JANUARY 19, 2019
Former president George W Bush treated his Secret Service detail to pizza to show his appreciation for their service without paychecks during the partial government shutdown.
A photo posted on Bush’s Instagram and Facebook pages shows him delivering pizzas to the detail. On his posting, Bush said he and wife Laura “are grateful to...
JANUARY 18, 2019
NEW DELHI - A series of vote-catching measures planned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than 1 trillion rupees ($14 billion), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Much of the cost of the extra spending or revenue losses would have to be borne by...
JANUARY 18, 2019
According to the Mayo Clinic, Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that destroys brain cells, called neurons. It was first described in 1906 by a German doctor named Alois Alzheimer.
Alzheimer’s, an illness that mostly affects older people, continues to gain ground. The Alzheimer Society of Canada reports that over 700,000 Canadians are afflicted with the disease. This number is expected to double to...
JANUARY 18, 2019
Michael Cohen appeared with Donald Trump at a campaign event in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in 2016. - Jonathan Ernst
President Trump on Friday again accused his former personal attorney Michael Cohen of lying to reduce his prison time, after BuzzFeed News reported that federal investigators have evidence he directed Cohen to lie to Congress about plans to build...
JANUARY 18, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 3 for 234 (Dhoni 87*, Jadhav 61*) beat Australia 230 (Handscomb 58, Chahal 6-42) by seven wickets
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Regardless of the result in Melbourne, India's tour of Australia would have been triumph. But it was given the perfect ending as Yuzvendra Chahal's career-best 6 for 42, the joint best ODI figures in Australia,...
JANUARY 17, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters a meeting with President Trump at the White House on Jan. 9, 2019. - Jabin Botsford
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats on Wednesday were making plans to undermine President Trump at his Jan. 29 State of the Union address. Just past 8:30 a.m., the leadership’s communications arm sent an email...
JANUARY 16, 2019
Trump floats 'path to citizenship', says H1B changes coming soon
Both regular applicants and those with advanced degrees will now be clubbed together in a pool that is subject to a cap of 65,000, under a recent proposal.
The move will result in a 10% drop in H-1B visas for regular applicants, says ratings agency Icra.
A...
JANUARY 15, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India (299/4; Kohli 104, Dhoni 55 not out) beat Australia (298/9; Marsh 131, Maxwell 48, Bhuvneshwar 4 for 45) by 6 wickets.
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 15: Virat Kohli of India scored his 39th ODI hundred in the One Day International series between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on January 15, 2019 in Adelaide, Australia....
JANUARY 15, 2019
LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and leading to a no-confidence vote in her government.
Moments after the vote, May said it was only right to test whether the government still had lawmakers' support to carry on. Lawmakers will vote...
JANUARY 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Private donors put up $107 million to usher Donald J. Trump into office in style two years ago, and it is now clear just how enthusiastically his inaugural committee went to town with it.
There was $10,000 for makeup for 20 aides at an evening inaugural event. There was another $30,000 in per diem payments...
