| Trump: 'The American people should be extremely grateful and happy' as Iran stands down after attack Posted: 08 Jan 2020 08:44 AM PST  The president announced that no lives were lost in Iran's ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers, a strike that was in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
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| Japan minister launches counterattack after Ghosn blasts justice system Posted: 08 Jan 2020 04:33 PM PST  Japan's justice minister launched a rare and forceful public takedown of auto executive-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn after he blasted the country's legal system as allowing him "zero chance" of a fair trial as he sought to justify his escape to Beirut. In an effort to undo Ghosn's attempt to sway public opinion in his favor, Justice Minister Masako Mori followed shortly with a statement, translated into English and French, and held a news conference after midnight and again around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday morning to defend Japan's justice system. "I decided to do this because defendant Ghosn was looking to justify his unlawful exit from Japan by propagating a false recognition of our justice system," she said at the second news conference.
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| Police violently end student protest in central New Delhi Posted: 09 Jan 2020 06:53 AM PST  Police chased and stuck protesting students with batons after they marched through India's capital Thursday to demand the resignation of a university official following an attack at their school by masked assailants. About 1,000 students and faculty from Jawarhalal Nehru University marched to a government office to demand the resignation of the school's vice chancellor, who some accuse of allowing the assailants armed with hammers, shovels and other weapons to ransack a university dorm and beat up students on Sunday. After reaching the government office on Thursday, a splinter group of several dozen students decided to continue marching toward the president of India's official residence.
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| Ask the Captain: What goes into landing a plane on an icy, slippery runway? Posted: 09 Jan 2020 04:00 AM PST  Though landing in icy conditions is challenging, it can be done safely, says aviation columnist John Cox. Here's how pilots manage to land safely.
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| 3 graphics reveal the unimaginable scale of Australia's fires Posted: 07 Jan 2020 03:32 PM PST  Australia is in the midst of its worst wildfire season in history. The smoke plume from the blazes stretches 1.3 billion acres.
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| Court refuses to greenlight Trump rule restricting immigration Posted: 08 Jan 2020 06:52 PM PST  The rule would make it easier for the government to reject visas and green cards from people officials determine rely — or will rely — on public benefits.
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| 11 Bathroom Seating Options Beyond the Toilet Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:00 AM PST |
| Carlos Ghosn: I Have Documents Showing Nissan, Japan Officials Set Me Up Posted: 08 Jan 2020 07:48 AM PST  TOKYO—Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of auto giant Nissan, who was under house arrest in Japan until he escaped on Dec. 29, came out swinging at his two-hour press conference in Beirut today. In an effort to get back in shape after more than four months altogether in solitary confinement, he started training in boxing this summer in a gym in this city's Minato-ward. A 45-year-old banker who trained at the same place told The Daily Beast, "For a 65-year-old guy, he had quite a punch. Which is to say, when you hit the boxing mitt right, it makes a kind of delightful thwacking sound. That's a good hit. Ghosn was making a lot of thwacks." Today, Ghosn was parrying, jabbing, and hitting back with dignity and grace. There were no knockout blows and he pulled his punches on the issues of Japanese government involvement in his prosecution for alleged financial misconduct, but he was clearly on the offense and no one was able to back him into a corner. The press conference started at 10 p.m. Japan time and was watched worldwide. He had been scheduled to face trial in 2021. Ghosn tried to hold a press conference in April last year after more than three months in detention after the initial 2018 arrest. He was immediately re-arrested by prosecutors and put back in solitary, in an apparent attempt to muzzle him. He pointed out that the Tokyo prosecutors issuing an arrest warrant for his wife, Carole, on Tuesday appeared to be another attempt to make him shut up. Carlos Ghosn's 'Great Escape' Writes a Hollywood Ending to Japanese ImprisonmentAfter being kept quiet for months by Japan's prosecutors, under a Damocles sword threatening that if he held a press conference, he would be re-arrested and thrown into what he called "the pig box," Ghosn spoke out today. Ghosn asserted that he had "actual