Nov 30 AP Fact Check: Trump’s Ukraine defense collides with facts By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press In recent days, President Trump has cried foul in ways angry and profane as Democrats set the stage for House Judiciary Committee hearings likely to produce articles of impeachment. A review of rhetoric on this and other matters over the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Italian coast guard divers recover 7 bodies of migrants By Associated Press Italian coast guard divers on Saturday recovered the bodies of seven people in the sea off a tiny island where a boat crowded with migrants capsized a week earlier. Continue reading
Nov 30 Merry Clickmas: Black Friday online sales hit record $7.4B By Anne D'Innocenzio, Alexandra Olson, Associated Press This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, and Adobe Analytics says carts filled on phones, computers and tablets rang up $7.4 billion in transactions. Continue reading
Nov 30 Iraqi PM formally submits resignation amid more violence By Samya Kullab, Murtada Faraj, Associated Press Three anti-government protesters were shot dead and at least 58 others wounded in Baghdad and southern Iraq on Saturday, security and medical officials said, as Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi formally submitted his resignation to parliament. Continue reading
Nov 30 Hong Kong elders, youths vow to keep up pro-democracy fight By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Hundreds of silver-haired activists joined young Hong Kong protesters for a unity rally Saturday, vowing that their monthslong movement will not fade away until there is greater democracy in the Chinese territory. Continue reading
Nov 30 Dutch police arrest suspect in stabbing of 3 teens By Mike Corder, Associated Press Dutch police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Saturday on suspicion of stabbing three teens on a street in The Hague that was crowded with Black Friday shoppers. Continue reading
Nov 30 Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings By Gregory Katz, Associated Press Neil Basu, London’s police counterterrorism chief, said 28-year-old Usman Khan was attending a program that works to educate prisoners when he launched Friday’s attack just yards from the site of a deadly 2017 van and knife rampage. Continue reading
Nov 30 Albania’s search for quake victims ends; death toll up to 51 By Llazar Semini, Associated Press The search and rescue operation for earthquake survivors in Albania has ended, the prime minister said Saturday, with the death toll at 51 and no more bodies believed to be in the ruins. Continue reading
Nov 24 Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy By Robert Burns, Associated Press Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of a disciplinary case involving a Navy SEAL. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 4:14 Hong Kong’s local polls test support for ongoing protests Hong Kong saw a high voter turnout in the local district council polls on Sunday in which 452 seats were at stake. The election, which was peaceful, is being seen as a referendum on the conflict between the city’s administration… Continue watching