Category: World

  • Trump: ‘I have the absolute right to pardon myself’

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    Washington President Donald Trump asserted Monday that he has the right to pardon himself but suggested that he won’t use that power, adding that the special counsel investigation is “unconstitutional.”   “As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I […]

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  • Trump makes an about-face, revives summit with North Korean leader

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    WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump, in a complete reversal, said on Friday he would hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore in the latest twist in the high-stakes diplomacy over eliminating Pyonyang’s nuclear arms program. Eight days after canceling the unprecedented summit, citing Pyongyang’s “open hostility,” […]

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  • Trump receives North Korean envoy and a letter from Kim

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    Washington-President Donald Trump received a top-level visitor from North Korea on Friday who came bearing a letter from the country’s dictator Kim Jong Un as the two sides work toward a meeting between the two world leaders. Trump was meeting in the Oval Office with Kim’s envoy, Kim Yong Chol, a former spy chief and currently the […]

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  • Assad tells US to leave Syria

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    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the United States has “lost its cards” in Syria, calling on America to leave the country in an interview with Russia Today. “The Americans should leave. Somehow, they’re going to leave. They came to Iraq with no legal basis, and look what happened to them. They have to learn […]

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  • Cyclone pounds Yemeni island ahead of landfall on Yemen, Oman coast

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    Tropical Cyclone Mekunu left behind death and destruction after sweeping through waters near Yemen’s southern island of Socotra and pounding the island, a local official said Friday. Landfall was expected later Friday near the border of mainland Yemen and Oman. More than 45 people were unaccounted in Socotra on Friday afternoon, the official told CNN. […]

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  • Dow tumbles 430 points on Italy fears and US-China trade tensions

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    Volatility gripped Wall Street on Tuesday. The Dow fell as much as 430 points — 1.6% — on fears about a political crisis in Italy and renewed trade tensions between the United States and China. The index turned negative for the year. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq slipped 1.3% and 0.7% apiece. Italy is headed […]

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  • ‘Darkest day in history’ as Syria begins UN disarmament presidency

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    Following Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic is the next in line for the alphabetically rotated presidency. The Syrian regime has begun its four-week presidency of the UN Conference on Disarmament – an appointment described as “one of the darkest days in the history” of the panel. Bashar al Assad’s government will preside over the forum […]

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  • Real Madrid beats Liverpool 3-1 to win Champions League, make more history

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    When it comes to the Champions League, there’s no stopping Real Madrid. They may be second best to Barcelona of late domestically, but Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to make yet more history in Europe indeed. Billed as a duel between Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Mo Salah, Gareth Bale instead grabbed the spotlight coming off the […]

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  • Putin complains that probe around Trump hurting U.S.-Russian relations

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that investigations swirling around President Trump are interfering with improved relations with Moscow, noting he has had little contact with the U.S. president. “We are hostages to this internal strife in the United States,” Putin said at an economic forum in St. Petersburg. “I hope that it will end some […]

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  • Trump isn’t the only one who wants to build a wall. These European nations already did

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    KUBEKHAZA, Hungary — As mayor of this Hungarian village where tens of thousands of migrants recently marched toward northern Europe, Robert Molnar has some sympathy for his country’s decision to build a fence on the border with Serbia. But Molnar has a message for Americans: Don’t let President Trump build his wall with Mexico. “We have a serious […]

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