Month: December 2018

UK’s May returns to face EU leaders after Brexit deal rebuff

British Prime Minister Theresa May returned to face EU leaders Friday after they rebuffed her pleas for help to sell her Brexit plan back home and warned of the growing threat of a “no deal.” May had sought to persuade her 27 colleagues she could overcome huge opposition […]

Trump knew hush-money payments were wrong: ex-lawyer Cohen

President Donald Trump knew it was wrong to order election-eve hush money paid to two women who claimed to have had affairs with him, his former lawyer Michael Cohen said in an interview to be broadcast Friday. Trump acted because he “was very concerned about how this would […]

Jazz legend Nancy Wilson dead at 81

Nancy Wilson, a Grammy-winning singer who performed everything from jazz ballads to pop songs during a career spanning decades, has died at the age of 81. She died Thursday in California after a long illness, her manager Devra Hall Levy told US news outlets. Wilson’s biggest hit was […]

China to suspend extra tariffs on US cars, parts

China pressed on with its trade war truce with the United States on Friday, announcing it will suspend extra tariffs added to US-made cars and auto parts for three months from January 1. The move is another sign that the ceasefire has not been derailed by the recent […]

France dismisses IS claim for Strasbourg Christmas bloodshed

France’s interior minister on Friday dismissed a claim by the Islamic State group that it was responsible for a shooting spree at a Christmas market in Strasbourg after the gunman was shot dead by police, ending a 48-hour manhunt. The city reopened the market on Friday, with officials […]

Govt seeks apology from Rahul Gandhi on Rafale issue

New Delhi : The treasury benches Friday mounted a counter-offensive on the opposition on the Rafale issue in Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the deal, with the government seeking an apology from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. As soon as the Question Hour was […]

SC gives clean chit to Modi govt in Rafale deal

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Friday gave a clean chit to the Narendra Modi government on the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. The apex court said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal. A bench headed by […]

With OK from Congress, US hemp market set to boom

 Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of the farm bill that received final approval in Congress on Wednesday removes hemp from the list of federally controlled substances and treats the low-THC version of the […]

Tainted romaine lettuce traced to at least 1 California farm

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have traced a food poisoning outbreak from romaine lettuce to at least one farm in California. But they cautioned Thursday that other farms are likely involved in the E. coli outbreak and consumers should continue checking the label before purchasing romaine lettuce. The […]

Court: Trump can’t let companies deny birth control coverage

SAN FRANCISCO — A divided U.S. appeals court Thursday blocked rules by the Trump administration that allowed more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control. The ruling, however, may be short lived because the administration has adopted new rules on contraceptive coverage that are […]

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