Month: December 2019

Prince Andrew Has 'Embarrassed the Family' and Friends Are Concerned for Princess Beatrice, Source Says

While this is supposed to be the happiest time of her life, Princess Beatrice’s wedding planning, unfortunately, seems to be overshadowed by the scandal surrounding her father, Prince Andrew, and his affiliation with convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. Beatrice got engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi earlier this year, but a source close to the 31-year-old princess tells ET that she has…

By HearthstoneYarns December 10, 2019 0

India’s Lost Potential in Modi’s Hindu Zeal

(Bloomberg) — Want to receive this post in your inbox every day? Sign up for the Balance of Power newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Politics on Twitter and Facebook for more. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Narendra Modi is on the march.India’s prime minister, aided by his powerful Home Minister Amit Shah, is bent on using his second term to entrench Hindu nationalism in…

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Indian protesters stage shutdown against citizenship bill

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators closed down streets in northeastern India on Tuesday as part of an 11-hour shutdown in protest of legislation that would grant citizenship to persecuted Hindus and other religious minorities from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who immigrated to the country illegally. The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by…

By HearthstoneYarns December 10, 2019 0

U.S. Commission Censures India’s New Citizenship Bill

(Bloomberg) — A U.S. federal commission has called for sanctions against India’s home minister and other top leaders if the country passes a controversial bill that will prevent Muslim migrants from neighboring countries from receiving citizenship. After hours of heated debate, India’s lower house of Parliament early Tuesday morning passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill —…

By HearthstoneYarns December 10, 2019 0

Meet the lawyer at the center of the Trump universe

WASHINGTON — When President Trump last month issued his latest intervention by tweet in a war crimes case involving a Navy SEAL, it capped what had already been an extraordinary exercise of executive powers in military justice.  “The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very…

By HearthstoneYarns December 10, 2019 0

A North Korea Crisis for Christmas

There will be a North Korea crisis for Christmas this year. Hours after President Donald Trump admonished North Korea supremo Kim Jong Un on Sunday, Kim’s right-hand man, Kim Yong Chol fired back, calling the American leader “a heedless and erratic old man.” Trump issued his warning, in the form a two-part tweet, after Pyongyang…

By HearthstoneYarns December 10, 2019 0