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Trump announces ‘largest-ever’ sanctions on North Korea — RT US News

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  The Trump administration has launched new sanctions against 50 vessels, shipping companies and trade businesses in a bid to ratchet up pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program – the largest round of sanctions yet. “ Today I am announcing that we are launching the largest-ever set of new sanctions on the North Korean regime, ” Trump said.  The restrictions are yet another attempt to put pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile tests as US brushes off the idea of negotiations. North Korea last year conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test despite UN Security Council resolutions. The sanctions are directed at one person, 27 companies, and 28 vessels, according to a statement on the US Treasury Department’s website. The North Korean shipping industry is the main way in which North Korea gets round sanctions to fund its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, according to the US Treasury. The last
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Who are EXO – the boyband about to thrill the Winter Olympics?

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Sunday’s closing ceremony will feature one of K-Pop’s biggest acts, who fans say will deliver   The world’s eyes will be on Pyeongchang on Sunday for the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics – and they are about to be introduced to South Korea’s boyband sensation EXO. Fans say the K-pop band were chosen to perform at the ceremony not just because of their current popularity, but in part because of the unity they have represented in the region. EXO were formed with 12 South Korean and Chinese members, but in a move unfamiliar to western pop groups, the band sometimes breaks down into two sub-groups, the Korean-language EXO-K, and the Mandarin-speaking EXO-M, who are more active in China. Now numbering nine members, EXO’s singles are released in both Korean- and Chinese-language versions. Source: www.theguardian.com
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Grieving Mother Of Florida Shooting Victim SCREAMS At Donald Trump, 'Please Do Something!'

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   Every time there is a mass shooting, which seems to happen every other month now, Republicans will say “now is not the time” to discuss gun safety and gun control. Meanwhile, children are dying. The barrage of “thoughts and prayers” won’t bring them back, and they won’t help the next school targeted by a killer.   And all President Trump could do was blame mental health–a straw man argument so old at this point that you can build a scarecrow out of how often it’s used–and offer “prayers and condolences” to the families. But for Lori Alhadeff, the mother of one of the victims in yesterday’s tragedy, this is not enough. “How do we allow a gunman to come into our children’s school? How do they get through security? What security is there?” Alhadeff begins to ask on CNN. “There’s no metal detectors. The gunman, a crazy person, just walks right into the school, knocks down the window of my child’s door, and starts shooting–shooting her! And killing her!” she contin
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Obama calls for 'common-sense gun safety laws' after Florida school shooting

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  Obama calls for 'common-sense gun safety laws' after Florida school shooting Washington (CNN) In the wake of the Florida high school shooting, former President Barack Obama is calling for legislative action on gun control, saying it's "long overdue." "We are grieving with Parkland. But we are not powerless," the 44th President tweeted Thursday. "Caring for our kids is our first job. And until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue, common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change."     Former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted earlier Thursday that Congress has a "moral obligation to take action and spare more families from this violence." On Wednesday, a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in what is one of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history. Ob
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Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Was a Member of White Supremacist Group

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Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Was a Member of White Supremacist Group     (PARKLAND, Fla.) — The leader of a white nationalist militia says Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was a member of his group and participated in paramilitary drills in Tallahassee. Jordan Jereb told The Associated Press on Thursday that his group wants Florida to become its own white ethno-state. He said his group holds “spontaneous random demonstrations” and tries not to participate in the modern world. Jereb said he didn’t know Cruz personally and that “he acted on his own behalf of what he just did and he’s solely responsible for what he just did.” He also said he had “trouble with a girl” and he believed the timing of the attack, carried out on Valentine’s Day, wasn’t a coincidence. Nineteen-year-old Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the shooting.
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Nikolas Cruz 'school shooter' comment reported to FBI months ago, vlogger says

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  school shooter  Nikolas Cruz 'school shooter' comment reported to FBI months ago, vlogger says   An FBI official acknowledged on Thursday the bureau received a tip months before the Florida high school massacre about a social media comment by a Nikolas Cruz, who aspired to be “a professional school shooter." Special Agent Rob Lasky, in charge of the FBI’s Miami division, confirmed during a Thursday morning news conference the agency investigated a comment made on a YouTube video in September that matched the remark reported by vlogger Ben Bennight. After conducting database reviews, however, the FBI said it could not identify the user who made the comment. "No other information was included in the comment which would indicate a particular time, location or the true identity of the person who posted the comment," the FBI said in a subsequent statement.
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Trump immigration plan is rejected by Senate

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  Trump immigration plan is rejected by Senate  The Senate has rejected legislation based on President Trump 's framework for an immigration deal in a 39-60 vote on Thursday, leaving an uncertain path forward for Congress with nearly a million immigrants sheltered by an Obama-era program face the prospect of deportation. The measure spearheaded by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) needed 60 votes to clear a filibuster, but failed to meet the mark. It was the fourth proposal in a row rejected by the Senate on Thursday afternoon, and it received the fewest votes of support. All three other measures won more than 50 votes. The Grassley measure provided a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Many of these people could face deportation beginning in March as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is scaled back, though court rulings are complicating that matter. It also included $25 billion for
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