Monthly Archives: November 2016

Energy Transfer Partners accused the Obama administration of being motivated purely by politics and said it would pursue rights to build controversial oil line The operator of the Dakota Access pipeline has asked a federal judge to approve immediate construction under the Missouri river just one day after the US government announced that it needed […]

If Trump walks away from the agreement, Iran will revert to its previous policy of enriching uranium that could someday be used to create a nuclear weapon In March 2016, Donald Trump John Bolton, whose favoured policy toward Iran has been to bomb the country. Others mentioned have been Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani. All […]

Kei Nishikori is next up for Andy Murray in the round robin as the world No1 sticks to the script at the World Tour Finals The final weeks of the season are playing out like a half-decent episode of Poirot, with subtexts all over the place. The audience is not quite sure if the plot […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Apparel LLC filed for its second bankruptcy protection in just over a year on Monday, weighed down by intense competitive pressures facing U.S. teen retailers and a rocky relationship with its founder. The second bankruptcy comes as the retailer struggles to overcome years of losses and rising online competition. The […]

It was a 250m project to strengthen Chinas bond with its isolated neighbour. But two years on from its expected completion, the bridge joining Dandong and Sinuiju remains unfinished: an emblem of an uneasy alliance gone sour From Dandong, the largest Chinese city on the border with North Korea, its just a short hop to […]

Over 412m accounts from pornography sites and sex hookup service reportedly leaked as Friend Finder Networks suffers second hack in just over a year Adult dating and pornography site company Friend Finder Networks has been hacked, exposing the private details of more than 412m accounts and making it one of the largest data breaches ever […]

Committee vote puts Israel on track for clash with courts and international community over illegal settlements The Israeli government has set itself on a collision course with international opinion and its own legal system after a ministerial committee voted unilaterally in favour of a bill to legalise outposts Israel previously regarded as illegal. Critics say […]

It’s a jungle in there. A Houston mother is facing charges of child endangerment after investigators discovered a whole menagerie of exotic animals in her home including three tigers. Besides the tigers, Houston Police Department officers said they saw several other wild animals, including a cougar, a skunk and a fox, roaming freely in the […]

A 4-year-old seized a loaded handgun from a nightstand in her Indianapolis home and accidentally shot herself and her sleeping mother in the head, police say. Investigators believe the unidentified child fired the weapon one time around 8:30 a.m. Sunday and that the bullet pierced the youngster’s cheek before striking her mother in the back of […]

WASHINGTON With business holdings that span the globe, President-elect Donald Trump will take office next year with unprecedented conflicts of interest, both real and perceived. Thus far, he has done almost nothing to address this issue. Government conflict of interest regulations do not apply to the president of the United States. Trump could theoretically continue […]