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When Republicans in Congress passed a tax scheme to funnel huge amounts of money to America's most wealthy families and to powerful multinational corporations, they said that it was no big deal that this scheme would add $1.5 trillion to America's debt. Republicans said that the massive deficit spending they had created would be worthwhile, because financial elites would get a big payoff.
Describing London as the city of "tolerance, acceptance and diversity", London Mayor Sadiq Khan, however, on Wednesday said President Donald Trump is "not welcomed", Anadolu reports. Khan's written statement came after the London Assembly asked him how the city's government would prepare for an official state visit from Trump.
Such wanton erasure of culture diminishes our collective history. As an archaeologist who has spent much of my career protecting heritage, I see these as instances of violence against history.
The Egyptian parliament's committee on religion has announced plans to make disbelief in God a crime . Under the current law against "contempt of religions" atheists can be prosecuted for expressing their disbelief in public but the committee's proposal would go further and criminalise disbelief itself.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is being choked into submission if not starvation by the UN Security Council, by a vote of 15-0; i.e. unanimously. None of the 15 UNSC states, let alone the five permanent members, have had the guts to say no to a killer Resolution, drafted and proposed by the United States of America, a name that increasingly stands for international rogue and crime nation.
In what has been a nightmare at Christmas, the plight of refugees relocated to other sites on Manus Island after the closure of the facility at Lombrum Naval Base has worsened. The latest scenes at East Lorengau Transit Centre, where 300 men have been since December 19, have been ugly and pitiable.
From Madea Benjamin: 1. #MeToo movement has empowered victims of sexual harassment and assault, and encouraged accountability. 2. The year has seen an explosion of grassroots organizing, protest, and activism.
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas drew a swift and intense response with a provocative claim on Tuesday: President Trump, he wrote, is similar to Winston Churchill, one of history's most iconic leaders. Mr. Huckabee had just watched "The Darkest Hour," a film about Churchill.
Saudi Arabia's authorities have released a number of detained royals allegedly involved in corruption in public office. The move came after a settlement was agreed with the suspects, the daily Okaz reported yesterday.
When a group of baby elephants needed warmth during a cold front in Southeast Asia last week, they bundled up in donated crochet and knitted blankets. Save Elephant Foundation was in need of provisions after an unusual bout of cold weather rolled into the area, threatening the youngest of its herd.
Sure the South Park guys gave us Mr. Hanky, but they must have been inspired by Catalonia. There are two poop-related Christmas traditions in Catalonia.
Although Trump doesn't generally single him out by name on this subject, the president's meaning is unmistakable when he declares, as he has done since long before the holiday season, that's he making it OK to talk about Christmas again. Obama, it would seem, did not.
The Qur'an, the scripture Muslims believe was brought from God by the Prophet Muhammad , has a number of passages that mention Mary and the virgin birth of Jesus. 19:17-35 And once remote from them, she hid behind a screen.
Well, see, there's a baby, and sin, and redemption through a bloody crucifixion, and magic kings, and a comet in the sky, and somehow, it's all about well, we're bad people, so the baby needed to get nailed to A father and son fumble toward the truth. The meaning of Christmas practically jingles.
The event was regarded by the professional military officer class to be so profound and so important that strategies were immediately put in place that would ensure that such an event could never happen again. "Christian" Europe was in the fifth month of the war of 1914 - 1918, the so-called Great War that finally ground to a mutually suicidal halt after four years of exhausting trench warfare, with all of the original participants financially, spiritually and morally bankrupt.
More than 4 out of 5 people who have signed up for health care coverage under ObamaCare this year live in states that Donald Trump won in 2016, according to an AP analysis. People in Trump states total 7.3 million of the 8.8 million signed up so far.