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Trump says impeachment articles 'very weak' 2019-12-10 17:45:12President Trump on Tuesday said bipartisan approval of his North American trade deal is the "silver lining" to a morning that began with Democrats u

Michael Bloomberg: U.S. will rejoin Paris climate deal 2019-12-10 16:18:02MADRID — New York billionaire and presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg led a high-powered charge against President Donald Trump's climate p

Paul Whelan case: Russia's Lavrov defends treatment of 2019-12-10 16:12:32Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected complaints Tuesday about the ongoing detainment of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Moscow

Groups: Ohio immigrants need more training, voter education 2019-12-10 15:48:52COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Voting-rights advocates in Ohio have urged both the state's top lawyer and the elections chief to do more to assure that immigr

Democrats agree to North America trade pact: What's 2019-12-10 14:56:30WASHINGTON (AP) - After months of political wrangling, House Democrats agreed Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s revamped version of a 25-year-

Facebook stands by encryption stance, says government-sought backdoor 2019-12-10 14:31:11Facebook fired back in a letter out Tuesday sent to U.S. and foreign officials opposed to the company planning to secure its users' communications wi

US sanctions individuals suspected of human rights abuses 2019-12-10 12:52:52WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed economic sanctions on more than a dozen individuals suspected of human rights violations

Israeli lawmakers submit bill to dissolve parliament 2019-12-10 12:51:24JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli legislators submitted a bill Tuesday that would dissolve parliament and trigger unprecedented third national elections

Afghanistan's Karzai tells AP that US cash fed 2019-12-10 12:50:16KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan’s former president argued Tuesday that Washington helped fuel corruption in his nation by spending hundred

Montana tribe's quest for recognition advances in Congress 2019-12-10 12:36:21BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Congress is on the cusp of approving legislation to recognize the state’s Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Montana

Handke takes Nobel Literature Prize amid protest 2019-12-10 12:25:47STOCKHOLM (AP) - Author Peter Handke received his Nobel Literature Prize on Tuesday amid criticism of him in Sweden and abroad as an apologist for Ser

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a 2019-12-10 11:59:52RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after

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Trump pays up after admitting he used charitable 2019-12-10 17:43:29U.S. President Donald Trump has paid up after conceding that he used his charitable foundation at times as a personal piggy bank.

6 people, including police officer, dead in New 2019-12-10 16:06:17Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with th

U.K. election: Why a Labour stronghold of half 2019-12-10 15:13:40Labour Party strongholds in the U.K. are being targeted by both the Brexit Party and the Conservative Party, both of which hope to capitalize on voter

Brazilian president calls teen climate activist Greta Thunberg 2019-12-10 14:37:56Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a "brat" after she expressed concern about the sla

11 jailed for 2017 suicide bombing in St. 2019-12-10 14:00:01Eleven people were jailed in Russia on Tuesday for plotting a suicide bombing on the St. Petersburg metro that left 15 people dead and scores injured

Major hotel chains sued in U.S. for enabling, 2019-12-10 12:46:23Landmark U.S. legal action was filed on Monday accusing several major hotel groups of profiting from sex trafficking on behalf of 13 women who claimed

Mexican ex-security chief took bribes from cartel, U.S. 2019-12-10 12:30:15Mexico's former top security chief has been indicted in New York City on charges he accepted a fortune in drug-money bribes from kingpin Joaquin "El

Exxon Mobil prevails in New York climate change 2019-12-10 11:37:48A judge on Tuesday ruled in favour of Exxon Mobil in a lawsuit brought by New York state that had accused the oil company of hiding from investors the

Bill Cosby loses Pennsylvania appeal of sex assault 2019-12-10 10:37:13A Pennsylvania appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby's bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction.

U.S shuts down World Trade Organization appeals court 2019-12-10 10:37:00Global commerce lost its ultimate umpire Tuesday, leaving countries unable to reach a final resolution of disputes at the World Trade Organizatio

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accepts Nobel Peace 2019-12-10 10:04:20Militant groups and global military powers both pose a threat to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says

U.S. government has misled public throughout Afghanistan deployment: 2019-12-10 08:38:21The U.S. government, across three White House administrations, misled the public about failures in the war in Afghanistan, often suggesting success wh

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Newsletter: Articles of impeachment looming 2019-12-09 08:00:59Here are the stories you shouldn't miss today: TOP STORIES Articles of Impeachment Looming Only four months ago, the debate over whether to impeach P

Kamala Harris quit the presidential race just in 2019-12-09 08:00:52Dropping out early, she helped her vice presidential prospects and reelection chances

In the Middle East, it's a Game of 2019-12-09 06:00:58Television programming is yet another battleground in the Middle East involving Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others.

