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  1. TB


    Starting Thursday evening, Venezuela is closing its border with Brazil, President Nicolas Maduro has announced. He added the same measure may apply to the...
      

  2. PP


    As never before, Pakistan with former cricket star Imran Khan (new PM) has a chance to separate army influence in public and political sphere,...
      

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  3. EA


    Starting next week the Muslim sultanate of Brunei will make gay sex and adultery punishable by death. Theft will be punished by amputation of the...
      

  4. KT


    So, now we learn that Assad has been aiding the Syrian Kurds to fight the Turks ... Keeping in mind that the Kurds are...
      

  5. rainman


    The longest total lunar eclipse of the century is set to dazzle most of the world, except the U.S., just shy of a year...
      

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  6. rainman


    U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Friday a report by the Axios news website, that cited sources as saying President Donald Trump wanted...
      

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  7. rainman


    As Asia’s most acrimonious rivals face off, the fate of a captured Indian Air Force pilot may hold the key to whether -- and...
      

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  8. Marina Schwarz


    Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal offers 'economic security' for those 'unwilling to work' Um. I don't think even our fearless Communist parties did that. 
      

  9. rainman


    Pres. Trump's national security adviser John Bolton meets with Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin in Moscow, says he looks forward to discussing "how to improve...
      

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  10. DD


    The U.S. is already on course to lose its position as the top global corn exporter. Mexico has long been the top importer of...
      

  11. fb


    An exchange of polite welcomes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even managed to match Russian President Vladimir Putin’s manspreading — the two sat...
      

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  12. TB


    Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday called for a military uprising to oust President Nicolas Maduro and armed factions clashed at a protest...
      

  13. IG


    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-univision/venezuela-to-deport-univision-team-after-maduro-shown-garbage-eating-video-idUSKCN1QF05F   This is not good for Maduro at all......... Univision Reporter Jorge Ramos is a "Trump hater",  and even HE thinks Maduro should go.......   Ramos apparently asked...

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  14. 50 shades of black


    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the country had to develop its military forces to prevent other states taking over its territory and...
      

  15. rainman


    Time magazine named four journalists and a newspaper on Tuesday as its 2018 Person of the Year for what it said was standing up...
      

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  16. PP


    German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday that Russia could save the missile accord known as the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) if...
      

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  17. KT


    Turkey's warships blocked Italian Eni's drilling ship on its way to explore for gas in Cypriot waters ... Erdogan on the loose again. So far,...
      

  18. Guest


    DT Note - then they get in their cars, live on their phones and laptops.....  LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the...
      

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  19. 50 shades of black


    Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Syria, the conflict in east Ukraine and a disputed pipeline to bring...
      

  20. PP


    According to a post on the former Georgian leader’s official Facebook page and his spokeswoman, Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in...
      

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  21. DD


    Angela Merkel is to stand down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union, a post she has held for 18 years, after a dismal...
      

  22. 50 shades of black


    European Union leaders took a step toward deeper euro zone integration on Friday to help prevent future crises, but deep disagreement left key issues...
      

  23. jj


    The United States on Friday announced criminal charges and sanctions against nine Iranians and an Iranian company for attempting to hack into hundreds of...
      

  24. Tom Kirkman


    / edit :  you can download a pdf of the interview at the bottom of this comment.  It was a 1 hour interview. Federal elections...
      

  25. Marina Schwarz


    How many so far? Everyone but Hillary? https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/15/politics/bill-de-blasio-2020-presidential-announcement/index.html
      

  26. jj


    Seoul says the two Koreas have agreed to have their athletes march together during the opening and closing ceremonies of the upcoming Asian Games...
      

  27. PP


    Russia will start delivering its S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey in July, the head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said, according to...
      

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  28. PP


    Hundreds of U.S. newspapers on Thursday launched a coordinated defense of press freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for denouncing some media...
      

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  29. DD


    Reuters' journalists are making a big and investigative report about China as a military superpower .... among other things ...  "Chinese leader Xi Jinping has...
      

  30. PP


    Iran has informed ambassadors from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China and Russia of its decision to stop implementing “some commitments” under a 2015...
      

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