Deadly Flu Outbreak – Flu Epidemic Getting Worse, 2 Strands
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Flu epidemic worsens: Here is everything you need to know
CDC reports flu epidemic has killed at least 37 children. MIAMI – The flu continues to blanket most of the state of Florida this season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported it has been the most active since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. As of Tuesday afternoon, health officials reported 37 children have died from this season. Children…
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Trump’s Shadow Hangs Over NATO
A year since Trump entered office, European allies are relieved the alliance is still standing, but U.S. leadership remains in doubt. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. President Donald Trump take seats at a working dinner meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 25, 2017 during a NATO summit. (Matt Dunham/AFP/Getty Images) When…
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German coalition negotiators close to deal on refugees, SPD says
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) are close to overcoming a major stumbling block in their talks to form a new coalition government, a senior SPD negotiator said on Monday. The parties are trying to thrash out an agreement on the vexed issue of family reunions for asylum…
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Trump blasts ‘very unfair’ EU over trade
© Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP | US President Donald Trump looks on before delivering a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 26, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. The European Union trades with America “very unfairly”, President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday, warning that his many problems with…
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Hezbollah official warns terror group can destroy Israeli army
Hezbollah has responded to an op-ed published by IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis on Lebanese opposition websites, calling it “provocative words published by a coward.” “The article is nonsense and a provocation that is published by someone who is a coward,” wrote the Head of Hezbollah’s “Loyalty to Resistance” parliamentary bloc, Hajj Mohammad Raad, in an article…
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U.N. Says 100,000 Rohingya in Grave Danger From Monsoon Rains
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be in grave danger from landslides when the mid-year monsoon season begins, a U.N. humanitarian report said. There are now more than 900,000 Rohingyas in the Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh, after 688,000 fled violence in Myanmar that flared…
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Confident Trump prepares for State of the Union (while dealing with Russia, immigration)
WASHINGTON — After a turn on the world stage, President Trump now faces high-stakes talks over the Russia investigation, immigration, and government spending while preparing for one of the most-watched political events of the year: The State of the Union address. Trump and his aides are exuding confidence over his prime-time address to Congress on Tuesday, even…
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Russians Brave Icy Temperatures to Protest Putin and Election
Protesters on Sunday in Moscow, where rallies called by the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny were banned. “You have your own life at stake,” Mr. Navalny said in a recorded message.CreditPavel Golovkin/Associated Press MOSCOW — Protesters across Russia braved icy temperatures on Sunday to demonstrate against the lack of choice in the March election that…
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U.S. Military Options In Syria
Turkish forces continue to attack Kurdish fighters in northwest Syria. Former FBI counter-terrorism agent Ali Soufan talks with NPR’s Michel Martin about how to preserve the U.S.’s relationship with both sides. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We’re going to start the program today with a look at a number of important international stories. In a few minutes,…
