BEIJING – The Chinese government signaled on Wednesday that it would not follow Taiwan’s example on same-sex marriage after the first legal unions in Asia were hailed by activists as a social revolution for the region. Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill this month that endorsed same-sex marriage. More than 360 same-sex couples married on Friday Read more about China signals it won’t follow Taiwan in allowing gay marriage[…]
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s statement upon the shuttering of his two-year investigation into the Trump campaign was weird even by the standards of the weirdness of the past couple of years. “Charging the president with a crime was not something we could consider,” he reported. Indeed, even pursuing that question, he added, would have been Read more about Robert Mueller\u2019s \u2018final statement\u2019 was a disgraceful mess[…]
You’d have to be living on another planet not to have heard one of the biggest news stories in recent times: After years of denial, it turns out that the US government has a secret program, researching and investigating UFOs. The conspiracy theorists were right all along. The story broke in December 2017 and generated Read more about UFOs have come out of the fringe and into the mainstream[…]
CAEN, France — The emotion of being liberated from Nazi occupation was so sweet and intense that the French refugees burst into song, a spontaneous rendition of “La Marseillaise” that echoed around the underground network of dank, dark tunnels where they had been sheltering for weeks since D-Day, amid filth, fleas and the rumble of Read more about D-Day joy, hell told anew with virtual reality[…]
Barack Obama was born on 4 August 1961 in Hawaii. His father was a black Kenyan and his mother a white America from Kansas. Barack Obama’s father used to herd goats in Kenya but gained a scholarship to study in Hawaii. When Barack Obama was young his parents split up and his father returned to Read more about Barack Obama’s Biography[…]
Paul Nuttall was born on 30 November 1976 in Liverpool. Nuttall, who played football for Tranmere Rovers in his youth, was among the survivors of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. In 2017, he had to backtrack over claims that he lost close friends in the disaster.He studied sports science at North Lincolnshire College, and history at Edge Hill Read more about Paul Nuttall’s Biography[…]
Condoleezza Rice was born on November 14 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama and became the 66th Secretary of State of the United States on January 26th 2005 replacing Colin Powell. Rice was previously George Bush’s National Security advisor during 2001-2005. Forbes magazine named her the world’s most powerful woman in 2004 and 2005. Condoleezza Rice’s father Read more about Condoleezza Rice’s Biography[…]
Born Hsieh Lien-fang, the daughter of a Taiwanese trader in Tokyo and a Japanese mother, Renho had dual nationality until at 18, she took Japanese nationality. Or so she thought. In 2016, it emerged that Renho still retained her Taiwanese nationality and had to take further action to remove it. Renho studied law at Aoyama Read more about Renho’s Biography[…]
Former Conservative MP, Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo was born on 26 May 1953 in Bushey, Herfordshire. His father Luis Portillo was a Professor in Salamanca and a Republican during the Spanish Civil War and came to Britain as a refugee. Michael’s mother Cora was the daughter of a Kirkcaldy linen mill owner. Michael Portillo was Read more about Michael Portillo’s Biography[…]
Nick Clegg became the leader of the Liberal Democrats in December 2007. He had previously been the Lib Dem chief spokesperson on home affairs and before that their spokesperson on Europe. He is also the Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam. Nick Clegg is the son of a half-Russian wealthy banker and a Dutch mother Read more about Sir Nick Clegg’s Biography[…]