South Africans Reject Trump’s Characterization Of Land Ownership Issues
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been ordered by President Trump to study South Africa’s efforts to overhaul land ownership and the “large scale killing of farmers.” South Africa angrily rejected Trump’s characterization and said it smacked of the co…
Palestinian refugees: Can Trump ‘disruption’ alone solve complex issue?
Now it would be the Palestinians’ “turn” to “get something very good,” Mr. Trump said. The president’s comments on Middle East peace drew none of the raucous crowd response reserved for his promises to “bring back coal” or to end illegal immigration….
As GOP scandals multiply, Democrats frame a careful message on corruption
Opinions about President Trump are so hardened that this week’s bombshell conviction and guilty plea of his former campaign chairman and personal attorney may only have a minimal impact on the upcoming midterm elections. In swing districts, particular…
Pope Francis To Visit Ireland Amid Church Scandals Across The World
The pope is under intense pressure to enact concrete measures to ensure accountability for church officials who ignored or covered up sexual abuse by clergy.
ISIS Releases Purported Audio Recording Of Leader Al-Baghdadi
In the message, which is nearly an hour long, the speaker says he knows followers are suffering from “hunger and fear” and urges patience. He also calls on them to engage in small-scale attacks.
How generosity can help end Latin America’s biggest crisis
On an international scale, here is what generosity looks like – and what it can potentially do. Just before he stepped down as Colombia’s president on Aug. 7, Juan Manuel Santos granted temporary residency permits to 440,000 refugees from Venezuela, d…
Erdoğan faults US for frail economy: good politics, but risky policy
Deniz, a retired Turkish-American engineer making a family visit to Istanbul, was discussing Turkey’s plunging lira and crisis-hit economy with a hotel receptionist when the hotel manager interrupted loudly. “Tell Trump it’s his fault!” the hotel mana…
‘The Old City Will Come Back Better’: Residents Of Mosul Return And Rebuild
More than a year after ISIS was driven out, residents are doing their best to rebuild in historic neighborhoods left in rubble. “Even if no one else came back,” a shopkeeper says, “I would come back.”
2 Killed In Knife Attack Outside Paris
The French interior minister said the attacker had psychiatric problems and authorities are not treating the incident as terrorism, despite a claim of responsibility by the Islamic State.
Morning News Brief
Are President Trump’s legal problems about to multiply now that two of his closest former aides are guilty of serious crimes? And, time is running out on Britain’s plans for an orderly Brexit.
Unraveling The Mystery Behind International Shipping Rates
A New Jersey business owner stumbles onto a real-life international conspiracy: He discovers that a powerful group of people get together and set international shipping rates.
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