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Day: October 6, 2018

PM secret bid to get Brexit backing
6Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

PM secret bid to get Brexit backing

    Theresa May has drawn up plans for a secret charm offensive aimed at persuading dozens of Labour MPs to back her Brexit deal even if it costs Jeremy Corbyn the chance to be prime minister, the Guardian has learned. Senior Conservatives say they have already been in private contact with a number of Labour MPs over a period of several months, making the case that the national interest in avoiding a no-deal outcome is more important than forcing a general election by defeating the government on May’s Brexit deal. Now, with talks in Brussels entering their frantic final phase, the prime minister and her party whips are stepping up efforts to win backing for a compromise deal that one minister described as a British blancmange. They are convinced they will need Labour v...
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Collins and Manchin Will Vote for Kavanaugh: Ensuring His Confirmation
6Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Collins and Manchin Will Vote for Kavanaugh: Ensuring His Confirmation

    Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, whose Supreme Court hearings ripped apart the Senate and roiled the nation, headed for final confirmation to the court after two key undecided senators announced on Friday that they would back him, despite allegations of sexual assault and deep-seated Democratic opposition. The last-minute announcements by Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, capped an emotional and deeply divisive confirmation process that, in the end, turned as much on questions about Judge Kavanaugh’s honesty, temperament and treatment of women as it did on his jurisprudence. A final vote is expected late Saturday afternoon. Judge Kavanaugh’s ascent to the nation’s highest court is a huge victory for President Trump,...
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UK house prices fall sharply amid Brexit wariness
6Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

UK house prices fall sharply amid Brexit wariness

    UK house prices unexpectedly dropped at the fastest pace for almost six months in September, according to Halifax, as the number of homes for sale in 2018 fell to a decade low. Britain’s biggest mortgage lender said the average price of a home in Britain dropped to £225,995 last month, down 1.4% from the level recorded in August. The price of a home remained 2.5% higher than a year ago. City economists had forecast month-on-month growth of 0.2% in September. The latest snapshot of the housing market a little more than six months before Britain leaves the EU suggests sluggish levels of demand for home buying amid the political uncertainty of Brexit. Economists said the national picture painted by Halifax obscured some regional differences. London house prices are f...
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US admiral warns of Russia’s submarine capabilities
6Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Russia

US admiral warns of Russia’s submarine capabilities

    Russia is bolstering its underwater battle capabilities in a direct challenge to US forces in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, a top US admiral warned Friday. Admiral James Foggo, who heads NATO's Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, said Russia is investing heavily in its submarine fleet and wants to build an asymmetric threat to the US and NATO. While the Russian navy knows it cannot compete on the level of aircraft carriers and larger surface vessels, they have continued to do research and development and recapitalize the undersea domain, Foggo told Pentagon reporters. They see it as one (in) which there is a challenge, and that challenge is the United States Navy and the United States submarine force. Foggo said the Russians currently have six Kilo-class diese...
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