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Former US secretary "John Kerry" tells Trump to resign

John Kerry , the former Secretary of State, when speking on a CNBC panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, made the announcement that Trump should "resign", when asked his message for President Donald Trump. At first, Kerry hesitated to give an answer, when he was asked to leave a message for Donald Trump, he said " Trump doesn't take any of this seriously, he doesn't have the ability to have that kind of conversation". Kerry eventually replied the question by saying "Resign", and after he answered, the folks laughed and clapped. President Donald Trump would also have been present in Davos for the forum, but he had to terminate the trip because of the present government shutdown. However, in a Tuesday morning tweet, President Donald Trump attacked the media concerning the matter. "Last time I went to Davos , the Fake News said I should not go there. This year, because of the shutdown, I decided not to go, and...

Jim Yong Kim declares resignation as World Bank Group president

Jim Yong Kim, the president of World Bank Group declared on Monday (7-1-2019) that he will be stepping down as the president of World Bank Group soon. He said - I will be stepping down as World Bank Group President on February 1. It's been the greatest privilege I could have ever imagined to lead the dedicated staff of this great institution to bring us closer to a world that is free of poverty. " The work of the World Bank Group is more important now than ever as the aspiration of the poor increase throughout the world, and issues like famine, refugees, pandemics and climate change continue to increase in their scale and complexity. Serving as president and helping place the institution in the middle of all these challenges has been a great privilege" Jim Yong Kim became World Bank President in year 2012 and was re-elected for five years second term in 2017. Kim is supposed to remain in his position until 2022. Kim declared that he will be joining a firm and...