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Netanyahu Says Nasrallah covering up 'great humiliation' by Israel
The Iranian launch followed a rare Israeli daylight air raid near the Damascus International Airport. He also mocked Israel's recent operation to uncover tunnels dug under the border with Lebanon, although he was not courageous enough to claim them as Hezbollah-dug tunnels, which they nearly certainly are. [Full Article...]
Roger Stone Says He Hasn't Ruled Out Cooperating With Robert Mueller
Stone complained Credico hasn't been charged with crimes after lying to a grand jury about being his source. Trump, in a tweet Saturday, said that if Stone "was indicted for lying to Congress ", then "what about the lying" by top law enforcement and Obama-era national security officials, though he presented no specifics to support his assertion of such "lying". [Full Article...]
Strategy Analytics: iPhone China sales fell 22% in 2018
The overall yearly shipments too saw an 11 percent drop. The annual volume in 2018 came down to 409 million from 460 million the previous year. My take: The Chinese smartphone market is in recession and Huawei is the clear victor. Strategy Analytics blames the high pricing of the latest iPhone models for their poor showing in China. Only those 18 years and older can participate, with Apple emplo... [Full Article...]
House Oversight chief Cummings vows to obtain Cohen testimony
Cohen postponed his testimony due to ongoing threats against his family, the New York Times reports . Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has claimed that "There were no drafts" of such a project. "If Davis is providing free media advisory or legal services, or if someone else is paying Davis's fees, it adds to the perception Cohen's appearance is a media stunt initiated, produced and financed by ca... [Full Article...]
You have no right to issue ultimatums, Venezuela’s foreign minister slams Europe
If the Venezuelans decide to cut off the electricity supply, who will President Jair Bolsonaro's administration negotiate with, the self-proclaimed President Guaido or the de facto leader Nicolas Maduro? In Caracas, Guaido told a small crowd of supporters that he had indeed met with officials, although he didn't specify who or when. [Full Article...]
Snow, bitter cold in the forecast for Baltimore this week
Rain appears likely between 9pm and Midnight for the metro area. Road crews were back on the job Friday afternoon, clearing roads in the wake of another snow storm. But whatever falls isn't going anywhere overnight as temperatures plunge. National Weather Service snowfall forecast for Tuesday evening. Wednesday afternoon will be breezy with highs only in the middle-30s. [Full Article...]
Venezuela : Nicolás Maduro rejette l'ultimatum des Européens
Ultimatum que le président vénézuélien rejeté dimanche. "Personne ne peut nous donner d'ultimatum", a déclaré M. Maduro dans cet entretien. Selon l'agence Associated Press (AP), en décembre 2018, Juan Guaido , président de l'Assemblée nationale du Venezuela s'est rendu discrètement à Washington, ainsi qu'en Colombie et au Brésil, avec pour but de briefer les administrations de ces pays sur ... [Full Article...]
Democrats claim victory after Trump agrees to end shutdown
The president faced a day of setbacks on Friday, culminating with his capitulation to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the 35-day government shutdown . On Friday, the absence of six air traffic control workers contributed to massive delays along the East Coast. "As federal employees return to work on Monday after a bruising 35 day absence, Democrat and Republican leaders are to form a bipartis... [Full Article...]
Trump Backs Down, Will Give State of the Union After Shutdown Ends
Pelosi controls the chamber and has the authority to shut off the lights or the television cameras or potentially even have Trump physically blocked from entering the House. Trump was already smarting, after being forced into shelving his annual State of the Union address by Pelosi until the government is fully operational. [Full Article...]
Pelosi has Trump on the ropes
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week called on Trump to reconsider delivering the president's annual address before a gathering of both chambers of Congress and other dignitaries given that about one-quarter of the U.S. Trump wrote, formally accepting an invitation that Pelosi had originally extended on January 3. Pelosi acted just hours after Trump notified her that he was planning to deli... [Full Article...]
Le Sénat approuve l'accord budgétaire de Trump pour sortir du shutdown
Le président américain Donald Trump a annoncé vendredi à la Maison Blanche un accord de fin du " shutdown ", prévoyant un financement des services fédéraux jusqu'au 15 février, mais a menacé d'une nouvelle paralysie budgétaire à cette date si aucun consensus n'était trouvé sur son mur frontalier. [Full Article...]
Trump Announces a Deal Has Been Reached to End the Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump speaks as Sheriff Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh (left), of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Sheriff A.J. Louderback (right), of Jackson County, Texas, listen during a roundtable discussion on border security and safe communities, in the Cabinet Room of the White House , on January 11. [Full Article...]
Extended U.S.-Taliban peace talks raise Afghan hopes
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. News of progress on a deal comes as the Taliban continues to stage near-daily attacks against the Western-backed Afghan government and its security forces. The Taliban regime, which ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001, brutally enforced its religious code against women working or studying, and curtailed rights and liberties for all Afghans. [Full Article...]
7e jour de recherches pour un enfant tombé dans un puits — Espagne
Les chances de survie du petit garçon, prénommé Julen , sont très minces. L'opération va retarder le sauvetage d'au moins deux heures. Ils ont commencé à creuser une galerie de près de 4 mètres. L'annonce de la mort de Julen , qui ne faisait plus vraiment de doute, même si la famille avait encore l'espoir de le retrouver vivant , a entraîné une multitude de messages de condoléances à travers ... [Full Article...]
Facebook reportedly creating deep integrations for Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp
At the time that Facebook bought the firms, Zuckerberg promised WhatsApp and Instagram plenty of autonomy from its parent company. That's right, Messenger , Instagram and Whatsapp will become one through a "long process" of integration, Facebook said in a statement to the BBC . [Full Article...]
L'ancien directeur de campagne de Donald Trump vient d'être arrêté — USA
Roger Stone a été inculpé de sept chefs d'accusation, dont ceux de fausse déclaration, de subornation de témoin et d'obstruction à une procédure officielle, ont précisé les équipes du procureur chargé de l'enquête russe. En décembre 2018, Roger Stone avait nié tout contact durant la campagne présidentielle américaine de 2016 avec Julian Assange, le fondateur de WikiLeaks. [Full Article...]
[ACTION] Sécurité nucléaire : sur la piscine du site Orano La Hague
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Selon Greenpeace, les piscines du site Orano la Hague " concentrent de manière spectaculaire tous les problèmes du nucléaire français: des bâtiments vieillissants et très mal protégés, des piscines quasiment engorgées de déchets radioactifs et une politique de "retraitement " qui échoue à réduire les volumes de déchets ultimes " ajoute Alix Mazounie". [Full Article...]
United States shutdown: Trump defies Pelosi over Congress speech
Having initially said the speech should be "on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location ", he conceded overnight that he could not deliver on his pledge. In this game of who would blink first in this shutdown showdown, it was, perhaps surprisingly, President Trump. "Great, great disgusting mark", Trump said. [Full Article...]
NY Gov Cuomo's 'Ghoulish' Abortion Law Slammed by Conservatives
If they declare that the state constitution protects abortion rights, state courts might invalidate restrictions in Kansas that would be upheld by the federal courts. Wade ", the state's Catholic bishops said in a statement . She also said she was manipulated into being the plaintiff in the case. Thousands of marchers from all over the country were in the nation's capital last weekend, celebrat... [Full Article...]
Gunman surrenders after killing five in central Florida bank
Xaver later surrendered to the SWAT team, according to the sheriff's office. Investigators say they have no known motive for the massacre inside the bank, and say he had no apparent connection to the women or the bank. As NPR has reported , Zephen Xaver was an online student of Utah-based Stevens-Henager College from September until December 2018, when he withdrew. [Full Article...]