Monthly Archives: December 2016

(CNN)A bipartisan quartet of high-profile senators said Sunday that “recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American,” as President-elect Donald Trump sharpened his unprecedented attacks on US intelligence agencies. The group — two Republicans and two Democrats — called for an investigation into American intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russian hacking was […]

Seemingly saved from eviction over a rent hike by a donation from Tony Robbins, the nuns of the Fraternite Notre Dame now face an all-too-familiar challenge in the search for a permanent home in the city For the nuns of the Fraternite Notre Dame, it began as a familiar San Francisco story: the soup kitchen […]

Bouncy consumer confidence plus tax cuts will probably make a mini-boom in the US next year. But when the inevitable inflation storm hits, it will be someone elses fault US president-elect Donald Trump is known for boasting: The beauty of me is that I am very rich. Its a comment that he hoped underline his […]

(CNN)By selecting Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as US Ambassador to China, President-elect Donald Trump chose a man who Chinese President Xi Jinping considers a “friend.” But as a friend, Branstad will be the messenger to deliver the hard truth that the days of America bowing and scraping at China’s feet are over. To start, Trump […]

(CNN)Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel, Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. About Egypt:(from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 1,001,450 sq km (about […]

Twenty years on, as three new TV documentaries rake over the unsolved killing of the six-year-old, we consider why such cases exert such fascination and why her parents, like those of Madeleine McCann, far from eliciting sympathy, found themselves under suspicion Twenty years on, the unsolved killing of this six-year-old beauty queen is being raked […]

“Adopting the international definition will ensure that culprits will not be able to get away with being anti-Semitic because the term is ill-defined, or because different organisations or bodies have different interpretations of it,” Downing Street said. The IHRA – which is backed by 31 countries, including the UK, USA, Israel, France and Germany – […]

President-elect said he sees no reason why the US should continuing abiding by the policy unless a bargain is reached with Beijing involving trade Donald Trump has risked further alienating Chinas Communist party leaders after declaring he was willing to abandon more than four decades of diplomatic understanding with the worlds second largest economy unless […]

Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt arrives for meetings at Trump Tower on Dec. 7, 2016.Image: AP In the past week, former vice president and prominent climate activist Al Gore, as well as actor and climate campaigner Leo DiCaprio, have met with President-elect Donald J. Trump to discuss global warming. Trump is not listening. Or, to […]

Marios accomplished a lot in the three and a half decades hes spentin the public spotlight. Hes been a plumber, a soldier, a doctor, refereed basketball and tennis, played baseball and raced cars, made toys and worked at a brewery. Hes lived through every Nintendo console and watched generations of competitors rise and fall. But […]