The SPD gathered in Bonn today to decide whether to start formal coalition talks with Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a move which would bring Europe’s economic powerhouse one step closer to a stable government. Leader Martin Schulz faced a strong backlash … Read More
© Zuma Press / www.globallookpress.com CNN political reporter Maeve Reston half-joked about her network’s obsession with all things Russia, but at the same time conceded the voting public simply doesn’t care about the “Russiagate” conspiracy. Reston was discussing voter sentiment … Read More
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Sunday called for a quick end to a Turkish incursion into northern Syria’s Afrin province, saying it may help “terrorist” groups, state news agency IRNA reported. “Iran hopes that this operation will be ended immediately … Read More
Pence will speak at the Knesset, meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin, tour Yad Vashem and visit the Western Wall. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives in the Jordanian capital Amman on January 20, 2018. KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP … Read More
Dying North Koreans a sign US diplomatic strategy works, Tillerson says Signs of starvation and death in North Korea indicate that US diplomatic strategy works fine, says the secretary of state. The objective now is not to let Pyongyang evoke … Read More
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the newly-remodeled Pyongyang Teacher Training College, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on Jan 17. Photo: KCNA/via REUTERS TOKYO Japan will help developing nations in Africa … Read More
AntisémitismeAFP ‘Anti-Semitism is the dangerous fuel feeding our enemies for generations’, diaspora minister said The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs released a report on Sunday that noted an increase in anti-Semitic sentiment throughout 2017 attributing the rise of the far-right and … Read More
Rep. Matt Gaetz appeared on FNC’s ‘America’s Newsroom’ Friday morning to discuss the effort to release a Top Secret memo which allegedly details abuse of FISA surveillance during the Obama administration. Gaetz also told Sean Hannity Thursday night that if it comes … Read More
Standing near a 7-Eleven in Boyle Heights on Thursday morning, Roberto Pedraza hawked tamales and cups of champurrado, the Mexican hot drink, out of insulated jugs stationed on top of plastic crates. He knew the store chain had been a … Read More
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif., in 2016. CreditScott Smith/Associated Press Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) The more than 100 million trees that died in California after being weakened by drought and … Read More