2019-10-02

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Homeless soprano captures hearts with operatic subway serenade

A Los Angeles police officer was captivated by the soprano singing voice of a 52-year-old homeless woman who singing in a Los Angeles subway station.

02/10/2019

USA

Netanyahu's pretrial corruption hearing begins as unity government talks falter

Following the four-day hearing, Israel's attorney general will decide whether to indict Netanyahu on fraud and bribery charges in three corruption cases.

02/10/2019

USA

Biden's trip to China with son Hunter in 2013 comes under new scrutiny

Amid unproven Trump claims, the overseas trip is generating new attention over Hunter Biden's business dealings.

02/10/2019

Iran

Euroviews. The EU's misguided Iran strategy is akin to letting the fox into the hen house ǀ View

If the European Commission - and foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in particular - would have the EU assume a more active role in world affairs, they will be presented with a host of difficult choices, few of them black or white. Take, for example, the question of Iran.

02/10/2019

USA

North Korea fires missile days before resuming US talks

South Korean defence officials placed weight on the possibility that North Korea performed a submarine-launched missile test.

02/10/2019

USA

As Brexit endgame nears, Boris Johnson presses vote pitting people versus Parliament

Analysis: The prime minister's strategy is a huge gamble that could easily backfire.

02/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump's two faces on foreign policy exposed by call with Ukraine president ǀ View

Something important was missing from the phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy: any sign of what we think of as Trumpian nationalism.

02/10/2019

Living

Stella McCartney launches most sustainable collection to date at PFW

The Paris Fashion Week show is the designer's first after announcing a partnership with LVMH.

02/10/2019

USA

Trump calls impeachment inquiry a 'coup'

The Trump tweet came about 12 hours after Trump adviser Peter Navarro called the impeachment inquiry an "attempted coup d'etat'

02/10/2019

USA

Former Ukraine envoy Volker to testify in impeachment inquiry

Volker will be deposed before members of the House Intel, Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees.

02/10/2019

France

Watch: Glacier in danger of collapse over Italian town

A huge section of Planpincieux glacier is threatening to break off the mountain.

02/10/2019

USA

Judge presses DOJ to make a decision on Andrew McCabe charges

Judge Reggie Walton said he'd release documents in McCabe's case by Nov. 15th if the DOJ hasn't decided by then whether or not to charge him.

02/10/2019

USA

Feds say Michael Flynn is pushing conspiracy theories in bid to hinder case

After pleading guilty in the Russia probe, Flynn has accused prosecutors of suppressing exculpatory evidence and alleged he was targeted for political reasons.

02/10/2019

USA

Judge rules in favor of Harvard University in affirmative action case

The judge said in her decision that Harvard's admissions process is "not perfect" but passes constitutional muster and there is "no evidence of any racial animus whatsoever."

02/10/2019

USA

At the heart of impeachment, a potential dagger for Trump's re-election

Analysis: The 'America First' president is accused of putting America second. The existential risk for him — beyond impeachment — is that voters might agree.

02/10/2019

USA

Giuliani turns on 'honest' Ukrainian prosecutor who says Bidens did nothing illegal

Rudy Giuliani had nothing but praise for Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko — until he didn't.

02/10/2019