A Year of Tough Talks Awaits the EU and U.K.
This article was originally published at Stratfor.com. Highlights The United Kingdom and the European Union probably will reach an agreement on a post-Brexit transition period in 2018. A free trade agreement will be more difficult to negotiate, considering the conflicting strategic … Read More
Right-wing coalition passes law allowing jerusalem to be divided
—128 states vote for UN resolution slamming Trump’s Jerusalem policy —Knesset to vote on bill to allow separating neighborhoods from Jerusalem The bill requires a super-majority to give parts of Jerusalem to a foreign entity, but has a major loophole. … Read More
German far-right MP investigated over anti-Muslim social media posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJqLBhmvI8
House expands Russia probe to FBI, Justice use of unconfirmed dossier to snare Trump
Rep. Devin Nunes (right), chairman of the House Permanent Select committee on intelligence, has widened the net in the panel’s investigation into the use of the unconfirmed Russia dossier against Donald Trump. (Associated Press/File) The House Permanent Select Committee on … Read More
Post-Saleh guerrilla conflicts leave scores of civilians dead
In the past 10 days, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, said in a statement that all sides in the country’s conflict are indiscriminately killing civilians. He said airstrikes by the Saudi-led Arab coalition alone killed 68 … Read More
Huge swath of U.S. endures bitter cold to start 2018
A huge swath of the United States is starting 2018 with brutal cold and dangerous wind chills, as low temperatures are forecast to linger across much of the East Coast, Midwest and South in the coming days. Temperatures are forecast to be 20 to 30 … Read More
House expands Russia probe to FBI, Justice use of unconfirmed dossier to snare Trump
Rep. Devin Nunes (right), chairman of the House Permanent Select committee on intelligence, has widened the net in the panel’s investigation into the use of the unconfirmed Russia dossier against Donald Trump. (Associated Press/File) The House Permanent Select Committee on … Read More
Pope Francis highlights plight of refugees in 2018 New Year’s address
Pope Francis has used his annual World Day of Peace address in the Vatican to “give voice” to the world’s migrants and refugees most in need. Defending migrant rights has become a key theme of his papacy. Pope Francis urged … Read More
New Year’s Holiday to Bring Record Low Temperatures Across US Midwest and East Coast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G841Id-yAw
Times Square New Year’s Eve rings in 2018 [with record cold]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Idw1_uipk
New Year’s Eve to usher in record cold for much of US
Photo: Frigid temperatures strike U.S. Samantha Dement-Graham shovels her neighbor’s sidewalk on University Avenue in Dubuque, Iowa, on Friday, December 29, 2017. Blasts of arctic air have brought weather-related deaths, record low temperatures and historic amounts of snowfall to parts of … Read More
U.S. is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, retired Adm. Mike Mullen says
The United States is closer to nuclear war with North Korea than ever before, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. “We’re actually closer, in my view, to a nuclear war with North Korea and in … Read More