TOKYO (AP) — Just days after taking office, Japan’s new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo sandwiched between Asia-region summits in Malaysia and South Korea. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, with limited experience in international affairs, will have to manage Trump’s demands and…
IOWA CITY — U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, speaking to supporters at a fundraiser Friday, claimed credit for her involvement in the firing of an Oskaloosa teacher over remarks about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Miller-Meeks, speaking at her fifth annual tailgate fundraiser, said there’s “a lot at stake” in the upcoming election. To show voters…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The County of San Diego’s emergency information app has a new name, a new look, and new features to help keep you safe. SD Emergency is now Alert San Diego. The updated app is part of the County Office of Emergency Services’ (OES) modernized emergency communication system, providing quick access to…
TOKYO (AP) — Just days after taking office, Japan’s new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with… TOKYO (AP) — Just days after taking office, Japan’s new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo sandwiched between Asia-region summits in Malaysia…
Goldman Sachs is warning that the risk of a stock-market pullback is rising as investors’ once-strong appetite for risk begins to fade. The bank’s strategists said their Risk Appetite Indicator has fallen to a more neutral level of about 0.2, marking a clear deterioration from the “Goldilocks” conditions that supported markets through the summer. While…
London: Britain’s most prestigious literary prize is getting a younger sibling. Booker Prize Foundation announced Friday it is setting up the Children’s Booker Prize alongside its existing awards for English-language and translated fiction.Like its sister prizes, the children’s award comes with a 50,000 ($67,000) purse. It will open for submissions early next year and the…
“Sometimes I like the suit a lot and I wear it and I personally have a bad game or we lose, and then I want to wear it again to get over that slump,” Zadorov said. “But it’s not true. It’s not because of the suit; it just happened. But it’s in your head.” Zadorov’s…
By Xinghui Kok KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Top economic officials from the U.S. and China will face off in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to try to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks on the sidelines…
The White House’s East Wing was demolished this week in a surprise round of preparations to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom. Animated GIF by Eric Faison/TheDaily Beast/Getty Trump insisted in July that his planned 90,000 square-foot ballroom would be “near” the East Wing, but “not touching it,” and that construction would…
The world’s best goalkeeper walks into a small room and folds his enormous frame into a plastic chair. On his right cheek is a three-inch scar – a football boot to the face can do that – and on a table nearby is his first trophy in English football. Gianluigi Donnarumma of Manchester City earned…