Something went terribly wrong during the construction of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans after a huge section of the unfinished building collapsed on the adjacent street causing injuries, destruction and one death. A video from a car, which stopped on a crossing nearby, caught the building falling apart, …
Read More »Trump defends Giuliani in tweet after report on federal probe.
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his attorney Rudy Giuliani on Saturday as a “legendary crime buster” and “wonderful lawyer” after a media report that prosecutors are investigating whether the former New York mayor broke lobbying laws in his dealings in Ukraine. “So now they are after the legendary ‘crime buster’ …
Read More »At least 4 dead, 5 injured in Brooklyn nightclub shooting.
Four people were killed and five seriously injured in a shooting in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. The incident took place at a private club on Utica Avenue. Gunfire broke out shortly after 7 am at the club, according to the New York Fire Department. The venue, which bills itself as …
Read More »US vaping death toll rises to 11, over 500 have fallen ill
A vaping-related illness has claimed two more lives in the US, bringing the total number of fatalities to 11. More than 500 people are known to have fallen ill with mysterious lung disease after smoking e-cigarettes in the US, but officials said hundreds of additional cases had been reported in …
Read More »Ayatollah Khamenei: says Iran should give up hope of European help against U.S. sanctions
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran should no longer put its trust in the Europeans as they fulfilled none of their 11 commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran following Washington’s withdrawal. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with members of the Assembly of …
Read More »China Tells Trump to Grow Up, Says Won’t ‘Play Game of Thrones on the World Stage’ With Him.
The US president went on the offensive against Beijing at the General Assembly on Tuesday, saying he wouldn’t accept a “bad deal” on trade, and accusing China of using “massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation,” and other malign tactics, while urging the country to “honour” its commitment to …
Read More »Iraqi President Speaks at United Nations General Assembly.
Iraqi president demands international help for reconstruction after victory over terrorism. Iraqi President Barham Salih has called for international assistance to rebuild the war-ravaged country in the aftermath of the victory over the Daesh terrorist group. Addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on …
Read More »Rouhani: ‘Wherever America goes, terror expands’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the United States has fueled terrorism in the Middle East, slamming US policies for spreading chaos and radicalism across the region. Joining Fox’s Chris Wallace for an interview that ran on Tuesday night, Rouhani rejected any notion that Iran was on a “fanatical” quest for …
Read More »White House releases incomplete ‘transcript’ of Trump’s Ukraine phone call about Joe Biden
Democrats call memo of controversial phone call ‘a smoking gun’ as the president’s impeachment looms. The White House has released a memorandum of Donald Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine that has sparked an official impeachment inquiry after he vowed just yesterday to release a “fully declassified and …
Read More »Trump mocks teen activist Greta Thunberg.
US President Donald Trump mocked Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter late Monday night after the 16-year-old excoriated world leaders for not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis. “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!” …
Read More »Trump threatens to free Daesh captives at EU borders
DONALD TRUMP threatened to release prisoners from Europe who have joined Islamic terrorist groups if their countries refuse to take back the captives. The US President has repeatedly criticized European countries for their reluctance to take back their citizens who defected to fight in the middle east and were captured. …
Read More »Biden calls for an investigation into a connection between Trump and the President of Ukraine
Former US vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has called for an investigation into reports that US President Donald Trump has pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Biden and his son. At an election rally in Iowa, Biden accused President Trump of using his authority in a disgraceful …
Read More »Videos: Hotel evacuated & streets closed as fire breaks out near New York’s Times Square.
A Hyatt Centric hotel was evacuated and some streets cordoned off near New York’s Times Square after a fire broke out in a building on West 45th Street. The fire sent huge plumes of smoke billowing alongside and above the hotel building, according to footage posted online by eyewitnesses. Fire …
Read More »Pompeo says U.S. mission is to avoid war with Iran
The United States aims to avoid war with Iran and the additional troops ordered to be deployed in the Gulf region are for “deterrence and defense,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. Speaking to Fox News Sunday, Pompeo added that he was confident U.S. President Donald Trump …
Read More »Ukraine’s comedian-turned-politician walks a fine line with America’s reality-TV President.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not have an easy job. Ukraine is one of the poorest places in Europe, his country faces a steady outflow of capital and a proxy war with Russian-backed insurgents has settled into a bloody stalemate. Now the comedian-turned-politician faces his first big challenge: Managing his …
Read More »Bill de Blasio, New York mayor quits 2020 presidential race.
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York, has dropped out of the race to become the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate – and leaves the campaign with a scornful message from the current president ringing in his ears. Mr. de Blasio made his announcement in a television interview, saying: “I …
Read More »Guatemala admits it is a cocaine-producing nation, not just transit point.
Guatemala must now consider itself a cocaine-producing nation and not just a transit country for the powerful narcotic after authorities discovered new coca processing laboratories, the interior minister said. Last year, Guatemala discovered plantations growing coca, along with a laboratory to process the leaf into cocaine. Until recently, the crop …
Read More »Fox News poll suggests president to lose in 2020!
Fox News poll suggests president to lose in 2020, amid impeachment struggle and revelations of secret ‘promise’ to a foreign leader A new Fox News poll sees Donald Trump lagging behind his 2020 challengers as news breaks that a promise the president made during a phone call to a mystery …
Read More »Trump names new national security advisor to replace Bolton.
US President Donald Trump has named Robert C. O’Brien – a hostage affairs envoy he sent to Sweden to try and negotiate the release of jailed rapper A$AP Rocky this summer – as his new National Security Advisor. Trump announced O’Brien’s nomination on Wednesday, saying that he has “worked long …
Read More »Trump impeachment hearing opened by Congress for first time
Corey Lewandowski, the outspoken Republican operative who served as Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, has appeared before Congress as part of the House Judiciary Committee’s first official hearing in a Democratic-led impeachment investigation. Mr Lewandowski, a 45-year-old political commentator currently mulling a bid for Senate in his home state of …
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