Create your page here
photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster
What’s Behind Texas Remembering The Alamo But Purging Hillary Clinton From History?
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingThey say some Republican conservatives are reactionary. Evidently, they’re also vindictive. Some think these are just two of the many reasons why Texas’ State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to change what students in every grade are required to learn in the classroom ... The test for Clinton was ... This includes sexism, or Washington’s a-for-males-only club ... He is a correspondent for www.WN.com ... ....
Edit
photo: European Union
Theresa May's leadership is in crisis after being humiliated by EU leaders
Business Insider 21 Sep 2018
LONDON — Theresa May is in the midst of a serious crisis for her leadership after European leaders roundly demolished the Chequers plan she had spent the entire summer selling as the only credible plan for Brexit. Donald Tusk, European Council President, on Thursday said May's idea that the UK could stay in the single market for goods after Brexit "will not work," and had been rejected by leaders of all 27 EU member states ... WATCH ... More....
Edit
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Ivanka Trump says she always 'wanted to be an astronaut'
Hindustan Times 21 Sep 2018
Ivanka, who visited the space centre on Thursday where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted, spoke to the crew of the International Space Station. world Updated. Sep 21, 2018 15.00 IST. Press Trust of India. Press Trust of India, Houston. Follow Story. Follow Story. --> ... “You inspire us all. You actually have my dream job,” Ivanka, 36, admitted ... First Published. Sep 21, 2018 15.00 IST .......
Edit
photo: Ecuador Government / Xavier Granja Cedeño
Revealed: Russia’s secret plan to help Julian Assange escape from UK
The Guardian 21 Sep 2018
Russian diplomats held secret talks in London last year with people close to Julian Assange to assess whether they could help him flee the UK, the Guardian has learned. A tentative plan was devised that would have seen the WikiLeaks founder smuggled out of Ecuador’s London embassy in a diplomatic vehicle and transported to another country ... The plan was abandoned after it was deemed too risky ... Location of Ecuadorian embassy in London....
Edit
photo: Creative Commons / Dmitry Terekhov
U.S. sanctions China for buying Russia war planes, missiles
Asahi News 21 Sep 2018
WASHINGTON--The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punishing Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The U.S ... The sanctions are related to China's purchase of 10 SU-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 surface-to-air missile system-related equipment in 2018, the State Department said ... politics....
Edit
photo: UN / Mark Garten
At U.N. podium, Trump to tout protecting U.S. sovereignty
Reuters 21 Sep 2018
Since U.S. President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations a year ago pushing an "America First" policy, he has quit the Iran nuclear deal, the U.N. Human Rights Council and lashed out at some of the closest allies of the United States ... ....
Edit
photo: US DoD / Customs and Border Protection, Jaime Rodriguez Sr.
Flooding is sending unheard amounts of water through the Carolinas
CNN 21 Sep 2018
(CNN)Jim Fraboni is preparing for the worst as an "unheard" amount of floodwater from Hurricane Florence is slowly flowing through the Carolinas. He and his wife have seen floodwater rush in and damage his home for 22 years -- but this time feels different. They've been moving many of their belongings to the attic, hoping the water won't rise higher than their house in Horry County, South Carolina ... Read More ... Death toll rises ... ....
Edit
photo: Creative Commons
Cryptocurrency Daily News Bulletin: September 21, 2018
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
These new assets can be bought individually or as part of a “Buy the Market” feature which lets users acquire a diversified crypto portfolio in a single tap on the app.ICON $0.671645 USD (12.08 percent), South Korea’s most valuable blockchain project, has partnered with the country’s biggest telecommunications conglomerate SK....
Edit
photo: US Coast Guard / PO1 Timothy Tamargo
How the US turned Hurricane Maria from a natural disaster to a man-made catastrophe
CNN 21 Sep 2018
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)One year ago, Maria came to Puerto Rico like a chainsaw in the sky, one hundred miles wide. On the island, The Maria Generation will remember it as 9/20, a vivid example that few things test a society's values like a massive disaster. While earthquakes and volcanoes give no warning, a hurricane can be a slow-motion stress test of national strength, smarts and cohesion ... Read More ... He's worthless." ... Power ... Gen ... Lt ... ....
Edit
photo: Creative Commons / Reenie
'Privatizing the coast': are wealthy Californians seizing public beaches?
The Guardian 21 Sep 2018
Privates Beach is named not for its exclusivity but for its permissive stance on nude sunbathing. This small patch of paradise on the California coastline is adored by locals, and anyone is welcome to enjoy the clean and quiet spot. If, that is, they have a key costing $100 a year. A 9ft iron gate blocks the path to a beach staircase, set among expensive hillside homes in the tony surf town of Santa Cruz, south of San Francisco ... Twitter....
Edit
photo: AP / Kerstin Joensson
Theresa May criticises EU leaders after Brexit rejection
Scotsman 21 Sep 2018
Theresa May has called on the EU to come forward with fresh proposals on Northern Ireland and trade, warning that without a move from Brussels it will not be possible to make further progress in Brexit talks ... Theresa May. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images). READ MORE. Brexit. EU leaders reject Theresa May Brexit plan ... READ MORE. Theresa May ... ....
Edit
photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill
Beyoncé accused of witchcraft by ex-drummer
Independent online (SA) 21 Sep 2018
Beyoncé has been accused of using "extreme witchcraft" against her former drummer, who also alleged the star killed her kitten. Musician Kimberly Thompson is seeking a restraining order against the 'Formation' singer after accusing the 37-year-old star of launching a campaign of harassment against her ... Speaking in 2016, she said. "I couldn't have done it without Beyoncé's approval ... She agreed with it. She loved it." ... ....
Edit
photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed
After meeting Bedouins who are being relocated, I can't see how a Palestinian state can ever happen
The Independent 21 Sep 2018
Abu Yussef Abu Dahuk is 60 years old. But of course he looks around 75 or 80, because he is a Bedouin and lives under a corrugated iron roof and sheets tied together with string, and because he owns just 120 goats which belong to his 17 children. And because the Israeli cops and soldiers a couple of hundred feet away are ready to demolish his little slum and drive him away ... But it’s not that simple ... 4 show all ... 1/4 ... Nelofer Pazira. 2/4 ... 3/4....
Edit
photo: Public Domain
I asked Israel's last pro-Palestinian journalist to show me something shocking – and this is what I saw
The Independent 20 Sep 2018
Show me something that will shock me, I told Amira Hass. So Israel’s only journalist in the Palestinian West Bank – or Palestine, if you still believe in so unorthodox a word – took me down a road outside Ramallah that I remember as a highway which led to Jerusalem. But now, just over a hill, it deteriorates into a half tarmac road, a set of closed, rusting shop doors, and garbage ... Or The Wall ... Trust Amira to start the ball rolling ... 1/15....
Edit
photo: Creative Commons / Stefan Brending
Machine Gun Kelly responds to Eminem's 'Killshot' diss track
The Independent 21 Sep 2018
Machine Gun Kelly has responded to Eminem‘s track “Killshot” in an interview, branding the track a “leg shot”. The two rappers have feuded over the last few weeks, since Eminem took aim at Kelly on his new album Kamikaze. Kelly reacted by releasing the track “Rap Devil” only a few hours later, with Eminem putting out “Killshot” the following week ... I’m like, ‘Oh, word, alright’. He called me a mumble rapper, dog.” ... Getty ... PA....
Edit
