WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether President Trump can block the release of his financial records, setting the stage for a blockbuster ruling on the power of presidents to resist demands for information from prosecutors and Congress. The court’s ruling, expected by June, could require disclosure of information the president […]
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Barely three weeks ago, the happy, smiley, youngster was her usual self, playing at home with her brother Charlie, nine, and their dog Coco. But after their father Craig noticed a squint in her eye and took her to have it checked out, doctors made the devastating discovery. Mr Jackson, 39, said medics at the world-famous […]
Labour’s Stephen Kinnock received another grilling during BBC Question Time as an audience member hit out at the Labour party as she explained why she thinks Labour lost the election. She shunned Labour for not respecting the Brexit referendum result in 2016. The Labour voter went on to label the party’s actions “absolutely abhorrent”. She […]
Business
Stephen B. Burke, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, plans to step down next year, capping a decade as the leader of one of the largest media conglomerates in the country, a business that includes the Universal film studios, a set of cable outlets and the broadcast network NBC, which has been the home of the […]
(Reuters) – Shares of OneConnect Financial Technology jumped 5% in their U.S. market debut on Friday, valuing the Chinese cloud tech firm at $3.79 billion. Shares opened at $10.51 compared with its IPO price of $10. OneConnect, which focuses on small and medium-sized businesses, raised around $312 million on Thursday, selling 31.2 million American depositary […]
World News
An anonymous donor spread some holiday cheer in an Indiana town by dropping a gold coin worth $1,500 into a Salvation Army bucket, according to reports. The unexpected gift from the secret Santa was collected on Saturday outside a Walgreen in Noblesville, where a Salvation Army volunteer named James Bond was manning one of the […]
Politics
Boris Johnson has secured a majority of 80 seats in this general election, a huge win for the Conservative Party and a major defeat for the Labour Party. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has centred much of his campaign on the NHS, and the idea Boris Johnson will ‘sell off’ it off to the US. But […]
The election has been held, pushing the Conservatives back into power with a landslide victory. The next step for the party is to proceed with their manifesto pledges – with one more urgent than the rest. Brexit. One of the main issues in this election was Brexit, with each party putting forward a strategy on […]
Asia
New Zealand police say divers have resumed searching the waters near White Island volcano in efforts to retrieve two remaining bodies. At least one body was spotted in the water and rescuers would not return to the island on Saturday. A day earlier, the remains of six bodies were recovered in a high-risk operation and […]
(Reuters) – A breakthrough in U.S.-China trade talks and hopes of an orderly Brexit after a landslide election victory for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson lifted Europe’s benchmark share index to within striking distance of an all-time high on Friday. China and the United States have agreed on the text of a “phase one” trade […]
Analysis & Comment
As the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Madrid winds to a close, it has become clear that climate summits are stuck in a rut. The job of cutting global emissions is actually getting harder, and not just because the planet keeps warming. Climate summits have become festivals at which leaders talk about leadership. But […]
