ICE to begin immigration raids in 10 cities on Trump’s order
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Earthquake rocks Japan, triggering fears of tsunami
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off northwestern Japan on Tuesday, triggering a two-hour tsunami advisory for three prefectures in the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck Tuesday night at 10:22, or 9:22 a.m. EDT, 30 miles southwest of Sakata … Read More
North Korea Missiles Lack Capability To Strike US, Top General Says
A top American general has given an assessment which downgrades North Korean nuclear warhead delivery capability, saying Pyongyang has only made minimal advances but doesn’t yet possess the capability of hitting the American mainland, contrary to recent North Korean claims. … Read More
Congo Fever: Deadly ticks carrying Ebola-like virus found in UK and Europe
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Deadly ticks that carry an ebola-like virus have been found in the UK after spreading across Europe, health officials have warned. The hyalomma tick was discovered in Dorset last year and was 10 times larger in size than average, as … Read More
Trump launches re-election bid before jam-packed arena, vows to ‘Keep America Great’
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President Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign Tuesday night before a jam-packed crowd in Orlando’s Amway Center arena and quickly unloaded on the media organizations and government actors he said tried their hardest with “everything they had” to bring … Read More
Nigel Farage reveals proposal to crash out of the EU with a Tory-Brexit Party pact
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Nigel Farage has laid out his proposal for a Brexit Party coalition with the Conservatives that could see him in government by the autumn and crash the UK out of the EU with no deal. The Brexit Party leader, who … Read More
Central America Encourages Migrants to Leave—And Then Rakes in U.S. Dollars
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The three Northern Triangle nations have done little to provide for the poor. Central American refugees ride a cargo truck in Mexico. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are, by all accounts, countries ravaged by gang violence, drug trafficking and … Read More
Venezuela is a world leader in the production of desperation
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CÚCUTA, Colombia — The walkers come in a steady flow, individually and in small groups, through most of the day. The serpentine mountain road they take often has little room at the sides, leaving refugees in the path of traffic. … Read More
Israel Air Force conducts massive drill simulating all-out, multi-front war
Four-day combat exercise simulates simultaneous warfare in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon and features F-35 jet fighters. Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir fighter on its first flight with the IAF, Dec. 13, 2016. Credit: Maj. Ofer/ Israeli Air Force via Wikimedia … Read More