Rugby 23 november

Sep 21, 6:07 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Talek HARRIS 09/21/19 AT 5:46 AM France and Australia both survived huge scares on Saturday as the Rugby World Cup roared into life ahead of the heavyweight clash between defending champions New Zealand and South Africa.A last-ditch penalty miss by Argentina's Emiliano Boffelli spared France's blushes as they scraped home 23-21, after Australia recovered from nine points down to beat a formidable Fiji 39-21.The back-to-back thrillers on the first full day of action set up the much-anticipated clash between the All Blacks and the Springboks, considered a potential precursor of the November 2 final.Kieran Read's All Blacks are chasing an unprecedented third straight world title, but come up against a Springboks team in the ascendancy under coach Rassie Erasmus.After a tense start in Tokyo, France clicked and they showed slick hands and brilliant running as Gael … [Read more...] about France, Australia Get Out Of Jail At Rugby World Cup

Sep 21, 8:40 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Talek HARRIS 09/21/19 AT 8:18 AM Defending champions New Zealand put the Rugby World Cup on notice with an impressive 23-13 win over South Africa on Saturday after France and Australia both survived major scares.The All Blacks have been much maligned heading into their third consecutive title defence but they floored the Boks with 17 points in just five first-half minutes to silence their critics.It was the culmination of a thrilling first full day of action at the tournament in Japan after Australia came from behind to beat Fiji 39-21, and France scraped past Argentina 23-21."Today was a big game for both sides and fortunately for us, we came out on top," said All Blacks coach Steve Hansen."It was another titanic struggle between New Zealand and South Africa and hopefully the people watching here today enjoyed it and got excited by it."In Yokohama, the venue for … [Read more...] about All Blacks Bash Boks To Make Statement At Rugby World Cup

The White House on Tuesday slapped the wrong date on a statement marking the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush, who championed literacy for low-income families.An email the Office of the Press Secretary sent on behalf of President Trump paying tribute to Bush was dated April 17, 2017, rather than 2018 — the current year.Trump tweeted the same statement, highlighting the incorrect year.Trump’s remarks made note of Bush’s contributions to helping children and adults learn to read and write.“Mrs. Bush was an advocate of the American family,” the statement read. “Amongst her greatest achievements was recognizing the importance of literacy as a fundamental family value that requires nurturing and protection.”Bush helped pass the National Literacy Act, which her husband, President George H.W. Bush, signed in 1991, to help strengthen literacy programs for adults. The measure was inspired by her son Neil Bush's struggle with dyslexia.While not … [Read more...] about President Trump’s tribute to Barbara Bush gets year of death wrong in official statement

“He’s a very smart tactician,” Bush said in an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “The problem is, his whole attitude on most issues is, ’I’m going to win and U.S. is going to lose.”“He is a very aggressive person who wants to reinstate Soviet influence,” Bush continued. “And therefore I always felt it was very important for the United States to be very forceful in dealing with Putin — not belligerent, but forceful.”Bush’s comments come as President Trump is reportedly weighing new sanctions on Russia to respond to Moscow’s ongoing support of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his regime’s chemical weapons attacks against the Syrian people. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the administration was poised to impose fresh sanctions on Russia — which drew the ire of Trump, according to the New York Times.Trump has long been criticized for his … [Read more...] about George W. Bush: US should be tough on Russia — ‘not belligerent, but forceful’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barbara Bush didn't bite her tongue in recent years when it came to Donald Trump: She just didn't like him. But a new biography of the former first lady finds that her disdain for the Republican president, who transformed the party her own family had embodied for generations into his likeness, dates as least as far back as a 1990s diary entry.She referred to Trump in the entry as "the real symbol of greed in the 80s."Mrs. Bush, who was 92 when she died last April, gave Susan Page, author of "The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty," access to volumes of her diaries, which she began keeping in 1948.The former first lady recounts in a January 1990 entry about reading a news article on Trump speaking at a Los Angeles charity awards dinner for Merv Griffin. Former President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, attended the gala, and Trump needled the former president over pricey speeches he had given in Japan.Mrs. Bush later showed a friend … [Read more...] about Barbara Bush viewed Donald Trump as a ‘symbol of greed’