Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Updated 3:36 am PDT, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Abe has pledged to seek a consensus on free trade and other contentious issues at this week's summit of the Group of 20 countries in Osaka. less Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Abe has pledged to seek a consensus on free trade and other contentious issues ... more Photo: Koji Sasahara, AP Photo: Koji Sasahara, AP Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Wednesday, … [Read more...] about Japan’s Abe wants G-20 to unite on trade, Middle East
Pride or protest? Disillusioned plan their own LGBTQ march
Karen Matthews, Associated Press Updated 5:36 am CDT, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 In this Wednesday, March 27, 2019, photo, a participant checks in as she arrives for a meeting of the Reclaim Pride Coalition at the Church of the Village in New York. Activists who believe New York City’s annual LGBTQ Pride march has become too commercialized are staging an alternative march the same day. The two marches through Manhattan streets will take place Sunday, June 30, the last day of a month of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. less In this Wednesday, March 27, 2019, photo, a participant checks in as she arrives for a meeting of the Reclaim Pride Coalition at the Church of the Village in New York. Activists who believe New York City’s ... more Photo: Mary Altaffer, AP … [Read more...] about Pride or protest? Disillusioned plan their own LGBTQ march
Bank of England’s Carney hints at stimulus in no-deal Brexit
Updated 3:14 am PDT, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook's upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20. less FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is ... more Photo: Matt Dunham, AP Photo: Matt Dunham, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of … [Read more...] about Bank of England’s Carney hints at stimulus in no-deal Brexit
Linsey Porter, former Highland Park mayor, dies at 65
Steven Lubbers The Detroit News Published 11:49 PM EDT Jun 25, 2019 Linsey Porter never gave up on his hometown of Highland Park, in spite of the difficulties the city faced. . "I've always had a dream that everyone in Highland Park would have a nice car in their driveway and a beautiful home," the former mayor told The Detroit News in 2003. Mr. Porter died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, from complications of pneumonia, his family said. He was 65. He was the city's youngest mayor. In his three terms, from 1991 to 2003, Mr. Porter led Highland Park through a troubled period in its history. Mr. Porter inherited many of the city's problems, such as crime, urban flight and business relocation. The city's troubles foreshadowed problems for the city of Detroit. "Lawmakers don't listen to communities like Highland Park, Ecorse or Hamtramck. We have become a lower-class community," Porter said in 2002. "They look at us as … [Read more...] about Linsey Porter, former Highland Park mayor, dies at 65
Norfolk ‘spy’ told to cough up £615,000
PUBLISHED: 11:09 26 June 2019 | UPDATED: 11:09 26 June 2019 Raymond Thomas and Susan Weston. Photo: HMRC HMRC A Norfolk tax fraudster, who claimed he was a spy in an attempt to cover his tracks, has been ordered to pay £615,000 or face a further five years behind bars. Raymond Thomas, 73, of Tilney All Saints, was jailed for four years and eight months in November 2017, after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation found he had stolen £1.6m.In an attempt to hide his crime, Thomas told family and friends he was a spy and often worked abroad. In reality, he was travelling to holiday homes funded by his fraud in Berlin, Kefalonia and Perpignan with his wife, Susan Weston, 70, who helped to launder the money.The fantasist told HMRC investigators he worked for US Homeland Security.He claimed he ran a business called Cambridge Computer Graphics (CCG), which made aviation radar systems, and worked for the US Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.But HMRC found the … [Read more...] about Norfolk ‘spy’ told to cough up £615,000