It took more than 100 lawsuits and 50 restraining orders from dozens of federal judges. But after 20 days of court losses, the Trump administration capitulated, reversing a decision that threatened the legal status of thousands of foreign…
Author: admin
-
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
If President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia drafted a shopping list of what he wanted from Washington, it would be hard to beat what he was offered in the first 100 days of President Trump’s new term.
Pressure on Ukraine to surrender territory to…
Continue Reading
-
Has Europe’s ‘booziest’ city turned dry? Exploring Prague’s sober side
“We’ll have four beers… each!” cackled the men sitting across from me. It was 3 pm and we were technically still in the UK – albeit more than 10,000 metres in the air – but the stag weekend was already well underway.
It was hardly…
Continue Reading
-
Did Weight and Noise Make a Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse?
The first ominous signs at the Jet Set nightclub came around midnight, when sprinkles of plaster and water from the ceiling landed on some of the hundreds of bankers, politicians, civil servants and former baseball players crowded inside Santo…
Continue Reading
-
Inside the mission that captured the first-ever video of a colossal squid
It was just another descent into the inky deep when it appeared: a ghostly shape hovering in midwater, delicate and otherworldly.
For a few fleeting minutes, the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian held steady in the Southern Ocean near…
Continue Reading
-
Inside the mission that captured the first-ever video of a colossal squid
It was just another descent into the inky deep when it appeared: a ghostly shape hovering in midwater, delicate and otherworldly.
For a few fleeting minutes, the remotely operated vehicle SuBastian held steady in the Southern Ocean near…
Continue Reading
-
Trump’s fixation on a tariff win against China could cost him the trade war
President Donald Trump bet that his 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports would bring Chinese leader Xi Jinping running to cut a deal on trade.
Instead, China responded by hitting back with tariffs of their own, ignoring Trump’s calls to…
Continue Reading
-
The investigation into the falling debris of a SpaceX rocket is being stopped in Poland
The investigation concluded that there was no crime: the debris did not pose a direct threat to human life.
They also found no offence in damaging the property of the company where one of the debris fell – the…
Continue Reading
-
Pope Francis’ funeral in images
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried during the pontiff’s funeral ceremony. | Fabio Frustaci/EPA-EFE 
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive at the Funeral. | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images 
Ursula von der Leyen arrives to… Continue Reading
