Stories for 2016

Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 15:42 UTC
Preconceptions, misconceptions and experts that fail to see reality

Explaining the not so quite unexplainable. Donald Trump's victory by a convincing margin left all those so called analysts who had foreseen his defeat as inevitable trying to find out how they had so spectacularly misread the world. The role of mass media under fire.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 12:58 UTC
UK wins F-35s global repair and maintenance hub in North Wales

The British Ministry of Defense (MOD) has announced that the UK has been chosen by the F-35 Program Office to be a global repair hub providing maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for F-35 avionic and aircraft components. Over the lifetime of the program, hundreds of European-based F-35 aircraft will be serviced and maintained in North Wales.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 12:42 UTC
It's President Donald Trump, after all

Following the Republican candidate's win in Pennsylvania there was virutally no chance the Democrat nominnee Hillary Clinton could reverse the situation and her campain manager John Podesta sent everybody at her camp home to sleep, saying she would not be making any comments during the evening.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 10:28 UTC
Falklands' Observance of Remembrance Sunday 13 November

Falkland Islands elected government has announced the arrangements for the observance of Remembrance Sunday 13 November. The Annual Service will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am. Governor Colin Roberts CVO, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defense personnel, veterans and reserves MP Mark Lancaster, Commander British Forces Commodore Darren Bone, RN, Members of the Legislative Assembly, visiting and resident Veterans, together with Senior Officers of the Armed Services will be attending this Service.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:57 UTC
Scotland will apply to intervene against the UK government's Supreme Court appeal on Brexit

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that her semi-autonomous government will apply to the UK Supreme Court to intervene against the UK Government case, in a bid to secure a vote not just for the House of Commons but for the Scottish parliament.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:48 UTC
Supreme Court will hear UK government's appeal on Parliament involvement in Brexit process 5 December

Britain's Supreme Court said Tuesday it has set aside four days starting on December 5 to hear the government's appeal against a landmark ruling that it must seek parliament's approval to start the Brexit process. All 11 Supreme Court judges will hear the case, which could delay Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, and will deliver their judgment “probably in the New Year”, a court statement said.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:29 UTC
Trump becomes US 45th president with support from white working class and rural voters

Donald John Trump has been projected as the winner of the presidential election, according to the Associated Press, after election returns showed that Trump had won stunning come-from-behind victories across a swath of contested states. Trump, 70, will be the 45th president of the United States. A real-estate developer and former reality-TV star,
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:02 UTC
Close friends and loyalists considered for the Trump cabinet

Now that Donald Trump will be moving to the White House next January, speculation about the names being considered for his cabinet have started to emerge. According to sources close to the winning team some of the names included are Rudy Giuliani for attorney general, Newt Gingrich for secretary of state, retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn for defense secretary or national security adviser, Trump finance chairman Steve Mnuchin for Treasury secretary, and Republican National Committee finance chair Lew Eisenberg for commerce secretary.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 08:56 UTC
Bill Clinton's inconvenient truth about the white working class expectations

Bill Clinton once said the white working class had been left hopeless after six years of Barack Obama's administration. The former president was quoted in a speech published by Wikileaks as part of the website's release of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails.
Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 08:32 UTC
Stock markets sink, Mexican peso plunges as Trump takes early lead

The U.S. dollar sank and stock markets slammed into reverse in wild trade as investors faced the real possibility of a shock win by Republican Donald Trump that could upend the global political order. Major indexes in Asia fall by more than 2%.