Republican Party, Emmanuel Macron Your Friday Evening Briefing 1. Did House Republicans kick a hornet’s nest with their bill to repeal Obamacare? That was the question the morning after the bill’s passage. Democrats say they’ll capitalize on anger over the bill to take back the House in 2018. That’s why […]
North Korea accuses CIA of bio chemical plot against leadership North Korea on Friday accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea's intelligence service of a plot to attack its "supreme leadership" with a bio-chemical weapon and said such a "pipe-dream" could never succeed. Tension on the Korean peninsula […]
Trump does not think U.S. should copy Australia health system White House President Donald Trump was simply saying nice things to an ally when he called Australia's universal healthcare system better than the U.S. system, and he does not think his country should adopt a similar approach, the White House […]
Trump travel ban back in U.S. courts next week as battles stretch on Legal challenges to President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries heat up again next week when two U.S. appeals courts consider whether it is constitutional. The legal fights may end up at […]
Saudi Arabia, U.S. in talks on billions in arms sales U.S. sources Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some new, others in the pipeline, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to the kingdom this month, people […]
Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus shutters film studio Facebook Inc's virtual reality content production unit, Oculus' Story Studio, is shuttering its doors to shift focus on supporting external content makers, the company said on Thursday, two years after the in-house studio launched. Oculus, which makes virtual reality headsets Rift and […]
Alexa where is Amazon opening a new R&D center Cambridge, England Amazon plans to open a new center in the university city of Cambridge for scientists developing technology including the Alexa digital assistant used in its Echo speakers. Able to house more than 400 scientists and engineers when it opens […]
Imagination Tech starts dispute process with Apple Imagination Technologies said it had started a "dispute resolution procedure" with Apple, its biggest customer, after failing to resolve a standoff over licensing between the two companies. Imagination said in April that Apple had notified the British firm it was developing its own […]
Trump has 'done everything' to back LA 2024 bid chief U.S. President Donald Trump has "done everything" to support the Los Angeles bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, bid chief Casey Wasserman told reporters, including holding a lengthy phone call with Olympic chief Thomas Bach. Trump, the New York-based […]
Crosby skates with Penguins team mates days after concussion Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby skated with team mates on Thursday but no timetable was given for the two-time NHL Most Valuable Player's return from the fourth reported concussion of his career. Crosby left Monday's game of the NHL's Eastern Conference […]
