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Mattis warns North Korea is 'most urgent' threat to peace
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that anything less than 3 percent growth annually could lead to America falling behind near-peer competitors such as China or Russian Federation. [Full Article...]
American student Otto Warmbier released by North Korea
But Rodman said the issue of several Americans detained by North Korea is "not my goal right now". The State Department, at the direction of President Trump, put out a statement saying they had secured the release of Warmbier. "We still have three Americans who are being held unjustly by North Korea". Yun then met last week with the North Korean ambassador at the U.N.in NY, where Yun learned abo... [Full Article...]
EU opens legal case against Warsaw, Budapest and Prague over migration
Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the three countries had ignored "repeated calls" from the EU's executive to take their share. But speaking in Prague, the former Italian prime minister Massimo D'Alema said the European Union "cannot tolerate countries that do not respect the law that is based on our fundamental values and those values are to respect human rights". [Full Article...]
UK PM Theresa May to meet Irish party leader on government formation
May is also said to have expressed her apologies to the MPs who had lost their seats in the snap election which she had called. Even Boris Johnson, the British Foreign Minister, who was reportedly one of the main contenders for PM post, insisted May should stay. [Full Article...]
Jeff Sessions : US Attorney General brands Russian Federation collusion claims a 'detestable lie'
So far here on Capitol Hill, less of the frenzy that accompanied James Comey's testimony last Thursday but today's senate intelligence committee hearing has its own intrigue. Sessions was involved in the Trump campaign since early 2016. Rosenstein said he would agree to dismiss Mueller only if there were a legitimate basis to do so, and an order from the president would not necessarily qu... [Full Article...]
UVA student Otto Warmbier freed after 17 months in North Korean prison
Warmbier, 22, was freed more than a year after a North Korean court sentenced him to 15 years in prison and hard labor. He was sentenced in March 2016 after a televised tearful public confession to trying to steal a propaganda banner . [Full Article...]
Bernie Sanders Congratulates Jeremy Corbyn On UK Election Gains
That is short of the 326 needed for an overall majority -- and 12 fewer than when May called the election. The result is also perhaps the start of the revival of the Labour Party . Turnout among young people at the European Union referendum was initially reported at 36 per cent, but later research pegged it at 64 per cent. [Full Article...]
Ruth Davidson: Government should 'look again' at Brexit
Numerous votes her party lost on Thursday went to the Scottish Conservatives , the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats , all of whom have indicated an unwillingness to support another referendum. With a hung parliament, the SNP could be a position to exercise more influence even with smaller numbers, and Nicola Sturgeon has indicated that the party would be willing to work with others to op... [Full Article...]
Sessions denies third meeting with Russian Federation envoy
The White House, which was slow to say whether President Trump has confidence in Sessions , finally confirmed at the end of last week that the president does have confidence in the country's top law enforcement officer. Sessions was adamant that he did not have a private meeting with Kislyak at that event. But he did allow for the possibility that he encountered him in a reception that he says... [Full Article...]
UK PM May and DUP have largely agreed support deal
At home, the liberal wing of her own party has shown discomfort surrounding the deal, Ed Vaizey has expressed he would challenge any anti-LGBT rhetoric, Heidi Allen said publicly that she does not think Theresa May will last 6 months and Anna Soubry calling her position untenable. [Full Article...]
Pentagon under fire for delays in new Afghanistan war plan
Mattis, who testified beside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, conceded that McCain's criticisms were "fair" and said that the Defense Department recognizes "the need for urgency". Congress must take into account external factors that influence budget deliberations, Mattis said . The Korean War ended in 1953, three years after fighting began in a conflict that ... [Full Article...]
Telstra set to axe 1400 jobs
Telstra has around 32,000 staff, and last year signalled its intention to reduce costs by $1 billion over five years. Telstra will will shed around 1,400 employees from its workforce in the latest round of cuts at the telco. He added that workers in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory would probably bear the brunt of the cuts. A CWU official has told iTnews that ... [Full Article...]
England have edge against Pakistan in Champions Trophy semifinal
Former captain Mohammad Ashraful added that it is normal for Bangladesh to play the semi-final as they have been playing good cricket over the last two and half years. Even so, the match was truly won thanks to an unbeaten 75-run partnership between captain Sarfraz Ahmed and Mohammed Amir. Then Shakib-ul-Hasan (114) and Mahmadullah (102) combined to stop the rot with a record stand of 224 to ... [Full Article...]
No longer out of bounds: Trump allies question Mueller probe
But, he said, he has known Mueller for years and "I have confidence in Mr. Mueller". The attorney general told the Senate Intelligence Committee that "I don't know about these reports" that President Trump might seek to fire Mueller and that he wouldn't comment on "hypotheticals". [Full Article...]
Jeff Sessions Testifies He Never Discussed Election With Russians
And he can expect questions about his involvement in Comey's May 9 firing, the circumstances surrounding his decision to recuse himself from the FBI's investigation, and whether any of his actions - such as interviewing candidates for the FBI director position or meeting with Trump about Comey - violated his recusal pledge. [Full Article...]
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Arrested before Anti-Corruption Protest, Gets Jail Sentence
The scale of Monday's protests in Moscow and smaller ones in St. Petersburg and scores of other cities suggests Navalny has maintained his campaign's momentum despite more than 1,000 people being arrested after the last such protest in March. [Full Article...]
Australia reaches settlement with suing asylum seekers
The Australian government and the companies that have managed the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre - G4S Australia and Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield Services) - denied the claims. Nearly a quarter of all those held by Australia have been in detention for more than two years. The settlement details in the Australian class action will be confidential and subject to court approval. [Full Article...]
Newton doesn't throw at Panthers camp; Oher doesn't practice
He would holler after big plays, at times running up to his offensive teammates and congratulating them with a flying chest bump. Panthers coach Ron Rivera has been asked repeatedly if Oher would be present for the mandatory camp that began Tuesday, and most recently said he was not sure. [Full Article...]
Six parties adopt resolution for separate Gorkhaland state
To tackle the pro-Gorkhaland protests the Centre has rushed 600 additional paramilitary personnel, including 200 women, to Darjeeling. However, the home ministry is yet to seek a report from the West Bengal government on the situation in the hill district which has been witnessing violence for the last couple of days. [Full Article...]
Secret Service says it has no Trump tapes
Comey, who was sacked by Trump last month, said in congressional testimony last week that he gave a memo describing his conversations with Trump to a close friend and told him to share its contents with a reporter. "Lordy, I hope there are tapes", Comey quipped. Both Trump and his staff have yet to give a definitive answer on the existence of recording devices at the White House. [Full Article...]