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Donald Trump
Could Trump’s Gov’t Shutdown send US Economy into Tailspin?

Could Trump’s Gov’t Shutdown send US Economy into Tailspin?

AFP

Payments to farmers and poor families, craft beer labels, food inspections and economic data all have fallen victim to the budget impasse.

Syria
Defying Turkey & Russia in Syria, al-Qaeda-linked HTS takes over Idlib

Defying Turkey & Russia in Syria, al-Qaeda-linked HTS takes over Idlib

AFP

“For Turkey, it’s the defeat of its allies.”

Donald Trump
FBI opened Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties over Comey Firing

FBI opened Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties over Comey Firing

AFP

While Trump has slammed the probe as baseless, Mueller has issued dozens of indictments

Climate Change
Climate Emergency: Oceans Hotter than in Recorded History and Getting Hotter

Climate Emergency: Oceans Hotter than in Recorded History and Getting Hotter

AFP

Tampa, United States | AFP | – The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports […]

Donald Trump
Smoking Gun: Trump Campaign’s Manafort supplied Polling data to Kremlin GRU

Smoking Gun: Trump Campaign’s Manafort supplied Polling data to Kremlin GRU

AFP

Manafort admitted in a court filing Tuesday to sharing the polling data with former Russian intel. officer Konstantin Kilimnik

Donald Trump
Turkey's Erdogan snubs Bolton for support of Kurdish YPG: 'He made a grave Mistake'

Turkey’s Erdogan snubs Bolton for support of Kurdish YPG: ‘He made a grave Mistake’

AFP

By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul – Ankara, Turkey | AFP | – US National Security Advisor John Bolton was in Ankara to discuss the planned US withdrawal from Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemned comments by a key US envoy over the future of a US-allied Syrian Kurdish militia […]

Yemen
Young Girl’s Tragic Story makes her a Symbol of the Yemen War

Young Girl’s Tragic Story makes her a Symbol of the Yemen War

AFP

By Jamil Nasser with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai Sanaa, Yemen | AFP | – Buthaina Mansur al-Rimi’s life has changed drastically since last year — orphaned in Sanaa, the little girl controversially ended up in Saudi Arabia for medical care and has just returned to Yemen’s capital. Her entire immediate family was wiped out in […]

Egypt
Egypt Kills 40 ‘Terrorists’ in Crackdown after Giza Attack

Egypt Kills 40 ‘Terrorists’ in Crackdown after Giza Attack

AFP

Giza, Egypt | AFP | – Egyptian police killed 40 suspects in a crackdown on Saturday after a roadside bomb hit a tour bus claiming the lives of three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian guide. Thirty alleged “terrorists” were killed in separate raids in Giza governorate, home to Egypt’s famed pyramids and the scene of […]

Russia
Filling Vacuum Left by Trump, Russia & Turkey Coordinate on Syria

Filling Vacuum Left by Trump, Russia & Turkey Coordinate on Syria

AFP

The Syrian deployment pleased ally Russia but upset Turkey ahead of Saturday’s talks in Moscow.

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