White House strikes back against Woodward book as Donald Trump calls Watergate reporter a ‘Democrat operative’
Donald Trump’s administration is in damage-control mode after senior aides and appointees privately said he was “unhinged”, an “idiot” and had the intellectual capacity of a “fifth-grader”, according to an explosive new book. The US president’s senior aides are also quoted…
Jean-Claude Juncker says Britain will never be able to build satellite to rival EU’s Galileo
Brexit Britain will never be able to build a satellite to rival the European Union’s Galileo global navigation system, Jean-Claude Juncker has said in a flagship speech he used to criticise major aspects of Theresa May’s Chequers plan. The president…
UFC 209 Observer Panel Picks: Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson 2
UFC returns to its home base of Las Vegas Saturday night for a slightly less stacked UFC 209 PPV than originally scheduled. The reason is because Khabib Nurmagomedov had to be pulled from his interim lightweight title bout against Tony…
British chips to be 3cm shorter than usual as Belgian potatoes hit by dry, hot summer
Britons will be served up shorter chips this year as potato farmers across Europe struggle to cope with the worst summer drought for decades. Britain eats 1.75 million tonnes of frozen chips every year and is, alongside the US, the…
Daily Pro Wrestling History (07/04): The first WarGames match
1922 Wichita, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Alan Eustace in 2 out of 3 falls 1963 Kansas City, Kansas: – In a Hair vs Masks match; Pat O’Connor and Tiny Mills beat Masked Medic #1 (Pedro…
Wreck of 400-year-old spice trade ship found off coast of Portugal in ‘discovery of a decade’
A 400-year-old merchant ship laden with bronze cannons and cowrie shells, which were used as currency in the African slave trade, has been discovered on the seabed off the coast of Portugal. Archaeologists believe the ship was returning from India…
‘Somali’ gunmen abduct Italian aid worker during shootout in Kenya
Gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer in southeast Kenya and shot five people late on Tuesday, police said, in the first abduction of a foreigner since a series of raids blamed on Somali Islamist militants six years ago. Men armed with…
Pourquoi le coronavirus passe rarement de la mère au foetus
Les foetus sont rarement infectés par le nouveau coronavirus car le placenta produirait de très faibles quantités du récepteur que le virus utilise pour pénétrer dans les cellules humaines, conclut une étude menée aux Etats-Unis. Un bébé est né en…
Britain’s Huawei 5G Ban Puts Pressure On Canada To Abandon Tech Giant
OTTAWA — Huawei Canada says it is collateral damage in the Trump administration’s trade war with China and remains hopeful that it might still be able to sell next-generation internet equipment to Canada. That characterization comes one day after Britain…
LaMont, Demas among big winners in UWW Cadet Nationals Greco competition
Minnesota wrestler Jake Allar wins 69 kg/152 lbs. title AKRON, Ohio – Utah’s Taylor LaMont had been in this situation before. And his experience paid off during the United World Wrestling Cadet Nationals Greco-Roman competition on Friday at the University…