Germanys parliament has voted for the legalization of same-sex marriage after German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the conservative party to follow their conscience rather than party lines. Merkel herself voted against the amendment.Jun 30, 2017
While meeting with the World Series-winning Chicago Cubs at the White House, President Trump was asked by reporter if he would accept Senator Chuck Schumers request to meet with the entire Senate chamber to craft a bipartisan healthcare bill. President Trump said he just doesnt seem like a serious person. Despite a major setback in the US Senate with the postponed vote,Trump said that the Republican healthcare bill was moving along well and predicted a big surprise was yet to come.Jun 29, 2017
Israels Mossad intelligence agency has set up an investment fund to help development of new cloak-and-dagger technologies. A video released to accompany the launch of the fund, called Libertad, shows a female spy sitting in a cafe and using top notch technology to identify suspects.Jun 29, 2017
Violence erupted in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday (28 June) as groups protesting against President Mauricio Macris free market policy clashed with police. Macri has sought to push through austerity measures to get the debt-ravaged countrys economy back on track. But mid-term elections in October could undo his plans.Jun 29, 2017
While meeting with the World Series-winning Chicago Cubs at the White House, President Trump was asked by reporter if he would accept Senator Chuck Schumers request to meet with the entire Senate chamber to craft a bipartisan healthcare bill. President Trump said he just doesnt seem like a serious person. Despite a major setback in the US Senate with the postponed vote,Trump said that the Republican healthcare bill was moving along well and predicted a big surprise was yet to come.Jun 29, 2017
The leader of Northern Irelands biggest Protestant party, Arlene Foster, welcomed a deal struck with British Prime Minister Theresa May on 26 June to prop up her minority government. May agreed to £1bn ($1.3 billion) in extra funding for Northern Ireland in return for the support of the Democratic Unionist Party.Jun 29, 2017
Manny Pacquiao said on 28 June that he has trained hard and is ready to defend his WBO welterweight belt against former schoolteacher and outsider Jeff Horn in Brisbane on 2 July. Pacquiao is hoping to coax undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr into a fight after he was beaten by the American in a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas in 2015.Jun 28, 2017
Britains Prime Minister Theresa May said on 28 June that 120 tower blocks had failed fire tests in the wake of a blaze that killed 79 people at Grenfell Tower in London.May said the test failures showed that there was a wider fire safety issue that was the result of failures over many decades.Jun 28, 2017
In a new fun advert for Jaguar, Andy Murrays Facebook account shared a video of the current Wimbledon champion putting his trophy into the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake so that his trophy could tour the UK. But current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho recruits some children to steal the trophy for him.Jun 28, 2017
Colombias Marxist FARC rebels have ended their role in a half-century war that killed more than 220,000 and displaced millions by concluding their disarmament, handing in all but a few of their individual weapons to the UN. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, turned in the remaining 40% of their firearms in Mesetas, a mountainous area in south-eastern Colombia. The roughly 7,000 former fighters have pledged to continue their struggle as a political movement and the 7,132 weapons will be stored in containers until they are moulded into a monument for peace. Explosives and bigger weapons are being cleared from caches nationwide. President Juan Manuel Santos, who took office in 2010, began secret talks with FARC commanders that led to negotiations in Cuba and a final peace accord late last year. He is trying for a similar accord with the National Liberation Army (ELN). Peace with the FARC, however, is unlikely to end violence in Colombia as the lucrative cocaine business has given rise to criminal gangs and traffickers.Jun 28, 2017
US President Donald Trump congratulated Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on 27 June for his great victory in recent elections, and whilst on the phone seemed to flirt with a reporter. Trump singled out one journalist, Caitriona Perry of RTE News, and asked her to come over before saying that She has a nice smile on her face. So, I bet she treats you well. Jun 28, 2017
The U.S. president claimed that the GOP were getting very close to uniting Senate Republicans behind a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.Jun 28, 2017
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad climbed into a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 during trip to Hmeymim Air Base located near Latakia in western Syria, June 27, 2017. Assad was given a tour of the base by Russian military officials and reportedly briefed on the whereabouts of militants affiliated with Al-Qaeda and attempting to overthrow his Assads government.Jun 28, 2017
