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Key Reason for Strengthening S.Korea-US Ally
To seem like an elder statesman, Xi noted that China will continue to play a constructive role on the issue (of talks) and work with all parties, including North Korea , toward the thaw of the situation on the Peninsula. Whether Trump would succumb to such pressure tactics only time will tell but seeing the US President's penchant for brinkmanship, there could well be reverse consequences of fu... [Full Article...]
$168B budget deal approved in middle of night
To get it (the budget) done early was a herculean task". Seventeen days after Cuomo's longtime top aide and confidant was convicted on corruption charges and weeks before the retrial of the former Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker on separate corruption charges, the budget included no ethics reforms. [Full Article...]
Your letters: Will this be the budget when Ontario finally says, Enough!
While some are criticizing the projected deficit laid out in the Liberal's budget, Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn said he would respond to critics by reminding them Ontario's economy is strong - outperforming the rest of Canada and every G7 country, its unemployment rate is the lowest it has been in two decades, and this year the province will have a $600-million surplus. [Full Article...]
AIADA optimistic about US-Korea trade agreement
Kim is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump in May to discuss denuclearisation, although a time and place have not been set. The two sides did not settle on the summit agenda at Thursday's meeting in the Unification Pavilion on Panmunjom's northern side, but the South's delegation leader Cho Myoung-gyon told reporters they agreed Kim and Moon should be able to hold "frank discussions o... [Full Article...]
Alabama high school teacher arrested for being drunk in class
AZ Family reports that the victim's father and stepmother, who wanted to remain unknown, opened up after Las Brisas Academy Elementary School teacher Brittany Zamora , 27, was arrested for reportedly having sex and performing oral sex on a 13-year-old student. [Full Article...]
Chris Brown Photographed With Hands Around Woman's Neck, He Claims It's "Horseplay"
Geragos suggests he plans to take legal action over the photo leak, adding, "Whoever invaded their privacy will be held accountable". In a few photos. Nine years after assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna , Chris Brown has been photographed with his hands around a woman's throat, claiming this time that it was just "horseplay". [Full Article...]
Russia to expel Swedish diplomat in tit-for-tat response
A spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said Russia's response was regrettable and that Moscow was in flagrant breach of worldwide law over the killing of the former spy. "Issues like strategic stability and arms control, which are not just a U.S. -Russia set of issues, but indeed impact the stability and the well-being of the entire globe". [Full Article...]
DPRK will take part in next two Olympics - IOC chief Bach
Athletes from North and South Korea marched under a joined peninsula flag at the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, and the two Koreas have seen a momentous defrost in tensions since. Bach hoped that the IOC's relationship with the North's Olympic Committee would continue to develop favourable and expected cooperation in developing and improving sport in North Korea. [Full Article...]
Rain likely, high near 53 — TODAY'S FORECAST
Little or no snow accumulation expected. A cold front will bring a brief period of scattered showers late Saturday into Sunday morning. Bryon Miller, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Valley, said the jet stream is to blame. [Full Article...]
Ram Navami violence: WB Guv takes stock of riot-hit Asansol, Raniganj
Prohibitory orders remained in force in Asansol . Banerjee did not comment on the situation at Asansol-Raniganj. Earlier on Thursday, BJP MP Babul Supriyo stoked controversy while he was on his way to a relief camp in Kalyanpur, Asansol . [Full Article...]
Parkland survivor David Hogg urges Arby's boycott over Fox News ties
The former Fox News host had announced , after a series of Times investigations revealed he'd paid around $50 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuits, that he was taking a "pre-planned" vacation of a few days. In response, Hogg called on his followers to contact her top advertisers. Hogg tweeted "Have some healthy reflections this Holy Week" echoing Ingraham's own words of apology t... [Full Article...]
Marcos Alonso: 'We must beat Tottenham Hotspur'
Pochettino has not shut the door completely on the centre-back as Spurs go for Champions League qualification and the FA Cup in the final few weeks of the season. Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has refused to play down the importance of Sunday's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur . Conte guided Chelsea to the Premier League title last season but he's continually criticised t... [Full Article...]
Trump looks forward to meeting DPRK's Kim after China talks
Another 37 percent said they would advise Trump to "take it down a notch", and only 13 percent would tell him to "keep doing what you're doing!" "I look forward to working with them, and we're going to get the American people roads that are fixed and bridges that are fixed", Trump said last month. [Full Article...]
Malala Yousafzai returns to hometown in Pakistan
Her family's home region of Swat was once a militant stronghold, and she was attacked on a school bus there at 15. But critics have long warned that Pakistan is not doing enough to fight the root causes of extremism, and beneath the surface peace in Swat was always fragile, as the attack on Malala herself three years later demonstrated. [Full Article...]
Did Anyone Win Tonight's Mega Millions for March 30, 2018?
The jackpot victor will receive the fourth largest jackpot in the history of the game. Friday night's drawing also produced two $1 million winning tickets, where players in OH and Texas matched all five white balls. In order to win tonight's jackpot, you'd need to match all five white balls and the yellow Mega ball. The odds of actually winning the lottery are actually about one in 14 m... [Full Article...]
North Korea smuggling: dozens of ships and companies blacklisted by UN
The Security Council of the United Nations has imposed sanctions against North Korea , which involved a Taiwanese national who has been accused of helping Pyongyang evade global trading bans. The identities of the new designees and where they were based was not immediately clear, but Haley said the U.S. had proposed them to coincide with a U.S. [Full Article...]
Thousands pay tribute to comic legend Sir Ken Dodd
He said: "Ken always said his gift, his talents, were from God and comedians like Ken, they only come once in a lifetime". In reference to the length of the comedian's shows, Canon Myles Davies, acting dean of Liverpool , joked that the congregation would not "be missing the last bus home". [Full Article...]
Vikings sign Kendall Wright for likely role as No. 3 wide receiver
As a member of the Bears last season, Wright led the team in catches (59) and receiving yards (614). He caught 41 of those passes in the slot with just one drop, good for an 80.4 catch rate that was the highest in the league from the position. [Full Article...]
France Wants To Be A Mediator To Stop Turkey, Kurd Fight
Turkey dismissed it out of hand in a move likely to further fuel tension with France, which has expressed clear concerns over an ongoing Turkish military operation in northern Syria. The presidency also said Macron was offering to mediate between Turkey and the SDF ― a suggestion Erdogan dismissed. The statement did not elaborate on how exactly Paris plans to support the SDF, but PYD member Kh... [Full Article...]
China's 'Jack the Ripper' sentenced to death
Photo The verdict against Gao Chengyong, convicted of 11 murders that included rape and defiling corpses, was applauded in China. Authorities said Gao targeted young women in the northwest Baiyin city in Gansu Province and Boatour city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sky News reported. [Full Article...]