Trump softens tone on alleged China election meddling before Rubio-Wang talks

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Manila on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump signalled that Washington would confront Beijing over its alleged interference in the 2020 election but played down the prospect of retaliation. “We’re going to talk to them about it,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the alleged interference “took place a long time ago” and that China might be “a little bit different today than it was then”. “They do thin...

By Nayan Seth,Teresa Elena Frontado

La Liga boss says how Donald Trump-Flo Balogun World Cup scandal could’ve ‘cost Infantino his job’

In a scathing assessment of FIFA’s governance, La Liga president Javier Tebas has weighed in on Donald Trump’s controversial intervention in Folarin Balogun’s World Cup red card. The scandal erupted during the World Cup after US forward Folarin Balogun received a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, triggering an automatic one-match ban.

Jon Stewart Cringes At Trump’s World Cup Photobomb: “What The F*ck Are You Doing On The Stage?”

Donald Trump had comedians everywhere – Jon Stewart included – with some grade-A material when he photobombed Team Spain’s victory trophy moment at Sunday’s World Cup final. Last night on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, a grimacing Stewart was flabbergasted at why, exactly, the president elbowed his way into a spotlight clearly not intended for […]

By Greg Evans