(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon says the U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East region to counter threats from Iran. The department provided no details, but a defense official says the move comes after intelligence showed that the Iranians have loaded military equipment and missiles onto small boats. The Brief Newsletter Sign…
(WASHINGTON) — A top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of next Friday to deliver them. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., issued the subpoenas days after Mnuchin refused to comply with…
Donald Trump has wanted to negotiate with the Chinese for years. In his 2011 book, “Time to Get Tough,” he argued that American politicians were “to put it succinctly, stupid,” and that his experiences working with Chinese executives in real estate would give him an advantage. “I know the Chinese, and understand and respect the…
(VANCOUVER, Wash.) — Parents in Washington state will no longer be able to claim a personal or philosophical exemption for their children from receiving the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine before attending a day care center or school under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee. The state saw more than 70 cases…
(DENVER) — Prosecutors leading the case against two students suspected of shooting nine classmates, one fatally, in a suburban Denver charter school have until next week to decide what charges to pursue, a judge ruled Friday. The decision by District Judge Theresa Slade delays hearings that had been scheduled for Friday for Devon Erickson, 18,…
(Bloomberg) — U.S. and Chinese officials wrapped up high-level trade talks on Friday, lacking a deal yet avoiding a breakdown in negotiations even after President Donald Trump boosted tariffs on $200 billion in goods from China and threatened to impose more. Trump described the two days of talks as “candid and constructive,” and said that…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Musk (R) called British diver Mr Unsworth (L) “pedo guy” Elon Musk must defend himself in court after calling a diver who helped save Thai schoolboys trapped in a cave a paedophile, a Los Angeles judge says.The federal court judge set a 22 October trial date.Mr Musk is being…
A massive waterspout has been filmed near the southern shore of Singapore.Witnesses who filmed the natural phenomenon said the waterspout was seen for around 20 minutes.A waterspout is a rapidly rotating column of air, moving over water, under a shower cloud. There are reported to be be an average of three waterspouts every year in…
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Pearl Continental Hotel is popular among foreign visitors Three gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, killing at least one person, officials say.The attack targeted the Zaver Pearl-Continental Hotel in the strategic port city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion-dollar Chinese project.…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Patrick Picque, left, and Laurent Lassimouillas, right, with a South Korean hostage who has not been named Two French tourists who were held hostage in Burkina Faso have thanked the French soldiers who “lost their lives to free us from this hell”.Two French special forces soldiers died during the raid,…