Month: February 2020

Le gratin du Parti Socialiste a fait le déplacement, ce week-end, pour assister à l’union du sénateur Luc Carvounas et de son conjoint Stéphane Exposito. Il aura fallu deux ans pour qu’un homme politique français ose sauter le pas. En avril 2013 la France adoptait le mariage pour tous. Ce week-end, le sénateur PS du…

A member of President Trump’s defense team says that former Vice President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden have “relevant evidence” and could be summoned to testify if the Senate votes next week to permit witnesses in the impeachment trial.  “So you can expect if witnesses were called, it’s not going to be just a…

The brutal murder of a young woman, who was allegedly stabbed to death by her partner, has sparked mass outrage in Mexico after photos of her mutilated body were leaked to the press. Ingrid Escamilla had her organs and skin removed, in what is believed to have been an attempt to hide evidence of her…

LAS VEGAS — The first deep dive into Latino political donations found that Bernie Sanders got the most financial support last year. It also found a drop in donations as some candidates, such as Julián Castro, left the race. Latinos contributed almost $23.7 million to Democratic presidential candidates last year, much of it in small-dollar…

More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam’s capital were placed under quarantine Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. In the first mass quarantine outside of China since the virus emerged there in late December, the Son Loi farming region about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi…

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a new virus that originated in China (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The Catholic diocese in Hong Kong has announced that Masses will be suspended for two weeks amid the spread of the new virus. In a brief video announcement, Cardinal John Hon Tong wore a surgical mask as…

By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has quarantined a community of 10,000 people near the capital, Hanoi, for 20 days because of fears the coronavirus could spread there, two local officials told Reuters on Thursday. The rural commune of Son Loi, in the northern Vietnameseprovince of Vinh Phuc, 44 km (27 miles) from Hanoi,…

Key Point: The new weapons system will fire two missiles from a single weapons pod and uses a more high-tech guidance system than its predecessors. The Army is working to engineer a sleek, high-speed, first-of-its-kind long-range ground launched attack missile able to pinpoint and destroy enemy bunkers, helicopter staging areas, troop concentrations and other fixed-location targets…

Tyrone Siu/Reuters China’s Hubei province reported 14,840 new coronavirus cases and 242 deaths on Thursday morning local time. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The new numbers are the highest reported in a single day since the outbreak began. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. China’s Hubei province reported 14,840 new coronavirus cases and 242…

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – A sharp rise in the number of coronavirus deaths and infections unnerved world markets on Thursday, as traders halted the rally in stocks and retreated to the safety of government bonds and gold. Europe’s main markets followed Asia into red with London FTSE <.FTSE>, Frankfurt’s DAX <.GDAXI> and Paris’…