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High School Rape In US Fuels Trump-Era Debate On Immigration
A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under...
Stephen Hawking Appears As Hologram In Hong Kong
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has spoken to a Hong Kong audience by hologram, showcasing the growing reach of a...
Germany Seeks EU Help In Steel Row With the US
Germany has called on the European Commission to back its steelmakers by insisting on global trade rules in a dispute...
BMW Third-Largest Electric Car Manufacturer
The market for electric cars and hybrids grew by 37 percent in 2016. BMW has made e-car production a priority, and now...
UN Fears 200 Died In Coalition Airstrike On Mosul
The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A...
Singaporean Teen Dissident Granted US Asylum
A Singaporean teenager who was jailed twice after insulting the island's late leader Lee Kuan Yew and religious groups...
Two Months In, Trump Suffers String of Defeats
President Donald Trump suffered a bitter defeat in his first major legislative challenge as Republican lawmakers shot...
New York Launches Immigrant Defense Initiative
New York state launched an immigrant legal defense initiative with more than $1 million in public and private funding...
Israel Ignores UN Demand Against Settlements
Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian...
Operations Against Kony’s LRA ‘coming To An End’
The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader...
UN Peacekeeping Chief Defends Cost of Missions
United Nations peacekeeping missions, under threat from budget cuts if Washington's promise to slash its UN spending...
Pirates’ South Korean Infielder Kang ‘denied’ US Visa
Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Kang Jung-Ho, the first player to jump directly from South Korea into Major League...
Protecting Ghanaian Employees of Foreign Missions In Ghana
I made a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) in December 2015...
World Equities Wobble As Trump Health Bill Vote Canceled
World equity markets wobbled Friday, with US stocks finishing mostly lower, as investors monitored a swirl of...
Russia Trying To Gain Influence In Libya
Russia is trying to expand its influence in Libya through a combination of military means and oil and weapons sales, a...
Trump Forced To Pull Health Care Bill In Major Setback
Donald Trump suffered a major political blow Friday as he was forced to ask Republican leaders to pull an emblematic...
Spacewalk A Success For French, US Astronauts
A French and an American astronaut floated outside the International Space Station Friday on a successful spacewalk to...
Tillerson To Meet Allies As NATO Races To Save Talks
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as...
Ghana To Lose $600m Over Human Trafficking If…
Ghana stands the risk of losing some $ 600 million annually from the United States aid if it continually fails in its...