April 2018

NBA: Pelicans, Spurs, Thunder, Nuggets win

April 09, 2018 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_21283" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Western Conference standings make for fascinating reading following wins for several playoff hopefuls.[/caption] The Western Conference playoff picture was made even more confusing on Saturday thanks to wins for the New Orleans Pelicans, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver...

Trump threatens US$100b more tariffs on China

April 06, 2018 in International

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump barrelled through warnings of a damaging trade war with China Thursday, vowing an additional US$100 billion in tit-for-tat tariffs on Beijing. Having already asked for US$50 billion worth of Chinese goods to be punitively taxed, Trump responded...