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UN Votes 128-9 To Reject US Decision On Jerusalem
The UN General Assembly on Thursday, December 21, adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to nine, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Donald Trump had warned ahead of the vote in the 193-nation assembly that “we’re watching” and threatened reprisals against countries...
UN Votes On Jerusalem After Trump Warns ‘We’re Watching’
Members of the UN Security Council. KENA BETANCUR / AFPUN member-states will vote on Thursday on a motion rejecting us recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, under strong pressure from President Donald Trump who has threatened to cut funding to countries that back the measure. The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency session to...
New Austrian Government Rules Out EU Referendum
Future Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (L) of the conservative People’s Party (OeVP) and incoming vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) give a joint press conference to unveil their joint programme on December 16, 2017 in Vienna, Austria. PHOTO: ALEX HALADA / AFP Austria’s new coalition...
EU leaders formally approve second Brexit phase
The European Union (EU) has given the formal green light for a second phase of negotiations on Britain’s departure from the bloc. The talks will now focus on a transition period and the future trading relationship between the two sides.  EU leaders meeting in Brussels said on Friday that the way was clear for the opening of the second...
Strategy: How Max Levchin cofounded and built PayPal into a payments monster after 6 pivots and a bitter rivalry with Elon Musk
Max Levchin cofounded PayPal, took it public, and sold it to eBay. Now he's leading a loan startup. Here's how he did it. Max Levchin founded PayPal with Peter Thiel in 1999, and it grew with the help of Elon Musk and Reid Hoffman. PayPal went public and was sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. He is now the CEO of Affirm, an online...
Fighting Kills Five In Ukraine’s Separatist East
Supporters of former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, angered at his detention, clash with police during a rally outside a detention centre in Kiev late on December 8, 2017. Ukrainian police rearrested Saakashvili after a similar attempt to detain the foe of President Petro Poroshenko had failed. Sergei CHUZAVKOV / AFPThe latest spike of...
Ex-Georgian President Saakashvili On Hunger Strike After Ukraine Arrest
Supporters of former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, angered at his detention, attend a rally outside a detention centre in Kiev late on December 8, 2017. PHOTO: Genya SAVILOV / AFP Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has gone on hunger strike to protest his arrest in Ukraine on charges of trying to stage a coup sponsored by...
Politics: New Trump Tower meeting details, a whistleblower, and the GOP’s efforts to malign the FBI — the Trump Russia investigation a week after Flynn’s guilty plea
With new revelations about Don, Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting, the Russia investigation was quieter this week than last but still vital for the future of the probe. In the week following former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea, new details have emerged about the meeting President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump...
Politics: New Trump Tower meeting details, a whistleblower, and the GOP’s efforts to malign the FBI — the Trump Russia investigation a week after Flynn’s guilty plea
With new revelations about Don, Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting, the Russia investigation was quieter this week than last but still vital for the future of the probe. In the week following former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea, new details have emerged about the meeting President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump...
U.S Secretary of State to tour Africa in 2018
U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is planning a trip to Africa in the first three months of 2018, a senior aide said. Earlier on Wednesday, Tillerson said there was no truth to reports that President Donald Trump intended to fire him and replace him with CIA chief Mike Pompeo. Directly addressing the issue at a news conference at NATO...
