(Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions stepped up the Trump administration’s critique of so-called sanctuary cities on Tuesday, saying local and state policies to limit cooperation with immigration enforcement are a criminal’s “best friend.” Sessions’ remarks, at a gathering of law enforcement authorities in Portland, Oregon, came days after repudiation of his stance against
Day: September 19, 2017
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A major earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 119 people in several states and toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital where rescuers searched frantically for survivors under the rubble. Thousands of people ran out into the streets in panic, and millions lost electricity when
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday the country is pushing to ensure security at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympic Games amid the escalating standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. During a meeting in New York with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Moon said that South Korea has always hosted
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Tuesday it plans to idle five North American vehicle assembly plants for a total of 10 weeks to reduce inventories of slow-selling models. The plants affected include three assembly plants in the United States and two in Mexico, the company said in a statement. The vehicle
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. designer Tommy Hilfiger closed out London Fashion Week with a rock-themed show held at a venue famous for classic rock concerts, featuring model and social media star Gigi Hadid as the centerpiece of the event. The show – dubbed “TommyNow” – represented Hilfiger’s third collaboration with Hadid, with whom he designed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said Veon Ltd (VON.AS) (VEON.O) shareholders may pursue much of a lawsuit accusing the multinational phone company once known as VimpelCom of inflating its share price by concealing a bribery scheme in Uzbekistan and overstating its financial controls. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan ruled on Tuesday
(Reuters) – A 23-year-old white man was arrested on Tuesday and will be charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorities said. Kenneth Gleason is accused of carrying out the killings on Sept. 12 and Sept. 14. Local media reported that police have said the killings may
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A major earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least four people and trapping more in buildings that had collapsed or caught fire, officials said. A civil protection official said at least two deaths occurred in the state of Puebla near Mexico City. Media reported at least
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Representatives for Taylor Swift on Tuesday rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit filed on Monday by two songwriters over Swift’s hit song “Shake It Off” as a “ridiculous claim.” Songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Los Angeles that Swift’s song used the
The deputy foreign minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan cannot understand the noise about the statement of the foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. During the 6th Armenia-Diaspora conference one of the participants asked Shavarsh Kocharyan to explain which territories Edward Nalbandyan meant which are not a threat to Artsakh. “I
The Armenian Republican Party does not have an official decision on the candidate for prime minister after 2018, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan told reporters during the 6th Armenia-Diaspora Conference. The reporters asked him to comment on statements by some Republicans that they see no alternative to Serzh Sargsyan for the position of prime minister after
(Reuters) – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against credit reporting firm Equifax Inc (EFX.N) following a breach that exposed the personal data of as many as 143 million people, including 3 million in the state. Equifax’s share price has fallen by about one-third since it disclosed the data breach, which
(Reuters) – Major retailers are looking to stimulate anemic sales by hiring thousands of more workers this holiday season to improve customer service on their sales floors and handle the fast-growing use of their stores to fulfill online orders. The move comes as several analysts note that retailers have lost sight of basic in-store customer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Russia, said on Tuesday there was “no question” that Moscow meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, and pledged to bring up the issue with the Russian government. “There is no question, underline no question, that the Russian government interfered
During the 6th Armenia-Diaspora conference today a Diaspora Armenian asked Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan why no farmers, no opposition leaders have been invited to the conference. “Today I would like to see one or two farmers here who would speak about their bad situation, I would like to see some of the opposition fighters. For