evidence" and documents that would show that Nissan executives had planned his downfall in conjunction with the Japanese government. He expressed his belief, at the conference, as he expressed to me last July, that he was set up for a downfall because Japan did not want Renault to take over Nissan. He named several Nissan executives as being instrumental in the attempt to put him in prison for the rest of his life. Ghosn said his treatment in a Japanese jail was brutal. He was confined to a cell with a tiny window and only allowed to shower twice a week, in solitary confinement. He was questioned eight hours a day without a lawyer present, or being informed of the charges against him. The prosecutors kept shouting at him to confess and told him if he would only confess that he would go free. "I was brutally taken away from my work as I knew it, ripped from my work, my family and my friends," he said. Ironically, the Japanese media, which except for a few periodicals, kept leaking information from Nissan and the prosecutors without scrutiny, was supposed to be completely shut out of the press conference. That was not quite the case but the usual swarm of Japanese media was not to be seen. Ghosn questioned whether his prosecution had been good for anyone. He pointed out the value of Nissan's shares had fallen severely and so had confidence in the automaker. When questioned as to how far the alleged conspiracy against him went, he minced his words and said, "I don't think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was involved…"The Japanese government has been placing great pressure on the government of Lebanon to keep Ghosn in line, and requesting his extradition. When a Japanese reporter indirectly accused him of resenting Japan, Ghosn replied that he loved Japan and that he would hope the country could be improved, to a place where justice would be evenly distributed. In addition, after enduring months of being written up poorly by the Japanese press, he pointed out to the Japanese reporter talking to him that for a prosecutor to talk to the press is illegal but it happens all the time—accusing the prosecutors of also breaking the laws that they are supposed to uphold. It was an uppercut that made the Japanese press wince, from across the globe. Ghosn kept pounding in one point again and again: He was willing to face a trial but only in a venue where he could have a fair shot of proving his innocence. In Japan, with its 99.4 percent conviction rate, it seems like the fight would be fixed before it even started. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah's Witnesses Posted: 08 Jan 2020 04:18 PM PST  The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a $35 million judgment against the Jehovah's Witnesses for not reporting a girl's sexual abuse to authorities. Montana law requires officials, including clergy, to report child abuse to state authorities when there is reasonable cause for suspicion. "Clergy are not required to report known or suspected child abuse if the knowledge results from a congregation member's confidential communication or confession and if the person making the statement does not consent to disclosure," Justice Beth Baker wrote in the opinion.
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| Iran Wants to Build a New 7000 Ton Destroyer Posted: 08 Jan 2020 11:00 AM PST  But can Tehran pull it off?
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| German Greens cringe at Austrian peers' coalition deal with Kurz Posted: 07 Jan 2020 10:02 AM PST  Germany's environmentalist Greens have baulked at concessions their Austrian peers have made on immigration policy to clinch a coalition deal with conservative Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz that puts them in government for the first time. Kurz returned to power on Tuesday as his coalition cabinet with the Greens was sworn in. Austria joins Sweden and Finland in having the Greens in government at a time of growing calls for urgent action on climate change.
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| New York opens celebrity chef probe after sex assault deal Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:29 AM PST  Prosecutors in New York have said they will investigate celebrity chef Mario Batali after a business associate of his agreed to compensate former employees over sexual harassment allegations. New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office's probe of restaurateur Ken Friedman had unearthed information regarding Batali's alleged behaviour at a trendy Manhattan gastropub. Friedman, the majority owner of The Spotted Pig, will pay $240,000 to 11 women and give them a share of his restaurant's profits for ten years under a settlement negotiated by James, announced on Tuesday.
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| A senator wants to ban the US from sharing intelligence with countries using Huawei 5G — which is most of America's allies Posted: 09 Jan 2020 03:49 AM PST  The US has been desperately trying to convince allies to freeze out Huawei's 5G kit for a year, with limited success.
