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What does Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s sacking indicate? 0

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What does Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s sacking indicate?

US President Donald Trump has sacked Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, citing differences, and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The move by Trump is the biggest shake-up of his cabinet since taking office. Al Jazeera Senior Political Analyst Marwan Bishara says there was an international campaign to remove Tillerson from his position.

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Finger pointed at Israel after assault on Palestinian PM convoy

The hand of Israel is not being ruled out as Hamas announces an inquiry into an explosion that targeted the convoy of the West-Bank-based Palestinian prime minister during a visit to the Gaza Strip. Tuesday’s blast injured several security guards of Rami Hamdallah but left him unharmed during a visit to the Hamas-run territory to open…

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Katy Perry laughs off wardrobe malfunction on American Idol

Katy Perry caused a little bit of chaos on Monday night’s episode of American Idol when she toppled on the ground while dancing with one contestant during her audition. The judge, joined by fellow musicians Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, got up on her feet to dance while contestant Michelle Sussett sang Selena’s “Techno Cumbia.” However, Perry…

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Trump capture for imprint spanking new CIA director Gina Haspel oversaw torture

Gina Haspel has been named by US President Donald Trump as new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, becoming the first woman to hold the post if confirmed by the Senate. Trump announced on Tuesday that Haspel, currently the intelligence agency’s deputy director, would be replacing Mike Pompeo. Pompeo was appointed the new secretary of…

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Mike Pompeo on Muslims, torture and Guantanamo Bay

The appointment of former CIA director Mike Pompeo as US secretary of state occurred on Tuesday after months of rumours that Rex Tillerson was on the way out. Tillerson was often depicted as a calm hand of « peaceful pressure » while US President Donald Trump usually opted for hasty decisions, bombastic rhetoric, and controversial policy positions.…

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Trump sacks Rex Tillerson, replaced by CIA’s Mike Pompeo

US President Donald Trump has sacked Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, citing differences, and replaced him with Mike Pompeo, CIA director. The move by Trump is the biggest shake-up of his cabinet since taking office. « Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA, will become our new secretary of state. He will do a fantastic job, »…

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Curtains, dresses and ice

Sheer size is one of the few things we know for sure about the Weddell Sea. It’s vast. A proposed sanctuary area alone is five times the area of Germany. And in winter, 75 percent of the sea’s entire surface is covered in ice. It’s hard to get to and hard to get about once…

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Werbeverbot für Abtreibungen: SPD zieht Gesetzesentwurf zu Paragraf 219a vorerst zurück

Union und SPD haben ihren Streit über das Werbeverbot für Schwangerschaftsabbrüche vertagt. « Die SPD-Bundestagsfraktion wird ihren Gesetzentwurf zum Paragraf 291a des Strafgesetzbuches jetzt nicht zur Abstimmung stellen », heißt es in einer abgestimmten Erklärung von Unionsfraktionschef Volker Kauder (CDU), SPD-Fraktionschefin Andrea Nahles (SPD) und CSU-Landesgruppenchef Alexander Dobrindt. Die Bundesregierung werde aufgefordert, Möglichkeiten einer Lösung zu prüfen…