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Opporsition leader among injured in latest Venezuelan protests

Violent clashes have once again erupted on the streets of Caracas during anti-government protests. One person is thought to have died and as many as 250 others injured . Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles was among those tear-gassed by soldiers who were trying to control the protest that blocked a highway. His bodyguards helped him […]

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A-list pop stars join Ariana Grande’s Manchester benefit concert

Ariana Grande left Manchester quickly after the deadly bombing that followed her concert there a week ago, and now she’s returning in similar haste for a show this Sunday to benefit victims and their families. The “One Love Manchester” show will feature Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan and Pharrell Williams in

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Manuel Noriega, Panamanian military dictator, dies at 83

Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian military dictator who often played opposing sides of Cold War-era political battles, until he was ousted by his on-again, off-again sponsors and toppled in a U.S. invasion, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 83. Noriega operated as a spy for the CIA, laundered money for Colombian drug traffickers

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U.S. Cities Demand Trump Impeachment Investigation

Several cities from across the U.S. have joined a growing movement of local governments calling on Congress to investigate impeaching President Donald Trump. Last Thursday Brookline, Massachusetts, became the latest in a list of nearly a dozen American cities demanding the country’s top lawmakers examine whether the president is breaking government rules barring public officials

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The little-known American war photographer who was celebrated in Europe

Stanley Greene was a war photographer, but his photographs were like poetry. He died this month, at the age of 68, after being treated for cancer. Greene, who was one of the few African-Americans photojournalists who worked internationally covering conflicts in Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Serbia, often stayed longer, and got closer, than any

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Donald Trump marks first Memorial Day as president with ceremony at Arlington

President Trump marked his first Memorial Day as commander-in-chief Monday, placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and later laying flowers at the grave of the son of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly. Mr. Trump paid tribute to America’s fallen service members as “angels sent to us

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Dems Call for Jared Kushner to Lose Security Clearance

Democrats have called for Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to have his White House security clearance suspended after it emerged the FBI was looking into meetings he held with Russian officials. Kushner met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and banker Sergey Gorkov in 2016, The Washington Post reported, with Kushner reportedly suggesting in one such

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The Booker-Kushner Link

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker — a potential 2020 White House contender and recipient of major campaign contributions from Jared Kushner and others in the Kushner family — declined to endorse his party’s call for the White House to revoke the security clearance of the president’s son-in-law. The Democratic National Committee has called for

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