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Thunderstorm Friday morning moving into parts of central Oklahoma
South wind 5 to 8 miles per hour becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. Saturday - A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. A slight chance for showers and thunderstorms stays with us Saturday and Sunday . Chance of precipitation is 30%. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump : US President scraps business forums after CEO protest resignations
President Trump's relationship with the U.s. business community suffered a major setback Wednesday as the president was forced to shut down his major business advisory councils after corporate leaders repudiated his comments on the violence in Charlottesville this weekend. [Full Article...]
Trump and Acosta Have Testy Exchange at Memorandum Signing
A CNN reporter on Monday asked the president why he was not holding a news conference as he had teased last Friday. "You're fake news ", Trump said , and walked out. Trump spoke before the press again Monday afternoon to address China's intellectual property laws. That was the voice, obviously, the voice of Jim Acosta , our senior White House correspondent, shouting the questions to the Pres... [Full Article...]
Seven-year-old Australian boy missing after Barcelona attack
Julian's mother, Jom , has since been found in hospital in a serious but stable condition. Police have since made two arrests, and shot dead five terror suspects attempting to carry out a similar attack in the neighbouring seaside town of Cambrils . [Full Article...]
Why are Pakistanis upset at Malala getting into Oxford?
Thousands of students up and down the country have been opening their A-level results this morning to find out whether they will be heading to their university of choice. It is commonplace in Pakistan to attribute everything Malala has accomplished from her peace prize to the money her fund has raised to sustain and promote girls' education irrespective of the actual bullet that pierced through ... [Full Article...]
There will be no war on Korean peninsula: Moon Jae
Moon, meanwhile, vowed not to allow a new war on the peninsula, which was devastated by the 1950-53 war, which ended in an armistice instead of a peace treaty. Bannon also called for a tougher USA stance on trade with China, saying the two powers were in an "economic war". "He was busy posing for photos with tourists at vacation spots and didn't even bother to call President Trump to discuss... [Full Article...]
Crews Preparing To Remove Taney Statue From Maryland State House
Efforts to remove Confederate statues in cities across the country have been reignited in the wake of the deadly clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville last weekend. Mike Miller, criticized holding the vote without a public meeting. "Voting on this matter by email was just plain wrong", Miller wrote, noting that he had requested a public meeting, after Speak... [Full Article...]
Top Magazines Take on Trump and Hate in Upcoming Covers
The article , which states that Trump's "unsteady response [to Charlottesville] contains a awful message for Americans", is listed as an "editor's Pick" on The Economist's website. A similar New Yorker cover, titled "Blowhard", presented Trump in a boat blowing wind into a sail shaped like a Ku Klux Klan hood. The covers come 48 hours after the funeral of Heather Heyer who was killed whil... [Full Article...]