America
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Pentagon deploys 3,750 more troops to US-Mexico border
Feb 04, 2019 07:32The Pentagon will send 3,750 more troops to the US-Mexico border to put up another 150 miles of concertina wire and provide support for Customs and Border Protection.
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Venezuela's Maduro seeks to bring forward National Assembly elections
Feb 03, 2019 12:21Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed to hold early elections for the parliament (National Assembly).
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Extreme Cold Hits US Midwest and Northeast, 23 dead
Feb 02, 2019 07:07At least 23 people died as a result of the bitter cold brought on by the Polar Vortex that ushered in the coldest Arctic air the Midwest and Northeast United States has seen in decades.
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US to withdraw from nuclear arms control treaty
Feb 01, 2019 19:00The United States will pull out of a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, the Trump administration announced Friday, ending a cornerstone Cold War agreement on grounds that Russian violations render it moot.
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Workers of Venezuela oil industry rally against US
Feb 01, 2019 17:58Workers of a Venezuelan oil giant, which was hit by the United States, have taken to the streets to support President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Washington to keep its 'hands off' the oil industry.
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Donald Trump slams his 'passive and naive' intelligence chiefs
Jan 31, 2019 09:35US President Donald Trump has rebuked his own administration intelligence officials for being 'passive and naive', and allegedly unable to understand the true danger that Iran poses.
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Director of national intelligence contradicts Trump on North Korea, Iran, climate change
Jan 31, 2019 07:53A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, directly contradicting the rationale of two of President Trump’s foreign policy initiatives.
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Suicides in US Navy hit a record high in 2018
Jan 30, 2019 18:4079 Sailors in US Navy including 'active-duty' and 'Navy Reserve' sailors committed suicide in 2018, making it the worst year for Navy after 2006 in terms of suicides.
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US doubts North Korea will give up nuclear program
Jan 30, 2019 07:16US spy agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to entirely dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
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US gives Venezuela's Juan Guaido control over some US-held national assets
Jan 29, 2019 19:34US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has authorized Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido, to take control of some US-held assets belonging to Venezuela’s government.
