John Oliver Goes Nuclear on Brexit Vote and Warns US Over Trump: 'There Are No F---ing Do-Overs'
By Tierney McAfee @tierneymcafee 06/27/2016 AT 12:30 PM EDT John Oliver is not happy with voters in his native United Kingdom – "a place," he says, "whose very name, after this week's events, is beginning to sound a bit sarcastic." Oliver is referring of course to Britain's controversial vote to leave the European Union, a decision which the comedian completely eviscerated in the latest episode of his show, Last Week Tonight. "First, Britain was already independent. In fact, it's what ma..>> view originalEgyptAir black boxes could yet provide clues
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BEIRUT — The lawyer of a prominent Lebanese journalist who hosted a talk show on Egypt's private ONTV says she has arrived in Beirut after being deported by Egyptian authorities.Liliane Daoud was detained on Monday at her house in Cairo, in front of her 10-year-old daughter. Hours later, she was escorted to the airport, where she took a flight to Beirut shortly before midnight.Lawyer Zyad el-Elaimy says she arrived in Beirut early Tuesday. El-Elaimy says on his Twitter account that Daoud's f..>> view originalEight suicide bombers target Lebanese Christian village
BEIRUT Eight suicide bombers attacked a Lebanese Christian village on Monday, killing five people and wounding dozens more, in the latest violent spillover of the five-year-old Syrian war into Lebanon.Security sources said they believed Islamic State was responsible for the bombings in the village of Qaa on Lebanon's border with Syria, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.A first wave of attacks involved four suicide bombers who struck after 4 a.m., killing five people, all civil..>> view originalGaza's Hamas Rulers Thank Turkey After Its Deal With Israel
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers have thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his support following a reconciliation pact with Israel that Ankara says will help alleviate hardships in the isolated coastal strip.As part of the agreement, Turkey will be allowed to bring relief supplies into Gaza and carry out new development projects here.Hamas sais in a statement early Tuesday that it "expresses its thanks and appreciation" to Erdogan. However, it insists that it's stickin..>> view originalA Former Chilean General Has Been Found Liable for the Murder of Singer Victor Jara
In what is being hailed as a significant civil rights victory, a former Chilean general was found liable Monday for the 1973 torture and murder of popular folk singer and political activist Victor Jara. The two-week civil trial in Florida also saw an award of $28 million in damages to Jara’s widow and daughters. Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez fled Chile for the U.S. in 1989 and could now see extradition to stand trial for murder 43 years after the fact, according to TeleSUR. Jara was arrested a ..>> view originalUS accuses Russia of harassing diplomats
Secretary of State John Kerry last discussed the matter with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 24, according to State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau."We see an increase and we take it seriously," she told reporters at a press briefing.Trudeau said that harassment of diplomats by Russian security agents and traffic police had been an issue over the past two years but did not detail any incidents nor why Kerry brought up the matter with Putin.Other Western embassies had reported ..>> view originalWhat To Know About Brexit Today
British politics remained in upheaval Monday. The leading political parties are in a mess: Conservatives are rushing to replace their leader, Prime Minister David Cameron, and the opposition Labour Party is escalating pressure on its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to step down. All the while, the United Kingdom lumbers toward starting the divorce talks with the European Union. Meanwhile, the pound is still down, markets are shaky and Standard and Poors lowered another credit rating. Bri..>> view originalBrexit vote, UK political confusion keep world markets on edge
LONDON Britain's vote to leave the European Union continued to reverberate through financial markets, with the pound falling to its lowest level in 31 years, despite government attempts to relieve some of the confusion about the political and economic outlook. UK finance minister George Osborne said early Monday that the British economy was strong enough to cope with the market volatility caused by last week's "Brexit" referendum which has resulted in the biggest blow since World War Two to th..>> view originalPalestinians Say Israel Caused Their Summer Water Shortage
In Salem, a village of 7,000 people in the northern West Bank, for a month now, Israel has slowed the water flow by two-thirds, said local water engineer Wahed Hamdan. What remains is further reduced by the village's leaky pipe system, which was installed back in 1982, he said.To cope with the diminished flow, Salem has instituted a rotation regime between neighborhoods, Hamdan said. Residents use pumps to bring the trickle to storage tanks on their roofs but the weak stream cannot reach homes ..>> view original
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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