Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 19, 2017.[Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – President Xi Jinping met here Sunday with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, saying that cooperation is the only correct choice for both countries. […]
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International, USAWAKARUSA, Ind. — More than 50 years after Gale Sayers, the “Kansas Comet,” inspired awe as a Jayhawk, he was honored in January in Topeka, Kan., by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas as one of its Kansans of the Year. So this was overdue but due, nonetheless, which is why former Kansas Sen.
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Sports & Competitions, USAThe San Francisco-based Koret Foundation has granted the Diaspora Museum 10 million dollars, the largest donation the museum has received from an American foundation in its 40-year history. The donation will serve to expand the International School for Jewish Nation studies at the museum, to be named after the foundation. The expansion of the school
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump made his first visit to the White House on Friday since his father’s swearing-in ceremony in January. He was accompanied by his parents before the family flew to the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The 10-year-old was photographed walking on the lawn
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USAPresident Trump “either doesn’t know or doesn’t care” what his health care bill will do to his most ardent supporters, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday. “He really doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It’s most unfortunate,” she told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said the Republican bill pushed by House
Firefighter Dan Estrada is being hailed as a hero after he took a leisurely stroll into the woods only to emerge with a beloved blind family dog – who had been missing for eight days – slung over his shoulders. 12-year-old Sage the dog had been reported missing from his family home in San Lorenzo
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The World We Share, USABerlin (dpa) – Germany’s defence minister on Sunday criticized as “incorrect” US President Donald Trump’s assertion that Berlin owes “vast sums of money” to NATO and Washington. Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said that “there is no debt account at NATO.” She said Germany aimed to reach the benchmark 2 per cent of gross
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International, USAUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday spoke out against U.S. President Donald Trump”s plan to cut some U.S. funding for the world body. “Abrupt funding cuts can force the adoption of ad hoc measures that will undermine the impact of longer-term reform efforts,” Guterres”s spokesman Stephane Dujarric warned, according to Reuters. “The Secretary-General fully subscribes
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International, USAFormer presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hinted Friday that she is ready to re-enter public life. Clinton said, “I am ready to come out of the woods,” at the end of a St. Patrick’s Day speech in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in a reference to her viral photograph while hiking in the woods near her home in Chappaqua,
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USAMarine One is not just another weather chopper South Floridians will start seeing. The president’s helicopter, can cruise at 150 mph to get the commander in chief to safety. It flies so smoothly, it’s quiet enough inside to talk in a normal tone of voice. Marine One could make regular appearances in South Florida now
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USAPresident Donald Trump — who criticized politicians in September for “wasting” taxpayer money — is on track to spend more on travel costs in his first year as president than President Barack Obama did during his entire eight-year tenure in the White House. Costs of travel for President Barack Obama vs. President Donald Trump Photo:
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USAWhen she was 10, Safia Mahjebin started skipping school. She used to ride the New York City subways, aimlessly. “I just love riding the train,” she says. “You ride from one end to the other, and then you go back. And then you get out at a few stops and just explore … some stations
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International, USABeijing (dpa) – China is pressing the US to resume talks with North Korea, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying Saturday that negotiations must go hand-in-hand with sanctions on Pyongyang. Wang made the comments while standing alongside US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a press conference in Beijing. Though UN Security Council resolutions have
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump welcomed Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny to the White House on Thursday, a day before St. Patrick’s Day. Kenny, who called Trump’s rhetoric “racist and dangerous” in May, used the opportunity to present Trump with a bowl of shamrocks and a lecture on the immigrant spirit. Kenny’s remarks were given with Trump
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