Hillary Clinton attacks Donald Trump for fostering ugliness, bigotry

Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail and has accused rival Donald Trump of fostering ugliness and bigotry by refusing to acknowledge that President Barack Obama was born in the US.
Taking the stage shortly after Obama on Thursday, Clinton noted at a gala of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington DC that Trump had declined to acknowledge the outgoing president had been born in the US.
Trump, who helped fuel the rise of the so-called Birther Movement, told the Washington Post newspaper in an interview that he would “answer that question at the right time. I just don’t want to answer it yet”.
“He was asked one more time where was President Obama born and he still wouldn’t say Hawaii. He still wouldn’t say America,” Clinton said.

Trump is a problem for the world – Schulz

The European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, said on Thursday in Berlin that if United States Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the election in November, it would be problematic for the entire world and encourage copycats in Europe.

Jean-Claude Juncker blames Brexit vote on 40 years of ‘lies’

The president of the European Commission has claimed 40 years of “lies” were responsible for Britons deciding to leave the EU.
Jean-Claude Juncker said the Brexit vote showed “something was wrong in Britain”, as well as with the European project.
He said it was not surprising a majority were in favour of quitting the EU after being told repeatedly the Brussels-based organisation was “stupid”.
Mr Juncker was speaking in a YouTube interview, in which he was presented with questions from Twitter users.
Asked why the Leave campaign triumphed, he replied: “This is a simple and easy question, asking for thousands of answers.
“Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.
“If, over 40 years, you are explaining to your general public that European Union is stupid, that

Hillary Clinton returns to campaign trail

Hillary Clinton returned Thursday to the campaign fray in a tightening race against Republican Donald Trump, who released new details on his physical fitness in response to the health scare that sidelined his rival.
The Democrat Clinton, seeking to turn the page after her poorly handled bout with pneumonia, was headed to North Carolina and then Washington as she resumed the White House race after a three-day convalescence.
“I am so much better,” the 68-year-old former secretary of state told the Tom Joyner radio show.
Clinton was taken ill Sunday during a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York where she was seen stumbling limp-legged into her vehicle, an episode that raised tough questions about her campaign’s transparency.
With the candidates’ health suddenly at the forefront of the campaign, Clinton looked to head off further scrutiny by releasing new medical records Wednesday indicating that she was “fit to serve” as president.

Investigators confirm Tanzania debris is part of missing MH370

Investigators have confirmed that a piece of aircraft debris that was found in Tanzania nearly three months ago was part of the missing MH370.
The Malaysian Minister of Transport, Liow Lai, said on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur that the debris, an outboard wing flap, was recovered along the coast of the island of Pemba in Tanzania on June 20.
He said that the finding that the debris was part of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft was established after thorough examination by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau with the concurrence of the MH370 Safety Investigation team.

Bank of England freezes rate awaiting Brexit fallout

The Bank of England said Thursday it was keeping its key interest rate at a record-low 0.25 percent, with no indication that the Brexit vote outcome was hurting the economy.
The BoE said after a regular monetary policy meeting that it expected “less of a slowing in UK GDP growth in the second half of 2016” following better-than-expected economic data in the wake of Britain’s vote to exit the European Union.
The decision raised questions among analysts over why the BoE last month cut the rate from 0.50 percent.
Its governor Mark Carney last week defended the move, saying it was partly thanks to such action that the economy had held up after the June vote to exit the EU.
Minutes from the latest monthly meeting stressed that the central bank could still decide to cut the rate further to just above zero percent before the end of the year.
“What’s interesting is that despite the better-than-expected data, most… (BoE policymakers) still