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Canada misses trash shipment deadline; PH recalls Filipino envoys
Locsin said in his tweet that letters for the recall of the Philippine ambassador and consuls in Canada have been sent and that they were expected back in Manila after about a day. " Prepare a grand reception ", he said. This after Canada missed a May 15 deadline to retrieve the garbage from the Philippines. " Eat it if you want to". [Full Article...]
Trump pardons disgraced media mogul Conrad Black: White House
He called it a long ordeal that was "never anything but a confluence of unlucky events, the belligerence of several corporate governance charlatans, and grandstanding local and American judges, all fanned by an unusually frenzied global media showing exceptional interest in the case because I was a media owner". [Full Article...]
Trumps immigration proposal may end agonising Green Card wait for Indians
Several Republican senators are expected to attend, officials said. Trump will present an overview of the plan, with details of the "very large document" to be released in coming weeks, the official said. It does not address some of the hot-button issues in the immigration debate, such as what to do about the surge of people crossing the southern border from Mexico. [Full Article...]
Trump pardons Conrad Black for 2007 fraud convictions in U.S.
He called it a long ordeal that was "never anything but a confluence of unlucky events, the belligerence of several corporate governance charlatans, and grandstanding local and American judges, all fanned by an unusually frenzied worldwide media showing exceptional interest in the case because I was a media owner". [Full Article...]
Trump to propose plan to make USA immigration more merit-based
Jared Kushner , the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, has been leading the administration's efforts. As of now, about 66 per cent of the green cards are given to those with family ties and only 12 per cent are based on skills. Customs and Border Protection agency, said on Wednesday that the number of people apprehended at the border since October 1 was almost 520,000, the highest leve... [Full Article...]
German Police Searching For Ferrari 288 GTO Stolen During Test Drive
Police issued a wanted picture of the burly man wearing glasses and a dark blue blazer who made off with the 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO on Monday in Duesseldorf. Ferrari only built 272 units of the 288 GTO and collectors keep close tabs on them, so the vehicle would have immediately been flagged as stolen, and therefor unsellable, on the open market. [Full Article...]
White House says it won't comply with requests in Trump probe
Democrats are clashing with the justice department over access to Mueller's full report. He did not rule on whether Trump obstructed justice, although Attorney General William Barr said the report shows that the president did not. Cipollone asked the committee to narrow its "sweeping" request and provide a legislative objective, and said many documents would be entitled to be withheld under execu... [Full Article...]
Stopping Bengal campaign is gross over-reaction & an utter failure of EC
They are Atri Bhattacharya, principal secretary (home and hill affairs) and ADG (CID) Rajeev Kumar, the controversial former Kolkata police commissioner. "The Commission is deeply anguished at the vandalism done to the statue of Vidyasagar. We condemn such an incident", Pilot said at a rally here. But the pillars holding up Bengal's intellectual pride are taking the hit. [Full Article...]