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Trump, Mattis make conflicting statements on North Korea
The South wants to raise the missile cap to boost its defenses against the reclusive North, which is pursuing missile and nuclear weapons programs in defiance of worldwide warnings and United Nations sanctions. If the initial data holds, it would make it the most powerful weapon that North Korea has ever tested, according to USA officials. April 23, 2016: Pyongyang test-fires a submari... [Full Article...]
Trump, top advisers to meet on North Korea on Sunday - White House
It came as US and South Korean forces were nearing the end of the 10-day annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian joint exercises, which the North regards as a rehearsal for invasion. There is no announcement expected on the U.S. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Seoul would push for strong steps to further isolate the North, including new United Nations sanctions. [Full Article...]
Trump administration wants to tie Harvey relief money to debt ceiling
Our first priority is to make sure that the state gets money. "Prior to Harvey, I've said we've had enough funding to go through end of September and had urged Congress to focus on this before that period of time", Mnuchin noted . Republican leaders in the House and Senate vowed to cooperate with Trump to get a relief package together but didn't mention tying it to an increase in the debt ceili... [Full Article...]
Flavor Flav is suing Chuck D over Public Enemy royalties
Chuck D also claimed that Public Enemy couldn't participate in any recent benefit concerts because of Flavor Flav , including any for Hurricane Harvey. " #ATTENTION EVERYONE! this is Flavor Flav speaking himself, I love my partner Chuck D everyone so don't get it twisted, we will fix it, !" he wrote. [Full Article...]
Cilic Out, Shapovalov Moves On At US Open
Marin Cilic suffered a shock third-round loss at the US Open as teenager Denis Shapovalov continued his run in NY. She has now reached the last 16 in every grand slam this year, a feat she last achieved in 2010. American Isner has also been knocked out of the tournament, losing 6-4 6-3 7-6 to Germany's Mischa Zverev, who is enjoying his best ever run at Flushing Meadows, having previously f... [Full Article...]
Sikkim Police File FIR Against WB CID for Killing GJM Activist
An improvised explosive device (IED) wasdetonated early Saturday at an abandoned police outpost inRongli-Rongliot to create terror as faction-riddled rivalry betweenGJM president Bimal Gurung and friend-turned foe Binay Tamangdeepened further with both now claiming to sendrepresentatives to attend the West Bengal Government-sponsoredsecond meeting on Darjeeling unrest to he held on September 12.... [Full Article...]
Cabinet reshuffle: Nirmala Sitharaman becomes second woman Defence Minister after Indira Gandhi
However, the promotion of ministers of state with independent charge - Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - to a cabinet rank was nearly on expected lines. Almost all media organisations who had been predicting various names of possible gainers and losers were proved wrong in a substantive measure as nine new ministers of state - four of whom are for... [Full Article...]
US, Japan, South Korea make show of force after Pyongyang missile test
It said the possible range would be sufficient to reach the USA military bases on Guam Island, which North Korea has threatened to target its vicinity with missiles, a rhetoric that heightened tensions between Pyongyang and Washington , reports Efe news. [Full Article...]
Trump says nuclear test shows North Korea remains unsafe to US
North Korea showed no sign of backing down. The KMA initially announced the first quake was 5.6 magnitude. The Tokyo government has registered a protest with the North Korean embassy in Beijing , he said . statement", Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations , Koro Bessho, told reporters after the meeting. "The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 ye... [Full Article...]
May in Japan seeking 'model' trade deal for post-Brexit UK
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the United States to refrain from military action against North Korea in a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on August 30. As well as talks with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on boosting security and defence co-operation, Mrs May will be pushing for progress on an "ambitious" trade deal re... [Full Article...]
Russian Federation calls in USA diplomat to protest alleged office search
Russian Federation ordered the cuts late last month in retaliation for the US's new sanctions legislation that President Donald Trump begrudgingly signed . Consulate officials, in response, described the move as an "unfriendly" step on the part of American authorities and warned that it will hurt both Russian citizens living in the area and Americans seeking tourist visas to Russia. [Full Article...]
Japan's Princess Mako gives up Royal Status to Wednesday former classmate
The pair met five years ago while studying at Tokyo's International Christian University. Details of their wedding have not been decided, and palace officials say the ceremony is expected sometime around autumn next year. He is the eldest son of Toshikatsu Komuro, a former employee of the Yokohama city government, who died in 2002, and his wife Kayo, 51. Princess Mako (right) is engaged to Kei... [Full Article...]
San Francisco Heat Continues to Sizzle With Record Breaking Temperatures
Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said Saturday that no injuries have been reported and no buildings burned. It burned near where a June wildfire came perilously close to hillside homes. Only one home has burned and no one has been injured as the blaze grew to almost 8 square miles and prompted evacuation orders for more than 600 homes in Los Angeles, Burbank and Glendale. [Full Article...]
North Korea claims it successfully tested hydrogen bomb
Sept 1999: Declares moratorium on long-range missile tests amid improving ties with US. In a high-level national security meeting, South Korea President Moon Jae-in called the move a "an absurd strategic mistake" that will lead to the global community further isolating Pyongyang. [Full Article...]
Walter Becker, Steely Dan Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 67
The pair formed the band at Bard College in NY and their jazz-flavoured music saw them sell 40m records. Their final album, 2003's Everything Must Go , marked the first time Becker sang lead vocals on a Steely Dan song. Also soul music and Chicago blues . "My friend, you were every one of them". Safe to say, relatively few of the band's legions of record buyers could have picked Becker out of ... [Full Article...]
Trump administration seeking $7.85 billion 'down payment' on disaster funding
Some flooding in western Houston happened because the US Army Corps of Engineers intentionally released water from two reservoirs, Turner said. As the rain has subsided and the focus has moved from rescue to rebuilding, chemical plant fires , lack of drinking water and still-swollen waterways mean many residents are still focused on simply surviving. [Full Article...]
Labor Day weekend weather forecast calls of sunshine in Denver
Highs will be in the mid to upper 60s and low-mid 70s across the area with dry conditions! This will allow some more sunshine to build in Saturday and Sunday . Clouds are in place for the afternoon. It will be sunny on Saturday with highs around 70. Along with Saturday's cooler temperatures, rain is in the forecasts . [Full Article...]
DPRK top leader inspects nuclear bomb making institute
The apparent test came just hours after North Korea claimed that its leader has inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile. South Korea's President is to chair a National Security Council meeting. Hours after the North's sixth nuclear detonation, an announcer on its official Korean Central Television declared: "The hydrogen bomb test was a ideal... [Full Article...]
Kenya's Supreme Court Voids Kenyatta's Re-election, Orders Re-run
The ruling contradicts reports issued by most election observers, both local and global, including the former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , who commended the Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for running a fairly credible election. [Full Article...]
Theresa May secretly agrees £50bn Brexit bill
Meanwhile Britain's Brexit secretary's says Brussels has a "silly" approach to talks over the UK's withdrawal. The EU is trying to "play time against money", Davis said on the BBC , after the bloc's negotiator, Michel Barnier, last week said the talks still had done nowhere near enough for there to be a prospect of moving on to trade discussions after October. [Full Article...]