Saturday, 18 November 2017

Ecstatic Zimbabweans flood Harare to celebrate expected Mugabe downfall

HARARE (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, singing, dancing and hugging soldiers in an extraordinary outpouring of elation at the expected fall of President Robert Mugabe, their leader of the last 37 years.


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Kellyanne Conway Says She Started The Discussion On Sexual Harassment

Kellyanne Conway Says She Started The Discussion On Sexual HarassmentKellyanne Conway would like to thank Kellyanne Conway for starting the sexual harassment discussion.




U.S. envoy says no communication, no signal from North Korea amid nuclear crisis

U.S. envoy says no communication, no signal from North Korea amid nuclear crisisSouth Korea and the United States agreed on Friday to keep working for a peaceful end to the North Korean nuclear crisis, but a U.S. envoy said it was difficult to gauge the reclusive North's intentions as there has been "no signal". North Korea is under heavy international pressure to end its nuclear and missile programs, pursued in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, but has vowed never to give up its nuclear arsenal which it says it needs to counter perceived U.S. aggression. Lee Do-hoon, South Korea's special representative for Korean peace and security affairs, and his U.S. counterpart, Joseph Yun, met on the southern resort island of Jeju, following a summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump in Seoul last week.




Argentina's navy searches for missing submarine with 44 crew on board

Argentina's navy searches for missing submarine with 44 crew on boardArgentina’s navy has launched a huge search-and-rescue operation for a military submarine with 44 crew members that has been missing off the coast of Patagonia for more than two days. The last radio contact with the San Juan submarine was on Wednesday, when it was 430km off the coast of the southern province of Chubut, in the area of San Jorge bay, a naval spokesman said on Friday.




Ivanka Trump warned to stay quiet after speaking out about sexual assault allegations

Ivanka Trump warned to stay quiet after speaking out about sexual assault allegationsFirst daughter Ivanka Trump's harsh statement about Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore drew some backlash from Breitbart this week.




Robert Mueller 'subpoenas Trump election campaign for Russia documents'

Robert Mueller 'subpoenas Trump election campaign for Russia documents'Special counsel Robert Mueller is said to have subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s election campaign for documents regarding Russia. Mr Mueller, currently leading an investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin, reportedly requested documents and emails from over a dozen top campaign officials that include several keywords related to Russia. A source told the Wall Street Journal the subpoena would not compel testimony before a grand jury.




Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87

Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87ROME (AP) — Cosa Nostra's "boss of bosses," who was serving 26 life sentences as the convicted mastermind of dozens of murders of rivals for power on his Sicilian turf as well as prominent anti-Mafia heroes, died Friday in an Italian hospital prison ward.