WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Senate on Thursday (Dec 12) confirmed the nomination of John Sullivan, President Donald Trump’s pick to be Ambassador to Russia, at a time when ties between Washington and Moscow have been strained. Sullivan, a lawyer who has served in previous Republican administrations before becoming deputy secretary of State in 2017, […]
OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada’s Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, facing internal party divisions and a barrage of criticism for failing to unseat a weakened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in October elections, announced Thursday (Dec 12) he was stepping down. “I just informed my colleagues in the Conservative caucus that I will be resigning as leader,” Scheer […]
A US House of Representatives panel is expected to approve impeachment charges against President Donald Trump later in a marathon session of rancorous debate. The judiciary committee is debating two articles of impeachment alleging abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. A full vote by the Democratic-run House next week will likely make him the […]
Edna Smith Primus had graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law — the first black woman to do so, in 1972 — when barely one year later she was assigned a case that could have jeopardized her career. She had been working at the time for the South Carolina Council on Human Rights […]
Bizarre pictures show pigeons sporting tiny cowboy hats glued to their heads – prompting cruelty fears. The images, taken in Las Vegas, have been widely shared on Twitter and Facebook . One user shared a video of the birds, who have been nicknamed Cluck Norris – in a red hat – and Coo-lamity Jane – […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Thursday. Weather: Sunny but chilly, with a high in the mid-30s. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Dec. 25 (Christmas). Nothing seemed unusual about the rental van that was navigating the streets of Jersey City, until the man and woman inside descended on a […]
A teenager whose car was sinking into freezing water was saved when he asked Siri to call 911. Gael Salcedo, 18, from Iowa, hit a patch of ice and lost control of his car on Tuesday at around 7.30am local time. He told US news service KIMT3 he thought he was going to die as […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans in New York probably had hoped the worst was over. In 2018, the party suffered its most devastating electoral cycle in recent memory, as Democrats rode a fervent anti-Trump sentiment to capture eight seats — and the majority — in the State Senate. They also won every statewide office, including a […]
‘A new manifestation of disrespect,” says Ankara after US Senate committee votes for sanctions over S-400s, Syria war. Turkey denounced US senators on Thursday after they backed legislation to impose sanctions over its military offensive in northern Syria and the purchase of a Russian S-400 missile system. The Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 18-4 […]
Weinstein would avoid paying any of his own money and would not be required to admit that he assaulted the victims. Hollywood film and television mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former film studio’s board have reached a tentative $25m settlement that would end nearly every sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against him and his company, The […]