
Speaking to the marine corps at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , Trump announced that the United States might need a military space force in future as a separate military branch. But in a letter last summer to Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, who spearheaded the congressional effort against the Space Corps, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said he was opposed to the idea.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said today that the country "has moved on" in response to claims by former president Robert Mugabe that he was ousted in an illegal "coup d'etat". The new president will face his first major test in August, when the new National Patriotic Front hopes to unseat him in elections. Mugabe sent shockwaves through the ZANU-PF ruling party when he recently met with the NPF's leader, retired general Ambrose Mutinhiri.

The new name will be proposed to shareholders in a resolution to the Annual General Meeting on 15 May. Headquartered in the port city and oil industry hub of Stavanger , Statoil has come to symbolize Norway's steep rise to one of the world's richest nations beginning in the late 1960s.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo was nominated to serve as Secretary of State, replacing Rex Tillerson . "I don't want, if they're ever captured, for foreign countries to think torture is okay". "That being said, Pompeo could improve the chances for diplomacy". Shortly after the news of Tillerson's dismissal broke, Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein released a statement disputing the White House's version of events: that Tillerson had been summoned to Washington in the middle of a trip to ...

He also said the school supported the students and no disciplinary action would be taken against anyone that participated. "Enough is enough", the students chanted. "Our elected officials must do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to this violence", the organization said on its website. Parkland students, who are planning a " March For Our Lives " rally at the nation's capital on March 24, marked the occasion by placing hundreds of pinwheels around the school campus.

She said it reflected the fact that "this is not the first time that the Russian State has acted against our country", referring to the death, also by poisoning, of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. "Those (American) politicians are playing with fire by destroying Russian-American relationship because simultaneously they shake global stability", Ryabkov said, according to RIA.

Cincinnati , which is the No. 2 seed in this region, is similar. The college basketball odds for the game have the Wildcats favored to pick up the win here in comfortable fashion. A potential second-round matchup awaits with No. 9 seed Alabama, which features freshman guard Collin Sexton , arguably the best player in the bracket and in the nation.

The 47-year-old Damon, who has four daughters with his wife, Luciana Barroso , has lived in LA and NY since leaving Boston. He and longtime friend and business partner Ben Affleck also adopted inclusion riders in their actors' contracts, a move meant to encourage diversity but also fell on deaf ears due to the fact that Damon and Affleck are both white men who have been tangentially involved in muddy discrimination situations, particularly concerning Affleck's brother Casey .

First round matchups will be announced late Monday evening. This will be Loyola-Chicago's first NCAA appearance since 1985 - and the Missouri Valley Conference champs have the potential to make some noise. The game is generating upset discussion far and wide. Allen (12.9, .395), Bluiett (12.3/.356), Berry (11.4, .288), Brunson (8.9/.350), Frankamp (7.3/.407), Macura (6.9, .304).

Ryan Shetter got the start for Texas Tech and had a little trouble with his control of the ball, however he still went 4 innings giving up one run which was unearned, striking out two batters while walking five. Evans, who was 10-for-10 at the line, had eight of those points. The are averaging a combined of 43 points per game. In any single-elimination tournament, it is always nice to have the best player on the court playing for your team.

Prime Minister Theresa May's immediate response to the attempted poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury won't impress anyone in the Kremlin. Russian Federation denies interfering in the election. "The administration is confronting and countering malign Russian cyber activity, including their attempted interference in USA elections, destructive cyber-attacks, and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure", Mnuchin said in a statement.

The administration has not yet responded, a spokesman for Cantwell's office said on Thursday. US cybersecurity official Rick Driggers told reporters on March 15 that the Russian breaches of USA critical infrastructure thus far have been limited to business networks and have not affected any plant's control systems.
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, who oversees immigration and has drawn global criticism for heading a tough crackdown on asylum-seekers from Asia and the Middle East, said the South Africans deserve "special attention" for acceptance on refugee or humanitarian grounds.

In November, Iraqi forces retook the last Iraqi town held by ISIS - Rawah, near the border with Syria. The cause was unknown, though officials told the network early indications did not suggest it came down under fire. " Rescue teams are responding to the scene of the downed aircraft at this time ", a statement from Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said, according to ABC News .
The statement accused the Russian government, without providing any substantiation, of targeting "U.S. government entities and multiple US critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors" with cyberattacks.

The US also has seen declining "trust, generosity and social support, and those are some of the factors that explain why some countries are happier than others", Mr Wiking said. "Happiness can change, and does change, according to the quality of the society in which people live", the report said. "The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born", said Helliwell in a news release.

Senators who were deeply critical of the interrogation program could stand in Haspel's way. That issue is at the heart of the controversy over both nominees, and has already led several Democrats - including Ron Wyden of OR and Tammy Duckworth of IL - to come out against them.

McMaster was also retained at the time due to the White House's challenge attracting top talent for jobs in the administration due to Trump's "blacklist" of individuals who have criticized the President, his personality and the Russian Federation investigation, according to a senior Republican source.
In Gorakhpur , SP fielded Pravin Nishad, son of Dr Sanjay Nishad of Nishad Party , formed just two years ago. The move came a day after the Congress found itself isolated in the dramatic UP bypoll wins by the SP and BSP alliance. "Congratulations to the winners of today's by-elections". The party is now concerned about cadre disenchantment costing it dear in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections .
The BJP has won only two Lok Sabha bypolls in four years, now down to 272 from 282 in 2014. Together with its regional allies, the BJP also formed its governments in Nagaland and Meghalaya. He also Congratulated the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party for the "historic victory", he said unity among the non-BJP parties played a key role in the win.

The 70-year-old takes over as head of the National Economic Council (NEC), a policy body created in 1993 that includes officials and experts from across an array of policy areas. Cohn's exit and the dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have cleared the way for Trump to elevate advisers who are more inclined to implement his campaign promises ahead of congressional elections this year.

Officials said they believe one person is missing after the fire and the company is doing a check on all of its employees. He said fire crews told everyone to stay as far from the scene as possible. Cornett said Tri-Chem Industries mixes chemicals that are primarily used by the oil and gas industry to drill disposal wells, and that although he didn't know how numerous chemicals at the plant were hazardous, "what was burnt and exploded was quite toxic".

The man was wearing dark clothes, a hoodie and a mask, but the victim recognized him from his voice and eyes as her former friend, John Christopher Ludwick, 32, of Port Charlotte. "I saw her run into the house screaming what sounded like mom, mom!" the witness described. People who knew Ludwick said in the past he claimed he was involved in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway .

The Ogle County Coroner's Office says that Sumire's autopsy shows that no foul play is suspected. The release said the woman's husband was hospitalized. The Nobel Laureate appeared to be searching for help and "was apparently suffering from an acute state of confusion and shock". "Thank you for your compassion and for respecting our privacy as we process this tragic loss".
And these are truly wonderful people. In an exchange of invites, Varadkar said that people normally reciprocate an invitation with an invitation and that he will be inviting President Trump to Ireland when he meets him later today. The Taoiseach said an global trade war, which has been sparked by US President Donald Trump's recent import tariffs on steel, would make "losers of us all".