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The European response to the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" of illegal migration and especially the controversial separation of children from their parents has largely been one of outrage and disgust. "We do not share the same model of civilization," said French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux in June. "Has ever a US president displayed such a total lack of empathy, such a deficit of common human decency?"  thundered Britain's Observer newspaper  in an editorial. But to the US President, it's Europe that's got it all wrong. "Crime in Germany is way up,"  he tweeted in June,  although the statistics show otherwise. "Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!" Trump added -- a wild assertion. Many Europeans take umbrage at Trump's attacks. But even if they don't subscribe to his "zero tolerance"...

Marvel Studios gave fans a Memorial Day treat with a teaser for "Ant-Man and the Wasp" that features new footage of the duo on a mission to stop their latest foe -- Ghost. The short clip features Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) laying out his grocery-list-style plan to destroy the villain Ghost to Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Hope Van Dyme (Evangeline Lilly). "If you want to do something right, you make a list," Lang says in the teaser. The clip also features more of Hannah John-Kamen's Ghost, who has the ability to phase through matter. It appears that the good guys' attempts to rescue Janet Van Dyme (Michelle Pfeiffer) from the Quantum Realm brings some unintended consequences. Not among the new footage were any clues as to "Ant Man and the Wasp's" connection to the events of "Avengers: Infinity War." We'll just have to wait until the movie comes out on July 6. Watch the teaser above. How might "Ant-Man and the Wasp...

Specifics of the new limits will be announced by June 30 and will take effect “shortly thereafter,” the White House said. The moves come less than 10 days after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the trade war with China was “on hold.” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is due to arrive in Beijing on Saturday for talks aimed at cooling trade tensions between the two countries. The president has been seeking Chinese agreement to reduce the $375 billion U.S. goods trade deficit. But two days of talks in Washington ended earlier this month with only vague Chinese promises to buy more U.S. agriculture and energy products. “The Trump administration is back in attack mode against China after what had appeared to be a temporary truce in the trade tensions,” said Eswar Prasad, former head of the International Monetary Fund’s China division. “China’s unwillingness to agree to a trade deficit reduction target or make other major concessions has probably emboldened those in the administ...

WASHINGTON — A new U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, three U.S. officials told NBC News — a finding that conflicts with recent statements by President Trump that Pyongyang intends to do so in the future. President Trump is continuing to pursue a nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even though the CIA analysis, which is consistent with other expert opinion, casts doubt on the viability of Trump's stated goal for the negotiations, the elimination of North Korea's nuclear weapons stockpile. "Everybody knows they are not going to denuclearize," said one intelligence official who read the report, which was circulated earlier this month, days before Trump cancelled the originally scheduled summit. Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Fake News NBC just stated that we have given up so much in our negotiations with North Korea, and they have given up nothing. Wow, we haven’t g...

Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-leader jailed for 24 years for corruption 2 hours ag Share this with Facebook   Share this with Twitter   Share Image copyright AFP Image caption Ms Park was brought to court in May 2017 shortly after her arrest South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The verdict was broadcast live and represents the culmination of a scandal which rocked the country, fuelling rage against political and business elites. Park, who was also fined 18bn won (£12m, $17m), faced a string of corruption charges. The former leader was not in court on Friday for the verdict. She has boycotted her trial hearings and has previously accused the courts of being biased against her. She has also denied all wrongdoing and has said she will appeal her sentence. Who is Park Geun-hye? South Korea's presidential scandal explained Did ...

In his latest 'Five things from La Liga' column, Guillem Balague analyses the fantastic form of "super sub" Lionel Messi, as well as Gareth Bale's improvements, Sevilla's striker problem and a couple of promising players at Valencia… More Messi magic Diego Simeone said recently that there is a league with Messi and a league without Messi. For those that still don't see what Messi does and say that Diego Maradona used to win games on his own, you listen to the words of Simeone and realise that Barcelona win titles because they have got Messi. We said in the preview last week that Barcelona have depended a lot on Messi, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Ernesto Valverde - the three key men for this season. There's also Sergio Busquets. Without him against Sevilla the lack of control showed, and while Ivan Rakitic is good with the ball, without the ball he hasn't got what Busquets has - the ability to step up and press high, to break counters and attac...

For the second game in a row, Bojan Bogdanovic paced Croatia in scoring, leading his country to a 2-0 record in the group stage of EuroBasket 2017 with a comfortable 74-58 victory over Romania. Despite it being a home game for Romania, being played in the city Cluj-Napoca, Team Croatia -- which features multiple NBA players -- overwhelmed the hosts, outscoring them in every quarter en route to the 16-point victory. Bogdanovic, who joined the Pacers over the offseason via free agency, led the game in scoring for the second outing in a row, tallying 21 points. In addition to his scoring, Bogdanovic also pulled down six rebounds and passed out an assist. While Bogdanovic was on the floor, Croatia outscored Romania by 17 points. 76ers forward Dario Saric, also suiting up for Croatia, chipped in with a double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the winning effort. Team Croatia (2-0) will have one day to rest before taking the floor against Montenegro (1-1) on ...