Police intercept suspicious package addressed to former US vice president Joe Biden October 25, 2018 Police said today that they have intercepted a suspicious package addressed to former US vice president Joe Biden. The package is similar to pipe bombs sent to several prominent Democrats, a restaurant belonging to actor Robert de Niro and news studio CNN. Bomb squads are dealing with the package in a Delaware postal centre, NBC [...]
Trump’s odds of winning a Nobel Peace Prize just shot up October 23, 2018 Donald Trump is now the bookie's favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year, after the President accepted an invitation to meet Kim Jong Un. Ladbrokes has set 2/1 odds on Trump scooping the prize, which was last year awarded to a group which campaigned to abolish nuclear weapons. Previous winners include Trump's predecessor [...]
Chomping at the bit: The race is on to be the next Tory leader October 17, 2018 There will be no deal this week. It was intended, then hoped for, but a Brexit deal is now as far away as it has ever been. The longer this goes on, the more likely it is that there will be a late capitulation, the mother-of-all-compromises by Downing Street, presented as a victory for all [...]
Big brains, fake news and bad deals: Five things Trump said last night to spark worldwide outrage September 27, 2018 Bloomberg has called it “the end of presidential press conferences”. In a bizarre and colourful 83-minute news conference last night, Donald Trump, as is his wont, gave reporters much to chew on. Sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nomination and an escalating trade war with China were among the issues the President confronted. [...]
President Barack Obama antagonises Republicans as he unveils ambitious clean power plan August 3, 2015 Framing climate change as one of the most pressing challenge the world faces, President Barack Obama has unveiled what he called “the single most important step America has ever taken in the fight against global climate change.” The goal of the plan, which has been two years in the making, is to cut greenhouse gas [...]
Obama’s Brexit intervention is not in Britain’s interests: It benefits an America suffering from an increasingly hostile Europe July 24, 2015 Voters! Hold-up! Stop worrying about that pesky decision about what our future relationship with the EU should look like. You don’t need to worry about exercising your democratic right in the UK, the President of the United States wants the UK to stay in the EU come what may. Phew, glad that’s settled. Ok. [...]
Barack Obama and White House in final stages of drafting plan to close Guantanamo prison July 22, 2015 A White House spokesperson has confirmed that US president Barack Obama is in the "final stages" of drafting a plan to close the prison at Guantanamo, Reuters has reported. The military prison has been a source of controversy since it opened in 2002, with Amnesty International calling it the “Gulag of our times” after reports [...]
Iran’s nuclear deal: Everyone from Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin to Barack Obama and David Cameron has welcomed the agreement July 14, 2015 It's not often world leaders from the UK and US agree with those from Russia and Syria, but today is one of those rare moments. David Cameron, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad have all welcomed the historic nuclear deal inked between the world's leading powers and Iran today. This morning the [...]
Barack Obama makes personal intervention in Greek crisis talks July 8, 2015 With Greece given five days to reach an agreement ahead of an emergency summit attended by all 28 EU member states, President Barack Obama has made his first personal intervention in the crisis in months. Obama spoke to both Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the leaders gathered in Brussels. [...]
Healthcare stocks rise after Supreme Court Obamacare decision June 25, 2015 Healthcare stocks in the US were up after Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) won an important victory today. Up for debate was whether subsidies would be available to people in all 50 states, or just those which set up insurance marketplaces under the act. The court ruled the subsidies should be available universally. [...]