Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey to close Iraqi border, warns Kurds on #oil
TweetTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Ankara would close its border with northern Iraq over an independence referendum and threatened the Iraqi Kurds with blocking their key oil exports. “Entrance-exit will be closed” at the Habur border crossing, Turkey’s sole land border crossing with Iraq, Erdogan said ...
North Korea’s Foreign Minister: U.S. President Trump has declared war on our country
TweetNorth Korea’s foreign minister accused US President Donald Trump on Monday of declaring war on his country and warned that Pyongyang would defend itself by shooting down US bombers. “Trump claimed our leadership would not be around much longer,” North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho told reporters outside his hotel ...
Michael Jordan Gets Political By Calling Out @RealDonaldTrump Over @NFL Protests
TweetThe weekend that woke the United States up—and reminded everyone including President Donald Trump that athletes can have a powerful political voice—also dragged a famously reticent megastar into the debate. Michael Jordan, the current owner of the Charlotte Hornets and de-facto greatest basketball player of all time, told the Charlotte ...
The Philippines has banned companies from compelling women to wear high heels to work
TweetThe Philippines has banned companies from compelling women to wear high heels to work under a government order hailed by a labour group Monday as a victory against sexism and pain. The labour department order took effect on Sunday as the government took up the cudgels for long-suffering shopping mall ...
11 credit cards that will pay to replace your stolen or damaged cell phone
TweetAll year long, Clark.com’s Michael Timmermann is sharing quick and easy ways to save money as part of our Michael Saves series. Check in every Monday as he puts new and familiar savings strategies to the test. Sign up for our newsletter to have these stories delivered to your inbox! ...
Pilot Matthew Guetta Overhears Distressed Mom on Plane, Drives Her to Husband’s Bedside
TweetIn response to a family emergency, Antonella Dicintio boarded an Air Canada flight leaving from Toronto for Ottawa this week to see her husband who had fallen into a coma while at a conference for his job. Pilot Matthew Guetta was already flying the plane but then went beyond the ...
Another Supporting Fact To The Thesis, “off-the-run” Bond Liquidity Is Drying Up
TweetAs regulatory burdens have pared back the appetites of large banks and primary bond dealers in the “off-the-run” US Treasury market, bond liquidity has suffered and transaction costs, most notable in wider bid-ask spreads, have increased. Institutional investors in the $14 trillion government debt market are looking for alternatives, Greenwich ...
Australia creating a national space agency to capitalize on the lucrative astronautical sector
TweetAustralia on Monday committed to creating a national space agency as it looks to cash in on the lucrative and fast-evolving astronautical sector. The announcement came at a week-long Adelaide space conference attended by the world’s top scientists and experts including SpaceX chief Elon Musk. It brings Canberra — which ...
Germany Shaken by Far-right Political Earthquake Winning Nearly 100 Seats in the Bundestag
TweetIn the photograph, the distraught blonde-haired woman is surrounded by lascivious Middle Eastern-looking men. The caption refers to “New Year’s Eve,” a reference to the mass sexual assaults reported mainly in Cologne on December 31, 2015, involving men of Arab or North African appearance. Posted on social media sites earlier ...
This is the most expensive food in the world
TweetThe most expensive fungus in the world isn’t any truffle or Mattake mushroom, it is a dead caterpillar fungus that grows in the Himalayas. They go for 50,000 USD a pound; compare that to the most expensive truffles which sell for up to 8,000 USD a pound. This expensive fungus ...