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President Trump says U.S. will withdraw from global deal on climate change

President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord Thursday, a major step that fulfills a campaign promise while seriously dampening global efforts to curb global warming. The decision amounts to a rebuttal of the worldwide

June 1, 2017

Breaking News·Politics·US & Canada

Pentagon Successfully Takes Down Test Warhead

From Washington: Testing the new missile defense program, the Pentagon held a missile test to see its capabilities. It was a success for the program because it took down the fake warhead that was used. This test was held in the South Pacific, a

May 31, 2017

Breaking News·Politics·US & Canada

Jared Kushner Will Be the Next Big Thing in The Trump-Russia Probe

If you don’t know who Jared Kushner is by now, let me refresh your memory. He is the son-in-law of President Trump, married to Ivanka Trump, and also a senior adviser for The Trump Administration. Kushner spoke with the Russian ambassador Sergey

May 27, 2017

Breaking News·Europe·Politics·UK General Election

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked a legitimate question

By choosing to make a speech on foreign policy just days after Britain’s deadliest terror attack for 12 years, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was leaving himself open to the accusation that he is attempting to make political capital out of tragedy. But

May 27, 2017

Breaking News·Europe·Featured·Politics

US President Trump deends ‘absolute right’ to share ‘facts’ with Russia

US President Donald Trump has defended his “absolute right” to discuss sensitive material on terrorism and airline safety at a meeting with Russia’s foreign minister. US media reports said he had shared material that was passed on by a partner that had

May 16, 2017

Politics

Trump vs. Obama: Who’s first 100 days were better?

Former United States president Barack Obama may not have done as much as his supporters would have liked, but his first 100 days weren’t this bad United States President Donald Trump doesn’t want to be judged under the same standards applied to

April 22, 2017

Politics·US & Canada

5 facts about ‘Mother Of All Bombs’: Bomb Trump dropped on Afghanistan

1. What’s in a name? The weapon’s official designation is: Guided Bomb Unit, Massive Ordnance Air Blast. The acronym MOAB has also been rendered as the “Mother Of All Bombs.” The name is likely a reference to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s threat

April 13, 2017

Breaking News·Politics

Syrian President : Syria chemical attack is ‘100 per cent fabrication’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says a poison gas attack blamed on his Government last week was “100 per cent fabrication” used to justify a US air strike. Bashar al-Assad reiterates that Syria gave up all its chemical weapons after a 2013 agreement

April 13, 2017

Breaking News·Politics

Russia attack: Police hunt two suspects after at least 11 dead killed in bombing

Police are hunting for clues after a bomb blast tore through a subway train in St Petersburg, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 40. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came while President Vladimir

April 4, 2017

international·Politics

Russian opposition leader arrested at the anti-corruption protests in Moscow

MOSCOW — The United States harshly criticized Russia’s detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and hundreds of other protesters Sunday in central Moscow. A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who called the rally to protest corruption, on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street and

March 27, 2017

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