Thursday’s interview with presenter Dana Bash will be the first since Harris replaced US President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee.Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will sit down with CNN on Thursday in their first formal interview of the United States election campaign. Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate for the White House after he dropped out of the race in July. CNN anchor and chief political correspondent Dana Bash will conduct the interview from the battleground state of Georgia, CNN said. It will air at 9pm (01:00 GMT on Friday). “This is the…
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A fight at an upscale New Jersey hot spot looked like something out of a reality show, but will have very real consequences after a customer nearly was stabbed with a steak knife. Video showing the wild scene from inside the Red Horse restaurant in Rumson has been circulating on social media since the incident went down on Thursday. The suspect, 75-year-old David Gulley, of Florida, lunged at a customer, according to police. Gulley at one point was holding what police said was a steak knife after the fight broke out. Officers who responded to the scene said they also…
Forum focusses on bridging gaps and accelerating access to remedy; sessions can be followed in person or virtually. BANGKOK, Thailand, (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) is co-organizing the 6th United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific (2024 UN RBHR Forum), from 24 to 27 September 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), and the UN…
Chelsea Football Club have completed the signing of a Belgian goalkeeper, Mike Penders, who will remain at Genk until the end of this season (2024/25).The Blues confirmed the signing of the teenager of its website on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Chelsea signed Mike Penders for a fee in the region of £ 17 million to become the latest addition to a busy transfer window at Stamford Bridge.Mike Penders signed an eight-year deal contract which will keep him at the club until 2032 and will spend next season back at Belgian side Genk.He is the eighth goalkeeper that will be on…
Aaron Judge is truly ineffable. The Yankees captain is gunning for a second 60+-plus-homer season, leading the MLB in almost every important offensive category and making highlight-reel defensive plays.”Just running out of words with what he’s doing,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said recently, per ESPN’s Jorge Castillo. “… I gotta get the thesaurus out and get to work.”Judge is worthy of every positive adjective his manager can find. But there’s one negative descriptor of Judge that will tarnish all the shiny superlatives connected to him if he can’t shake it soon: ringless. As amazing as Judge is, he’s in danger…
Los Angeles, California – The criticism came almost as soon as Tim Walz joined the Democratic presidential ticket: Did the Minnesota governor exaggerate his military record for political gain? That was the line of attack Republicans zeroed in on. Just one day after Walz became the running mate of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, Republicans were on the offensive, questioning his 24 years of National Guard service. “I wonder, Tim Walz, when were you ever in war?” JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential pick, asked at a campaign stop on August 7. He proceeded to falsely accuse Walz of abandoning his…
It’s been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods. Here’s a look at some of the weather events: Midwest sizzles under heat wave Millions of people in the Midwest have been enduring dangerous heat and humidity. An emergency medicine physician treating Minnesota State Fair-goers for heat illnesses saw firefighters cut rings off two people’s swollen fingers Monday in hot weather that combined with humidity made it feel well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees Celsius). Soaring late summer temperatures also prompted some Midwestern schools to let out…
Opposition Senator and Former Parliamentary Representative for Soufriere/Fond St Jacques “It then makes one wonder about the motives behind the government’s claims that we are attempting to destabilize the nation.” “It is therefore unacceptable for the SLP administration to submit that the UWP is trying to destabilize the country. ~ Herod Stanislas By Caribbean News Global contributor CASTRIES, St Lucia – Addressing the weekly briefing of the United Workers Party (UWP), senator Herod Stanislas called on the government to “retract erroneous statements and offer quality leadership to restore pride and dignity in our passports and national image’; and highlighted “the…
Reports now indicate that 2 top clubs in the Premier League have now shown interest in signing Kingsley Coman from Bayern Munich.Kingsley Coman has reportedly decided to leave Bayern Munich, sparking interest from clubs like Arsenal, Barcelona, and Manchester City.According to French media outlet L’Equipe, Coman has been informed that he can depart the club and is expected to do so before the transfer window closes on August 30, 2024.Coman, who joined Bayern Munich in 2017, has enjoyed a highly successful tenure, winning numerous titles, including the Champions League, Bundesliga, and DFB-Pokal.However, with the club undergoing changes under new coach…
Brock Purdy has shouldered a lot of responsibilities entering his third NFL season. On top of leading the 49ers, one of the top Super Bowl contenders, Purdy has the weight of an entire quarterback class on his shoulders. On Monday, the Titans traded quarterback Malik Willis to the Packers for a 2025 seventh-round pick. The deal constitutes another failure for quarterbacks taken in the 2022 NFL Draft.Six of the nine taken that year are no longer on the team that selected them, and Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe could be the next to fall unless New England rosters three quarterbacks.Purdy, selected…