Month: January 2020

Oklahoma prosecutors charged two people on Friday for the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl in what is reportedly a case of ‘payback’ over a sexually transmitted disease.  Andrew Hall, 30, and Cheyenne Blalock, 17, were charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Kirstan Patterson, 17, according to court documents.  Patterson’s mother and…

The Golden Globes may be a celebration of art and escapism, but during this year’s ceremony, plenty of attendees used their platform to draw attention to an escalating crisis: the fires in Australia. While Australia battles bushfires every year, this fire season has seen unprecedented and widespread devastation. At this time, millions of acres have…

Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia, experts say. “Climate change is increasing bushfire risk in Australia by lengthening the fire season, decreasing precipitation and increasing temperature,” according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The unprecedented fires, which have killed at least 25 people and destroyed 2,000 homes, have been burning since September.…

Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that he is willing to testify before the Senate in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial if he is subpoenaed. “I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify,” Bolton said in a statement. Bolton’s agreement to testify if subpoenaed, however, doesn’t necessarily mean the…

Senator Mitt Romney (R., Utah) said on Monday evening that he wants former White House national security adviser John Bolton to testify in the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump, but stopped short of calling for him to be subpoenaed. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey “I would like to be able to hear from John…

Washington — Out of more than 50 asylum-seekers sent to Guatemala by the U.S. since the two countries started implementing a controversial agreement, only two migrants have requested protection through the Central American country’s fledgling asylum system. The rest have opted to return to their home countries. In late November, the U.S. and Guatemala started…

Carlos De la Torre, senior director, and Midori Honda, market development director, both of AM Best América Latina, will attend the 2020 Guatemala Insurance Week, which will take place Jan. 13-18, 2020, in Guatemala City. The insurance week in Guatemala is the largest (re)insurance-related event for the Guatemalan industry. The event program includes seminars, meetings…

Key Point: Global shipping is vulnerable to Iranian deterrence. The recent mining of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, attributed to Iran by the United States, offers an important window into the strategic thinking of Iran and similarly situated regional powers. The incident is notable because the act of mining a limited number…

Democrats have slammed Donald Trump’s decision to launch an airstrike to kill Iran’s top general, arguing the vote by Iraq’s parliament to expel American troops shows damage has already been done to US interests. The claim was made by senator Chris Murphy on Sunday, just after the Iraqi vote in Baghdad, where Iranian Revolutionary Guard…

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Parisa Hafezi BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States has no plans to pull American troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday, following reports by Reuters and other media of a U.S. military letter informing Iraq officials about the repositioning of troops in preparation to leave the country.…