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Boris Johnson Backs Digital Tax, Despite US Opposition
He later told a press conference: "We are not targeting any country". January 7, 2020: The Section 301 Committee will convene a public hearing in the main hearing room of the U.S. "I think we'll probably be able to work it out", Trump told reporters after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation gathering. [Full Article...]
'PM unusually silent, govt incompetent manager of economy': P Chidambaram
It is wrong because it is clueless". He further said that given the chance he would visit Kashmir. "The net result, as the Economist put it, is that the government has turned out to be an "incompetent manager" of the economy". "Media also gripped with fear". "And those who knew, they threw them out", the Congress leader said, adding the former RBI governors Raghuram Rajan and Urjit Patel, and ... [Full Article...]
629 women 'sold' as brides to Chinese
The AP report alleged that 629 girls and women from across Pakistan have been sold as brides to Chinese men and taken to China since 2018. As per an activist, the Pakistani Government has put pressure on the Federal Investigation Agency to limit the investigation in trafficking. [Full Article...]
Dublin Named The Worst City In The World For Housing
The "Ex-pat Insider" research by professional network InterNations , a Munich-based firm with 3.76 million members, gave only mediocre to weak scores to Dublin in a field of the world's top 82 cities for worldwide workers. The city takes last place for access to affordable housing , a sharp fall from its 68th place past year. A Brazilian ex-pat is also quoted in the piece as saying, 'The co... [Full Article...]
Migrants Drown As Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania
It said the boat held as many as 180 people, a lot of them aged 20 to 30. "The Mauritanian authorities are very efficiently coordinating the response with the agencies now present in Nouadhibou", IOM Mauritania Chief of Mission Laura Lungarotti said in a news release. [Full Article...]
Pelosi OKs drafting of impeachment articles against Trump
Constitution by asking Ukraine to launch an investigation of one of his chief 2020 Democratic challengers, former Vice President Joe Biden, to help him as he runs for re-election. Democrats in the House say the inquiry is a duty. The White House has sent emissaries to Congress to bolster what had been a solid wall of support for Trump among Republicans. [Full Article...]
Trump Campaign Manager Accuses Hillary Clinton of Lying About Trump Phone Call
I'll tell you why. Clinton also told Stern she attended Trump's inauguration because she felt a "sense of duty" to join the other former presidents and first ladies. Clinton said she too found Trump's speech "bizarre" and not at all presidential. "Just the fact that she had the guts to show up might've done the trick", he added. [Full Article...]
North Korea: "very unsafe challenge" if Trump calls Kim 'Rocket Man' again
Choe says her ministry "cannot contain its displeasure" over Trump's comments. The comments came as the prospects for a resumption of nuclear diplomacy between the two countries eased. "... That is why I name him Rocket Man", Trump instructed reporters at a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation assembly in London. The two leaders have avoided such words and built better relations after North Kore... [Full Article...]