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Theresa May Takes Control of Brexit Endgame as Ministers Defy Her Plans
Environment Secretary Michael Gove is understood to have turned down the role of Brexit secretary following Mr Raab's departure. Mrs May agreed a draft withdrawal agreement for Brexit with her cabinet on Wednesday, which had already been signed off by negotiators from both the United Kingdom and EU. [Full Article...]
President Trump visits Camp Fire
Combined, the Camp and Woolsey fires have burned more than 250,000 acres and razed more than 10,000 structures. Over a thousand people are unaccounted for in the fires, and over 70 have been confirmed dead. The US president pledged the full support of the federal government. Gov. "Let's hope he gets us some help, " said Couch, who voted for Trump and whose house was among more than 9,800 that ... [Full Article...]
Brexit: UK not standing up to Brussels bullies, says Raab
Stephen Barclay has been appointed as the new Brexit Secretary, the third this year, but the role has been further downgraded as the Prime Minister will in future take sole control of negotiations on the European Union withdrawal. She also laid into political opponents, saying the alternatives they favor to tackle a key stumbling block - the issue of how to avoid a hard border between Northe... [Full Article...]
Solih sworn in as Maldives president, replacing pro-China leader
However, Mohamed Nasheed has promised his party would reduce reliance on China and renegotiate millions of dollars in loans taken from Beijing. I will convey to the new Maldivian Government of Mr. "India is in a position to gain some lost ground in Maldives", said K. Yhome, who specializes in India's neighborhood at the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation. [Full Article...]
Alyssa Milano publicly denounces fellow activist Michael Avenatti after domestic violence arrest
In a brief news conference after his release, Mr. Avenatti strongly denied the allegations. "But you have a police spokesman saying that the victim had visible injuries". One was sent to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the other to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He says the party "wasn't going to step in that arena" as a result of the arrest. [Full Article...]
Trump visiting California after wildfires claim further lives
Those comments, and those in his Fox interview, echoed his initial reaction to the fires on 10 November when he blamed the wildfires on poor forest management and threatened then to withhold federal payments. Search teams, meanwhile, combed through charred, rubble-strewn expanses of burned-out neighbourhoods looking for bodies - or anything else that might carry human DNA for identification pu... [Full Article...]
The world has just redefined the kilogram
The decision was made at the final day of the 26th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in Versailles, France. Describing what impact the new kilogram would have, the BIPM said: "In the same way that if you replaced the decaying foundations of a house with robust new ones, it may not be possible to identify the difference from the surface, but some substantial chan... [Full Article...]
Bourke Street Hero Trolley Man Has Been Charged With Burglary
Michael Rogers was captured in shaky cellphone images from the scene repeatedly shoving a shopping cart, known as a shopping trolley in Australia, at attacker Hassan Khalif Shire Ali who had just stabbed three people and was threatening police officers with a knife. [Full Article...]