Los Angeles (dpa) – Candidates to head the FBI will be interviewed Saturday, US media reported, amid a scandal over the ouster of the top law enforcement agency’s former boss by President Donald Trump. Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod J Rosenstein planned to meet four possible candidates to replace James Comey,
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USACairo (dpa) – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed an ancient burial site with at least 17 mummies, antiquities officials said Saturday, in the latest in a series of historical discoveries in Egypt. The minister of antiquities, Khaled al-Enany, announced the discovery on the site in the city of Minya, around 250 kilometres south of Cairo. The
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationWikiLeaks announced Friday it is prepared to pay $100,000 for any tapes of conversations between President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey. The message was sent out from its Twitter account just hours after Trump sent out his own tweet apparently warning Comey not to leak information to the media because of tapes
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USAIn the past three months investigators across Europe have intercepted thousands of pills of the Islamic State militant group’s (ISIS) favorite drug, Captagon. Nicknamed “jihad pills” or “the jihadists’ drug,” Captagon is a banned amphetamine-based substance that keeps users awake for long periods of time, dulls pain and creates a sense of euphoria. On Wednesday,
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International, Middle EastOpposition leader promises his support if Netanyahu attempts to make progress By Times of Israel staff Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 8, 2017.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt has “unequivocally” stressed that the White House is
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Middle East, USAPresident Donald Trump’s popularity has been plummeting and not just in the polls. Since the now commander-in-chief started his campaign trail, the name Donald has decreased in popularity among new parents. In fact, in 2016, the name Donald dropped 45 spots below its 2015 baby name ranking, according to the Social Security Administration’s yearly Popular
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USAThe Senate subpoenaed a “large number of documents” from President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Wednesday concerning his contacts with Russian officials. After sending a request for the documents on April 28, the Senate Intelligence Committee moved to seize them with what amounts to a court order after Flynn’s lawyer rebuffed their
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USAWashington (dpa) – Former first lady Michelle Obama on Friday slammed a move by the Trump administration to loosen rules for nutrition in school lunches, in a rare comment on the policies of her husband Barack’s successor. “Why don’t you want our kids to have good food at school?” Obama asked at a health summit
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USAFormer Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence, has been admitted to a hospital after suffering cardiac problems. According to AP, his personal physician informed the various ailments that Fujimori suffers. “Here is a heart problem that has to be well diagnosed and resolved,” he said. The now inmate could remain hospitalized
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationAt least one person has died from the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the country’s Health Ministry. The last outbreak of the disease killed at least 11,300 people in West Africa. Tests on nine people who came down with a hemorrhagic fever in the
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationPresident Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey is “much more serious” than Watergate and could arguably be enough to see him impeached now, says the historian who predicted the Republican’s shock election win. Related: WikiLeaks Offers $100K Reward for Trump-Comey ‘Tapes’ Allan Lichtman, a professor of history at American University, came to national
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USAEuropol is investigating an “unprecedented” global cyber attack that tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails. Computers in almost 100 countries have been infected by the attack. See here where has been affected. The UK health system is among the organisations thrown into chaos. French carmaker Renault says it has halted production
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InternationalDisgruntled soldiers sealed off access to Ivory Coast’s second largest city Bouake on Saturday, soldiers and residents said, as protests over a pay dispute stretched into a second day despite government warnings of harsh punishments. The revolt began in Bouake early on Friday before spreading quickly, following a pattern similar to a mutiny in January
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InternationalTwo black female students attending a charter school in Massachusetts were recently kicked off their sports teams and prohibited from attending prom all because they wore their hair in braids. The Mystic Valley Charter School in Malden, about nine miles away from Boston, enforces a strict dress code preventing students from wearing their hair in
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