Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, said in an interview Friday that he does not believe that there’s a Democrat in the 2020 field today who can prevent President Trump from winning a second term. Johnson, a lifelong Democrat who has in the past praised Trump, told CNBC that his Continue Reading
Gordon Chang, the author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” said Thursday that Beijing’s threats of taking “countermeasures” over the U.S. law backing the protests in Hong Kong are “laughable” and that the nation is in no position to “anger its best customer” as its economy slumps. Beijing was quick to admonish President Trump and Congress for Continue Reading
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by security forces and following calls by Iraq’s top Shiite cleric for lawmakers to withdraw support. In a statement, Abdul-Mahdi said he “listened with great Continue Reading
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says his country will not succumb to economic pressure by the Trump administration. “We are resisting an unprovoked aggression by the United States,” Zarif told NPR’s Steve Inskeep in an interview in New York City on Sunday. “I can assure you that the United Continue Reading
LONDON — British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed early Monday after failing to secure emergency funding, leaving tens of thousands of vacationers stranded abroad. The British government said the return of the 178-year-old firm’s 150,000 British customers now in vacation spots across the globe would be the largest repatriation in its Continue Reading
India is celebrating the successful launch of its Chandrayaan-2 rocket, which has now started its journey to the moon. It’s India’s second attempt to launch the unmanned lunar mission and to further its dreams of space exploration. Chandrayaan-2, which means “moon craft” in ancient Sanskrit, launched as planned at 2:43 p.m. from Continue Reading
JERUSALEM — Israeli work crews on Monday began demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes in an east Jerusalem neighborhood, in one of the largest operations of its kind in years. The demolitions capped a years-long legal battle over the buildings, built along the invisible line straddling the city and the occupied Continue Reading
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Architect César Pelli, renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest buildings, has died, his firm said. He was 92. Pelli, an Argentine-American whose work ranged from skyscrapers in Malaysia and New York to an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Friday at his home in New Continue Reading
London – Gibraltar was granted the power on Friday to detain Iran’s Grace 1 oil tanker for another month, keeping the vessel at the center of a big-power quarrel between Iran and the United States and its allies. Gibraltar said the Iranian vessel, seized by marines in a daring landing Continue Reading
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