Trudeau hosts Ivanka Trump at Broadway show about international travelers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday invited first daughter Ivanka Trump to a Broadway musical that celebrates openness to foreign travelers.President Trump’s daughter accompanied Trudeau and UN ambassador Nikki Haley to the performance of “Come From Away" in New York City, according to the New York Times. The pair sat in the audience as the Canadian prime minister took the stage to speak about the relationship between the U.S. and Canada and the importance of friendship.More than..>> view originalQueen authorises British PM to begin Brexit
Queen Elizabeth II gave royal assent on Thursday to a bill empowering British Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty and begin the process of leaving the European Union.May has said she will send a letter to the European Council informing them of Britain's decision to leave the bloc by the end of March, following a majority vote for Brexit in last year's referendum.The House of Commons speaker John Bercow announced the final go-ahead in the parliamentary chamb..>> view originalKim Jong-Nam's killing a 'US plot', North Korea claims
North Korea says the recent "incident" involving the death of leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was a plot by South Korea and the US to bring the regime down.Kim Jong-Nam was poisoned with the lethal nerve agent VX at Kuala Lumpur airport on 13 February.Police are trying to trace seven North Korean suspects, four of whom left Malaysia on the day of the murder.Referring to North Korea's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK), diplomat Pak Myong Ho told reporters: "The..>> view originalGeert Wilders Falls Short in Election, as Wary Dutch Scatter Their Votes
“The Netherlands, after Brexit, after the American elections, said ‘Whoa’ to the wrong kind of populism,” Mr. Rutte told a wildly enthusiastic crowd, excited that his party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, had come in first among the parties and lost fewer seats than it had feared. “Today was a celebration of democracy, we saw rows of people queuing to cast their vote, all over the Netherlands — how long has it been since we’ve seen that?” Mr. Rutte said.Alexander Pechtold, the le..>> view originalWhy Trump is not the most likely source of the leaked tax returns
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow announced she had obtained two pages of President Trump's 2005 tax return. Here's what (little) it shows. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) This post has been updated. When news broke Tuesday night that MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow planned to release some of President Trump’s previously unseen tax returns, the administration wasted little time in replying. Maddow tweeted about the upcoming story at 7:36 p.m., and by 8:23 p.m., the White House was dismissing the story i..>> view originalPassenger's headphones explode mid-flight - WLS
Australian authorities will investigate why a pair of battery-powered headphones caught fire two hours into a flight between Beijing and Melbourne, blackening and blistering a female passenger's face and hands.The women was sleeping and listening to music about two hours into the trip when she heard an explosion. "As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face," she told the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), which issued a statement Wednesday as a warning to other passengers."I jus..>> view originalExplosion at IMF Paris offices after envelope opened, one person hurt: police
PARIS A female employee of the International Monetary Fund was injured in the face and arms on Thursday when a letter bomb posted to the world lender's Paris office blew up as she opened it, police said.The explosion was caused by a homemade device, said the head of the French capital's police force."It was something that was fairly homemade," police chief Michel Cadot told reporters.Cadot said there had been some recent telephone threats but it was not clear if these were linked to the incide..>> view originalTrump wiretap claims: Senator makes subpoena threat to FBI
Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of spying on him A US senator has warned he will use a court order to force the FBI to say whether Barack Obama wiretapped President Donald Trump's phones.Senator Lindsey Graham said Congress would "flex its muscle" if FBI director James Comey did not meet its requests.The president has made unsubstantiated claims that his predecessor tapped his phone..>> view originalRex Tillerson, in Japan, Says US Needs 'Different Approach' to North Korea
“The level of spending that the State Department has been undertaking, particularly in the past year, is simply not sustainable,” Mr. Tillerson said, explaining that current spending reflected the “level of conflicts that the U.S. has been engaged in around the world as well as disaster assistance.” He said the department would undergo a review of programs and would “be much more effective, much more efficient, and be able to do a lot with fewer dollars.”The most pressing issue for the United S..>> view originalPalestinian activist hails Israel 'apartheid regime' report
By Associated Press By Associated Press March 16 at 5:14 AM BEIRUT — A Palestinian rights activist has praised a report this week by a Beirut-based U.N. agency that promotes development in Arab countries for concluding that Israel established an “apartheid regime.” Omar Barghouti said Thursday that the report published this week by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, or ESCWA, could be the “very first beam of light that ushers the dawn of sanctions against” ..>> view original
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