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Veterans
Did Trump avoid Cemetery, dishonor Troops, b/c Rain would Muss his Hair (more)?

Did Trump avoid Cemetery, dishonor Troops, b/c Rain would Muss his Hair (more)?

AFP

by Francis CURTA and Clare BYRNE Paris (AFP) – US President Donald Trump came under fire on Saturday after cancelling a visit to an American World War I military cemetery in France because of rainy weather. Trump, who is in France for commemorations marking the centenary of the end of the war, and his wife […]

Saudi Arabia
Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals

Turkey’s Erdogan sends Audio of Khashoggi’s murder to Western Capitals

AFP

by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Ankara (AFP) – Turkey has shared recordings linked to the murder last month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Riyadh, Washington and other capitals, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. “We gave them the recordings, we gave them to Saudi Arabia, we gave them to Washington, to the Germans, to the French, to […]

Pollution
In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

In Setback for Trump’s Imperial presidency, Judge halts Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

AFP

“An agency cannot simply disregard contrary or inconvenient factual determinations that it made in the past”

Pentagon
US ‘War on Terror’ has killed 500,000 People: Study

US ‘War on Terror’ has killed 500,000 People: Study

AFP

The US is implicated in the violent deaths of about half a million persons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Russia
Russia Seeks to Dump Dollar as New US Sanctions Loom

Russia Seeks to Dump Dollar as New US Sanctions Loom

AFP

Russia’s de-dollarisation efforts “may be easier now in a world of rising US protectionism”

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Gov’t, still not Tired of Controversy, May Execute 12 Shiites “Imminently”

Saudi Gov’t, still not Tired of Controversy, May Execute 12 Shiites “Imminently”

AFP

The ultra-conservative kingdom has one of the world’s highest rates of execution

Uncategorized
Florida ends Vestige of Jim Crow, Restores Vote to 1.5 mn ex-Prisoners

Florida ends Vestige of Jim Crow, Restores Vote to 1.5 mn ex-Prisoners

AFP

The old law disproportionately affected blacks and Latinos in particular

Iran
Trump won’t sanction India’s Chabahar Port in Iran, to Help Afghanistan

Trump won’t sanction India’s Chabahar Port in Iran, to Help Afghanistan

AFP

“This exception relates to reconstruction assistance and economic development for Afghanistan.”

journalism
That Time Hannity Campaigned with Trump v. Dems & Called Press ‘Fake’

That Time Hannity Campaigned with Trump v. Dems & Called Press ‘Fake’

AFP

Fox News admitted Tuesday it was a mistake

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