Month: December 2019

President Trump is impeached in a historic vote by the House, will face trial in the Senate
December 19, 2019 No Responses

President Trump is impeached in a historic vote by the House, will face trial in the Senate

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday night to impeach President Donald Trump, making him only the third president to be charged with high crimes and misdemeanors and face a Senate trial that could remove him from office. The largely party-line...
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Bill Gates and MIT Have Predicted the World’s Next 10 Big Innovations. What Do They All Have in Common?
December 18, 2019 No Responses

Bill Gates and MIT Have Predicted the World’s Next 10 Big Innovations. What Do They All Have in Common?

From robot dexterity to vegan burgers and custom cancer vaccines. Every year, MIT Technology Review combs through recent inventions and picks the 10 new technologies most likely to break through into the mainstream and change the world. This year, legendary...
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Use of death penalty in US this year was “near historic lows”, report says
December 17, 2019 No Responses

Use of death penalty in US this year was “near historic lows”, report says

The use of the death penalty across the United States remained near “historic lows” this year, a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center says. “Capital punishment continued to wither across the United States in 2019, disappearing c...
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Macron pension reform: France enters second day of strike
December 6, 2019 No Responses

Macron pension reform: France enters second day of strike

A strike over planned pension reforms that paralysed France on Thursday has entered its second day. Several unions, including rail and metro workers, voted to extend the strike action, meaning another day of major disruptions to key services. It comes...
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Trump slams Macron for the ‘non-answer’ on ISIS fighters, in a tense meeting overseas
December 3, 2019 No Responses

Trump slams Macron for the ‘non-answer’ on ISIS fighters, in a tense meeting overseas

President Trump on Tuesday tangled with French President Emmanuel Macron in a tense exchange in front of reporters in London, where Trump asked Macron if he’d like to take back “some nice ISIS fighters” and then dinged him for his...
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