Celebrities on their way into the Hollywood Film Awards reacted on November 5 to the news that at least 26 people had been killed in a church in Texas. The massacre came just weeks after a sniper killed 58 people at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The shootings have stirred a years-long national debate over whether easy access to firearms was contributing to the trend.Nov 6, 2017
A massive leak of financial documents revealed how the ultra-wealthy and powerful, including the Queens private estate, have secretly invested vast amounts of money in offshore tax havens. The leak, referred to as the Paradise Papers, also revealed President Donald Trumps commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, has a stake in a firm dealing with US sanctioned Russians, the BBC reported. The Paradise Papers contain 13.4m documents, primarily from one leading firm in offshore finance.Nov 6, 2017
President Trump has said the mass shooting at a church in Texas on November 5 is not a guns situation.At a press conference in Japan he said the shooting that left 26 dead was a mental health problem, describing the shooter as a deranged individual.Nov 6, 2017
Records show that one of the Kremlin-owned firms, VTB Bank, quietly directed $191 million into an investment fund, DST Global, which is owned by billionaire Yuri Milner, that used the money to buy a large stake in Twitter in 2011Nov 6, 2017
