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2 more government ministers resign
He was forced to make more changes than expected because four ministers facing investigations announced this week they would step down. Defence Minister and ex-MEP Sylvie Goulard was the first MoDem minister to hand in her resignation on Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Read The Full Text Of The Senate Health Care Bill
President Trump famously called the House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare "mean" - entreating Senate Republicans to make their version of the bill more generous.Just hours before the Senate unveiled its draft legislation , he repeated that plea. [Full Article...]
21 participants fall ill after attending Yoga day event in Lucknow
Some 1,500 mats printed with artwork depicting Israel's future were laid out for the event in Rabin Square. Politicians, Bollywood celebrities and common citizens of Mumbai observed the third International Yoga Day on land, water and even underwater. [Full Article...]
Watch the hilarious Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later trailer
Netflix is bringing back Wet Hot American Summer with the sequel mini-series Ten Years Later , all episodes of which are streaming on August 4. Kinda. The whole gang, including Michael Showalter , Michael Ian Black, Marguerite Moreau , Elizabeth Banks , Ken Marino, Amy Poehler , Joe Lo Truglio, Chris Meloni , Molly Shannon, Janeane Garofalo and H. [Full Article...]
Republican health care bill demands transparency
The Senate version of the bill is said to provide subsidies for buying insurance on the exchanges based on income, like Obamacare, rather than age, like the House bill. "In a tweet on Wednesday, McConnell's team said the " @SenateGOP has been active & engaged on how to move beyond failures of #Obamacare & we're focused on following". [Full Article...]
Sniper May Have Made Longest Kill Shot in History
War stories are notoriously unreliable, but the Globe and Mail said its sources confirmed there is video evidence of the shot confirming it was made at 3,540 meters or about 2.1 miles. A Canadian sniper in Iraq appears to have taken a shot for the ages. The shot, which sources tell the paper was filmed, is thought to be a record for the longest confirmed kill. [Full Article...]
Home Capital had interest from over 70 parties in investment
While the investment from Berkshire Hathaway can be seen as a vote of confidence, it is acquiring its shares in Home Capital at a significant discount from where they are trading today and with certain approvals required. The new credit agreement with Berkshire comes with an interest rate of 9%, with a standby fee on funds not drawn down of 1.75%, compared with 2.5% previously. [Full Article...]
USA warplane blasts Syrian drone from sky
The official added the US has "repositioned" its air forces in Syria in the wake of the USA downing of the Russian-made Syrian jet. It added that a June 8 incident occurred in the same area where another armed pro-regime drone dropped ammunition near Coalition forces before it was shot down. [Full Article...]