“We could’ve passed the bill four days ago but our colleagues on the other side went against the president’s wishes and blocked it,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) said Monday. Action now turns to the Senate, where it’s unclear if the chamber will even take up the House proposal, despite Trump […]
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Aimed to splinter both left and right: Macron appoints France’s most diverse government in 60 years
Paul Smith (TC) : If we have learned one thing about Emmanuel Macron in the first few days of his presidency, it is that […]
13yo Turkish boy detained for ‘insulting’ Erdogan on Facebook
The boy’s house was raided by anti-terror teams on Tuesday after a tip-off by “a secret witness,” who claimed that the boy, mentioned only as A. Ş., had insulted Erdogan in a comment that he allegedly posted below a video on Facebook, Bianet news agency reported. The teen denied all allegations and, following questioning by […]
Dutch investigators say no sat images of MH17 crash exist, enquiry could last years
The international judiciary team working on the MH17 crash case is currently investigating remains of the missile that shot down the passenger plane, Fred Westerbeke, the chief investigator with the Dutch National Prosecutors’ Office, said in a letter to the victims’ relatives, RTL Nieuws reported. Westerbeke reportedly said there is no video footage of the […]
Archbishops splinter over letter to the Vatican
A WAR of words broke out last night between two archbishops over the meaning of a letter one wrote promising to raise the other’s concerns with the Vatican. Traditional Anglican Communion primate John Hepworth claimed that Adelaide Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson promised in December 2008 to discuss his allegations of sexual abuse with the Vatican. […]