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Putin says Russia is open to dialogue on Ukraine with Trump
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Trump moves to suspend clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter on Hunter Biden laptop
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his administration will move to suspend the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.” The action is...
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Stefanik will face questions about wars and nukes at confirmation hearing to be UN ambassador
WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik is likely to face questions at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations about her lack of foreign policy experience, her strong support for Israel and her views on funding the U.N. and its many agencies. Harvard-educated...
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Canada from Ukraine: The suppression of a shameful history
A few days before Remembrance Day, November 11, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it will not release that portion of a report produced...
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Friend or foe? Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire
Donald Trump is an unusual United States president in that he may be the first to strike greater anxiety in allies than in adversaries. Take the responses to his pre-inauguration comments about buying Greenland, for instance, which placed US ally Denmark at the center of the global foreign policy...
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Trump reinstates Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism
Newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued...
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Latin American leaders divided over Trump’s return to White House
US President Donald Trump's return to power Monday has drawn mixed responses from Latin American leaders ranging from approval to caution. Argentina’s President Javier Milei, El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa have cozied up to Trump, even being...
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Mexico
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday said her country "does not have to bow its head" to the United States, and urged the public "to remain calm" as Donald Trump took over the White House for a second term. "We are a great country, a cultural...
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Colombia vows 'war' as guerrilla violence kills 100
Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas Monday, as security forces rushed to contain a wave of violence that has killed more than 100 people and threatens to derail the country's troubled peace process. In just five days, violence has been reported in three different Colombian departments...
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EU mulls 'staged approach' to suspending sanctions on Syria
The European Union is exploring a gradual suspension of several economic sanctions on Syria to aid the country's transition while maintaining some leverage, according to two i ......
photo: AP / Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy

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