Donald Trump has announced that his nominee for secretary of state is Rex Tillerson, the CEO of oil company ExxonMobil. Tillerson, who has close ties to Russia, must first be approved by the US Senate. The BBC’s Barbara Plett Usher reports that in picking Mr Tillerson, a Texas oilman with …
Read More »US church gunman tells police
Dylann Roof, the South Carolina man accused of shooting dead nine black church-goers last year, admitted the massacre in a police video shown to the jury. He also said he spent “15 minutes” sitting inside Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston deliberating, before carrying out the attack on 17 June 2015.
Read More »What will Vladimir Putin make of Rex Tillerson?
The next US Secretary of State and oil executive has been friendly with Vladimir Putin in the past, so what will his appointment mean for relations between America and Russia? Arkady Ostrovsky is Russia Editor at The Economist and author of “The Invention of Russia”. (Picture: Rex Tillerson. Credit: AFP …
Read More »US unemployment rate falls to nine-year low
Image copyright AP The US unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in November, adding to expectations that US interest rates will rise later this month. Figures from the Labor Department showed the US economy created 178,000 jobs in November, while the jobless rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in …
Read More »21st Century Fox in bid approach for Sky
Image copyright PA US media giant 21st Century Fox has made a takeover approach for Sky that values the UK-based satellite broadcaster at £18.5bn. The proposed offer is worth £10.75 a share in cash, a premium of 36% to the closing price on 8 December. Sky shares ended 26.6% higher …
Read More »Hollywood legend
Kirk Douglas, the American actor whose steely gaze, virility and distinctively dimpled chin made him one of Hollywood’s most popular leading men, was born Issur Danielovitch on 9 December 1916.
Read More »King Rex
Image copyright AFP / Getty Images Image caption Exxon Mobil chief Rex Tillerson has been appointed as the next US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump to be secretary of state, runs the world’s most valuable, publicly traded oil company. The 64-year-old, Texas-born head of …
Read More »‘Big problem’
Image copyright Win McNamee Image caption President Obama warned President-elect Trump about a threat to the US Donald Trump said President Barack Obama had told him about a “big problem” for the US, but he wouldn’t say what it was. What could it be? “I was actually surprised a little …
Read More »Vogue v Trump
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anna Wintour, editor in chief of US Vogue, is one of the most powerful women in the media Tensions are simmering between the US magazines Vogue and Teen Vogue, and the country’s president-elect Donald Trump. Last week, legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour, considered one of …
Read More »Quiet milestone
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mrs Clinton has won more votes than any other white US presidential candidate in history As mail-in and absentee voter ballots continue to trickle in and the country braces for President-elect Donald Trump to step into power, Hillary Clinton quietly marked a milestone. The …
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