Top Stories Today – June 6, 2019
Top Stories Today – June 6, 2019
Nations celebrate D-Day anniversary
With the silence of remembrance and respect, nations honored the memory of the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the landing beaches of Normandy, a tribute of thanks 75 years after the D-Day assault that doomed the Nazi occupation of France and portended the fall of Hitler’s Third Reich, in Omaha beach, France.
French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump praised the soldiers, sailors and airmen, the survivors and those who lost their lives, in powerful speeches Thursday that credited the June 6, 1944 surprise air and sea operation that brought tens of thousands of men to Normandy, each not knowing whether he would survive the day. President Macron expressed France’s debt to the United States for freeing his country from the reign of the Nazis. Macron awarded five American veterans with the Chevalier of Legion of Honor, France’s highest award. The Associated Press
German nurse sentenced for serial killings
A court in the northwestern city of Oldenburg, Germany on Thursday found the 42-year-old nurse, Niels Hoegel, guilty of murdering 85 patients, aged 34 to 96, and sentenced him to life in prison. He had earlier been convicted of two other killings. Hoegel worked at a hospital in Oldenburg between 1999 and 2002 and another hospital in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005, and the killings took place between 2000 and 2005, the dpa news agency reported.
Hoegel was convicted in 2015 of two murders and two attempted murders and is already currently serving a life sentence. During his first trial, Hoegel said he intentionally brought about cardiac crises in some 90 patients in Delmenhorst because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. He later told investigators that he also killed patients in Oldenburg. Prosecutors noted that many of Hoegel’s victims were not terminally ill patients, but were on the path to recovery. The Associated Press
African Union renews Huawei alliance
he accusations were explosive: For five years, the Chinese government had spied on communications at the African Union. Every night, data streamed from computers at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to unknown locations controlled by China, anonymous sources at the AU told reporters with the Financial Times and Le Monde, a French newspaper.
At the center of the controversy was Huawei, the Chinese technology giant with close ties to the Communist Party that had supplied the equipment, configured the servers and trained the staff at the African Union. Now, AU leaders have decided to solidify ties with the Chinese tech company at a time of intensifying international criticism. Huawei first entered Africa in the late 1990s, when it helped build cellular networks in dozens of countries. Experts estimate Huawei constructed the majority of Africa’s cellular infrastructure, impacting multiple sectors along the way, from education and banking to health and government. The communications networks Huawei has built, usually with loans financed by the Chinese government, aren’t as visible as massive infrastructure projects like bridges and railways. But their impact is at least as far-reaching. The Voice of America
Pelosi tells Dems she wants to see Trump in prison
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “I don’t want to see him (Trump) impeached, I want to see him in prison,” to senior Democrats as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings.
Nadler pressed Pelosi to allow his committee to launch an impeachment inquiry against Trump — the second such request he’s made in recent weeks only to be rebuffed by the California Democrat and other senior leaders. Pelosi stood firm, reiterating that she isn’t open to the idea of impeaching Trump at this time. Politico
Biden leads Trump by 4 points in Texas
A new Texas poll shows President Donald Trump losing 48-44 to former Vice President Joe Biden. The Quinnipiac University Poll, released Wednesday afternoon, shows Trump edging past other Democratic contenders, including Texans Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro. The survey, conducted May 29 to June 4, has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points in either direction. So all of those contenders are within statistical dead heat range of the president.
Biden is the only 2020 Democrat to lead Trump in the Quinnipiac poll, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is just 1 point behind Trump and several other candidates — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Julian Castro, and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg — are also within striking distance. Dallas News
US-Mexico tariff talks to continue Thursday
President Trump tweeted on Wednesday evening that talks with Mexican envoys ended without officials reaching any agreements on immigration or tariffs. “Progress is being made, but not nearly enough!” he said. Trump announced via Twitter last week that he will impose a 5 percent tariff on Mexican goods beginning June 10 “until such a time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP.”
The tariff will increase by 5 percent every month until October. Discussions will resume on Thursday, Trump said, “with the understanding that, if no agreement is reached, Tariffs at the 5 percent level will begin Monday, with monthly increases as per schedule.” Donald J. Trump via The Week