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| Report: Mnuchin wants to delay disclosure of Trump's Secret Service travel costs until after the election Posted: 08 Jan 2020 10:49 PM PST  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin does not want the Secret Service to reveal how much money has been spent protecting President Trump and his adult children on their travels until after the November election, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. When the Department of Homeland Security was created in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Secret Service was transferred over from the Treasury Department. Mnuchin wants the agency returned to his department, and legislation is being drafted to make this happen. Democrats want the bill to include a requirement that the Secret Service publicly disclose how much is spent on protecting the Trumps while traveling, with the information released within 120 days of its passage.Mnuchin has agreed to everything except the time line, the Post reports, writing last month in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he doesn't think the information should be released until this December at the earliest. While it's unknown just how much taxpayer money has been spent on the Trumps while traveling, they routinely visit his resorts in Florida and New Jersey. The Government Accountability Office estimated that Trump's four visits to his Mar-a-Lago club in February and March 2017 cost taxpayers $13.6 million. Read more at The Washington Post.More stories from theweek.com The world is abandoning America How Facebook is justifying its decision to let politicians lie in ads CIA Director Gina Haspel reportedly pushed for Soleimani's killing — and perfectly predicted Iran's response
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| Mississippi moms question state as they bury slain inmates Posted: 08 Jan 2020 03:15 PM PST  Manslaughter isn't supposed to be a death sentence. All three prisoners were slain by fellow inmates at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman last week. The outbreak of violence has brought national attention to problems that have long plagued Mississippi's overstretched prison system.
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| CIA Director Gina Haspel reportedly pushed for Soleimani's killing — and perfectly predicted Iran's response Posted: 09 Jan 2020 07:10 AM PST  The Trump administration reportedly knew exactly what would happen when it killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.Okay, so it may have just been the prediction of CIA Director Gina Haspel that Iran would retaliate with airstrikes on Iraqi military bases holding U.S. troops. But it was partly based on her analysis that the U.S. decided to assassinate Soleimani in the first place, administration officials tell The New York Times:> In the days before General Suleimani's death, Ms. Haspel had advised Mr. Trump that the threat the Iranian general presented was greater than the threat of Iran's response if he was killed, according to current and former American officials. Indeed, Ms. Haspel had predicted the most likely response would be a missile strike from Iran to bases where American troops were deployed, the very situation that appeared to be playing out on Tuesday afternoon. [The New York Times]The Times is careful to point out that "Haspel took no formal position about whether to kill General Soleimani," but "officials who listened to her analysis came away with the clear view that the C.I.A. believed that killing him would improve — not weaken — security in the Middle East." Read more at The New York Times.More stories from theweek.com The world is abandoning America How Facebook is justifying its decision to let politicians lie in ads How will 'financially independent' Prince Harry earn a living? Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert have ideas.
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| 5 Stunning Buildings in Africa Inspired by Nature Posted: 08 Jan 2020 12:35 PM PST |
| California governor proposes more than $1 billion toward homelessness Posted: 08 Jan 2020 03:50 PM PST  Responding to a growing crisis on the streets of California's major cities, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday his state budget proposal would include more than $1 billion in funds directed at homelessness.
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| Australian teens rescued a carload of koalas from an island where more than 25,000 of the animals have died Posted: 08 Jan 2020 08:08 AM PST  In a video that has gone viral, teenager Micah Lovegrove and his cousin loaded at least six koalas into their car on Kangaroo Island on January 2.
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| Three policemen killed in clash with protesters in Vietnam Posted: 08 Jan 2020 09:58 PM PST |
| Christ's bodyguards: the men protecting the Philippines' revered Catholic icon Posted: 08 Jan 2020 11:45 PM PST  Frenzied crowds, exhaustion and blazing heat were dangers bearing down on the cadre of guards who shield one of the Philippines' most revered Catholic icons from the believers desperate to touch it. The protectors served as human shields on Thursday, as they do every year, during the procession through Manila of the historic statue of Jesus Christ that believers say grants miracles to those who touch it. Miracles attributed to the Black Nazarene have made it powerfully revered in Asia's bastion of Catholicism, and also engendered a class of admirers desperate to reach it.
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| US Army to field Israeli-made long-range missile on helicopters Posted: 09 Jan 2020 07:59 AM PST  An Israeli-made missile is joining the family of Army airborne munitions, but on an interim basis, as the service fleshes out its requirements for weapons that get after greater standoff.
