Month: October 2019

Chelsea capture Kepa for world-record £72m fee

The club have found their replacement for Thibaut Courtois, who was sold to Real Madrid earlier in the day Chelsea have paid a reported world-record £72 million (€80m/$92m) to sign Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Club as a successor to Real Madrid-bound Thibaut Courtois. The new fee smashes the previous goalkeeper transfer record, set when Liverpool purchased Alisson…

By JohnValbyNation October 31, 2019 0

Turkey condemns U.S. House resolutions on Syria and Armenians

ISTANBUL —  Turkey’s foreign ministry said that it summoned U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield on Wednesday over two resolutions passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Turkish ministry said in a statement that it rejects the nonbinding House resolution to recognize the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. The bill passed 405-11.…

By JohnValbyNation October 30, 2019 0

Diplomat will tell impeachment inquiry that Bolton cautioned him about Giuliani and Ukraine

WASHINGTON —  A State Department foreign service officer will tell House impeachment investigators Wednesday that former national security advisor John Bolton cautioned him that Rudolph W. Giuliani “was a key voice with the president on Ukraine,” and that this could complicate U.S. goals in the Eastern European country. The testimony from Christopher Anderson makes clear that…

By JohnValbyNation October 30, 2019 0