Commerce Secretary’s Offshore Ties to Putin ‘Cronies’
November 5, 2017
After becoming commerce secretary, Wilbur L. Ross Jr. retained investments in a shipping firm he once controlled that has significant business ties to a Russian oligarch subject to American sanctions and President Vladimir V. Putin’s son-in-law, according to newly disclosed documents.
Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital
November 4, 2017
Yemen's air force on Saturday targeted an airport in Saudi Arabia's capital with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen's Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.
King Khalid International Airport – Kazuyoshi Nomachi/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images
China says insulting anthem now criminal, punishable by jail
November 4, 2017
BEIJING — China's rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday made disrespecting the national anthem a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison amid rising nationalist appeals from the ruling Communist Party under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
IND vs NZ T20 Match 2: Munro bulldozes New Zealand to...
November 4, 2017
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 196 for 2 (Munro 109*, Guptill 45) beat India 156 for 7 (Kohli 65, Dhoni 49, Boult 4-34) by 40 runs
New Zealand level series with Colin Munro's blistering 109*
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scam? Shivraj Singh Chouhan government orders weighing of...
November 3, 2017
In what is probably the first of its kind incident, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh government has ordered the weighing of doors of as many as 42,000 toilets that were constructed under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) in Guna district, according to a report by Times of India.
Security and trade challenge Trump on first Asia trip
November 3, 2017
TOKYO — Security and trade will loom large during President Donald Trump's first official visit to Asia, which begins Sunday in Japan.
The new GOP tax plan proves it: The problem isn’t just...
November 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republican tax bill is finally out, and it doesn’t change the two competing narratives about it, which are that it’s either an enormous giveaway to the rich and corporations (the Democrats’ story) or that it will unleash spectacular growth that will trickle down to everyone (the Republicans’ story).
Ex-Putin adviser: Vladmir Putin ‘believed’ he elected Trump
November 2, 2017
A former top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Putin takes credit for President Trump's victory in the 2016 election.
Facebook hearings can spark real debate in Congress about Russia
Manafort attacks special counsel’s case as ’embellished’
November 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accused of multiple financial crimes, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman on Thursday attacked the strength of the evidence against him, saying the case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller is "embellished."
Brazile: Hillary Rigged DNC Against Bernie
November 2, 2017
Hillary Clinton’s campaign took over the Democratic National Committee's funding and day-to-day operations early in the primary season and may have used that power to undermine her rival Senator Bernie Sanders, according to the party's one-time interim chairwoman.
