Nine charged for giving food to homeless in California
Nine people in California have been charged after they handed out food to the homeless, violating a rule about sharing food in public places.
bbc.com
Apple Supplier Workers Describe Noxious Hazards at China Factory
At a Catcher Technology Co. manufacturing complex in the Chinese industrial city of Suqian, about six hours’ drive from Shanghai, workers stand for up to 10 hours a day in hot workshops slicing and blasting iPhone casings for Apple Inc., handling noxious chemicals sometimes without proper gloves or masks.
bloomberg.com
Japan Broadcaster Joins Hawaii in Issuing False Missile Alert
Japanese national broadcaster NHK issued a false alert about a North Korean missile launch, adding to questions about the reliability of early-warning systems after a similar incident in Hawaii.
bloomberg.com
North Korea accuses Donald Trump of being a 'spasm of a lunatic'
North Korea has hit back at US President Donald Trump after he made claims about the size of his nuclear button.
ibtimes.co.uk
Trump Tells Xi U.S. Trade Deficit With China ‘Not Sustainable’
President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the growing U.S. trade deficit with China isn’t sustainable, the White House said in a statement Tuesday.
bloomberg.com
Homeland Security Secretary Says Profanities Were Exchanged in Trump Meeting
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday that numerous people used profanities in an impassioned Oval Office meeting on immigration last week but she didn’t recall President Donald Trump using a specific vulgarity to refer to Haiti and African nations.
bloomberg.com
Sanders Says Trump Isn’t Racist, Citing ‘The Apprentice’
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said claims that President Donald Trump is racist are “outrageous,” citing his success as a public figure and his star turn on television as a host on NBC’s reality show “The Apprentice.”
bloomberg.com
Wall Street executive sworn in to replace Gov. Christie
A former Wall Street executive and Obama administration diplomat was sworn in as New Jersey’s governor Tuesday, replacing Republican Gov. Chris Christie and returning full control of state government to Democrats.
apnews.com
Debt fears for poorer households
A third of the lowest-income households in Britain have loans and credit card debts that outstrip the assets they hold, research has found.
bbc.com
Milo Yiannopoulos falls for fake news story about male cervical smear tests live on air
Far-right poster boy Milo Yiannopoulos has fallen for a fake news story, taking to YouTube to rant about a “landmark case” that will now (apparently) force the National Health Service (NHS) to offer cervical smear tests to men.
rt.com