Winter Olympics 2018 Dutch fans take great pleasure in attempts to make sense of their dominance, particularly the frozen-canals theory Ireen Wust became the most successful Dutch Olympian of all time as she won the women’s 1500m speed skating title at the Pyeongchang Games. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Nicholas Tomalin reckoned […]
Daily Archives: February 13, 2018
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Disagreements between the White House and the intelligence community persist More Top U.S. intelligence officials went to Congress on Tuesday to offer an annual assessment of global threats. But their testimony revealed an issue at home: lingering disagreements between the White House and the intelligence community. Speaking to the Senate […]
Sen. Chris Coons was pumped. Heading into an unusual, free-for-all debate on immigration, the Democrat from Delaware stopped to praise the “great” open process promised by the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky. “I’ve been here seven years and never seen anything like it,” Senator Coons told a […]
Conrad Fish was one of the first on the scene and spent hours with the emergency services after landing in a separate helicopter nearby during a sightseeing tour. The 19-year-old and a friend helped carry supplies down a gorge to the victims. Conrad, from from Somerset, said: “They were all […]
The Tesla Roadster was suppose to be put on a path around the Sun that would take the vehicle out to the distance of Mars’ orbit. However the powerful rocket overshot the trajectory and sent the Roadster beyond the Red Planet’s path. SpaceX founder Elon Musk initially thought the car […]
Henrikh Mkhitaryan joined Arsenal last month in a swap deal which saw Alexis Sanchez move in the opposite direction to Manchester United. The Armenia international was part of a January overhaul by Arsene Wenger, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also joining the club for a record £56million. Much has been expected of […]
The hermit kingdom has come out of its shell to participate in the games, which have included high profile visits from the Supreme Leader’s sister Kim Yo-jong and the North Korean cheerleading squad, as well as an inter-Korean hockey team who walked under a unified flag. And during the games […]
It was supposed to be the start of something good: a rare open debate on the Senate floor. More It was supposed to be the start of something good: a rare open debate on the Senate floor in which lawmakers from both sides of the aisle could engage in dialogue […]