LONDON (AP) – Accusations that President Donald Trump’s envoy to Britain made inappropriate comments about women and minorities and may have violated federal ethical standards are affecting the United States embassy in London. Current and former US officials say the charges against the United States Ambassador to the Saint James …
Read More »China launches ambitious attempt to land on Mars
BEIJING (AP) – China launched its most ambitious mission on Mars on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing a spacecraft on the red planet. Tianwen-1 was launched on a Long March-5 carrier rocket from Hainan Island, a tourist province on the south coast …
Read More »Video of black man’s arrest puts London police in the spotlight
LONDON (AP) – A London police officer was suspended and another received restricted duties on Friday after video of an arrest appeared to show an officer kneeling on the neck of a black man. Images from the arrest in North London on Thursday show two officers holding the handcuffed man. …
Read More »Spaghetti composer Western Ennio Morricone died at 91
ROME (AP) – Italian Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for classic gangster movies Hollywood actors like “The Untouchables” and the epic “Once Upon a Time in America,” died Monday. He …
Read More »English pubs are reopening, they will not be the same
LONDON (AP) – Asking people in English pubs to keep their distance will be difficult after having a few of their favorite drinks. Bar managers should be resourceful on Saturday when they and other parts of the hotel industry in England open their doors to customers for the first time …
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