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World newspapers: British economy, weakest growth in a decade

Feb 08, 2019 20:23

The Bank of England has warned the economy is on course for its weakest year since the global financial crisis.
World Newspapers: Asking for unity Trump renew bid for border wall

Feb 06, 2019 20:22

US President Donald Trump delivered a message of bipartisan unity on Tuesday night in his first address to Congress in the new era of divided government, but signaled that he would continue to wage war for the hard-line immigration policies that have polarized the capital and the nation.
World Newspapers: US president wants more tariff power

Feb 05, 2019 20:11

US president 'Donald Trump' is expected to ask for new tariff power in his State of the Union speech.
World NewsPapers: Trump May have troops in Iraq Monitor Tehran

Feb 04, 2019 19:49

U.S. troops do not have the right to use Iraq to “watch Iran,” Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Monday after Donald Trump indicated American forces were there to do just that.
World Newspapers: A defiant Northam resists calls for resignation

Feb 03, 2019 21:10

Virginian governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, faced a national uproar over a racist photograph from his 1984 medical school yearbook on Saturday, and refused to resign, defying nearly the entire Democratic establishment.
World Newspapers: Xi backs closer Qatar cooperation

Feb 01, 2019 20:27

China Daily: China and Qatar should enhance cooperation comprehensively in four major areas — energy, infrastructure construction, high technology and investment, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday. 105/203
World Newspapers: U.S. may send more troops to the border

Jan 30, 2019 19:24

The Dallas Morning News: Thousands more U.S. troops may soon be sent to the South west border, The Pentagon said on Tuesday as the House Democrats held their first hearing to scrutinise deployment they call a political stunt.
World Newspapers: Angry Senators spurn president on war in Yemen

Nov 29, 2018 19:45

The New York Times: Furious over being denied a C.I.A. briefing on the killing of a Saudi journalist, senators from both parties spurned the Trump administration on Wednesday with a stinging vote to consider ending American military support for the Saudi-backed war in Yemen.
World newspapers: Bombs targeting Democrats leave US on edge

Oct 25, 2018 22:03

The Washington Post: The discovery of five pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, CNN and a liberal billionaire put the United States on edge.
World news papers: Saudi issue may disrupt efforts to squeeze Iran

Oct 18, 2018 20:41

The New York times: White House officials are worried that the apparent killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Saudi Arabia’s changing account of his fate, could derail a showdown with Iran and jeopardize plans to enlist Saudi help to avoid disrupting the oil market.