However, with his political mandate lasting until 2024 a more pressing deadline lies on the horizon: he has until midnight to explain to Britain how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former Russian double agent who passed secrets to British intelligence.
Meanwhile across the pond,House Intelligence Committee Republicans said the panel had finished investigating Russia and the 2016 election, and found no collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow’s efforts to influence the vote. The investigation is one of three main congressional probes, and has been marred for months by partisan wrangling.
A makeshift memorial made up of 7,000 pairs of shoeswill take shape on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol today, as gun control activists dramatize the number of children killed in the United States by gunfire since the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
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Sick and injured civilianswere shown on Syrian state television leaving a besieged rebel enclave in eastern Ghouta today in what insurgents and the United Nations said was a medical evacuation.
When temperatures rise and winds drop in the coming weeks,a band of explorers will hunt for copper riches in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Rising global demand for a metal used in electric cars and renewable energy, at a time of increased costs and depleted deposits in the world’s biggest copper producer Chile, is driving miners to riskier locations.
Commentary:There are "viable steps" Europe can take to save the Iran nuclear deal, write Dalia Dassa Kaye and James Dobbins. These include side agreements on missile development, inspections and sunset clauses that would keep the accord alive even if the United States withdrew.
Trump blocked microchip maker Broadcom’s proposed takeover of Qualcomm on national security grounds, ending what would have been the technology industry’s biggest deal ever amid concerns that it would give China the upper hand in mobile communications.
Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking to just float oil giant Saudi Aramco locally as plans for an initial public offering on an international exchange such as London or New York hang in the balance, sources close to the process said.
Gordie Spater has been manufacturing dog harnesses for nearly 15 years on the northernmost reaches of the Massachusetts shoreline, but he is in high demand right now on Wall Street. His brand, Kurgo, occupies the sort of niche coveted by investors looking to profit from the U.S. pet economy, a range of outdoor gear and accessories for the traveling mutt.
Women at Microsoft working in U.S.-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints about gender discrimination or sexual harassment between 2010 and 2016, according to court filings made public yesterday.
