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Trump In Brutal ‘facelift’ Attack On Female Journalist

Donald Trump unleashed a brutal personal attack Thursday on respected female television host Mika Brzezinski in the...

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Festival Finds the Universal In Choirs

The human voice is the most basic of all musical instruments. But when singers come together as choirs, quality...

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Trump Launches Personal Attack On ‘crazy, Low IQ’ Female Journalist

President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a brutal personal attack on MSNBC journalist Mika Brzezinski, after she...

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Trump Travel Ban: US Sets Out Visa Criteria

The White House has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees, requiring...

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NATO Agrees Afghanistan Troop Boost But No Combat Role

NATO will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help train local forces facing a resurgent Taliban but will not...

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Gov’t To Extend IMF Programme

Government has finally communicated to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) its decision to extend the Fund’s...

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S. Korea To Offer North Treaty For Denuclearisation

South Korea's new government will seek to sign a peace treaty with the North if it abandons its nuclear weapons, a...

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South Korean President Arrives In Washington

South Korea's President Moon Jae-In arrived in Washington Wednesday on his first overseas trip since taking office, for...

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Under US Pressure, UN Agrees On Deep Cuts To Peacekeeping

A deal on cutting nearly $600 million from the UN peacekeeping budget was reached Wednesday following weeks of...

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Ex-Redskins Rusher Portis Says He Was Ready To Kill

Former NFL Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis told Sports Illustrated that he contemplated killing one of...

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Trump Raises Funds For Trump At the Trump Hotel

The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for his...

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SKorea President Arrives In Washington

South Korea's President Moon Jae-In arrived in Washington on his first overseas trip since taking office, for planned...

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Provocateur Ai Weiwei Taunts US With Activist Piece

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is blunt. When he wanted to make a political statement about crackdowns on dissent, he brought...

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McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care

Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an...

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Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President

Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate...

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North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park

North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an...

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Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping

A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough...

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Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’

US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...

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Qatar Slams Saudi Refusal To Negotiate

Qatar on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a...