U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer: “If this awful ruling is upheld in the higher courts, it will be a disaster for tens of millions of American families, especially for people with pre-existing conditions.”Read More →
Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro, both pressed the button that lowered into the sea the 1,700-ton submarine named Riachuelo at a Rio de Janeiro naval base. Temer’s wife, Marcela, had christened the vessel, by smashing a champagne bottle against its hull.Read More →
Tony Blair said: “Our present situation is unique in modern British politics. The government is not in control – not of the agenda, not of the events and not of the outcome.”Read More →
Haile Selassie was born on 23 July 1892. Emperor Haile Selassie I worked to modernize Ethiopia for several decades before famine and political opposition forced him from office in 1974. Continue with Haile Selassie I Biography and Profile.Read More →
“I can confirm that the meaningful vote will not take place before Christmas but it will happen as soon as possible when the House (parliament) returns, and obviously before January 21,” Theresa May spokeswoman said.Read More →
Roman Mokryak, the commander of one of the Ukraine’s gunboats: “He believes he alone answers for what happens on board, that his crew carried out his orders and that they cannot be held to account.“Read More →
One of Senator Orrin Hatch’s particularly noteworthy achievements on the Judiciary Committee is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993—a bill he co-authored with the late Senator Ted Kennedy.Read More →
“Any progress toward peace is good progress, as long as it helps the Yemeni people who have suffered so much in this conflict,” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said in a statement.Read More →
“Brexit Christmas wish: finally decide what you really want and Santa will deliver,” Lithuania’s ever pithy president, Dalia Grybauskaite, tweeted as Prime Minister Theresa May began 24 hours of meetings with her 27 EU counterparts in Brussels.Read More →
“This is a historic judgment delivered by the Supreme Court; for the first time an act of the president has been challenged,” said M.A. Sumanthiran.Read More →
In a separate attack, an assailant stabbed two Israeli border police in Jerusalem’s Old City before being shot dead, in the most turbulent 24 hours in the West Bank and Jerusalem in months.Read More →
German foreign minister Heiko Maas says: “The solution for a functioning backstop for Northern Ireland as defined in the exit agreement is not up for debate.”Read More →
“This is the culmination of a lot of work by a number of us here in Washington but really the victory is for the growers, processors, manufacturers and consumers who stand to benefit from this growing market place,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.Read More →
Nicky Morgan, a Remain-backer and chair of the Commons Treasury Committee: “I think there’s an inevitability that some of these people – the hardest Brexiteers – are going to walk.”Read More →
“Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which I wanted his input and perspective,” Hannity reportedly wrote in the now-deleted tweet.Read More →
Full Name: Omoyele Sowore. Date of Birth: February 16, 1971, Nigeria. Origin: Ondo State. Nationality: Nigerian. Occupation(s): Blogger, Writer, Lecturer, Human rights activist. Website: Founder of SaharaReporters.com. Continue with Omoyele Sowore Biography and Profile.Read More →
John Joseph Magufuli was born on October 29, 1959 in the Chato Region of Kagera, which is currently located in the Geita Region. Continue reading John Joseph Magufuli Biography and Profile.Read More →