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John McCain will toughen Senate tax bill, boosting its possibilities of passing

Sen. John McCain will back the Senate tax bill, increasing the plan’s chances of clearing the Senate by Friday. The Arizona Republican was one of the last GOP senators who had not committed to supporting the proposal. « After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to support the Senate tax reform bill, » McCain said in…

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Delete your Twitter – UK MPs tell Trump

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMay: We’re not afraid to say when US has got it wrongUK Prime Minister Theresa May has said Donald Trump was « wrong » to retweet posts from a British far-right group. But she stressed the « special relationship » between Britain and the US was « in both our nations’ interests »…

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Israel, a strategy of taking into account

How many states will it take to resolve the conflict over Palestine? Deceit and conceit were on full display at the Chatham House earlier this month, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropped in for a chat. He was visiting London to celebrate 100 years of the Balfour Declaration, in which colonial Britain promised a…

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Honduras election: Tensions high as vote count delayed

Tegucigalpa, Honduras – Tensions are high in Honduras as the outcome of Sunday’s presidential elections has been lurched into uncertainty in the final leg of the long-delayed vote count. Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla vowed to not accept the official results if the win is handed to his opponent, President Juan Orlando Hernandez.  With 88.76 percent…

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Wegen Sozialisten und Grünen im EU-Parlament – Dem Döner droht das Aus!

Dem Döner droht das Aus! Der Umweltausschuss des EU-Parlaments will den bisher üblichen Zusatz von Phosphat in tiefgefrorenen Fleisch-Spießen nicht mehr zulassen. Wenn das gesamte Parlament dem Ausschuss im Dezember folgt, geht es bei der Döner-Produktion um die Wurst. Schuld am drohenden Döner-Aus ist eine Lücke im EU-Recht. Bisher wird Phosphat in tiefgefrorenen Döner-Spießen eingesetzt,…

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Zimbabweans react to the Mugabes’ ‘golden handshake’

Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s recently retired President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, are set to receive « a golden handshake » worth millions of dollars, immunity from prosecution and protection of their vast business interests. News of Mugabe’s immunity has sparked criticism from activists, including activist pastor Evan Mawarire, who has called on the 93-year-old to…

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Where attain Lebanon’s Christians stand on Hezbollah?

One of the remarkable aspects of the latest commotion in Lebanon – the now suspended « Riyad resignation » of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri – was the national unity displayed. « Let no one think that we will be a vehicle for a civil war, and let no one think that we may even consider aligning ourselves with…

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Russia rejects US name to slash ties with North Korea

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected the US call to cut ties with North Korea after Pyongyang launched ballistic missiles on Wednesday. « We perceived this negatively, » Lavrov told journalists in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, commenting on Washington’s statement on the need to cut ties with North Korea. US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley,…