Monthly Archives: April 2019

Justin Trudeau And His Family Should Stop Accepting Lavish Gifts: Charlie Angus

OTTAWA — A pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses. A limited edition, painted leather clutch. Beauty products, glittering jewelry, shoes, luggage, children’s clothing, sporting accessories. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are regularly showered with lavish gifts from world leaders and dignitaries, often as a matter of protocol. But a growing trend among […]

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Putin press secretary backs police action against ‘provocative hooligans’

Russia’s presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov says police detentions during Sunday’s protests were perfectly legal and denounced the provocative actions of opposition leaders who attracted underage citizens to their events. “You know that police act in strict accordance with the law,” Peskov told reporters, referring to the rallies in Moscow. “You know that we are […]

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NFCA announces 2017 Division III All-Region teams

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NFCA is proud to announce the 360 players chosen for the 2017 NFCA Division III All-Region softball teams.   As in the past, the squad is comprised of three 15-player teams in each of the country’s eight NCAA regions. Third-ranked Luther leads a strong contingent of players from the NFCA Division […]

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Budget amendments give Russia additional $1.57 billion for new weapons development

Amendments to the 2018 federal budget passed by the State Duma in the first reading on Thursday increase the financing of new weapons development by about $1.57 billion, a senior Russian MP has revealed. “We see is as positive news that the closed part of the budget allocates additional 97.4 billion rubles ($1.57 billion) for […]

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Alien Celebrating 40th Anniversary with Short Films to Debut on IGN

In celebration of Alien’s 40th anniversary, Twentieth Centry Fox Film partnered with Tongal to give fans the opportunity to create six original Alien Short Films, which will be released beginning March 29 on IGN. After being chosen from a pool of over 550 pitches, the filmmakers were given access to franchise storytelling elements, creatures and […]

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Featured Five – March 16-20

Throughout the 2017 softball season, the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week. Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, team info, social media accounts and any available broadcast links in hopes of becoming another reason for fans […]

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Wonder Woman Congratulates Captain Marvel on Her Movie’s Success

Captain Marvel premiered over the weekend and pulled in high box office numbers totaling $455 million worldwide. The strong numbers pushed the first female-led Marvel film into the second slot of the highest-grossing MCU solo films since Black Panther. Fans have been checking up on the previous most-recent female-led superhero film, Wonder Woman, in comparison. However, […]

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Putin pledges help to unrecognized Donbass republics, warns Ukraine against attack

Vladimir Putin has said that any aggravation of the military conflict in Ukraine would “inflict a tremendous damage” to the country’s statehood and added that Russian support for the Donbass republics will continue. During the Thursday televised Q&A session Putin faced a question from Russian journalist and writer Zakhar Prilepin, who is currently a voluntary […]

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Andrew Scheer Says He 'Would Have Signed A Better' Trade Deal Than USMCA

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is opening a new front in his party’s fight against the revamped NAFTA deal, saying he would have done better than Justin Trudeau. The United States is measuring its success in the newly revised North American Free Trade Agreement by what it gained, Scheer tweeted Sunday. The Liberal government, […]

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World nations understand futility of one-sided anti-Russian sanctions, Duma speaker says

The Russian lower house speaker has praised public diplomacy for de-escalating confrontation in international relations, and noted that more nations were understanding the uselessness of one-sided anti-Russian sanctions. “In a world where unilateral sanctions policy becomes a dominating tool and in which the relations between nations start to fall apart, parliamentarians can help save some […]

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