German elections: Angela Merkel finds support for refugee stance on final days of campaign

Rosenheim: At a recent election rally in the Bavarian town of Rosenheim, retired truck driver Klaus Harpich had some rare words of encouragement for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The refugee crisis wasn’t her fault, Harpich said in a thick local dialect, … Read More

Category 5 Hurricane Maria closes in on Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

(CNN) Hurricane Maria’s destructive tear across the Caribbean is well underway, with the Category 5 storm obliterating parts of Dominica, killing at least one person in Guadeloupe and threatening “catastrophic” damage to Puerto Rico within 24 hours. Maria strengthened once … Read More

Powerful earthquake jolts Mexico, sways buildings in capital

MEXICO CITY — A powerful earthquake jolted central Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway sickeningly in the capital on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage. National Civil Protection chief Luis Felipe Puente tweeted that there … Read More

Trump, Netanyahu express hope for peace ahead of New York meeting

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(Photo credit) Reuters The US president and the Israeli prime minister sit side by side and express their hopes for a fruitful collaboration at UN meeting. US President Donald Trump expressed his faith in the success of future peace talks … Read More

U.S. shows military might, flies stealth jets and bombers over the Korean Peninsula

(Photo: Handout, South Korean Defense Ministry vi) The U.S. military flew stealth jets and bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Monday, days after North Korea launched an intermediate range ballistic missile over Japan. The show of force came in response … Read More

France ‘may be the next GREAT WORLD POWER’ if it stands up to Germany in the EU

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Michael Ivanovich of economic research firm MSI Global made the call over German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the EU’s apparent reluctance to back French President Emmanuel Macron’ proposed reforms. The French President wants to set up a eurozone budget to … Read More

German nightmare – how Germany faces MONTHS without government if Merkel WINS election

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GERMANY could face months without a working government after the country’s election because Angela Merkel’s potential coalition parties are at loggerheads. Polls show Mrs Merkel is well on course to finish top of the polls but will have to negotiate … Read More

Inside RT, Russia’s Kremlin-Controlled Propaganda Network

The role of Russian hackers in the 2016 U.S. election has been discussed extensively, and the Russian government is widely believed to have played some role in the crucial leaking of Democratic Party emails. But Russia has a much more … Read More

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