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| We Know How China Plans To Use Its Aircraft Carriers In A Conflict Posted: 08 Jan 2020 01:30 PM PST  Dominating the Western Pacific.
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| Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago Posted: 07 Jan 2020 12:50 PM PST  There was an unspecified incident involving the Secret Service at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, but authorities would not say Tuesday what happened — the latest in a series of incidents at the club since the president took office three years ago. Palm Beach police records show officers were called to Mar-a-Lago on Monday night to assist the Secret Service but most of the report is redacted, including the name of the individual who was contacted. Police spokesman Michael Ogrodnick said the Secret Service is the lead investigative agency in the matter and his department has no comment.
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| Oregon woman sues Mormon church for $10 million for revealing husband's child sex abuse Posted: 09 Jan 2020 03:43 AM PST  A man confessed to child sex abuse to clergy, which led to his arrest. His wife is suing the church for violating "priest-penitent privilege."
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| McConnell on Impeachment: ‘The Senate Has Made Its Decision’ Posted: 08 Jan 2020 01:37 PM PST  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) seemed to confirm that the Republican majority was ready to advance with impeachment, saying Wednesday that "there will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure.""We will not cede our authority to try this impeachment. The House Democrats' turn is over. The Senate has made its decision. This is for the Senate, and the Senate only, to decide," McConnell tweeted.> There will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure. We will not cede our authority to try this impeachment. The House Democrats' turn is over. The Senate has made its decision. This is for the Senate, and the Senate only, to decide.> > -- Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) January 8, 2020Multiple reports broke Tuesday that McConnell and Republican leadership in the Senate had whipped the 51 votes required to establish the rules for President Trump's impending impeachment trial without a concrete agreement on witnesses.It is understood that McConnell wants to vote on a resolution outlining the parameters of the trial and hear opening arguments, and only then to vote on a second resolution determining which witnesses, if any, will be called upon to testify — mirroring the impeachment trial of former President Bill Clinton.The news came despite threats from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who threatened that "Republicans may run but they can't hide" from a vote on the question of witnesses and documents.But several of Schumer's fellow Democratic senators broke ranks after the news, saying that they believed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) should release the articles of impeachment against President Trump."I think the time has passed. She should send the articles over," Chris Murphy of Connecticut said, according to The Washington Post."I think it needs to start, I really do," concurred West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin. "I can't tell the House how to do their business…But the bottom line is, the holdout helped force Bolton to step forward. Let us do what we have to do over here."
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| Devastating images of burned koalas and wallabies are emerging from Australia as 1 billion animals are feared dead Posted: 08 Jan 2020 07:57 PM PST  Despite rescue efforts, tens of thousands of koalas are feared dead on one island alone. Ecologists worry fires could wipe out endangered species.
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| New York governor renews effort to legalize recreational marijuana Posted: 08 Jan 2020 06:45 PM PST  Cuomo, a Democrat, made the legalization of cannabis a key priority as he outlined his agenda for 2020, saying taxes imposed by a regulatory scheme could bring some $300 million into the state's coffers and confront injustices in enforcement of drug laws. "This year let's work with our neighbors New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, to coordinate a safe and fair system and let's legalize adult use of marijuana," Cuomo said.
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| Ten years after deadly Haiti quake, survivors feel forgotten Posted: 08 Jan 2020 06:39 PM PST  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Ten years ago, Herlande Mitile was left disabled by the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti. Today, she uses a wheelchair jury-rigged with a piece of string, which means she cannot go far.
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| 'Ignorant a**hole': GOP's Doug Collins's comments slammed Posted: 09 Jan 2020 03:53 AM PST  Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., is coming under fire after claiming that Democrats "are in love with terrorists" for failing to support President Trump's military escalation with Iran.
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| If a Battleship and a Aircraft Carrier Had a Baby, This Would Have Been It Posted: 08 Jan 2020 10:45 PM PST  A miracle or a monstrosity?
