KKK Holds March In Virginia Town
Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan marched in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who oversaw Confederate forces...
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Stormy G20 Ends With Opt-Outs For Trump On Climate, Trade
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the...
Trump Eyes Swift UK Trade Deal, Says State Visit To Go Ahead
US President Donald Trump said Saturday his controversial state visit to Britain will go ahead, adding that he was hoping for a "very powerful" trade deal with London "very, very quickly". As he met...
US Bombers Drill Near Korea DMZ In Show of Force
US bombers carried out a rare live fire drill in South Korea Saturday, flying close to the DMZ in a show of force after Pyongyang's latest missile test, the South's defence ministry said. After the...
Virginia Town Girds For KKK March
Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan will march in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the planned removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who oversaw Confederate...
Trump Versus the Rest As Violent G20 Wraps Up
US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds even with America's traditional Western allies. Negotiators from the world's 20...
US, Mexican Officials Play Nice As Trump Doubles Down On Wall
Top US and Mexican officials sought common ground Friday on issues such as migration and drug trafficking, even as President Donald Trump combatively repeated his vow to make Mexico pay for his...
N. Korea Military Options A ‘long Way Away’
Military options against North Korea are a "long way away," Britain's defense minister Michael Fallon said Friday after meeting with Pentagon chief Jim Mattis. "First of all, we are a long way away...
G20 Sees Three-Way Steel Battle Between EU, US and China
While battles between police and protestors smoulder outside, leaders of the European Union, United States and China appear close to a trade war cliff edge at the G20 summit in Hamburg. "We are...
At G20, Trump Sticks To Guns On Mexico Wall
US President Donald Trump said Friday he still wants Mexico to pay for a planned border wall, as he met his Mexican counterpart for the first time as head of state. Asked at the start of the meeting...
Putin Warns Against ‘losing Cool’ On North Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday underlined the importance of staying calm in the North Korea crisis, saying nuclear-armed Pyongyang should be dealt with in a "pragmatic" manner. "The North...
G20: Trump and Putin Meet Face To Face For First Time
Latest: G20: Trump and Putin meet face to face for first time Using ‘imperfect scale to balance ‘imperfect system – The case of Ghana’s Constitution US President Donald Trump and Russia’s...
Trump and Putin To Meet Face To Face
US President Donald Trump is to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the first time at a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. They have both said they want to repair ties damaged by the...
Trump and Putin To Meet Face To Face For First Time
On Thursday, Mr Trump used a speech in the Polish capital Warsaw to call on Russia to stop “destabilising” Ukraine and other countries. Moscow should also end support for “hostile regimes”...
‘Some’ Job Cuts Confirmed By Microsoft
Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. 'Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees...
Lavrov Says Trying To Clarify US Syria No-Fly Zones Proposal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow was seeking to clarify a claim by his US counterpart that Washington is ready to work together to set up "no-fly zones" in Syria. "We have...
UN-OPCW Probe of Syria Sarin Gas Attack Comes Under Heavy Pressure
A joint UN-OPCW panel tasked with determining who was behind the deadly sarin gas attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun is facing heavy political pressure as it prepares to present its findings...
Microsoft Announces ‘some’ Job Cuts
Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. "Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees...
Photo Revives Speculation On Amelia Earhart Fate
It is one of the most tantalizing mysteries in aviation lore -- the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. What happened to the legendary American aviatrix and her navigator, Fred Noonan, during their 1937...
Russia Blocks UN Statement Calling For N. Korea Sanctions
Russia on Thursday blocked a UN Security Council statement calling for "significant measures" in response to North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The United States had...