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‘We are a role model’: how James Shaw pushed New Zealand towards a zero-carbon future | World news
When James Shaw’s zero-carbon bill passed with bipartisan support in parliament on Thursday, New Zealand became one of the first countries in the world to enshrine its climate change targets in law. But for someone at the centre of a landmark piece of legislation, Shaw is a reluctant politician. Although the Green’s co-leader has been …
White House lawyer John Eisenberg pushed to move transcript of Trump call to classified server after Ukraine adviser Alexander Vindman raised alarms
Vindman told Eisenberg, the White House’s legal adviser on national security issues, that what the president did was wrong, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. Scribbling notes on a yellow legal pad, Eisenberg proposed a step that other officials have said is at odds with long-standing …
4 Arrested After 500 Teens Pushed Out of Roller Rink Gather on Roosevelt Boulevard, Police Say
What to Know Four teens were arrested after a crowd of up to 500 people gathered on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia, police said. Police said the crowd had been pushed out of an overcrowded free skating event at a local roller rink. SkyForce10 was above the scene as some of the teens started fighting …
Trump Envoys Pushed Ukraine to Commit to Investigations
WASHINGTON — Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals, three people briefed on the effort said. The drafting of the statement is new evidence of how Mr. Trump’s …
The fake news that pushed US into World War II
On Oct. 27, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the stage at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, to speak in honor of Navy Day. With Britain under Nazi siege, Roosevelt wanted the United States to join the fight. The American public was not convinced. “I have in my possession a secret map made by …
James Mattis: The Trump decision that pushed Mattis to his breaking point
The retired four-star Marine Corps general said in an interview with CBS that aired Sunday that he had intended to serve the full four years, but resigned when he determined his views were not “aligned” with President Donald Trump’s. Mattis said he disagreed with Trump’s decision on Syria because “we need to maintain enough influence …
Trump says Obama fumbling pushed Turks to buy Russian missile system
Turkey’s decision to abide by its $2.5 billion contract to buy the Russian S-400 Triumf air defense system was cinched on June 23 when the results of the Istanbul mayoral election were tallied. In March, challenger Ekrem İmamoğlu won the Istanbul mayor’s office by 13,000 votes. Turkey’s ruling political party, AKP, disputed the result, but …