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| Serbian church protests 'suffering' of Serbs in the Balkans Posted: 08 Jan 2020 08:56 AM PST  Orthodox priests led a procession through downtown Belgrade to the landmark St. Sava Temple, one of the world's largest Orthodox churches, to pray about the "suffering" of Serbs living in Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia and elsewhere in the Balkans. The demonstration featured religious iconography, including Serbian church flags and paintings. The focus of the protest was a religion rights law adopted last month by the Parliament of Montenegro.
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| Yes Iran Would Use Its Missiles Against America's Carriers in a War Posted: 09 Jan 2020 02:13 AM PST  Another reason to avoid a conflict.
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| Montana girl Selena Not Afraid, 16, has been missing since New Year's Day. The FBI is asking for help to find her Posted: 08 Jan 2020 08:52 PM PST  The FBI on Wednesday alerted to a missing Montana girl, Selena Not Afraid, 16, who disappeared on New Year's Day near an interstate rest area.
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| Kansas City Sues Gun Manufacturer for Illegal Trafficking in First Such Suit in Ten Years Posted: 08 Jan 2020 06:48 AM PST  Kansas City, Mo. announced Tuesday that it is filing suit against a gun manufacturer and several firearms dealers, accusing the group of running a trafficking ring that supplied guns to known felons.The public nuisance lawsuit, filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, marks the first time a U.S. city has sued a gun manufacturer for illegal trafficking in over a decade.The city alleges that firearms manufacturer Jiminez Arms and local firearm dealers Conceal & Carry, CR Sales Firearms, and Mission Ready Gunworks aided and abetted in a gun trafficking ring run by former Kansas City fire captain James Samuels.Samuels was arrested in October and faces criminal charges of trafficking guns from 2013 to 2018, including to individuals he knew were felons who informed him they planned to shoot people. He has pled not guilty and remains in federal custody.The lawsuit states that Nevada-based Jimenez Arms repeatedly shipped dozens of firearms to Samuels "knowing that he was not a licensed dealer and knowing that he was going to resell these guns."Mayor Quinton Lucas, who has promised to curb gun violence in the city, cited a "significant problem with illegal gun trafficking in our city.""While a lot of our criminal justice partners certainly try to make sure that they root this out, that they address it, there are a lot of private actors that, each day, create new threats for the citizens of Kansas City — frankly to the citizens of our entire region," Lucas said."Gun dealers and manufacturers have a legal responsibility not to ignore suspicious purchasing behaviors that indicate illegal gun trafficking or straw purchasing," said attorney Alla Lefkowitz, of Everytown Law, which is representing Kansas City.Lawsuits against firearms manufacturers and dealers are few and far between since such businesses are generally protected under federal law from charges when their weapons are used to commit crimes. However, the city argues such protections do not apply when the businesses violate federal gun laws by selling weapons to people they know to be felons.
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| A Border Patrol agent who separated migrant families says it was 'the most horrible thing I've ever done' Posted: 08 Jan 2020 07:37 AM PST  A Border Patrol agent told PBS's "Frontline" that he had to separate a devastated two-year-old boy from his family and he refused to do it again.
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| India grants diplomats access to Kashmir for first time in months Posted: 09 Jan 2020 12:23 AM PST  SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Foreign diplomats visited India-ruled Kashmir on Thursday for the first time since New Delhi stripped the region of special status in August, but some European nations and others declined to go after being refused permission to travel independently. India's portion of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region, also claimed by Pakistan, has been under severe restrictions - including one of the world's longest internet shutdowns - after India revoked decades-old laws granting Kashmir autonomy and statehood, leading to widespread unrest. Raveesh Kumar, a spokesman for India's foreign ministry, said diplomats of 15 countries, including the United States, were on a two-day trip "to see first-hand the efforts that have been made by the government to normalize the situation".
