TRUMP: I'd 'send cease-and-desist letters to China and Mexico'
Donald Trump on Thursday made voters a promise: If he's elected, he'll keep sending cease-and-desist letters. But he'll address them instead to China and Mexico.
Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, was asked during a Thursday CNN town-hall event whether he would send cease-and-desist letters to China and Mexico, two major US trade partners that Trump asserts are "ripping off" the US.
"Yeah, maybe to China, to stop ripping us off. I'd be sending them to other countries to stop ripping us off. I'd send them to Mexico."
"And when I say cease-and-desist orders, maybe it'd be equivalent. Maybe I'll do it with my mouth."
Cooper's comments came days after Trump sent Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) campaign a cease-and-desist letter. The letter threatened a lawsuit if the campaign did not take down a television ad in South Carolina showing a clip from a 1999 Trump interview with Tim Russert.
Earlier this week, Cruz challenged Trump to file the lawsuit, saying he may take the case himself.
"Even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits, this takes the cake," Cruz said. "So Donald, I would encourage you — if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming it is defamation, file the lawsuit. It is a remarkable contention that an ad that plays video of Donald Trump speaking on national television is somehow defamation."
source:businessinsider
RE:'This Man Utd team is an absolute shambles' - Twitter reacts to Europa League defeat -FROM GOAL.COM
After another disappointing domestic campaign, the Europa League has emerged as the Red Devils' only chance of securing Champions League football for next season.
However, a first leg defeat, coupled with an injury to star man David de Gea, leaves United's season in disarray.
While the victory sparked wild celebrations in Denmark, there was little sympathy on Twitter for Manchester United and Van Gaal.
ISIS beheads 15-year old boy in Iraq for listening to Western Music
He was dragged before a Islamist kangaroo court which sentenced him to death by public execution.
This is the first time someone will be beheaded for listening to Western Music in Iraq as there's no Sharia law prohibiting such and the incident has sparked outrage among locals.
“Ayham Hussein was captured by the jihadis while listening to Pop music at the grocery store of his father in the Nabi Younis marketplace in western Mosul. He was referred to the Sharia Court, which issued a decision to execute him,” a spokesman for the Nineveh media center told ARA News. “ISIS jihadis publicly beheaded the boy,” the source said to ARA news, speaking on condition of anonymity.
SOURCE:LINDAIKEJISBLOG.COM
EXCLUSIVE: FOOTBALL, MANCHESTER UNITED; SHOULD VAN GAAL BE SACKED?
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MANCHESTER UNITED FANS ARE FUMING AT THURSDAY NIGHT LOSS... 2ND LOSS IN A ROW.
Manchester United's travelling supporters made their feelings clear after watching their side's embarrassing 2-1 Europa League defeat to FC Midtjylland.
The fans inside the MCH Arena lambasted their own players at the full-time whistle, chanting "we're f****** s***" after Louis van Gaal's side suffered yet another defeat, their 10th in all competitions in the 2015-16 campaign.
United had took the lead in Denmark in this round of 32 first-leg encounter, with Memphis Depay poking home after 37 minutes.
But that lead lasted less than 10 minutes as Pione Sisto equalised shortly before half-time and then Paul Onuachu compounded Van Gaal's misery by netting a second-half winner after Juan Mata's flimsy challenge on the edge of the box.
VIDEO: Klopp nutmegs Firmino
The former Borussia Dortmund boss was caught performing a cheeky nutmeg on Roberto Firmino during training on Wednesday evening, and seemed very pleased with himself in the aftermath.
Firmino, on the other hand, seemed a little miffed to have been made a fool of as he stretched during the warm-up before realising it was his manager who was to blame and making a joke of the situation.
source:goal.com
Mourinho to meet with Inter officials
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Kim Kardashian Thinks Stories About Kanye West’s Money Trouble Are "So Funny"
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3After digitally battling with Wiz Khalifa, claiming responsibility for Taylor Swift 's fame, asking Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion in his ideas all while dropping anew album and fashion line, it's safe to say Kanye West has had quite the whirlwind month.
Following the rapper's most recent obscure antics on social media—particularly his requests for other people's money "to bring more beautiful ideas to the world"—reports inspired by the tweets have popped up alleging the Grammy winner is millions upon millions of dollars in debt.
"If I spent my money on my ideas I could not afford to take care of my family," he told fans on Twitter. "I am in a place that so many artists end up."
To add fuel to the fire, outlets also speculate that his Twitter rants are a matter of contention between him and his wife, Kim Kardashian.
According to a source close to the couple, the rants are anything but angering.
"Kim isn't mad at Kanye. She thinks all the stories about his money problems are so funny because it's all kind of inaccurate," the insider shared. "Kanye laughs and thinks it's funny when he tweets and doesn't care what people say."
Dana Edelson/NBCAs for the paper in the bank, while the father of two's current financial standing is still to be confirmed, West does admittedly get flowery with the English language.
"I know I confuse you guys sometimes but please bare with me," he tweeted to his fans while trying to explain his project-funding process.
"It's not debt per se," the insider added. "He always invests in himself and that's where that [53 million] number came from."
Debt per se? Yes, Yeezy, you're still confusing us.
SOURCE:http://www.eonline.com
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FOOTBALL: Lionel Messi is the first player to score 300 goals in La Liga
Lionel Messi scored two goals in Barcelona's 3-1 win against Sporting Gijon, becoming the first player to score 300 La Liga goals.
