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Politics: Trump wants to stop an ‘uncontrollable’ arms race with China and Russia, barely a month after he scrapped a landmark nuclear treaty
President Donald Trump on Monday said an arms race between the US, China, and Russia had become "uncontrollable." President Donald Trump on Monday said an arms race between the US, China, and Russia had become “uncontrollable.” Trump signaled he hoped to bring the arms race to a “meaningful halt” in potential...
Mexico’s New Leader Opens Presidential Residence To Public
Handout photo released by Lopez Obrador’s press office of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (C), his wife Beatriz Gutierrez Muller (R) and Vice-Chairwoman of the National People’s Congress of China Shen Yueyue, December 1, 2018, during AMLO’s inauguration. daniel Aguilar / Lopez Obrador’s Press office / AFPOn...
Politics: Here’s what you missed this weekend: Trump honored Bush Sr., Comey agreed to testify, and deGrasse Tyson addressed misconduct allegations
This weekend largely stood under the shadow of the news that former President George H.W. Bush had passed away Friday evening. The news of George H.W. Bush’s passing Friday largely framed the weekend, with funeral plans and official ceremonies being announced. Foreign leaders met at the G20, whose news was more spectacle than substance....
March 5 sentencing for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort
Washington – A US District Court judge on Friday tentatively set a sentencing date of March 5 for Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump. Manafort, 69, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy and another of obstruction of justice and agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s...
Ukraine Holds Military Drills After Russia Sea Confrontation
Ukrainian serviceman attends a military drill near Urzuf village not far from the city of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2018. Ukraine’s president imposed martial law in border regions on November 28, 2018 for 30 days in 10 regions bordering Russia, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, after Russian forces seized three of Kiev’s...
Politics: Sarah Huckabee Sanders issues wild statement claiming ‘Russian Witch Hunt Hoax’ is undermining US-Russia relationship
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday said the "Russian Witch Hunt Hoax" is "probably" undermining US-Russia relations. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday said the “Russian Witch Hunt Hoax” is “probably” undermining US-Russia relations. Sanders claimed...
Trump joins leaders of Canada, Mexico to sign new trade pact
BUENOS AIRES — President Donald Trump joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico at a global meeting in Argentina on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact, fulfilling a longstanding political promise with a deal he celebrated as a “groundbreaking achievement.” The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is meant to replace the...
Politics: Russia is gathering tanks on our border, says Ukraine, as it activates sweeping martial law powers
Ukraine says that it is under threat of a '"full-scale war" with Russia and has banned Russian men aged between 16 and 60 from entering the country. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he has evidence that Russia is gathering tanks on the border, 11 miles from Ukraine. Ukraine says that it is under threat of a...
Politics: A giant Trump baby blimp that the president says makes him ‘feel unwelcome’ has followed him to the G20 summit in Argentina
The six-meter blimp is waiting for Trump in Congreso Square, Buenos Aires, after following him to London, Paris and Ireland since it was launched in July. A giant blimp of a baby Donald Trump made the president feel very “unwelcome” when he came to London in July, he said. Now it has followed him to join protestors at the G20 summit...
Russia Regrets Trump’s Decision To Cancel Putin Talks
Vladimir Putin Donald Trump US President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit was regrettable, the Kremlin said. “We regret the US administration’s decision to cancel the meeting,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies. “This means …read more...
