The Daily Populous

Embattled Chinese telecom company ZTE hired one of Donald Trump’s former election campaign staff a day after the president first mused about easing sanctions against it, a new report has revealed.

And two weeks after it hired Bryan Lanza, an account manager at lobbying giant Mercury Public Affairs on May 14, the White House announced that a tentative deal had been struck with ZTE to relieve the crippling restrictions, The Daily Beast reported on Friday.

The filing says Mercury will “perform government relations and public affairs services, including setting up meetings with US government officials related to US sanctions”. »

She has a checkered past and is truly grateful for a second chance at life.

I'm sitting here tearing up cause it's hitting me that today at the age of 49, ex-drug addict, ex-prostitute, ex-gang banger, I'm getting my diploma.

The fact that they're moving forward in life - it's inspiring to see that," said Gloria Garcia, who works at Sanger Adult School. »

If you wear glasses I’ve got some good news: you may well be smarter than the average person.

Specifically, people who were more intelligent were almost 30% more likely to have genes which might indicate they’d need to wear glasses.

Which is why a lot of defense lawyers get their clients to wear glasses at trial. »

The US is playing a "dangerous game" by slapping tariffs on European steel and aluminium, the European Union's trade commissioner has said.

The EU has issued a 10-page list of tariffs on US goods ranging from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to bourbon.

This situation could only be defused by the US withdrawing its measures against the EU, she added. »