Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, was found unconscious in a Manhattan jail cell with injuries to his neck, media reported late …
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New US Asylum Restrictions Survive First Court Challenge
The Trump administration’s new asylum rule survived an initial court challenge Wednesday, keeping in place a directive that disqualifies a significant proportion of mostly Central American asylum-seekers who reach the …
your ads here!US Navy in Ghana to Collaborate on Securing Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is a hot spot for illegal activities, which affect global trade and security. This week a conference in Ghana’s capital, Accra, seeks solutions to overcome issues …
your ads here!US Compliments Guatemala for Security Cooperation
The acting head of the Homeland Security Department is complimenting what he says is cooperation with Guatemala to tighten immigration security. Kevin McAleenan’s statement comes a day after President Donald …
your ads here!Families Search for Recompense a Year After Deadly Laos Dam Collapse
One year after a catastrophic dam collapse in southern Laos killed dozens of people and displaced thousands, rights groups are demanding that multinational companies behind the $1 billion project do …
your ads here!Australia Searches for Climate-Proof Crops
Australian researchers are looking to Africa and the Middle East for drought- and heat-resistant crops as many grain farmers face another failed season. Key farming regions in southern Queensland are …
your ads here!Venezuela Rejoins Regional Defense Treaty But Guaido Warns It’s No ‘Magic’ Solution
Venezuela’s National Assembly approved a law returning the OPEC nation to a regional defense treaty on Tuesday, but opposition leader Juan Guaido sought to tamp down supporters’ hopes it could …
your ads here!AP Fact Check: Trump Takes Falsehoods to Youth Audience
President Donald Trump on Tuesday told young people a number of falsehoods he’s been relating to adults for months and took a misleading swipe at the female Democratic lawmakers he’s …
your ads here!Pakistan PM Says He Will Meet Taliban to Advance Afghan Peace Process
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday he plans to meet with the Taliban to persuade them to hold negotiations with the government in Afghanistan but cautioned that securing a …
your ads here!Trump Sues House Panel, NY to Protect State Tax Returns
Opening up another legal front against the Democrats investigating him, President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued the House Ways and Means Committee and New York state officials to prevent his …
your ads here!Americans Say Distrust in Government, Other People Frustrating Efforts to Solve Biggest Problems
Most Americans think that tanking levels of distrust in the government and in other people are hindering efforts to solve pervasive, persistent issues, ranging from immigration and racism to healthcare, …
your ads here!South Korea Says Russian Military Airplane Violated Its Airspace
South Korea says it fired warning shots at a Russian military aircraft after the plane breached South Korea’s airspace. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says three Russian aircraft entered its air …
your ads here!Brazil Cocaine Seizures Up More Than 90 Percent in First Half of 2019
Brazil seized 25.3 tons of cocaine bound for Europe and Africa in the first half of 2019, up more than 90 percent on the same period last year, officials said …
your ads here!Pitt, DiCaprio and Robbie Reconcile a Changing Hollywood
Once upon a time, not too far from Hollywood, two of the world’s biggest movie stars were talking about what it’s like to screw up on set. “Messing up …
your ads here!‘I’ve Got Other Numbers!’ Debate Rages Over Recession in Mexico
Mexico’s economy, the 2nd largest in Latin America, has hit a rough patch, weighed down by dwindling business confidence and an industrial slump. But ahead of GDP data for the …
your ads here!Police: 4 Turkish Nationals Kidnapped in Nigeria
Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped at gunpoint in central Nigeria, police said on Monday, in the latest such incident in the country. Gunmen stormed a bar in the village …
your ads here!Poland’s Politicians Condemn Aggression Against LGBT March
Poland’s politicians are condemning violence against the first LGBT rights parade through the eastern city of Bialystok. Police said Monday that 28 “hooligans” have been detained and have heard charges …
your ads here!Puerto Rico Prepares for Massive Protest to Expel Governor
Puerto Rico braced early Monday for what many people expected to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory as irate islanders pledged to drive Gov. …
your ads here!Relief in Sight After US Heat Wave
Areas of the central and eastern United States are getting relief Monday in the form of lower temperatures after suffering through days of sweltering conditions that led to power outages, …
your ads here!Kenya’s Finance Minister, Top Officials Arrested for Graft: Police
Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich and other treasury officials were arrested Monday on corruption and fraud charges over a multi-million dollar project to build two mega dams, police said. Director …
your ads here!Irishman Shane Lowry Wins British Open
Ireland’s Shane Lowry won golf’s British Open on Sunday, his first career major championship, in front of thousands of cheering fans at Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush course alongside the Atlantic …
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