British Conservative MPs Warned Against Blocking No-Deal Brexit: Sky News
Date: 01 September 2019
By Reuters
Britain's Conservative lawmakers have been warned by party officials that their party whip would be withdrawn if they attempt to block a no-deal Brexit, Sky News http://bit.ly/2HDgmeO reported on Sunday, citing a source.
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UK PM Johnson Cancels Meeting With Gauke Due to Diary Clash: Sky News
Date: 01 September 2019
By Reuters
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has canceled a meeting with former justice secretary David Gauke due to a diary clash, Sky News http://bit.ly/2HDj2c1 reported on Sunday.
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That Beloved Hospital? It’s Driving Up Health Care Costs
Date: 01 September 2019
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal
It’s easy to criticize pharmaceutical and insurance companies. But we spend much more on hospitals.
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Our Andes Bureau Chief on the One Thing Every Correspondent Prays for in an Emergency
Date: 01 September 2019
By Lara Takenaga
Lara Takenaga
Hint: It involves cold, hard cash.
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Russia Says U.S. Strikes in Syria's Idlib Put Ceasefire at Risk-Reports
Date: 01 September 2019
By Reuters
Russia's military said the United States had mounted air strikes in Syria's Idlib without forewarning Moscow or Ankara, endangering a ceasefire there, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.
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6 Teens Shot at End of High School Football Game in Alabama
Date: 31 August 2019
By The Associated Press
A 17-year-old student was arrested Saturday in connection with a shooting that happened at a high school football game in Alabama, leaving at least 10 people injured.
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Iran Shows Off Undamaged Satellite After Failed Launch
Date: 31 August 2019
By Reuters
Iran showed off an undamaged satellite on Saturday, days after a rocket exploded on its launchpad in the third failed launch of the year, which U.S. President Donald Trump had tweeted about hours earlier.
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North Korea Says Pompeo's Remarks Make Talks With U.S. More Difficult
Date: 31 August 2019
By Reuters
A recent remark by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about "North Korea's rogue behavior" will make talks with the United States more difficult, the North's KCNA news agency on Saturday quoted its vice foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, as saying.
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Slovenia Has Another Trump Statue. This One Has Vampire Teeth.
Date: 31 August 2019
By Palko Karasz
Palko Karasz
Less than 50 miles from a wooden effigy of the Slovenia-born Melania Trump, the president now has a giant figure of his own. Media interest may have saved it from a bonfire.
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Iran Says Hezbollah's Attack on Israel's Army Was a Retaliatory Move: IRNA
Date: 01 September 2019
By Reuters
Hezbollah's policy is aimed at safeguarding the interests of Lebanon, Iran's state news agency IRNA quoted a senior Iranian security official as saying in reaction to the Iran-backed group's attack on Israel's army on Sunday.
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