Trump fires Sessions
From Newsmax Attorney General Jeff Sessions is out as the country’s chief law enforcement officer at President Donald Trump’s request. Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday. Trump announced in a tweet…
Amber Heard film London Fields flops at US box office
From BBC A long-delayed film version of Martin Amis’s novel London Fields, starring Amber Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp, has flopped at the US box office. The dystopian murder mystery made an estimated $160,000 (£125,000) over the weekend after…
OPINION: Has the so-called 21st Century Socialism improved the lot of countries adopting it?
By Jolly Green What exactly is 21st Century Socialism? Perhaps according to the people who are the new administrators of Socialism for the twenty-first century – it is not a society in which people sell their ability to work and…
Ditching the Dollar: Venezuela moves to Euros in International trade
From Sputnik News Venezuela’s vice president for the economy announced on Wednesday that the country will stop using the dollar for international transactions in favor of the euro. The news follows Venezuela’s turn toward cryptocurrency with the creation of the Petro in an effort…
The View From Europe: The Caribbean has lost a friend
By David Jessop From The Caribbean Council For just under forty years, Caribbean Central American Action (CCAA) has worked in Washington with the region to promote private sector led growth, successfully finding ways to help Caribbean governments and business leaders…
Russia cyber-plots: US, UK and Netherlands allege hacking
From BBC Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents. The US justice department said targets included the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies…
Cuba and Russia strengthen strategic partnership at UN meeting
From Caribbean News Now NEW YORK, USA (ACN) — Cuba and Russia strengthened their strategic relations at a meeting of their foreign ministers, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and Sergei Lavrov, respectively, within the framework of the 73rd session of the UN…
Russia shows off new luxury sedan, Putin limousine
By Reuters From This Is Money UK MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia unveiled a new luxury sedan at a Moscow motor show on Wednesday and also showed off the Russian-built limousine that President Vladimir Putin took for a televised drive during…
US Envoy: Evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib
From Newsmax There is “lots of evidence” chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib region in northwest Syria, the new U.S. representative for Syria said on Thursday, warning any attack on the last big rebel enclave…
US: Decades-old case could thwart Mueller Report
By Mark Swanson From Newsmax A 60-year-old case that’ll be heard by a federal appeals court next month could set a precedent that could prevent special counsel Robert Mueller from issuing a final report on the Russia investigation, Politico reports….