Berlin (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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International, USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald Trump appear to be on the same page when it comes to taking military action against North Korea. Tillerson said Friday that “strategic patience has ended” and that a military response was “on the table,” while Trump took to Twitter and said North Korea was “behaving very
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International, USAThe U.S. government took the legal battle over President Donald Trump’s travel ban to a higher court on Friday, saying it would appeal against a federal judge’s decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was set to go into effect. The Department of Justice said in a court filing it
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USAPresident Trump’s new border wall is supposed to be 30 feet high and should look imposing to potential illegal immigrants, Homeland Security officials said in documents Friday that officially requested the first bids to begin building the barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency overseeing the project, hasn’t yet
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International, USAJust more than 7,500 refugees entered the United States during Donald Trump’s first seven weeks as president, with almost the same number of Christians as Muslims, according to a study released this week. Of the 7,594 refugees who resettled in the U.S. between January 21 and March 10, 3,410 (45 percent) were Muslims, with 3,292
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — In their first face-to-face meeting, President Donald Trump told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that he fully supports NATO but will insist that member states, including Germany, pay their “fair share” to continue the crucial security alliance. Merkel and Trump met in private, spoke to reporters, and then had lunch in a
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International, USAThe military’s nude photo scandal has now reportedly expanded from social media sites to gay pornography sites with images of men in military garb performing sex acts and many also showed group sex, USA Today reported Friday. The Department of Defense created a joint task force to widen the scope of the Naval Criminal Investigative
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