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US May Do Less Harm Outside Climate Pact Than In It

America's withdrawal from the climate-rescue Paris Agreement under Donald Trump is a blow to global unity but may be a...

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Quitting Paris Deal For Us? No Thanks, Says Pittsburgh Mayor

Donald Trump said he was championing the people of Pittsburgh by leaving the Paris climate accord. But the city's Mayor...

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Republicans Hail Trump For Exiting Paris Climate Deal

Donald Trump's Republican allies applauded the president Thursday for announcing an end to US participation in the...

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EPA Chief Who Urged Trump To Ditch Climate Pact

After years of fighting to roll back Barack Obama's policies, top US environmental official and climate change skeptic...

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US, EU Urge End To Renewed Fighting In Sudan’s Darfur

The United States and key world powers on Thursday urged Khartoum and a rebel group to end a renewed bout of fighting...

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Obama Slams Trump For Exiting Paris Climate Deal

Barack Obama slammed his successor President Donald Trump on Thursday for pulling out of the Paris climate deal,...

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Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now

President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a...

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Bahrain Follows Trump Trip With Dissent Crackdown

Authorities in Bahrain have clamped down on dissent in the wake of US President Donald Trump's visit to the Gulf last...

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Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion

The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam - including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget...

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China, Europe Take Lead On Climate As World Waits On Trump

China and Europe took the lead Thursday on forging on with the Paris climate accord, as fears grew US President Donald...

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Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion

Vietnam and the US have signed $8 billion in deals, including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget...

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EU, China Summit To Back Climate Deal Even Without US

The European Union and China will throw their full weight behind the Paris climate accord at a summit on Friday, EU...

News

Nas Pens Open Letter On Donald Trump

Between calling him “a toupee wearin’ liar” on Robin Thicke’s “Deep” and dubbing Celebrity Apprentice a...

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Five Questions On Trump’s Potential Move of US Israel Embassy

US President Donald Trump faces a Thursday deadline to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel to the disputed...

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Bahrain Court Dissolves Secular Opposition Group

A Bahraini court dissolved a secular opposition party on Wednesday, a judicial official said, as authorities in the...

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Philippines’ Duterte Slams Clinton Over Rape Criticism

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte angrily hit back Wednesday at Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks he made about...

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Putin ‘convinced’ Damascus Not Behind April Chemical Attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview published Tuesday, said he was "convinced" the Syrian government was...

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First Japanese To Report Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dies At 86

Yoshie Oka, the first person to raise the alarm outside Hiroshima that the Japanese city had been hit by an atomic...

International

Macron Explains His Tense Handshake With Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that there was indeed a deeper significance to the prolonged handshake he...