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In reversal, faded Trump aide says he’ll potentially cooperate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign aide spent much of the day promising to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, even throwing down the challenge to « arrest me, » then backed off his defiance by saying he would probably cooperate in the end. In an interview Monday night with The Associated Press, Sam…
Emails prove UAE-linked lobbying effort to oust Tillerson: reviews
Leaked emails show that a businessman with ties to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tried to convince US President Donald Trump to fire Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for not supporting the UAE-backed blockade of Qatar, the BBC reported. According to the emails, which were obtained by the news outlet, Elliott Broidy, who is also…
Sri Lanka imposes reveal of emergency over communal violence
Sri Lanka’s government has imposed a nation-wide state of emergency to « take stern action » against people instigating communal violence, a government spokesman has said. The meassure comes after a local curfew was imposed on Monday in the central city Kandy, after days of unrest between religious communities with a Buddhist man killed and Muslim businesses…
Scrabble-Treffen
Die Sprachknobler unter den Deutschen feiern dieses Jahr einen runden Geburtstag. Vor 70 Jahren wurde Scrabble in den USA patentiert, und heute besitzen mehr als die Hälfte aller deutschen Haushalte eine Box voller Plastik-Buchstabensteine, sagt zumindest der Hersteller. Wer keinen Spielpartner findet, kann auf der Website von Scrabble Deutschland e. V. nachsehen, wo man sich in…
Used Trump aide Sam Nunberg says he won’t notice special counsel Mueller’s subpoena
The MSNBC interview came after The Washington Post published a story that cited Nunberg as saying he would refuse to comply with the subpoena. « Let him arrest me, » Nunberg told the newspaper. « Mr. Mueller should understand I am not going in on Friday. » Nunberg said that he was refusing the special counsel « because what they…
How custodial killings had been covered up in Kashmir
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – At around 6:30am on January 20, 1994, the Indian Army cordoned off the Barzulla Baghat locality in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. An announcement was made from the parapet of a nearby mosque, asking men to assemble at a ground behind the Saddar Police Station. « We shivered in cold,…
Syria battle: Jap Ghouta sees ‘deadliest day’ as battle rages
A humanitarian aid convoy has failed to unload supplies to residents trapped inside Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, as government warplanes resumed bombarding the enclave, killing at least 70 people, according to a monitor. Described as the « bloodiest » day since a Russian-sponsored truce failed at stopping the onslaught and since a UN Security Council resolution was unsuccessful…
OpenTable Fires Employee For Making False Reserve Bookings
OpenTable, the market leader in the online restaurant-booking world, is embroiled in a scheme that affected 45 Chicago restaurants that use Reserve, an OpenTable rival. Last week, OpenTable confirmed they fired an employee who made several hundred reservations at restaurants using Reserve, which resulted in hundreds of no-shows over the course of the past three…
Diver swims in sea stuffed with plastic trash off the hover of Bali
It’s no secret that our oceans have a problem with pollution from plastic waste, with currents spreading it far and wide. You can see it first hand in a video shot by diver Rich Horner, who swam off Manta Point in Nusa Penida, Indonesia on Saturday, surrounded by plastic trash. « The ocean currents brought us…
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