Vice President Mike Pence on President Trump’s offer to Democrats to end the shutdown stalemate
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30 unaccompanied children were among 376 migrants who tunneled under border wall into Arizona
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What do Democrats not understand about the need for border security? Around 30 unaccompanied minors were smuggled into the U.S. after tunneling beneath the border wall near San Luis, Arizona on Monday together with a group of over 300 Central … Read More
French yellow vest protests to continue despite Macron outreach
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Rallies are expected to honour hundreds injured since the movement began in November. Protesters wearing yellow vests walk in a street of Beziers, southern France, during an anti-government demonstration called by the Yellow Vest movement on January 19, 2019. AFP … Read More
Mueller team disputes BuzzFeed report claiming Trump told Cohen to lie
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office on Friday issued an extraordinary statement disputing a bombshell news report that claimed President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie about the timing of discussions over a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow. “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to … Read More
Third Annual Women’s March Marked by Antisemitism among its leadership
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Linda Sarsour, one of the original organizers of the event, has come under fire for espousing antisemitism. Thousands of people participate in Third Annual Women’s March in Washington, US, January 19, 2019.. (photo credit: REUTERS/JOSHUA ROBERTS) WASHINGTON – A national … Read More
All across continent, preparations for a chaotic Brexit
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PARIS — One by one, European Union nations are spending millions, hiring thousands of workers and issuing emergency decrees to cope with the increasingly likely possibility that Britain will leave the bloc on March 29 without a plan. A no-deal … Read More
‘McJesus’ art sculpture to be removed from Israeli museum after violent protests
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A sculpture of Ronald McDonald nailed to a cross will be removed form an Israeli art museum after it sparked violent protests among the country’s Arab Christians. Einat Kalisch-Rotem, mayor of the Israeli city of Haifa, announced on Wednesday that the … Read More
Trump says he’ll make ‘major announcement’ Saturday about partial shutdown, border ‘crisis’
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President Trump on Friday tweeted that he’ll make “a major announcement” Saturday afternoon concerning the ongoing partial government shutdown and the “humanitarian crisis” on the southern border. The announcement will occur at 3 p.m. at the White House, the president said. Donald J. … Read More
France triggers ‘hard Brexit’ plan as no-deal exit is more and more likely
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Christophe Ena/Pool via REUTERS French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Thursday that the country’s plan to soften the impacts of a possible hard Brexit has been activated, including a €50 million investment programme to help ports and airports. The … Read More
Russia becomes world’s fifth biggest gold holder after sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has overtaken China to become the world’s fifth largest official sector holder of gold as Western sanctions drove buying by its central bank to record highs in 2018, its data showed on Friday. With support from … Read More