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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Vice-President Joe Biden has a blunt suggestion for President-elect Donald Trump: It is time to “grow up.” Asked about a few of Trump’s controversial remarks and tweets since winning the November election, Biden had some intemperate comments of his own. “Grow up Donald, grow up, time to be an adult, you’re president,” he told television station PBS in an interview broadcast Thursday. “Time to do something. Show us what […]
by Nova SAFO Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Chicago prosecutors filed hate crime and other felony charges Thursday against four young men and women accused of holding captive and assaulting a man with special needs in a racially charged attack broadcast live on Facebook. Video of the assault shows a terrified young white man cowering in the corner of a room as four black attackers taunt and beat him. The attack rose […]
US Senator Dan Coats speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, November 30, 2016 in New York, after meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump. / AFP PHOTO / Bryan R. Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Donald Trump has chosen for his director of national intelligence someone who could provide a counterweight to the president-elect’s alleged soft spot for Moscow: a former senator banned by Russia. Dan Coats, 73, will be nominated […]
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US spy chiefs insisted Thursday they have strong evidence that Russia mounted an unprecedented bid to disrupt the American election, standing firm in the face of Donald Trump’s refusal to accept their conclusions. One day before the heads of four intelligence bodies brief the president-elect on their assessment of Russian meddling in last year’s race, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate hearing […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday huddled with top military commanders, urging a smooth transition of power and praising their respect for civilian rule. “We have to make sure that during this transition period that there is a seamless passing of the baton,” Obama said in remarks before a closed-door meeting with his Joint Chiefs of Staff and regional combatant commanders. Obama will leave the White House on January 20, when […]
by Catherine TRIOMPHE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A New York commuter train derailed Wednesday during the morning rush at a station in Brooklyn, sparking chaotic scenes and leaving more than 100 people with minor injuries. The accident at Atlantic Terminal in the heart of the New York borough came less than four months after a fatal crash on another commuter line in New Jersey, when a speeding train derailed and slammed into […]
NEW YORK (Eagle News) – The New York Knicks’ woes continue as the Milwaukee Bucks rallied from a 16-point deficit to defeat the Knicks 105-104 on a buzzer beating jumper by Giannis Antetokounmpo on Wednesday night. During the first half, the game was neck-to-neck. The Madison Square Garden crowd was excited as the hometown team, the New York Knicks, looked to snap their 5-game losing streak by pulling away with the lead in […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama will make a short but politically charged trip from the White House to Capitol Hill Wednesday, calling allied lawmakers to arms in defense of his signature healthcare reforms. Obama’s eight-year drive to extend medical coverage to tens of millions of Americans will come under sustained assault when President-elect Donald Trump takes office January 20 with Republican majorities in both house of Congress. In […]
NEW YORK , United States (Reuters ) — Thieves in New York broke into a jewelry wholesaler and made off with $6 million in valuables on New Year’s Eve, just blocks from the nationally televised and highly secured Times Square street party celebrating the holiday, police said on Tuesday (January 3). Three men broke in to a building on Manhattan’s 36th Street at 10 p.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday (December 31), police said. A surveillance […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — The new United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, warned Tuesday that the world body faces “very challenging times” and asked for support of reforms to make it better able to deal with them. Before beginning his first day of work at UN headquarters in New York, Guterres, who succeeded Ban Ki-moon as secretary-general on January 1, addressed staff and diplomats about the need for an overhaul of the international organization. […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — House Republicans were forced to back down Tuesday on plans to gut a congressional ethics office as Donald Trump rebuked them over the move, in an embarrassing clash with the president-elect on the day the new Congress was sworn in. When Trump takes office on January 20, Republicans will run both chambers of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2007, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, as will former president George W. Bush, aides to the politicians said Tuesday. In all, at least three former presidents will be at the US Capitol in Washington for the historic ceremony that kicks off Trump’s term as the nation’s 45th commander in chief: Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Aides to both Clintons told AFP […]
