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Mar92021 by adminNo Comments

Piers Morgan leaves ITV’s Good Morning Britain after row over Meghan remarks

Entertainment

Getty ImagesPiers Morgan has left ITV's Good Morning Britain following a row over comments he made about the Duchess of Sussex.It brings the controversial host's time on the show to an end after six years.ITV announced the decision after Ofcom said it was investigating his comments after receiving 41,000 complaints.On Monday's show, Morgan said he "didn't believe a word" the duchess had told Oprah Winfrey about her mental health in an interview.An ITV spokesperson said: "Following discussions with ITV, Piers Morgan has decided now is the time to leave Good Morning Britain. ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add."The channel confirmed to the BBC that his departure from the breakfast news show will take effect immediately but declined to say who would be replacing him ...

Sep162019 by adminNo Comments

Pound slips after Luxembourg PM’s Brexit remarks

Business

By Wale Azeez, business reporter The pound has slipped further from last week's gains after remarks by Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel directed at Boris Johnson.Sterling fell 0.8% to 1.2408 against the US dollar, after briefly rising above $ 1.25 in early Asian trading - its highest level in nearly two months. Last week, the pound rose by 1.7%, but on Monday it also weakened by 0.2% against the euro - to 88.68p.Futures data shows investors have resumed shorting the pound - betting on its decline - after a brief pause. ...

Jan122019 by adminNo Comments

DNA pioneer stripped of honours amid 'reckless' race remarks

Technology

Nobel Prize-winning DNA scientist James Watson has been stripped of several honorary titles by the laboratory he once headed over his views about intelligence and race. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory said it was acting in response to remarks he made in a television documentary which aired earlier this month.The 90-year-old geneticist - one of three who discovered the DNA double helix - had lost his job at the New York laboratory in 2007 for expressing racist views.But in the new PBS film, American Masters: Decoding Watson, he said his views on intelligence and race had not changed since.He had told a magazine in 2007 he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" as "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - wher...

Jan222018 by adminNo Comments

VP defends Trump over vulgar remarks on African immigrants

World

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday defended President Donald Trump over his recent comments disparaging immigration from Africa and Haiti, telling The Associated Press that the president's "heart" is aimed at a merit-based system that is blind to immigrants' "race or creed." Pence, in an interview with the AP from Jerusalem, said the president was intent on implementing a merit-based system that encourages immigration by those who will "contribute to a growing American economy and thriving communities." "I know the president's heart and I know that what President Trump wants to do is reform immigration to make our system one that puts the interests of America first," Pence said. He added that immigrants should be considered on their merits, "regardless of what country they come from...

Jan122018 by adminNo Comments

'Offensive,' 'shocking,' 'shameful': World leaders blast Trump's 's—hole' remarks

World

World condemnation came quickly today after President Donald Trump's remarks calling Haiti and other African countries "s---hole countries" Rupert Colville, the spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, characterized the remarks as "racist." "This isn't just a story about vulgar language, it's about opening the door to humanity's worst side, about validating and encouraging racism and xenophobia," he told reporters at a briefing in Geneva Friday. "If confirmed, these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the United States." In an Oval Office meeting at the White House Thursday, Trump grew frustrated at a proposed bipartisan immigration plan that would scale back the visa lottery program, but not eliminate it, asking those in the...