Washington (dpa) – Many of the famous quotes associated with US presidents come from their inaugural addresses. George Washington’s first inaugural speech, 1789: “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the […]
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USADonald Trump has arrived in Washington with his wife Melania ahead of Friday’s inauguration ceremony which will see the property tycoon become the 45th president of the United States. He flew in from New York aboard a plane from the presidential fleet. Various events are scheduled for Thursday night: dinner with Congress leaders and his
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USAThe weather is bone-chilling, best fit for hot chocolate and a sweater. Even the steam of fresh crepes being flipped at an outdoor market cannot soften its bite. So it may be no surprise that many shoppers brush past the activists handing out flyers bearing the smiling face of far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Municipal
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InternationalEdward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor wanted in the U.S. for leaking national security documents to the press, can remain in Russia through 2020, officials in Moscow said Wednesday. Mr. Snowden’s right to asylum was extended by three years, his Moscow-based attorney and the Kremlin confirmed separately this week, giving the NSA leaker at least
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International, USAIn memory of “the last moonwalker” NASA/Popular Science, July 1999 In 1972, astronaut Eugene Cernan commanded Apollo 17, the last space mission to land men on the moon. They stayed for about three days. On January 16, 2017, Eugene Cernan passed away. Cernan held the title of “the last moonwalker,” which he called “a dubious
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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USAWhile 18-year-old Jackie Evancho goes on-stage at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, her transgender sister Juliet will be going under the knife. RELATED: Singer performing National Anthem at Trump’s inauguration sees HUGE gains since the announcement According to TMZ, 16-year-old Juliet will be undergoing gender reassignment surgery in Philadelphia on Friday so that she can “finally
Incoming White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Thursday morning defended the racial makeup of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, during his first official briefing on the eve of the president-elect’s Inauguration. Related: Schedule of events for Donald Trump’s Inauguration In a 45-minute briefing that included remarks from Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who has been the
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USABanjul (dpa) – A last minute attempt to convince Yahya Jammeh to give up his role as Gambian president before Wednesday’s midnight deadline failed, according to sources in the country’s capital. Mauretanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz allegedly made a last-ditch effort late Wednesday night to persuade Jammeh to stand down after more than two
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InternationalThe National Security and Defense Committee in the Lithuanian parliament is pushing to increase the country’s defense spending to over 2.5 percent of GDP, breaking well into the NATO threshold. Although NATO members have agreed to invest at least two percent of their gross domestic product on defence spending, only four countries besides the U.S.
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InternationalAmong the 273 people who were pardoned or had their sentences commuted this week by outgoing President Barack Obama was 74-year-old Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar López Rivera. “Oscar,” as he’s known to supporters, was linked to a Puerto Rican nationalist group, the Armed Forces of National Liberation, which carried out bombings and other crimes in
Death Row inmate Ricky Gray, 39, was put to death Wednesday night by the state of Virginia. Eleven years ago, Gray walked into a family’s home on New Year’s Day and killed two young girls and their parents by slashing their throats and then setting their home ablaze. Gray reportedly showed no emotion as he
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The genteel people of Palm Beach, home to the old-money fortunes of captains-of-industry scions, once ridiculed even their wealthy Kennedy neighbors — with their Irish Catholicism, Hollywood paparazzi and family scandals — as contemptible nouveau riche. Then came Donald Trump. Immediately branded by the notoriously insular locals as a vulgar arriviste,
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USAWomen’s health is an important issue for singer Noura Mint Seymali. Breast cancer awareness, specifically. Noura Mint Seymali is from Mauritania, in West Africa. And she wants to make sure women, especially women in Africa, get their annual screenings. Noura Mint Seymali is pictured here before her evening performance in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsThe latest update from central Italy now where… A full-scale operation is underway after a mountain hotel was buried by an avalanche on Wednesday. More than 20 guests and ten staff are missing at the Hotel Rigopiano in the village of Farindola. At least one person is reported to have been killed. Rescuers are saying
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