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Day: February 26, 2019

Trump mocks Chinese officials
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Trump mocks Chinese officials

    Donald Trump appeared to mock aides of Chinese president Xi Jinping for wearing glasses during a rambling White House speech. The president used expressive hand gestures to mimic the advisers eyewear during the monologue, in which he claimed to have personally convinced Mr Xi over dinner to release three US college basketball players detained in Hangzhou over allegations of shoplifting. Mr Trump described how he apparently requested at a state function in Beijing in 2017 that his Chinese counterpart do him a favour by letting the group go free. I was having dinner with him at this incredible show that he put on in a ballroom, the likes of which few people have ever seen. It was an incredible evening, he said. Melania is here. And I’m talking. And it just happened ...
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PM offers vote on no deal and delay
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

PM offers vote on no deal and delay

    Theresa May has signalled for the first time that Brexit may be delayed if MPs fail to back her own plans for the UK’s divorce from the EU. In a bid to avoid mass resignations from ministers worried about a no-deal exit, the prime minister suggested she would allow a Commons vote to extend the March 29 deadline for leaving the European Union. Keen to head off a possible backlash from hardline Brexiteers, May will also allow a rival vote to let MPs back a no-deal Brexit. Staunch Eurosceptic MP Andrea Jenkyns warned that any delay would “certainly” damage trust in politicians, while DUP leader Arlene Foster said a hard deadline was needed to force the EU into concessions. Speaking in the Commons today, May said a meaningful vote on her deal would be held by Tuesday ...
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