Trump struggles to use power of presidency to counter Biden
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Mariotti Building Products, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Old Forge, Pa. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent the week of the Democratic National Convention forsaking what has historically been an incumbent’s greatest advantage: He’s in the job his challenger wants. Traditionally, an incumbent […]
Appeals court won’t step in for now on Trump tax records
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) NEW YORK — A federal appeals court said Friday it wouldn’t step in right away to delay New York prosecutors’ effort to get President Donald Trump’s tax records, potentially leaving the Supreme Court as […]
White House holds memorial service for president’s brother
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands as they watch people carry the casket of Robert Trump out of the White House after a memorial service for the president’s younger brother on Friday, Aug 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON — Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the […]
Baby panda could be on the way, mom appears to be in labor
FILE – In this Aug. 23, 2015 file photo, The Smithsonian National Zoo’s Giant Panda Mei Ziang, sleeps in the indoor habitat at the zoo in Washington. Zookeepers at Washington’s National Zoo are on baby watch after concluding that venerable giant panda matriarch Mei Ziang is pregnant and could give birth this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn […]
Travelers lost about $900K at airport checkpoints last year
REUTERS/Axel Schmidt PITTSBURGH — Travelers left behind nearly a million dollars at U.S. airport security checkpoints last year, including about $19,000 in foreign currency, a newspaper reported Friday. A Transportation Security Administration report said travelers lost $926,000 at 75 airports in the year that ended in September, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Federal regulators say […]
22 CKGSB Alumni and Professor Named on the Forbes China Philanthropy List
BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) is proud to announce that 21 alumni and 1 professor made the Forbes China ‘2020 China Philanthropy List’. The list honors business leaders committed to solving some of the world’s most pressing issues. Of the RMB 17.91 billion (USD 2.58 billion) donations […]
Barr ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning Snowden
In this Oct. 11, 2013 file image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow. (AP Photo, File) WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president […]
Thousands in Mali’s capital welcome president’s downfall
Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Hundreds marched in the streets of Mali’s capital Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Keita, as the West African country’s longtime political opposition backed the military’s junta plan to eventually hand over power […]
Quake-hit structures to be demolished
ABANDONED The public market at Cataingan town in Masbate province is heavily damaged by the 6.6-magnitude quake that hit the town on Tuesday. It is among the structures ordered abandoned by the municipal government. —PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS BICOL LEGAZPI CITY — The local government of Cataingan town has ordered […]
Destruction of PhilHealth evidence feared
Several senators expressed fear on Friday that the ceiling leaks in the regional office of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in Pangasinan province may have been deliberately done to destroy evidence about the massive fraud that a government task force is now investigating. “There is enough reason to suspect that the destruction of documents and […]