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Republicans seek to impeach US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
The House was scheduled to leave on Thursday for a recess that extends until September. It is unclear whether there will be enough support in the party to pass it, as Republican leaders have not signed on to the effort. "They feel like the timing on this is probably not the best", Walker said. On Wednesday, Meadows said he could file a privileged motion to force a vote on the resolution to remov... [Full Article...]
Severe Thunderstorm Warning In Effect
The agency says scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop near Windsor to east of Lake Huron and up to north of Georgian Bay near noon. These storms will track eastward across southern and central Ontario during the afternoon and early evening hours. [Full Article...]
Wildfire Closes Parts Of Yosemite As Firefighters Try To Contain Blaze
Authorities believe McGlover set multiple fires Wednesday in Riverside County, including the Cranston Fire. The wildfire has also impacted businesses that rely heavily on tourism. Some of the much-loved sites closed are Half Dome, Sentinel Dome, Bridal Veil Fall, El Capitan and Yosemite Falls. Yosemite National Park had already issued an alert to visitors of poor air quality and poor visibilit... [Full Article...]
Scores dead as wildfires tear through tourist resorts near Greek capital
Rescuers intensified a grim house-to-house search Wednesday for more casualties from a deadly forest fire outside Athens , as the country's military said it was using footage from USA combat drones and surveillance aircraft to try to determine whether arsonists were behind the blaze and stop future attacks. [Full Article...]
Violence as 600 migrants storm Morocco-Spain border fence
A spokesman for the Guardia Civil police force in Ceuta told French Press Agency (AFP) the migrants managed to climb over the double barrier, which is covered in small blades, early on Thursday morning. A sub-Saharan migrant is assisted by Spanish paramedics in Ceuta. She said that after they had climbed over the barrier, they ran to the center that houses migrants once they arrive in Spanish te... [Full Article...]
Michael Cohen says Donald Trump knew of Trump Tower meeting in advance
Trump has repeatedly denied having any knowledge about the meeting and told The New York Times in July 2017 that he " didn't know anything " about it. frankly, by the time anyone was aware of it, which was summer of this year, as I stated earlier, I wouldn't have wanted to get him involved in it because it had nothing to do with him". [Full Article...]
Some people reckon this "zebra" is actually a donkey
Unable to find a way around the Israeli blockade, a zoo in Gaza painted two donkeys to look like zebras in 2009 . Mahmoud Sarhan visited a Cairo zoo and saw a zebra that did not look quite right. In 2013, a Chinese zoo in Henan province tried to pass off a Tibetan mastiff dog as an African lion , and in 2017 a zoo in Guangxi province disappointed visitors by exhibiting blow-up plastic penguin... [Full Article...]
Mega deals at stake, USA gives India waiver from sanctions..
Bolton suggested the decision not to meet sooner was due to special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Putin himself acknowledged he wanted Trump to win the 2016 presidential race during a joint news conference with Trump after their July 16 summit in Helsinki. [Full Article...]