Pompeo talks Hong Kong, Israeli settlements in West Bank in press briefing
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North Korea will not hold ‘useless’ summits with US: KCNA
SEOUL: North Korea will not offer anything for US President Donald Trump to brag about without receiving anything in return, a statement on its state news agency KCNA said on Monday (Nov 18). North Korea was not interested in a summit that was “useless to itself”, said the statement, under the name of Foreign Ministry…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 15 November 2019
Greetings from Tyler, As a follow up to last week’s Update on how the same media outlets can’t even tell you how cold it is without a reminder that global warming is the culprit, you may be surprised to learn that, “The Earth is our common home.” We’ve never heard it put quite that way. …
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On Veterans Day, 8 unforgettable photos of Americans returning from war
There’s pride, joy, and relief in their faces. New Yorkers hang out their windows on Sept. 10, 1919, to watch a victory parade down Fifth Avenue after the end of World War I. (National World War I Museum and Memorial) In 1962, an aging Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered a final speech to the corps of…
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Supreme Court hears case on DACA
WASHINGTON (SBG) – Outside the Supreme Court Tuesday, protests erupted, as the nine justices heard oral arguments in a case that could determine the future for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In a memorandum issued by then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, detailed the administration’s reasons for rescinding the program,…
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China warned of ‘substantial’ trade war tariff increases by US President Donald Trump if deal is not reached
In a speech in New York, the US president reiterates that scheduled 15 percent tariffs will be imposed on December 15 if a deal is not reached Interim agreement expected to include a US pledge to scrap tariffs scheduled for December 15 on about US$156 billion worth of Chinese imports US President Donald Trump speaking…
