Tuesday 27 November 2018

Manafort accused of lying to U.S. special counsel, blowing up plea deal

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Manafort accused of lying to U.S. special counsel, blowing up plea deal

Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal by lying to federal investigators, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing, signaling a potential setback to the special counsel's probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Mexico calls for 'full investigation' of U.S. tear gas at border

Mexico's foreign ministry presented a diplomatic note to the U.S. government on Monday calling for "a full investigation" into what it described as non-lethal weapons directed toward Mexican territory on Sunday, a statement from the ministry said.

Cyber Monday on track for U.S. online shopping record

Cyber Monday was on track to bring in a record $7.9 billion in U.S. online sales, as millions of shoppers scoured for steep discounts on everything from Lego sets to big-screen TVs.

Vehicle hits seven pedestrians in New York City, one killed, officials say

A car running in reverse struck seven pedestrians in New York City on Monday and one person died in the apparent accident, officials said.

Cases of rare, polio-like condition in U.S. highest since 2016

A rare, polio-like condition has sickened 116 people in the United States so far this year, the highest number of cases since 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.

U.S. officials say tainted romaine lettuce appears to be from California

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that the source of an E.coli outbreak in the United States and Canada that has been associated with romaine lettuce appeared to be growers in the Central Coast region of California.

Ex-New York teacher, brother plead guilty to attempted bomb-making

A former New York City high school teacher and his brother on Monday pleaded guilty to attempting to build a bomb using explosive materials stashed in their apartment, federal prosecutors announced.

Trump wins dismissal of wine bar's unfair competition lawsuit

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by the owners of a Washington, D.C., wine bar who accused President Donald Trump of unfair competition for operating a nearby hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue.

'El Chapo' oversaw drug shipments, bribes as head of cartel, trial witness says

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was "the boss" of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, a witness told jurors in the accused Mexican drug lord's trial in Brooklyn federal court on Monday, contradicting the claim by Guzman's lawyers that his dominance of the drug trade was a myth.

Trump rejects findings of U.S. government climate change report

President Donald Trump on Monday rejected projections that climate change will cause severe economic harm to the U.S. economy, findings outlined by a report his own U.S. government published last week.

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