Trial begins in U.S. states’ effort to block T-Mobile/Sprint deal Reuters The future of the US wireless industry in limbo as T-Mobile and Sprint begin battle to win merger approval CNBC State AG’s fight to block T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint Fox Business T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint may be derailed by Dish’s Charlie Ergen New York Post Not so fast: … Read more
At least five people have died and more than 20 are still unaccounted for after the White Island/Whakaari volcano off the coast of New Zealand erupted without warning Monday as tourists hiked around the rim and walked inside the crater. Authorities say an estimated 30 to 38 of those on the island when the volcano … Read more
Migrants are embracing acupuncture treatments while living in dangerous Mexican border towns as they await their immigration court date in the U.S. Read from Source
Iran is ready for more prisoner swaps with the United States, the Cabinet spokesman said Monday even as he reiterated the Iranian leadership’s stance that there will be no other negotiations between Tehran and Washington. The remarks by the spokesman, Ali Rabiei, were the first after a prisoner exchange over the weekend saw Iran free … Read more
(Bloomberg) — A Bank of America Corp. anti-bribery and compliance director in Hong Kong was charged with assaulting a police officer after an altercation in a metro station over the weekend, according to a person familiar with the matter.The director, a 35-year-old American, was released on HK$10,000 ($1,300) bail and faces another hearing on Feb. … Read more
India Prepares to Block Naturalization for Muslims The New York Times Citizenship Amendment Bill: India’s new ‘anti-Muslim’ law causes uproar BBC News “Don’t Protest”: Amit Shah Tells North-Eastern States On Citizenship Bill NDTV What you should know about India’s ‘anti-Muslim’ citizenship bill Al Jazeera English Protests erupt as India pushes for religion-based citizenship bill Reuters View full coverage on Google … Read more
Donald Trump’s staunchest allies have continuously built up expectations that the Department of Justice inspector general’s report into the Trump campaign and Russia will contain bombshell revelations of a Deep State plotting to stop Trump’s 2016 candidacy before the election. If early reports about the investigation are accurate, though, the president’s boosters—and Donald Trump himself—have … Read more
The webcam photograph was taken at 2:10 p.m. local time, just a minute before the eruption started. The fate of the people in the picture is unclear. Read from Source
More than a century ago, waves of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland and Quebec settled in Chicopee and other western Massachusetts mill towns, helping build churches, rectories and schools to accommodate their faith. Today the priests leading those churches are under siege due to stresses, challenges and sex abuse scandals complicating their lives and those … Read more
Timothy Ginter, who said he had ‘no knowledge’ of Project Blitz, was listed as co-chair of state branch of group behind the campaignAn Ohio legislator who said he had “no knowledge” of a rightwing Christian bill mill called Project Blitz is, in fact, the co-chair of the state branch of an organization behind the campaign.The … Read more