read more
Malmö (Sweden) (AFP) – Two Eves on one side of the tree, two Adams on the other, each couple openly flirting: a Swedish diocese said Wednesday it would remove a gay depiction of original sin that hung briefly as an altarpiece. Created by Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, the photo illustration was offered to the Saint Paul … Read more