California wildfires evening update: September 9, 2020
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Nearly 2,000 residents of eastern Ohio remained under evacuation orders on Monday as railroad crews drained and burned off a toxic chemical from five tanker cars of a freight train that derailed in a fiery wreck three days earlier, officials said. The venting of pressurized vinyl chloride, a highly flammable and…
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – Pakistan has asked the United States for a $10 billion exchange stabilization facility, according to a source briefed on the matter, which, if approved, could provide a lifeline for the cash-strapped South Asian economy. The request, which is being reported for the first time, follows Pakistan’s role in brokering talks…
Italians broke into spontaneous applause and wept for joy as a feared Mafia ‘godfather’ was arrested after 30 years on the run. Paramilitary cops swooped on Matteo Messina Denaro while he was undergoing treatment at a private clinic in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, according to The Associated Press. Italian news agencies reported he is…
Material not expected to rebut Warren commission conclusion that president was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone Historians and conspiracy theorists have been given an early Christmas present: the release from US National Archives of 13,173 documents relating to the official investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy. From barely legible…
McCarthy directed three House committees to launch a ramped-up investigation. Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he was ordering House Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, alleging a “culture of corruption” involving him and his family. McCarthy had signaled the impeachment inquiry for weeks, but his announcement Tuesday comes at a time…
PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Nearly three months after plunging France into political crisis by calling a snap election, President Emmanuel Macron is struggling to name a new prime minister whom rivals will not immediately topple – and who will preserve his pro-business legacy. The election delivered a hung parliament, with Macron now having to…