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Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

May 21, 2018

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:‎

Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met today in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on the margins of the G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting. The two leaders discussed the importance of the United States and Australia continuing to work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific. Читать дальше...

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Even though Meghan Markle is marrying into the British royal family, she still has an army of American supporters.

Gardaí are examining a blood-stained note found in a car reportedly belonging to Mark Hennessy, the man who was wanted in connection with abducting Jastine Valdez, RTÉ is reporting.  In an update broadcast as part of tonight's episode of Claire Byrne Live, reporter Paul Reynolds said that a body which was discovered earlier today has been removed from the Puckscastle area of South Dublin. He added that the note was found in the Qashqai car in which Hennessy was traveling before he was fatally shot by Gardaí last night. Читать дальше...

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• Club soccer managers are staying in their jobs in increasingly shorter tenures. 
• With Arsène Wenger gone, the longest-serving manager in the Premier League is Eddie Howe at Bournemouth. 
• Of the 20 Premier League clubs, half have changed managers in the last eight months and 15 have had their current manager for less than two years.

Arsène Wenger recently stepped down as manager of Arsenal F.C. after 22 years in charge. It... Читать дальше...

Satz will assume her new position on Sept. 1. She will succeed Richard Saller, who has served as dean for 11 years and is returning to full-time teaching.

Pure Storage Inc. shares fell 4% in the extended session Monday after the company beat analyst expectations for the bottom line. The flash memory company's stock closed down a fraction to $23.61 during regular trading. The company reported first-quarter net losses of $64.3 million, or 29 cents a share, compared with net losses of $57.2 million, or 28 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted losses were 7 cents a share. Revenue rose to $255.9 million from $182.6 million in the year-ago period. Читать дальше...

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PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Cracks in the ground spit out streams of lava that are snaking through Hawaii's Big Island, devouring homes and forests, chugging across a highway and pouring into the sea. The dangers are stacking up, and the residents dealing with a more than two-week-long eruption from the Kilauea volcano are weary. They have watched molten rock ooze, crackle, spatter and shoot from the Earth in their rural neighborhoods. They have seen ash fall from the volcano's exploding summit and donned masks to protect their lungs. Читать дальше...

The Dow Jones industrial average rose at the start of the week after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin cited "progress" in China-U.S. trade talks. The Dow has finished lower three of the past four weeks.

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SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Texas school shooting (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbot has invited state lawmakers from both parties, top education officials and experts on school marshal programs and school architecture and design to the first of three roundtable discussions on curbing future school shootings. Tuesday's initial discussion will be held at Abbott's state Capitol office. He has pledged to subsequently hear from advocates on all sides of the gun debate... Читать дальше...

Back in 2013, before anyone suspected that Donald Trump might one day become president, satirical news outlet The Onion made fun of the reality TV host by mocking his birther claims. Even then, Trump's longtime fixer Michael Cohen was defending him behind the scenes.

We’ve had the Guineas meeting at Newmarket, the Dante meeting at York and Lockinge Day at Newbury. So what have we learnt so far in the 2018 Flat racing season?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's largest federal court circuit is establishing a new position to oversee discrimination and sex harassment training following the resignation of a judge facing sexual misconduct allegations. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court announced Monday that its judicial council approved a new job for a director of workplace relations. The council also agreed to revise the court's confidentiality policy to clarify that it doesn't prevent employees from reporting sexual misconduct or harassment. Читать дальше...

Liverpool have offered £35.1million plus an unnamed player in exchange for AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, according to SportsMediaSet. The news outlet claim that the Reds are unlikely to be successful with their offer for the 6ft 5in goalkeeping sensation as the Italian giants want £61.46million for his services and do not want to deal on Jurgen Klopp’s current conditions. SportsMediaSet report that Klopp would have already had one meeting with Donnarumma’s agent, Mino Raiola... Читать дальше...

There were bigger yachts docked in the harbor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, but production company Saban Films is returning to Hollywood with more movie acquisitions than any other bidder at this year’s international film market.

President Trump’s $1.4 trillion tax cut could have painful consequences for the economy down the road — including a possible recession and a ballooning deficit, according to Goldman Sachs. “The US fiscal outlook is not good,” Goldman’s chief economist Jan Hatzius said in a Sunday note. The Wall Street powerhouse — whose former president Gary...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Austin Perine’s superhero cape glides and flutters as he hands chicken sandwiches to homeless men outside a shelter in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s a sweltering 95 degrees outside but, at age 4, Austin is undeterred. The red satin cape he wears, he said, makes him go faster. “It blows in the wind,” he said with a smile. At the shelter, he’s quickly met with a merriment of high-fives and pats on the shoulder. Since March, he’s become a […]

It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives.

Steven Pinker giving a lecture to Humanists UK, February 22 2018. Credit: Bhaawest via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

In Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, published earlier this year, Steven Pinker argues that the human race has never had it so good as a result of values he attributes to the European Enlightenment of the 18th century. He berates those who focus... Читать дальше...