Trump gives exclusive reaction to Biden’s ‘weak’ performance on the world stage
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50 Police Officers Step Down From a Crowd Control Unit in Portland
The officers voted to leave the unit, known as the Rapid Response Team, hours after one of its members was charged with assaulting a woman at an Oregon protest in August. Police officers in Portland, Ore., during a protest in August. Credit…David Ryder for The New York Times A group of about 50 police officers…
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Trump to visit ‘decimated’ Mexico border with Texas Gov. Abbott on June 30
Trump attributed the immigration crisis to the White House’s reversal of his immigration policies. Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the U.S.-Mexico border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the end of the month, which he described on Tuesday as an “unmitigated disaster zone.” The president said in a press release that he had accepted Abbott’s invitation…
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Vladimir Putin arrives in Geneva for summit with Joe Biden
Presidents of the United States and Russia expected to meet for up to five hours. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at Geneva Airport Cointrin, for a US-Russia summit in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Photograph: EPA Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Geneva on Wednesday in advance of a summit with US president Joe Biden, with…
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After massed plane incursion near Taiwan, China says must respond to ‘collusion’
Chinese and Taiwanese national flags are displayed alongside military airplanes in this illustration taken April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration BEIJING/TAIPEI, June 16 (Reuters) – China does not tolerate foreign forces intervening in Taiwan issues and has to make strong responses to such acts of “collusion”, the government said on Wednesday after the island reported the…
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Wide disagreements, low expectations as Biden, Putin meet
Flags of the U.S., Russia and Switzerland are pictured in the garden in front of villa La Grange, one day prior to the meeting of U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland June 15, 2021. Peter Klaunzer/Pool via REUTERS Summary First meeting since Biden took office Hope for more stable…
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NI protocol tensions threaten UK-Ireland, UK-EU and UK-US relations
Coveney says there is ‘some strain’ between governments – understatement of the year. Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson (2R) and his wife Carrie Johnson (R) walk with US president Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden prior to a bilateral meeting at Carbis Bay, Cornwall. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty If relations between the…
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G7 leaders warn Russia on cyberattacks, chemical weapons usage
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sergei Ilyin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images The Group of Seven leaders ended their summit on Sunday by demanding that Russia take action and investigate the use of chemical weapons within its territory and hold accountable those behind ransomware attacks and other cybercrimes. Why it matters: The allied language come as all eyes turn to…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 11 June 2021
Greetings from Tyler, Much of what we see coming in the immediate future is enough to make you run outside with your hair on fire. Quite a few of us remember the days of Jimmy Carter, and while he may have been the nicest of men, he was a humiliation to the nation. We got…
