Month: September 2020

Seven children in Portugal have hit their crowdfunding target for a lawsuit they are mounting against are 47 member nations of the Council of Europe—which they say are not doing enough to fight climate change. The children initially hoped to raise £20,000 (about $26,000)—a goal they reached Thursday after less than a month of crowdfunding.…

Hours before the Senate is set to vote Tuesday on whether to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) broadly popular arbitration rule—which bars companies from using “rip off clauses” to prevent consumers from filing or joining class action lawsuits—Public Citizen and other advocacy groups warned that any move to scrap the CFPB’s measure would…

“Soaking broke-ass grad students to pay for a private jet subsidy. All-out class war on the 99 percent.” “An educated population is dangerous to an oligarchy. The GOP claims to be for jobs and economic prosperity for all, but this action shows otherwise.” —Jess Phoenix, California congressional candidateThat was how one commentator described a pair…

While a top U.S. nuclear military commander made global headlines over the weekend after he stated plainly on Saturday that he would resist any order from President Donald Trump that he deemed “illegal,” including an unlawful directive to carry out a nuclear strike, experts warn that individual objections such as that could be overcome by…

Just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan—where North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons is expected to be a central topic of discussion—the Japan Times reported that in recent talks with Asian leaders, Trump has openly suggested that “Japan should have shot down the North Korean missiles that flew over the country before landing in…

Critics of the Republican tax plan say it offers a crystal-clear view of which Americans matter to the Trump administration and the Party in control of Congress—and which don’t. Despite an aggressive push to portray the proposal as a tax cut for middle-class Americans, according to a New York Times analysis, millions of middle-income families…

In another attempt to educate the American people on what that vague-sounding term “net neutrality” means—and how people will be impacted if Trump’s FCC gets its way by abolishing the vital standard which has governed the Internet since the beginning—an enterprising activist named Rob Bliss this week attempted to “liberate” drivers by forcing them to…

Borrusia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho has named Marcus Rashford as the most skilful teammate he has played with. Sancho has long been a target for Manchester United. The forward has been their main target all summer, but he is yet to officially sign for the Red Devils. Click Here: Putters The winger has impressed massively…

Who’s this then? Jermain Colin Defoe is a 37-year-old, 5ft 7in striker from Beckton in East London. Despite his age he is currently playing at one of the biggest clubs in Europe, Glasgow Rangers, and was on the bench for their game in the Europa League this week. He moved there on loan from Bournemouth…

Ian Wright has insisted that Man Utd need to push ahead to sign Dayot Upamecano and Jadon Sancho this summer. The Red Devils have been linked heavily with the pair over the past few months. It is no secret that Sancho is United’s number one target this window, but a deal is not yet finalised.…