Strong Goodwood team for O'Brien
Aidan O’Brien is assembling a formidable team for Glorious Goodwood at the end of this month.
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Rebels held, arms seized in Burundi: officials
Security forces in Burundi said Monday they had arrested around 170 suspected rebels and seized a number of weapons in a crackdown ahead of next week’s presidential elections. The Burundian army spokesman, Colonel Gaspard Baratuza, said the rebels were detained after clashes in the northern provinces of Kayanza and Cibitoke. Provincial governor Aline Maniratunga said around 30 supporters of opposition leader Agathon Rwasa were arrested in the operation.
Clinton pledges U.S. income equality, bashes Wall Street
By Luciana Lopez and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton put the fight for higher wages for everyday Americans at the heart of her economic agenda on Monday and talked tough against Wall Street in the first major policy speech of her White House bid. Clinton said the U.S. economy will only run at full steam when middle-class wages rise steadily along with executive salaries and
How Scott Walker became a conservative star
The Wisconsin governor is one of seven current or former Republican governors to enter the 2016 race — and the only one to survive a recall election in his own state.
Obama remains the ‘Scrooge’ of pardons
What does it take to get a pardon from President Obama? It’s a question Sala Udin, a former Pittsburgh City Council member and onetime civil rights Freedom Rider, is asking a lot this summer, more than three years after he first asked a president he deeply admires to grant him a pardon for a 44-year-old federal firearms conviction.
Greece reaches deal with creditors, avoids euro exit
The tentative deal includes “serious reforms” and removes an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro.
Iran talks hit final stage but deal remains elusive
VIENNA (AP) — Disputes over attempts to probe Tehran’s alleged work on nuclear weapons unexpectedly persisted Monday, diplomats said, threatening plans to wrap up an Iran nuclear deal by midnight — the latest in a series of deadlines for the negotiations.
Escape by top drug lord a strong blow to Mexico's government
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The capture of drug lord Joaquin Guzman was the crowning achievement of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government in its war against drug cartels, a beacon of success amid domestic woes. That makes the bold escape by “El Chapo” from a maximum security prison all the more devastating.
Walker enters Republican race, needs to show appeal beyond Iowa
By Steve Holland MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Scott Walker jumped into the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Monday, needing to prove he has learned from early missteps and can appeal to voters beyond the conservatives who dominate the first nominating contest in Iowa. The Wisconsin governor, the 15th Republican to announce a presidential candidacy, has a resume that appeals to conservatives and has placed him among the top
Austin police officer placed on leave for fatally shooting suspect
An Austin, Texas, police officer has been placed on administrative leave after fatally shooting a suspect who was trying to flee and appeared to be reaching for a weapon, police said on Monday. “Officers instructed him to go and place his hands behind his back,” said Austin Assistant Police Chief Brian Manley.