Central American Asylum seekers to be met by U.S. National Guard at border
Days after President Donald Trump said he wanted to send National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking, 400 Texas and Arizona Guard members have been deployed. The participants who refer to their movement as a “peregrinos” the Spanish word for pilgrimage are part of an […]
China Xi Pledges To Lower Tariffs As Trump Takes Victory Lapse On Twitter
China’s President Xi Jinping announced moves yesterday to open up China to foreign investment and free trade. Xi delivered his comments at the Boao Forum for Asia. Xi promised to expand imports and lower tariffs on automobiles. Xi said, “This year we will significantly lower the import tariffs for vehicles and also reduce import tariffs […]
FBI Raided Hotel And Office Of Trump Personal Lawyer Michael Cohen
At least a dozen FBI agents raided the office, home and hotel room of President Trump’s personal lawyer Micheal Cohen on Monday. Seized materials include documents related to payments to Stormy Daniels, communications between Cohen and the Trump campaign and communications between Cohen and the President. Speaking to reporters, the President praised his longtime attorney […]
Nigeria: Buhari declares for second term
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has declared his interest to recontest as president of the nation in the coming 2019 presidential election. The president at the National Executive committee meeting of his party, All Progressive Congress, in Abuja made his intention known to the leadership of the party. The development is coming after which speculations had […]
50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, his legacy lives on
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was undoubtedly one of the world’s most polarizing figures but his violent murder on April 4, 1968, in a hotel room in Memphis, TN requires a reflection of his death and a glimpse at the racial inequalities still plaguing America today. Long before becoming activist for civil rights and racial […]
Israel: Natanyahu cancels Asylum seekers UN deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed out of a deal he made with the United Nations to send thousands of African asylum seekers to other countries Tuesday after announcing its inception Monday. Netanyahu said on his Facebook page he had made the decision after speaking with African settlers who would be displaced to Western nations. […]
Tension Rises Between US And Russia As Both Countries Expel Diplomats
President Trump ordered the expulsion of sixty Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. This was the largest expulsion of Russian officials in American history. The action will close the Russian embassy in Seattle, ordered because of Seattle’s geographic closeness to a US Naval Base. This action […]
North Korea Leader Touts US With First Visit To Traditional Ally, China
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s surprise visit to China on March 27 may change the future of North Korea’s relationship with the United States. The visit has been the first international trip by Kim since he took power in 2011. The tension between North Korea and the United States has heightened since President Trump entered […]
Nigeria: A Cage Giant Waiting For The Gains Of Independence
57 years after Nigeria’s independence from Britain, the economy and living standard of Africa most populous nation can best be described as a rollercoaster. A country endowed with enormous natural resources, intellectual and enterprising citizens still wallows in poverty, political corruption, and a leadership vacuum. Not once, not twice, for too long; the hankerings for […]
Texas bombing suspect blows himself up, motive unknown
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said Mark Anthony Conditt, the suspect alleged to have carried out a string of bombings across the Austin, Texas area, is dead. Conditt, a 23-year-old, white male detonated a device in his vehicle after being pursued by the Austin SWAT team early Wednesday morning. Over the last 24 to 36 […]