President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time as president Friday, amid escalating tensions with Russia. ‘President Biden affirmed the United States’ unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s ongoing aggression in the Donbas and Crimea,’ the White House’s readout said. Politico first reported the leaders … Read more
President Joe Biden confirmed that he would only target the country’s wealthiest to pay for $2 trillion in infrastructure investments during a speech Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he debuted the plan. ‘No one making under $400,000 will see their federal taxes go up, period,’ Biden said, reiterating a campaign promise and creating his own … Read more
The brother of Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to life in prison by a New York federal court on Tuesday. Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Laroche exposed Juan Antonio ‘Tony’ Hernández in the trial as the nucleus in one of the world’s largest and most violent drug conspiracies. The former Honduran congressman was sentenced … Read more
Meghan Markle is ‘likely’ to launch a US presidential campaign but would ‘struggle’ with the barrage of criticism levelled at politicians because she is ‘sensitive’, her biographer has claimed. Acid-penned Tom Bower, who has reportedly agreed a six figure sum to tell the pregnant Duchess’s story, said she would need to learn to ‘take the heat’ … Read more
Meghan Markle is ‘likely’ to launch a US presidential campaign but would ‘struggle’ with the barrage of criticism levelled at politicians because she is ‘sensitive’, her biographer has claimed. Acid-penned Tom Bower, who has reportedly agreed a six figure sum to tell the pregnant Duchess’s story, said she would need to learn to ‘take the heat’ … Read more
Images taken during President Joe Biden‘s first press conference on Thursday showed him using cheat sheets – which did not prevent him from misstating key facts and losing his train of thought at times.. The 78-year-old Democrat is seen holding one sheet that showed the headshots of journalists at the press conference that he planned to … Read more
Trump the new social networker: Former President ‘in talks with a host of apps’ to create his own social media platform Trump and his digital advisor are reportedly in talks with a number of app vendors on forming a partnership to create Trump’s own social network Axios reported that new app FreeSpace is among those … Read more
Brazil‘s daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the hard-hit country struggles to contain a surge of cases. The health ministry registered a record 3,251 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing Brazil’s overall death toll to nearly 299,000 – second only to the United States. The latest bleak … Read more
Polish writer faces three years in jail for calling the country’s president a ‘moron’ on Facebook Jakub Zulczyk said he had been charged for insulting President Andrzej Duda On November 7, Zulczyk commented on a Facebook post in which Duda congratulated US President Joe Biden on his successful campaign In the post, Duda – an … Read more
Five mourners including four children from the same family are killed in a mass stampede during a public viewing of the body of Tanzania’s late president African leaders gathered to pay respects to the Covid-denying president Tens of thousands lined the streets to view Mr Magafuli’s body at a procession A huge stampede led to … Read more