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Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase

Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase

WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...

Source: nytimes

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Scottish independence: UK government ‘will not grant indyref2 consent’

Scottish independence: UK government ‘will not grant indyref2 co...

Theresa May's deputy has said the Scottish Parliament will not be given the power to hold a...

Posted: About 7 years ago
Source: BBC News
Racism row over Trieste half-marathon

Racism row over Trieste half-marathon

Organisers of the Trieste half-marathon have reversed a ban on professional African athlet...

Posted: About 7 years ago
Source: BBC News
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim

US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim

A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the wee...

Posted: About 6 years ago
Source: BBC News

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Gilets jaunes protesters take to the streets of Paris for fifth weekend
Posted: About 7 years ago

Gilets jaunes protesters take to the streets of Paris for fifth weekend

France saw a fifth weekend of protests by defiant gilets jaunes (yellow vests) who ignored government calls to stay home following t...

Source: The Guardian
China economy: Fourth quarter growth slips to 6.4%
Posted: About 7 years ago

China economy: Fourth quarter growth slips to 6.4%

China's economy continued to slow in the last quarter of 2018, official figures showed, stoking fears about the impact on the glob...

Source: BBC News
Pakistan’s Masood Azhar: China blocks bid to call militant terrorist
Posted: About 7 years ago

Pakistan’s Masood Azhar: China blocks bid to call militant terrorist

China has blocked a bid to designate the leader of the group behind an attack which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war...

Source: BBC News
Rory McIlroy’s big-picture mentality could end in a Masters high-five
Posted: About 7 years ago

Rory McIlroy’s big-picture mentality could end in a Masters high-five

Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy? In his wildest dreams as a young golfer, even when...

Source: The Guardian
Putin threatens arms race if US dumps nuclear treaty
Posted: About 7 years ago

Putin threatens arms race if US dumps nuclear treaty

Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia will develop new missiles banned by the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty if the US ...

Source: The Guardian
Putin accuses Ukraine’s Poroshenko of Black Sea ‘provocation’
Posted: About 7 years ago

Putin accuses Ukraine’s Poroshenko of Black Sea ‘provocation’

Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, of orchestrating a naval “provocation” in the Black Sea at th...

Source: The Guardian