Published on 10.09.2019 at 02h54 by AFP Kim Darroch, who quit as Britain’s ambassador to Washington after his leaked diplomatic cables sparked the ire of US President Donald Trump, was on Tuesday made a member of the House of Lords. The career diplomat, described by Trump as a “very stupid guy”, was appointed to the […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 23h54 by AFP Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro may present a petition against US President Donald Trump at the United Nations despite opposition charges that the signatures have been gathered through threats to withhold food aid, US diplomats say. Maduro, who remains in charge in Venezuela despite a half-year US-backed effort to […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 22h54 by AFP President Donald Trump said Monday that the US would have to be careful about allowing Bahamian survivors of Hurricane Dorian into the country, warning there could be “very bad people” among them. The previous day, several hundred storm survivors were prevented from boarding a ferry from the Bahamas […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 21h54 by AFP A US federal judge on Monday blocked a Trump administration move that would have prevented most Central American migrants from seeking asylum at the US border. The ruling by District Court Judge Jon Tigar is the latest setback for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, which have been the […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 21h54 by AFP Like modern humans and primates, Neanderthals — our closest evolutionary cousins — are thought to have lived in groups, but their size and composition have been difficult to infer from archeological and fossil remains. Now though, scientists have reported the discovery of 257 footprints along the Normandy shore […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 21h54 by AFP EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday reaffirmed the bloc’s drive to deepen trade with Cuba and counter a wave of lawsuits against European firms as Washington increases pressure on the communist-run island. “Cuba is a key partner for us,” Mogherini said in talks in Havana with […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 20h54 by AFP President Donald Trump on Monday said that US peace talks with the Taliban are over and announced that the US military has dramatically scaled up attacks on the insurgents in Afghanistan. “They are dead. As far as I am concerned, they are dead,” Trump said at the White […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 20h54 by AFP The backlash against Big Tech moved into a new phase Monday as officials from nearly all US states announced an antitrust investigation into the dominance of internet giant Google. The announcement from 50 attorneys general calls for a probe into whether Google abused its power in the online […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 19h54 by AFP Nuclear-armed North Korea said Monday it is willing to hold working-level talks with the United States in late September, after no progress for months in their denuclearisation dialogue. Negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington have been gridlocked since a second summit between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 18h54 by AFP Former Peru president Alberto Fujimori has been taken to hospital again with heart problems, his doctor announced Monday. Alejandro Aguinaga said the 81-year-old former president was taken to Lima’s Centenario clinic on Saturday night “with cardiac problems.” He said Fujimori was undergoing tests after “suffering atrial fibrillation” or […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 18h54 by AFP Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said he would return to work Tuesday following lengthy abdominal surgery at the weekend. A video posted on Twitter Monday showed the 64-year-old president sitting up in his hospital bed and smiling as he watched a popular Mexican soap on television. “I’m just resting […]
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Published on 09.09.2019 at 17h54 by AFP At least 17 people were killed in Morocco when flood waters overturned their bus in the kingdom’s southeast, authorities said Monday. Rescuers have been searching for bodies since the accident Sunday, when the bus flipped on a bridge in a valley near the city of Errachidia, authorities said. […]
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