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Ukraine inquiry: Democrats demand documents from White House
Elijah Cummings, Adam Schiff and Eliot Engel, in issuing Friday's subpoena after White House resistance to the panel's request for witnesses and documents. But that outcome is seen as unlikely given that the president's fellow Republicans control the Senate. A cache of diplomatic texts Democrats received as part of their impeachment inquiry showed USA officials pressured the Ukrainian governme... [Full Article...]
Scottish court to consider whether no-deal is now illegal
This week, anti-Brexit campaigner Jolyon Maugham, SNP MP Joanna Cherry, and businessman Dale Vince took a case to Scotland's Court of Session to exhaust a leer at to force Boris Johnson to query for an extension or face punishment including a estimable or imprisonment. [Full Article...]
Ex-Dallas cop in deadly shooting gets hug from the judge
Guyger was convicted of murder for killing Jean, a 26-year-old PricewaterhouseCoopers accountant in September 2018. But the most striking image from the high profile case was when Botham Jean's younger brother, Brandt, gave an impact statement where he extended forgiveness to the woman who killed his sibling and embraced her. [Full Article...]
Vancouver, WA Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Wounded, Suspect in Custody
The two injured are in stable conditions in hospital. A resident of a downtown apartment building in Vancouver, Washington, opened fire inside, Thursday, October 3, killing one person and wounding two others. Police say they don't know what led up to the shooting. Police described the scene at 3:15 p.m.as an active shooter situation. Multiple law enforcement agencies had responded to the sce... [Full Article...]
Document suggests UK would seek Brexit delay
Sterling jumped to an eight-day high on Thursday after the head of a group of eurosceptic lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party said the government's latest Brexit proposals offered the possibility of a "tolerable deal". [Full Article...]
Donald Trump can’t stop picking on Greta Thunberg
US President Donald Trump intends to pull the United States out of the global deal that aims to reduce carbon emissions. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a session at an energy forum in Moscow , when he addressed teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's impassioned and powerful speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit. [Full Article...]
Australian couple in 'good health' after release from Iranian jail
Following "very sensitive negotiations" with authorities in Tehran the couple have been released, Ms Payne said the couple are being returned to Australia and they will be reunited with their families. "As many of you will know, Jolie and Mark were arrested and detained in Iran". Payne confirmed British-Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert was still in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, where she has bee... [Full Article...]
Atheist Group Files Complaint After Judge Gives Bible To Amber Guyger
Nor do we as black people stand a chance when Brandt Jean , brother of Botham, racked with his raw emotion, decided without consulting his family members, to not only forgive Guyger in the moment of her sentencing , but to also ask if he could give her a hug . [Full Article...]
Sanders released from Nevada hospital after heart procedure
Sanders posted a video thanking his supporters after leaving the Las Vegas hospital where he had received treatment. "He was immediately transferred to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center", Sanders' treating physicians Arturo E. There was no mention Friday of when Sanders would resume events and appearances. Within hours, his campaign said Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, ... [Full Article...]
Florida parents turn in daughter after 24 pipe bombs found in home
She works in the neighborhood. During a search of the house in Wimauma, investigators also seized pistol powder, knives, hatchets, nunchucks, BB pellet rifles and handguns and books and DVDs on murder, mass killing, bomb-making and domestic terrorism, Fox 13 Tampa reported. [Full Article...]
House Dems Target Pence For Trump-Ukraine Doc Demand
The Trump campaign said CNN's response was unsurprising. Trump's ad likewise alleges criminal behavior, albeit in totally baseless fashion. "But when President Trump asks Ukraine to investigate corruption, the Democrats want to impeach him". [Full Article...]
Here’s What Apple’s Deep Fusion Can Do On The iPhone 11
While I'm certainly keen on a cheaper iPhone, it'd be a bummer if it looked anything like the iPhone 8, which looked dated and similar to every mid-range smartphone around when it first arrived in 2017. But since tariffs are nothing more than an import tax, Apple will be forced to pay this additional fee. The iPhone SE 2 may run on the latest Apple A13 processor and have 3 GB of RAM inside. [Full Article...]
Iranian Hackers Targeted U.S. Presidential Campaign
The Trump campaign's Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh said, "We have no indication that any of our campaign infrastructure was targeted". In July, Microsoft announced that it had countered nearly 10,000 hacks globally stemming from state-sponsored attacks in the previous 12 months. [Full Article...]
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam should resign, says Malaysian PM Mahathir
Hong Kong's leader invoked colonial-era emergency powers Friday to ban protesters wearing face masks, but the move aimed at quelling months of unrest sparked immediate fresh rallies and vows to defy the new law. Yet even as Lam wrapped up her announcement, protesters in masks and concealing themselves under umbrellas gathered in central Hong Kong . They have since transformed into demands fo... [Full Article...]
Texts Suggest Ukraine Had to Launch Probe to Get Meeting
Trump appeared to take the Democrats at their word - and said they were trying to short-circuit the will of voters. After prevaricating for days, Mr Pompeo finally confirmed he was on the now-famous telephone call when Mr Trump pressed Ukraine for damaging information on Mr Joe Biden - whom Mr Trump may face in the 2020 election. [Full Article...]
Trump publicly asks China to investigate Biden, even amid impeachment inquiry
Mr Trump said on Thursday at the White House: " China should start an investigation into the Bidens". "I have a lot of options on China, but if they don't do what we want, we have tremendous, tremendous power", Trump said. "And by the way, likewise, China should start an investigation into the Bidens, because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine", Trump to... [Full Article...]
Extinction Rebellion sprays fake blood over Treasury
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after climate crisis activists sprayed the Treasury in central London with fake blood. They dressed in funeral attire and were perched atop an out-of-commission fire engine which bore a banner reading, "Stop Funding Climate Death". [Full Article...]
Trump committed an impeachable offense just by threatening Adam Schiff
President Trump claimed without a shred of evidence Wednesday that House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff "helped" write the explosive whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry. Reynolds says the House should focus on issues such as a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, the details of which are being negotiated between the White House and House leaders. [Full Article...]
Brexit: Bruxelles parle de "points positifs" dans les propositions de Johnson
Après deux coups de fil avec Johnson et le chef du gouvernement irlandais, Leo Varadkar, Donald Tusk s'est dit " pas convaincu ". Pour cela, Boris Johnson propose de donner au Parlement nord-irlandais la possibilité de décider, avant la fin de la "période de transition" (fin 2020), s'il accepte d'adhérer à cette zone réglementaire commune à toute l'île. [Full Article...]
Turkey says work on Syria "safe zone" not yielding results
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his country s patience with United States efforts to create a safe zone in northern Syria was running out, indicating an operation was imminent. "We must take steps to clear the terrorist organizations from our vicinity and return refugees there", he said. He accused Western countries of deliberately refusing to share the refugee burden. [Full Article...]