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Concerns over US-Turkey armed forces confrontation in Syria

A US-backed Kurdish militia has deployed fighters to the frontline of Syria’s Manbij to battle Turkey’s military after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it would be next after launching the cross-border Afrin operation. Manbij is about 100km east of Afrin where the United States has military personnel deployed in the fight against Islamic State of…

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Australia’s national day fuels debate on colonial past

Melbourne, Australia – While most Australians fire up the barbecue and crack open beers to celebrate national day on Friday, Robbie Thorpe will be marching in the shadow of Victoria’s state parliament. Like many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, he doesn’t see anything to cheer on Australia Day, which marks the arrival of the…

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Brazil court docket upholds ex-president’s graft conviction

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Widely popular former president Luiz Inacio « Lula » da Silva has been banned from running in elections this year after an appeals court upheld corruption-related convictions. Opinion polls suggest the former leftist leader would win October’s general elections comfortably. He vehemently denied the corruption charges and said he is the victim of a political…

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Profile: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inacio « Lula » da Silva, a leftist leader who rose from abject poverty to serve as Brazil’s president from 2003 to 2010, is widely tipped to win the country’s 2018 general election unless a corruption conviction against the 71-year-old is upheld and he is barred from running. Once called « the most popular politician on earth » by…

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Egyptian licensed official most up-to-the-minute to bow out of presidential mosey

A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer has become the latest presidential hopeful to withdraw his campaign, leaving only current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the running. Khaled Ali said conditions did not allow for a fair contest in the presidential elections, which are set for the end of March. « We today announce our decision not…

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Goldman CEO Blankfein has ‘actually cherished’ what Trump has completed for the financial system

Though he’s taken a few jabs at President Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said Wednesday he’s otherwise « really liked what he’s done for the economy. » « I’d say I like a lot more stuff than I don’t like, and some of the stuff I don’t like I really don’t like, » Blankfein told CNBC’s « Squawk…

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Prosecutor: Breadth of physician’s crimes is ‘almost limitless’

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Larry Nassar found competitive gymnastics to be a « perfect place » for his crimes because victims saw him as a « god » in the sport, a prosecutor said Wednesday, shortly before the former doctor was to be sentenced for years of molesting Olympic gymnasts and other young women. « It takes some kind of…

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GE says it is below investigation by SEC

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