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Trump Taps Acosta To Labor Post, 1st Hispanic Cabinet Pick
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he has nominated Alexander Acosta to be the US secretary of labor, the first Hispanic...
Read moreSea Ice At Poles Hit Record Low For January
The amount of sea ice at the Earth's poles fell to a record low for January, while the planet's temperatures...
Read moreTrump Tweet Celebrates Wall Street Rally
President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed Wall Street's continuing rally, tweeting out a celebratory message as the White House continues...
Read moreClinton Defends Immigration To Standing Ovation In NY
Hillary Clinton delivered a defense of immigration at a ceremony honoring the late Dominican-born designer Oscar de la Renta on...
Read moreRoman Polanski In Legal Bid To Return To US
Fugitive movie director Roman Polanski plans to return to the United States, his lawyer said Thursday, and is seeking assurances...
Read moreFrench FM Says US Position On Mideast Peace ‘confusing’
Washington's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains "confusing", French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said after talks with his US counterpart...
Read moreIsrael’s Lieberman Warns Hamas After Flare-Up
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday warned Hamas of a tough response to "provocation", after a projectile fired from...
Read moreDC Restaurants Close In Immigrant Solidarity Show
From burger joints to fine eateries, dozens of Washington restaurants shut down Thursday to protest President Donald Trump's treatment of...
Read moreIsrael’s Lieberman Warns Hamas After Flare-Up
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday warned Hamas of a tough response to "provocation", after a projectile fired from...
Read moreComic-Con Opens In Saudi
Nobody gave Ahmed al-Dainiy a second glance Thursday as he walked among the youthful crowd on the opening day of...
Read moreKey Powers Push Syria Truce As Regime, Rebels Make No Progress
Syrian regime and rebel representatives failed Thursday to make any breakthroughs at talks in Kazakhstan, as key powerbrokers Russia, Turkey...
Read moreTrump Presses Showdown With Intelligence Agencies
President Donald Trump pressed his attacks on US intelligence agencies Thursday, vowing to catch "low-life leakers" amid a battle over...
Read moreIslamic State-Claimed Bomb Kills 70 At Pakistani Shrine
At least 70 people died Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan, police said, in...
Read moreUS Pledges Nuclear Defence For Japan, S.Korea After N.Korea Missile…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday pledged that Washington would use the full range of its arsenal, including...
Read morePortuguese Prosecutors Charge Angolan VP With Corruption
Portuguese prosecutors on Thursday charged Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente with corruption over allegations he bribed a magistrate with roughly...
Read moreShabaab Claims Attack As New Somali Leader Takes Office
Somalia's Shabaab extremists claimed a mortar strike that left two children dead near the presidential palace Thursday during a handover...
Read moreArmyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food...
Read morePakistan Sufi Shrine Bombing Kills Up To 35
A bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan Thursday, killing up to 35 people and wounding 60, officials...
Read moreCourt Acquits Three Over 2005 Delhi Bomb Blasts
An Indian court Thursday cleared three defendants over a series of bomb blasts in New Delhi in 2005 that killed...
Read moreYemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral
An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday,...
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