Trump May Be Replaced at GOP Convention

There is growing talk on the right of replacing Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for president, and even chatter about a possible alternative.

As Trump has floundered over the past week after questioning a federal judge’s impartiality because of his Mexican ancestry, Trump’s critics within the GOP have stepped up their efforts to thwart him.

Some anti-Trump conservatives, who have tried for months to recruit an independent candidate, have begun looking more closely at attempting to persuade delegates at next month’s GOP convention to nominate someone other than Trump.

“There is a rapidly moving train toward the convention to try to obstruct it at the convention. Trump in the last 72 hours has given hope to people who think it’s now possible,” said Erick Erickson, a conservative radio talk show host and one of Trump’s most resolute critics.

“He’s starting to give everybody hope that he should be stopped at the convention,” Erickson said. He also cautioned that if Trump “cleans up his act, then I think that hope will go away.”

Kim Jong Un Caught Smoking During Anti-Smoking Drive

North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un appears not to be practicing what his government is preaching. The country's state media published a photograph this week of Kim holding a cigarette in his hand -- with smoke permeating from the tip -- in the middle of a North Korea anti-smoking drive.

 The photo was taken while Kim was "providing field guidance to the remodelled Mangyongdae Children's Camp," in the capital Pyongyang, according to state-run news agency KCNA. On May 5, 2016, CNN toured the Man Gyong Dae School Children's Palace, an after school activity complex, in Pyongyang.

Husband and Wife Caught Stealing, Publicly Disgraced

A husband and his wife were publicly disgraced after they were caught stealing innside  a supermarket. The couple pictured above were publicly disgraced when the attendants of a supermarket in Nairobi, Kenya, caught them stealing some items from the store.

They were reportedly forced by the attendants to stand at the most conspicuous part of the market and colourfully announce their crime. The things they stole were displayed at their feet. 

Cameroon's Oil Output Rose Nearly 20% In 2016

Cameroon's crude oil production rose 19.4%, or 12.3 million barrels (MMbbl), between January and April compared with a year earlier, the state oil company SNH said on June 7, without giving a reason for the higher production.

The Central African country has been pumping oil since 1977, hitting a peak of 185 Mbbl/d 10 years later before slipping.

National Hydrocarbons Corp. (SNH) said in a statement that gas production, however, fell 5.8% compared with the same period last year, due to a decline in demand for gas from its Kribi gas plant.

Cameroon earned the equivalent of US$142 million, in CFA francs, from its oil and gas activities between January and April, SNH said.

The state firm also announced it had begun field work on its floating LNG gas project, an export plant which is being developed by Norwegian shipping company Golar LNG and is due to start production in 2017. ($1 = 577.10 CFA francs) 

Hillary Clinton Overtakes Donald Trump In Latest Polls

According to the latest Reuters polls, Hillary Clinton leads by 10 points against Donald Trump with 44.3% voters saying they would vote for her compared to 34.7% saying they would vote for Trump. Similarly, a CBC poll suggests that Hillary Clinton will get 48.9% votes over Trump's 44.9% votes, if elections were to be conducted now.

But it's the Electoral College that matters the most; each state is worth a number of Electoral College votes equal to the number of members they have in Congress, meaning that larger states are worth more votes.

The number of Electoral College votes needed to win a majority is 270. ABC projection suggests that Clinton would win 332 Electoral College votes if the election were held today. Trump would get 206.

But for now Trump has more to worry about than Clinton, while the Democrats are rallying behind Clinton staunchly, Trump has an uphill battle, with Republicans publicly disapproving his comments.

Prince Harry and Ellie Goulding Spark Rumours of a Romance: Report

ELLIE GOULDING and Britain’s PRINCE HARRY have sparked romance rumors. The 29-year-old singer has been single since splitting from McFly singer Dougie Poynter back in March. But it seems she has found herself a new man – in the form of an heir to the British throne.

According to The Sun newspaper, the pair had been sending “text messages” to each other in recent months, before they attended the Audi Polo Challenge at Coworth Park in Berkshire, England, last month. It was at this star-studded event that their friendship apparently stepped up a notch, as onlookers reported they “couldn’t keep their eyes off each other.”

Cameroon: New Boko Haram Attack Kills 10 Fishermen

A new terrorist attack in Cameroon by the Islamist group Boko Haram killed 10 fishermen from Lake Chad at the north of the country, local television reported. The attack against these workers in the district of Darak, is part of an offensive of the terrorist group, the source added.

The Nigeria-based militant group, Boko Haram, has increased its actions in the region. Last Sunday, the group conducted an attack against the southwestern town of Bosso, Niger, during which 32 were killed and 67 were wounded.

Boko Haram spread in 2015 to other countries of the region, such as Niger, Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon and Benin. These countries formed a coalition with 8.700 soldiers to fight against the group.

According to official numbers, the fundamentalist organization has caused more than 17,000 deaths and displaced 2.6 million people since it began operating in 2009 in Nigeria with the objective of imposing an Islamic state.

Father Gets Life Sentence For Selling Daughters To Child Pornographer

 A Tennessee man who sold his three daughters to a man who raped them and used them in child pornography has been sentenced to life in prison.

U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer called it one of the most horrible crimes he had ever seen when he sentenced the 63-year-old father on Monday, according to a statement from the office of acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Harr.

According to court records, both parents were involved with the abuse and exploitation of the children and were indicted in 2013.

The girls were ages 12, 14 and 16 when police discovered what happened to them, federal prosecutors said in a statement. It was not immediately clear when police made that discovery.

AP: Clinton Clinches Nomination

Hillary Clinton has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, according to The Associated Press, emerging from a long and bruising primary to become the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the White House.

A bitter presidential contest that Clinton was once expected to win in a walk ended abruptly late Monday, as she claimed exactly the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination in her contest against Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, according the AP's latest tally.

Clinton was widely expected -- even inside her own campaign -- to clinch the nomination on Tuesday, when California, New Jersey and four other states are scheduled to vote. But according to the AP, Clinton continued to pick up newly committed delegates over the weekend and on Monday that effectively guarantee her the nomination.