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Climate change: Obama regrets lack of US leadership

Climate change: Obama regrets lack of US leadership

Former US President Barack Obama has made a veiled rebuke of his successor’s decision to pull the United States out…
Pope says he ‘wept’ while meeting Rohingya refugees

Pope says he ‘wept’ while meeting Rohingya refugees

Pope Francis on Saturday said he wept hearing the plight first-hand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, adding that this meeting…
US pulls out of UN’s Global Compact on Migration

US pulls out of UN’s Global Compact on Migration

The administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the handling…
Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it

Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it

Over the next decade, their tax plan would add at least $1 trillion to the national debt. That would be…
Germany’s far right to pick new leaders amid pro-refugee protests

Germany’s far right to pick new leaders amid pro-refugee protests

Members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gathered Saturday to vote on new leadership after the party’s triumphant turnout…
Fear in London as acid attacks soar

Fear in London as acid attacks soar

Delivery rider Jabed Hussain was waiting at a traffic light one night in east London when two attackers sprayed acid…
Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald’s

Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald’s

Global burger behemoth McDonald’s opened its first branch on Saturday in the historic heart of communist Hanoi, a conservative city…
State of emergency in Honduras after post-vote violence

State of emergency in Honduras after post-vote violence

The Honduran government declared a state of emergency late Friday and imposed a 10-day curfew in an attempt to stop…
US Senate narrowly passes Republican tax reform bill

US Senate narrowly passes Republican tax reform bill

The US Senate on Saturday approved a nearly $1.5 trillion (€1.26 trillion) taxation bill by a vote of 51-49,  a…
UN asks for record $22.5 billion for humanitarian aid in 2018

UN asks for record $22.5 billion for humanitarian aid in 2018

The United Nations has appealed for $22.5 billion to provide humanitarian aid to more than 90 million people next year.…
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