Xi: France can help to push talks In phone call with Macron, he urges constructive Korean Peninsula role President Xi Jinping held a phone talk with a leader of a Western country over the Korean Peninsula issue for the third consecutive day on Friday, speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron. As a permanent member of […]
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International, USAThe emir of Kuwait says the threat of war between Qatar and Arab nations blockading it for the past three months has been neutralised. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah, the main mediator in the Gulf dispute, spoke in Washington, DC on Thursday at a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump. While both sides
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Middle East, USAYou can’t miss the dire headlines, warning of Hurricane Irma’s perilous journey toward Florida and the US eastern seaboard. Far less attention, however, is focusing on the fact that the deadly storm has already caused significant damage on American soil. “The US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have already been decimated by this hurricane,” says
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USAThe Trump administration has no clear plans to offer aid to Mexico following a massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds, despite the Mexican government’s explicit offer to provide support to Texas following Hurricane Harvey. A spokesperson for the National Security Council tells Newsweek the U.S. government has offered
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International, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Irma has forced Florida attractions — including Walt Disney World’s four theme parks — to close their doors to guests for multiple days, starting Saturday evening. Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme parks will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, followed by Magic Kingdom and Epcot at 9 p.m. All
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The World We Share, Travel and Food, USATRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was denied a Cabinet position in Donald Trump’s White House because of his reaction to the infamous “Access Hollywood” video released just before last year’s election, the president’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, told CBS. The leaked video featured a conversation between Trump, then a reality television
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USADonald Trump has an undeniable obsession with size—of everything from crowds to, well, body parts. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that the president reportedly couldn’t help but note with displeasure that a Kuwaiti leader’s plane was bigger than his. Related: Trump Is Obsessed With The Size Of Crowds, Hands And Now Hurricanes Emir Sabah
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Middle East, USASeven first responders filed a lawsuit Thursday against a chemical company whose Houston-area facility exploded after Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit against Arkema and three of the company’s executives is seeking over $1 million in monetary relief, and alleges that the company did not adequately warn law enforcement and public health agencies about hazardous materials at
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USALOS ANGELES — The University of California sued the Trump administration Friday for rescinding protections for immigrant students without legal status, saying it unconstitutionally violates their rights on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim.” The lawsuit filed in the northern district of California is the first legal effort by a university to block the Trump
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EL CAJON, California — Iveth Estrada didn’t know she was an undocumented immigrant until shortly before she enrolled at Cuyamaca College. She didn’t know while growing up with her family in Spring Valley. She didn’t know while competing with the varsity swim and water polo teams at Monte Vista High School. “I only found out
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASen. Al Franken, D-Minn., seems determined to block a judicial nominee from his home state. On Tuesday, Franken announced his intent to obstruct Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras, the president’s nominee to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, by refusing to return Stras’s blue slip. Why jam up the confirmation of a well-respected state
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USASince it began operating in 1999, Birthright Israel has brought some 600,000 young Diaspora Jews to visit Israel, with the aim of strengthening ties between Jews abroad and the Jewish state, and to foster Jewish identity among Diaspora youth. With a clearly non-partisan agenda and a diverse set of trips catering to Orthodox Jews, members
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — On the heels of a clash between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Virginia last month, Rep. Barbara Lee wants statues of Confederate heroes removed from the U.S. Capitol. The California Democrat filed legislation Thursday that would require that all statues of people who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America be removed from
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USASteve Bannon, President Trump’s former top strategist, has harsh criticism for U.S. Catholic bishops in an interview set to air Sunday on CBS. Mr. Trump’s revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the Roman Catholic Church’s stance on illegal immigration were on the docket during a recent interview between Charlie Rose