France pays last respects to cycling hero Poulidor
Mourners at the funeral of Raymond Poulidor on Tuesday paid tribute to a French cyclist who never achieved his goal of winning the Tour de France but in the process won widespread admiration for his courage and integrity.Powered by WPeMatico
Ian Williams wins Canada’s top literary award for fiction
Writer Ian Williams won Canada's top annual literary award for fiction for his book "Reproduction," the prize's sponsor said on Monday.Powered by WPeMatico
Trump says he will consider testifying in impeachment hearing
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he might be willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry "even though I did nothing wrong," although House Democrats leading the investigation have not publicly called him as a witness. Powered by WPeMatico
Trump tweets he might be willing to testify in impeachment inquiry
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that he might be willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry over his dealings with Ukraine "even though I did nothing wrong." Powered by WPeMatico
Cambodian princess who rescued traditional ballet dies at age 76
Cambodia's Princess Norodom Bopha Devi, a former minister of culture who helped revive traditional Apsara dance after the 1970s Khmer Rouge "killing fields" regime nearly wiped it out, has died at age 76, the royal palace said on Monday.Powered by WPeMatico
Pence aide said Trump’s Ukraine phone call was ‘unusual and inappropriate’
The phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of Congress' impeachment investigation was "inappropriate," an aide to Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers, according to a transcript released on Saturday. Powered by...
Democratic presidential candidates court labor support in Nevada
Retired letter carrier Leslie Maxwell Burton has a message for Democratic presidential contenders campaigning in the early voting state of Nevada this weekend: She won't vote for anyone who tries to take away her hard-won union health plan. Powered by WPeMatico
White House budget official to testify in impeachment probe on Saturday
White House budget official Mark Sandy walked into a closed session of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Saturday, where he is expected to testify about the holdup of military aid to Ukraine. Powered by WPeMatico
Taylor Swift wins some support in feud with old label, and lots of silence
Taylor Swift and her former record label traded barbed accusations on Friday about her rights to perform her old songs, winning support from singers like Selena Gomez and Sara Bareilles but silence from many of the big hitters in the music business.Powered by WPeMatico
Trump attacks impeachment witness on Twitter, Democrats see intimidation
President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday while she was testifying to an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation. Powered by WPeMatico