We go inside the Argentine forward's remarkable numbers.
Cyprus to Go Ahead With 3rd Gas Exploration Licensing Round
Cyprus' government says it will push ahead with a third licensing round to search for potential natural gas deposits off the Mediterranean island nation's southern shores.
Government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said Tuesday the process will begin as soon as possible, but offered no further details.
U.S. company Noble Energy, which received an exploration license in 2007, discovered a field around 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Cyprus that's estimated to contain more than four trillion cubic feet of gas.
France's Total and Italy's Eni along with its South Korean partner KOGAS have extended by two years exploration licenses they received during a second round in 2012.
Eni last year discovered in waters off Egypt what it called the largest gas deposit ever found in the Mediterranean Sea.
source:http://abcnews.go.com
NIGERIA: Nigeria struggles as Buhari wrangles with budget, naira
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari finally swore in his cabinet in November, nearly six months after taking office, he hoped to shake off his nickname “Baba Go Slow”. But troubling errors in the budget of Africa’s largest economy and the continuing free fall of the naira on the black market have both Nigerians and investors worried that Buhari still isn’t moving fast enough to address a deepening economic crisis.
Since its peak in 2014, the global price of oil — which accounted for two-thirds of the Nigerian government’s revenue — has plunged by 70 percent, decimating economic growth and the naira. In response, Buhari announced a record 6 trillion-naira ($30-billion, 27 billion-euro) budget promising to triple investment to stimulate growth. Yet his budget proposal was pockmarked with mistakes, repetitions and, given the circumstances, extravagant demands. The errors include the same purchases for vehicles, computers and furniture that are duplicated 24 times, totalling 46.5 billion naira. This opens the door for graft, according to Oluseun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT, a Nigerian transparency group. “It clearly showed there was foul play,” said Onigbinde said. “Nigerians are in a crisis period with the price of oil dipping below 30 dollars, so there should be a budget in line with the mood of the time,” he added. Buhari on Monday sacked the director-general of the budget office and appointed former banker Tijjani Abdullahi to take the helm. Now there are serious revisions to be made before Buhari can sign off on the budget and inject Nigeria’s sputtering economy with much-needed cash. It’s a process likely to take months. “We need more speed on this thing,” Onigbinde said, “he (Buhari) should have moved faster when he got into power.” – Policy paralysis – The budget confusion is yet another deterrent for investors already reluctant to invest in the country as a result of Buhari’s monetary policies, which have caused a severe dollar shortage and the naira to hit unprecedented lows of 340 against the dollar on the black market. Nigeria has frozen the naira at 197-199 to the dollar for almost a year in a bid to protect the poor, while the government has banned a wide range of imports — including toothpicks and shovels — to conserve foreign exchange reserves. The policy has been criticised by international investors, who say pegging the currency and restricting imports is futile and only serves to suffocate growth. Recent pressure from the International Monetary Fund to devalue the currency appears to have been rebuffed by Buhari, who declared last month “I won’t kill the naira” and promised the country’s economy will “stabilise soon”. “Investors aren’t confident because there isn’t a clear path forward,” Rand Merchant Bank Africa analyst Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana told AFP. “As long as those budget delays are happening it means that the central bank is going to have to do the heavy lifting for the economy,” she said, speaking from Johannesburg. “The worst case scenario is policy paralysis, particularly what we’ve been seeing with the central bank and foreign exchange policy.” – Stoking inflation – Instead of protecting the poor, the policy vacuum is stoking inflation on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, where people bemoan the price of previously affordable staples. “A plate of rice that was sold for 200 naira in December is now 350 naira. Customers are complaining because they don’t get the same ration like before,” street food vendor Mary Idowu told AFP. A 50 kilogram (110 pound) bag of rice that used to cost 9,000 naira now costs 13,000, while a bag of beans has gone up from 12,000 naira to 15,000, she said. “Whenever I try to explain why prices are high, they flare up,” Idowu said about her customers. Rising food costs pushed the inflation rate to 9.6 in January — above the bank’s target range — with no sign the pressure will ease anytime soon. “Prices are rising, despite attempts to keep the official Nigerian naira exchange rate unchanged,” said Standard Chartered Bank economist Razia Khan. “It is unfortunate that our policy makers are very slow at responding to critical issues,” said Lagos Business School political economy professor Pat Utomi. “The government should realise it cannot continue to defend the naira because it does not have enough reserves to do so,” he said. “Ultimately, the naira will find its true value whether we devalue or not.”
source:http://www.vanguardngr.com
FOOTBALL: Arsenal And Liverpool Targeting Bundesliga Ace
A host of Premier League clubs are preparing to battle it out in order to sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan this summer.
The 25-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to the England throughout the season, and now it appears as though Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City are keeping an eye on Gundogan’s contract situation.
With his current deal set to expire in the summer of 2017, talkSPORT have reported that Bild have claimed that the Germany international will not be signing a new deal with Dortmund, informing his employers that he intends to leave once his contract expires.
The article claims that Gundogan’s decision will likely spark a bidding war for his signing now, and Dortmund will be reluctant to let him leave on a free transfer.
Cashing in at the end of the season could be their best option, with Juventusalso thought to be potential suitors.
Should the Bundesliga outfit opt to sell, it has yet to be revealed how much they will demand for one of their prize assets.
source:http://www.sportsvibe.co.uk
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