Monthly Archives: November 2016

(CNN)During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump relentlessly attacked Gonzalo Curiel, the judge in a lawsuit charging that Trump University defrauded thousands of consumers. Trump complained that because Judge Curiel is “Mexican,” he “is giving us very unfair rulings.” The first claim is indisputably false: Judge Curiel is a US citizen born in Indiana. But the […]

Staff members at one of the USs most controversial private detention centres had complained that children were causing damage to property Young migrant children held in one of the most controversial privatised detention centres in the US have been banned from playing with crayons after staff members accused them of causing damage to property. The […]

Speaking in Athens, outgoing US president says backlash against globalisation is giving rise to populist movements Barack Obama has warned that a backlash against globalisation is boosting populist movements both at home and abroad and called for a course correction so the benefits of an increasingly interconnected world are shared more equally. In what is […]

Residents at some of the Manhattan apartment buildings named after the US president-elect have successfully petitioned to change their address Name: Trump Place. Location: Manhattan, Upper West Side. Appearance: Worst Lego set ever. Trump Place, eh? That sounds familiar. Yes, these luxury apartment buildings with told the New York Times. We used the power of […]

The businessman could be behind oustings of Chris Christie and two other senior team members, as he positions himself to influence Trumps administration One of the key men behind Donald Trumps transition to power is a 35-year-old real estate mogul, businessman and publisher called Jared Kushner. He is also married to Trumps influential daughter Ivanka, […]

Couple warns of continuing danger from second world war-era nuclear weapons program around St Louis, where uranium was processed A Missouri couple says their home is contaminated with dangerously high levels of radioactive waste left over from the US governments second world war-era atomic weapons program. In a lawsuit filed in the St Louis County […]

New building owners plan to replace Massachusetts store dedicated to playful fictional monkey with a stairwell, as customers and enthusiasts push back Curious George must find a new home. The only shop dedicated to the mischievous fictional monkey is being booted out of its building at One JFK Street in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, […]

Westminster council accepts plan to build 137-room hotel in Grade II-listed building in Grosvenor Square The Qatari royal familys property company has won approval to turn the US embassy in London into a luxury hotel. Estimates put the Grosvenor Square sites value at 500m before it was made a listed building, which would have reduced […]

anti-masking lawHouse Bill 3, written by state Rep. Jason Spencer (R), aims to alter the language of Georgia’s anti-masking law to include women. This would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to wear any type of hood or veil — including  — while driving and in public spaces, according to a by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A […]

The week following Donald Trump’s election win was marked by countless acts of hate and violence carried out across the country. Reports of vandalized property, verbal attacks and physical assaults on Muslim, Jewish, Black, Latino and LGBT communities inundated news outlets, leaving many members of these communities fearful for what the future would bring. In […]