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Mar 22 2019
News
EU leaders agree to short-term Brexit delay, granting PM Theresa May a lifeline
European Union leaders on Thursday night agreed to a short-term Brexit extension in order to allow British Prime Minister Theresa May more time to get her withdrawal agreement through Parliament -- just a week before Britain was scheduled to leave the bloc.
Britain was due to leave the E.U. on March 29 without a deal after the withdrawal agreement May negotiated with E.U. leaders in
Fox News DigitalNov 29 2021
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How Omicron Variant Rattled the World in One Week
Over coffee at his office on Tuesday, Tulio de Oliveira, director of South Africa’s Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation, let a colleague in on a secret.
“There’s something going on,” he told Alex Sigal, a virologist growing coronaviruses at a South African laboratory. “They’ve found a variant they’ve never seen before.”
For days, case numbers in the nation had been rising
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 06 2020
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Suspect in killing of right-wing protester fatally shot during arrest
A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him, the U.S. Marshals Service has confirmed. Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in the area of Olympia, Washington.
A statement from the Marshals Service confirmed that
CBS News (Online)Apr 27 2021
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Kerry faces calls to step down over leaked Iran tapes
John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, is facing calls for his resignation from Republican lawmakers and pundits for reportedly discussing Israeli military operations with Iran’s foreign minister when he served as then-President Obama’s secretary of State.
Republican blowback is running the gamut from calling for Kerry to leave his position as the top official addressing
The HillJan 08 2019
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Trump to press U.S. border 'crisis' in televised address
President Donald Trump will make his case to Americans on Tuesday that a “crisis” at the U.S. border with Mexico requires a wall in a prime-time address aimed at building support for a campaign promise that has sparked an 18-day government shutdown.
ReutersMar 13 2019
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Theresa May’s Brexit deal fails — again
Now Parliament is expected to vote on whether it wants to leave the EU without a deal on March 29 — or ask for a deadline extension.
Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been defeated — again.
The UK Parliament voted Tuesday, 242 to 391, against the British prime minister’s proposed agreement, rejecting it with less than three weeks to go before the Brexit deadline of March 29, 2019.
VoxMar 13 2021
Analysis
Takeaways from Biden's speech: Small gatherings by July 4, denouncing racist attacks and a contrast to Trump
All eyes were on President Joe Biden Thursday evening as he gave his first prime time address to the nation since taking office. Hours after signing a massive coronavirus relief bill into law, he commemorated the anniversary of the nation's shutdown over the pandemic.
The president urged Americans to be unified in battling the coronavirus and to continue to take precautions against its
USA TODAYMar 07 2019
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Antisemitism debate exposes new fault lines in US politics
The fallout from comments by Ilhan Omar spans identity politics, party politics, geopolitics and a generational divide.
An Israeli prime minister who has embraced Donald Trump and taken rightwing populism from his playbook. And a group of fiery young Democrats unafraid to question their elders or challenge the status quo. Put together, the elements were bound to be explosive.
The GuardianSep 03 2019
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Mike Pence's decision to stay at Trump hotel in Ireland came after president's 'suggestion', top aide says
A top aide to Mike Pence defended the vice president's decision to stay at a Trump hotel during his trip to Ireland.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force Two, chief of staff Marc Short said the idea to stay at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland, was a "suggestion" from President Donald Trump.
"It's like when we went through the trip, it's like,
USA TODAYMar 21 2017
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Martin McGuinness: How being honest about his IRA ties let him become a peacemaker
This morning I awoke to the news that Martin McGuinness, the former first minister of Northern Ireland and a noted commander of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), had died.
His death was not unexpected. Although McGuinness nominally stood down as first minister in January of this year because a scandal had engulfed his coalition partner, the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), he
Christian Science Monitor