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Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail
The President's latest grand scheme is to buy Greenland from Denmark. It makes sense. But he should set his sights much higher and bid for Britain instead, according to Littlejohn.

UK’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has invited British MPs from across Parliament, including some Tory rebels, to come up with a solution to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

Zachary Karabell, Politico
The president likes to say that his tariffs are hurting China and no one else. But if China is feeling the pain, so will the United States.

DAY 2 of York produced a bunch of screaming fireworks and it really was a day to remember. We’ve picked out the best stories from the undercard. Mums the word! Wow! Rarely do you see Flat races won by 11l, particularly in a 21-runner field – but that’s what the extraordinary Mums Tipple did. Richard […]

Arturo Porzecanski, Americas Quarterly
Brazil's 2002 crisis illuminates a way to calm investors, writes a longtime emerging markets economist.

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England U-21s will get their 2019-20 campaign under way by entertaining Sweden, USA and Norway in the Nordic Tournament starting next week. Rehanne Skinner will take charge of the Young Lionesses for this annual round-robin [...]

‘Live ammunition used on protesters’

A 25-year-old Nepali citizen was allegedly sodomised by his roommate in Mukherjee Nargar area, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, they said. The victim, working as a cook at a PG in Indira Vikas Colony, lodged a complaint on Wednesday alleging that a colleague came to his room around 1 AM in an inebriated state and harassed him, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Vijayanta Arya said. Following the complaint, a case of unnatural... Читать дальше...

Anuj Uppal of Delhi prevailed over seasoned pro Rafat Habib of Railways 5-3 to win the MIG Cricket Club organised 3rd Masters National Snooker Championship here on Thursday. In the final, the Delhi cueist Uppal showed better nerves and took his chances against Tamil Nadus Habib who was not at his usual best and was not really up to the challenge for a fight. Uppal was steady and showed better consistency with his potting as he constructed two substantial breaks to run out worthy winner. He... Читать дальше...

All 10 people aboard a small jet plane that went up in flames when it crashed just off the runway at a California airport made it out alive, reports said. The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna Citation jet, heading from Oroville to Portland International Airport, aborted takeoff at Oroville Municipal Airport around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday...

A case under the new law which bans instant triple talaq was registered in Surat on Thursday against a Muslim man for allegedly divorcing his wife on phone. This was first case under The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 filed in Gujarat after the law was passed by Parliament, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Panna Momaya. As per the complainant woman, her husband Mohammad alias Vasim Pathan and his mother were ill-treating her for the last one and half years. In June... Читать дальше...

Milan (AFP) – Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri will miss the Serie A champions’ first two games of the new season against Parma and Napoli as he recovers from pneumonia, the Italian club confirmed on Thursday....

Light touch plays a critical role in everyday tasks, such as picking up a glass or playing a musical instrument, as well as for detecting the touch of, say, biting insects. Researchers have discovered how neurons in the spinal cord help transmit such itch signals to the brain. The findings could help contribute to a better understanding of itch and could lead to new drugs to treat chronic itch, which occurs in such conditions as eczema, diabetes and even some cancers.

Dario Leone

Security, Asia

Could they do it?

In response to questions on whether Taiwan has received related information on such arms sales, Wu said again there has been no official word from the U.S.

As we have recently reported Taiwan could be next country to buy the F-35.

In fact according to Focus Taiwan, on Apr. 5, 2017 an official from Taiwan told the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee that the island welcomes the sale of the F-35 stealth fighter. Читать дальше...

After more than a decade of sugary monikers, Google is finally ending Android’s dessert-themed naming scheme now that Android Q has officially become Android 10. 

She also lauded her son Rahul Gandhi's act of quitting as the party chief after the Congress' loss in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Artists have been known to re-record their music catalogues to get out of legal binds

Las Vegas Sands Corp. is changing course on plans to pursue an integrated resort in Osaka, Japan.

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper appeared to confirm Wednesday that the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden is dead.

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geosciences of Alberta said it cancelled the engineering permit for Jacobsen Hage Engineering in December 2004, one year after the Riverview Estates condominiums were constructed.

He told the court the figures in the model were of his friends and not victims of the tragedy.

Australia’s national airline is testing a new flight. It’s long.

There are long-haul flights and then there are flights that take an entire day of your life. Last year, I flew from New York to Singapore, an 18-hour-and-45-minute trip that felt like an eternity. At the time, that was the world’s longest nonstop flight, and it was really, really long.

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