Month: January 2020

Russia’s Avangard hypersonic ICBM system is now operational. Russian state media sounded a triumphal tone in the December 27th announcement that the first Avangards are now ready for launch, even specifying the exact hour of combat readiness for the nuclear-armed hypersonic glider. “The Avangard strategic missile system has been put on combat duty at 10…

REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir A number of wild theories and reports cropped up on Tuesday to explain how Nissan’s ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn somehow escaped Japan, where he faces trial, and fled to Lebanon. Ghosn’s escape was particularly mysterious because he was forbidden from international travel and his three passports were confiscated as part of a $13 million…

By Issam Abdallah and Tim Kelly BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) – Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape a “rigged” justice system in Japan, raising questions about how one of the world’s most-recognised executives had slipped away while on bail. Ghosn’s abrupt departure marks the latest twist in a…

AP Photo/Francois Mori Carlos Ghosn, 64, amassed a $120 million net worth while he was the head ranking official at the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Motors automotive alliance over the past two decades. The former CEO was accused of misreporting his salary and compensation in November 2018. Nissan and Ghosn settled the case with the SEC by agreeing…

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg says he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country, an implicit criticism of the controversy that has ensnared his 2020 Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden. Hunter Biden’s position…

Joe Biden may have just fallen for a fatal argument from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run. The former vice president held a rally in New Hampshire on Monday, where he pushed the idea of retraining coal miners as programmers by saying “Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn…

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican authorities have arrested seven suspects in connection with last month’s massacre of nine Mormon women and children in the country’s north, the attorney general’s office said. A local police chief suspected of links to organized crime was among those taken into custody, according to local media. The victims — six…

Hundreds of Iraqis stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in the latest sign of trouble for the Trump administration’s attempt to simultaneously thwart the Islamic State and Iran. It’s fresh proof that President Donald Trump’s reliance on saber-rattling instead of diplomacy risks greater chaos in the Middle East — and his approach threatens…

WASHINGTON — The Senate trial of President Donald Trump must include witnesses and documents that answer new questions that have emerged about the roles top White House aides played in blocking the release of $391 million in military aid for Ukraine, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Monday. The comments by Schumer of New York, the Democratic…

CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — West Virginia plans to begin training its corrections department staff about the Holocaust after a photograph of correction officer cadets giving Nazi salutes led to dozens of firings and widespread outrage, officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said the leader…