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| The Flu Season May Yet Turn Ugly, CDC Warns Posted: 08 Jan 2020 11:54 AM PST  The United States may be headed into a bad flu season, according to figures recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.As of the last week of December, "widespread" flu activity was reported by health departments in 46 states. More ominously, a second measure -- the percentage of patients with flu symptoms visiting medical clinics -- shot up almost to the peak reached at the height of the 2017-18 flu season, which was the most severe in a decade.About 61,000 Americans died of flu that season, the CDC said. (The original estimate of 79,000 was revised downward last year; the agency said the number changed as more death certificate information became available.)This year's flu vaccine may not be particularly effective against the strain of the virus now widespread in the United States, experts said. But even so, it's worth getting the shot: People who are vaccinated fare better if struck by the flu than those who are not.It is still too early to know how severe this season will be, said Lynnette Brammer, leader of the agency's domestic influenza surveillance team.Although many people are coming down with flu, the two chief indicators of severity -- hospitalizations and deaths -- are not yet elevated, she noted.Deaths from pneumonia and flu are actually lower than normal at this time. But reports of hospitalization and death normally lag other indicators by at least two weeks.The current season did begin unusually early. By late November, the flu had hit hard in the Deep South, from Texas to Georgia. The virus then broke out in California and the Rocky Mountain states, but was not widespread in the Northeast until recently.That pattern echoes what happened in Australia, where winter runs from June through August. Flu came unusually early to the Southern Hemisphere in 2019. In seasons when Australia has a bad flu season, the Northern Hemisphere sometimes does, too.In another important way, however, the United States is not following Australia's lead. The A(H3N2) strain of influenza was dominant there last year, while most U.S. cases this season have been caused by a very different strain, called B Victoria. (B strains are named for the cities where they were first isolated.)B strain flus do not normally arrive until late in the season. But when they do, "they often impact children more than adults and older adults," Brammer said.The CDC tracks the deaths of children individually, rather than making estimates, as is done for adults. Those older than 65 are usually the group hardest hit by flu. Thus far this season, 27 children have died of flu -- in 2017-18, 187 died -- but pediatric deaths don't normally start peaking until mid-January.On the rise now is the A(H1N1)pdm09 strain, which is a descendant of the pandemic "swine flu" that first appeared in 2009 and then morphed into a seasonal flu.H1N1 strains are usually the first to appear. They usually cause fewer hospitalizations and deaths per capita than B strains or A(H3N2).Thus far, based on limited testing data, this season's flu shot does not look like a good match for the B Victoria flu and may not be very effective, the CDC said. But the shot does still appear to be well matched for the A(H1N1)pdm09 strain.CDC flu data relies on reports from doctors' offices, clinics and hospital emergency rooms about how many patients come in with flu symptoms.An even faster measurement of flu's spread comes from Kinsa Health, which collects daily readings of fevers from up to 2 million users around the country who own its thermometers. The devices connect to smartphones and instantly upload readings to the company's app.Kinsa readings indicate that flulike activity peaked Dec. 24 at a level just below the 2017-18 level -- confirming what the CDC found -- and has since dropped by almost a third, said Nita Nehru, a company spokeswoman.But even this week's lower figure "is much higher than is typical of this time of year," she added. It may bounce up again soon, now that students have returned to school from holiday vacations.The company assumes that fevers lasting three or more days indicate flu rather than a common cold, said Inder Singh, the company's founder.The CDC has not endorsed Kinsa's methods, but the data does show flu patterns at least a week or two ahead of reports from medical clinics.Thus far, almost none of the hundreds of samples tested by the CDC have been resistant to Tamiflu or any other common anti-flu drug. Those medications do not cure the flu; they only reduce the severity of an infection, and only if they are taken early.This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company
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| Turkey-Libya deals 'void': Egypt, France, Greece, Cyprus Posted: 08 Jan 2020 01:45 PM PST  France, Greece, Egypt and Cyprus on Wednesday declared "null and void" agreements between Ankara and Libya assigning Turkey rights over a vast area of the eastern Mediterranean. The two agreements denounced by the four Mediterranean states are a military pact and a maritime deal, signed in November by the head of Libya's Government of National Accord Fayez al-Sarraj and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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| American families are paying a hidden $8,000 'poll tax' to cover their healthcare costs, 2 economists argue Posted: 07 Jan 2020 10:31 AM PST  Two Princeton economists say that American families pay an exorbitant amount of money to access healthcare in the US compared to other countries.
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| Money woes could lead to dissolution, Ferguson leaders say Posted: 08 Jan 2020 01:24 PM PST |
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