Month: February 2020

Far-left actress and activist Alyssa Milano on Friday listed nine possible reasons President Trump should be impeached – which include “collusion,” “persecuting political opponents,” “attacking the free press,” and “obstructing justice.” Milano, a determined political foe of Trump, responded to one of the president’s tweets Friday which read, “You can’t Impeach someone who hasn’t done…

Industry Commisioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska said earlier this year that she wanted to take legal action against national governments. | Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images Brussels targets seven countries over ‘Dieselgate’ scandal If governments fail to respond, the European Commission could take the matter to European courts. By Anca Gurzu and Esther King 12/7/16, 9:44 PM…

A woman walks past flowers and tributes left near the scene of Saturday's terror attack, on June 6, 2017 in London | Carl Court/Getty Images MIDDAY BRIEF, IN BRIEF Today at Commission, London attack and defense The Commission will make a decision on the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the coming days. By Quentin Ariès…

Nico Rosberg says Valtteri Bottas needs to build an “obsessive” presence alongside Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes if he is to challenge his teammate for the world title. Rosberg, who won the world championship in 2016 and remains to date the only teammate to have beaten Hamilton to the title, says that pressure and instilling doubt…

Hollywood’s biggest studios have succeeded in shutting down Openload, a popular pirating site that received more online traffic than Hulu, HBO Go, and NBCNews.com. A second pirating site, Streamango, was also shut down. A group of major movie and TV studios announced Thursday that the operator behind both pirating sites “is required to stop operating the…

A road sign announces motorway tolls ahead. | Fabian Matzerath/AFP via Getty Images Commission, Germany agree on road toll plans Compromise means there will be a charge for driving on the autobahn. By Florian Eder 11/3/16, 7:30 PM CET Updated 11/5/16, 9:45 AM CET The German government and the European Commission are about to settle a two-year…

Actor Chris Pratt defended his church and his Christian faith after actress Ellen Page called his place of worship an “infamously anti-LGBTQ church.” “It has recently been suggested that i belong to a church which ‘hates a certain group of people’ and is ‘infamously anti-LGBTQ.’ Nothing could be further from the truth,” Chris Pratt said…

Ireland's Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe (right), Luxembourg's Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna (center) and Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attend a Eurogroup ministers' meeting in Brussels on March 12, 2018 | Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images Eurogroup sets June deadline for Greece, eurozone reform By Bjarke Smith-Meyer 3/12/18, 7:47 PM CET Updated 3/12/18, 8:13 PM CET…

Actor and WWE megastar John Cena has announced his intention to donate $500,000 to California’s first responders amid the state’s ongoing struggle to fight wildfires. Cena, who plays the role of a firefighter in the upcoming film Playing with Fire, made the announcement via Twitter. “I’m asking that today on #FirstRespondersDay we do everything we can…

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to journalists ahead of a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Midday brief, in brief Today at Commission: EU enlargement, Poland and Cuba European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets Poland’s new prime minister Tuesday. By Saim Saeed 1/8/18, 2:34 PM CET Click…