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2020 Watch: Has Trump surrendered to the coronavirus?
World
July 6, 2020
2020 Watch: Has Trump surrendered to the coronavirus?
Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to next set…
Trump’s bluster doesn’t beat a virus, calm a restive nation
World
July 6, 2020
Trump’s bluster doesn’t beat a virus, calm a restive nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the elegant East Room of…
US envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal
Middle East
July 4, 2020
US envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Washington’s envoy to Afghanistan on Saturday emphasized the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban,…
Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can’t be trusted
Middle East
July 4, 2020
Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can’t be trusted
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence that Afghan militants might have accepted Russian bounties for killing American troops did not scuttle the…
Virus deaths approach 400,000 as oil producers extend output cuts
World
June 7, 2020
Virus deaths approach 400,000 as oil producers extend output cuts
The global death toll from the coronavirus neared 400,000 on Sunday with fatalities accelerating in Latin America, as oil-producing countries…
Restart or re-stop? Economies reopen to risk of chaos, fear
World
May 11, 2020
Restart or re-stop? Economies reopen to risk of chaos, fear
PARIS (AP) — Plastic spacing barriers and millions of masks appeared Monday on the streets of Europe’s newly reopened cities,…
Trump says when to reopen US economy ‘biggest decision’ of presidency
World
April 11, 2020
Trump says when to reopen US economy ‘biggest decision’ of presidency
President Donald Trump on Friday said his decision on when to reopen the US economy, shuttered due to the coronavirus…
Incoming Trump chief of staff to self-quarantine
World
March 10, 2020
Incoming Trump chief of staff to self-quarantine
Incoming White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has self-quarantined after he may have come into contact with a person…
Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s warning against filling the GERD
Egypt
March 4, 2020
Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s warning against filling the GERD
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew rejected Egypt’s warning to Ethiopia not to begin filling the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…
Pompeo closes Africa tour with warning about China’s ’empty promises’
World
February 19, 2020
Pompeo closes Africa tour with warning about China’s ’empty promises’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday closed a three-nation Africa tour with a thinly-veiled swipe at China as…