Column: Trump gets little credit for foreign policy 2019-12-08 07:00:23Trump gets little credit for foreign policy successes — for good reason. There are almost none.

Opinion: Is Netanyahu all-powerful or a victim? Either 2019-12-08 06:00:41The newly indicted prime minister should resign and break his chokehold on the state of Israel.

Zelensky, dragged into Trump impeachment drama, faces a 2019-12-07 13:08:19Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in an extremely awkward position for his first face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mixing politics and parsley: Why this spice seller 2019-12-07 06:00:11Penzeys Spices' outspoken anti-Trump owner and ads bring delight and shopping orders from liberals, and ire and boycotts from conservatives.

Trump suspends plan to classify Mexican cartels as 2019-12-06 22:53:43The U.S. won't designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups, at least for now.

They grew up in the K-pop limelight. Is 2019-12-06 15:20:07Did K-Pop cause the death of Sulli and Goo Hara?

Newsletter: 'No choice but to act' 2019-12-06 08:00:47Here are the stories you shouldn't miss today: TOP STORIES 'No Choice but to Act' Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that she is asking House commi

A corporation won't let Pete Buttigieg talk about 2019-12-06 07:00:51Pete Buttigieg has a nondisclosure agreement that keeps his consulting work for McKinsey & Company confidential.

Meet the Mexico City family keeping Beetlemania alive 2019-12-06 06:00:20Throughout Mexico legions of fans remain devoted to the Volkswagen Beetle, or as it's known, the "vocho."

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Argentina's Peronist left returns as Fernandez sworn in 2019-12-10 15:34:17Argentina's Peronist leader, Alberto Fernandez, was sworn in as president on Tuesday, marking a shift to the left for Latin America's No. 3 economy

Exclusive: Nearly 175 Saudi military aviation students grounded 2019-12-10 15:31:43Nearly 175 Saudi Arabian military aviation students have been grounded as part of a "safety stand-down" after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and

U.S., Russia appear no closer on arms control 2019-12-10 15:29:05The United States and Russia appeared no closer on Tuesday to settling their disagreements on nuclear arms control as Moscow again proposed extending

Islamists attack Somali hotel, police say two militants 2019-12-10 15:23:20Islamist Al Shabaab gunmen attacked a hotel in Somalia's capital near the presidential residence on Tuesday and police said they killed two attackers

Fires from CP Rail train derailment under control: 2019-12-10 15:20:02Fires are still burning at the site where a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed early Monday while hauling oil, but they are under control, CP and

French protesters take to streets over pension reform 2019-12-10 15:11:55Strikes against pension reforms shut schools and caused transport chaos around France on Tuesday, but the number of people taking to the streets dropp

Russia's Lavrov calls on U.S. to publish bilateral 2019-12-10 15:09:56Russian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said Moscow wanted to publish a cache of communications with Washington that he sai

U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist rebels in eastern 2019-12-10 15:08:59The United States imposed sanctions on the leader of an Islamist rebel group and five others on Tuesday for perpetrating serious human rights abuses i

U.S. slaps sanctions on Myanmar military chief over 2019-12-10 14:55:10The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military leaders, including the commander-in-chief, in the toughest action taken yet by

Austria's Handke receives Nobel Literature Prize amid protests, 2019-12-10 14:29:24Demonstrators braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to protest against the awarding of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature to Austrian writer Peter

Iran foreign ministry issues travel advisory for citizens 2019-12-10 14:27:09Iran warned its citizens, particularly scientists, on Tuesday not to visit America, saying Iranians there were subjected to arbitrary and lengthy dete

Dissidents say Cuba put them under house arrest 2019-12-10 14:19:09Opposition activists and independent journalists in Communist-run Cuba said state security and police stopped them from leaving their homes on Tuesday

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Brexit: Tories rely on anti-Corbyn sentiment in affluent 2019-12-10 15:21:26A mainly centre-left city, London has long been difficult terrain for the Conservatives, and this time the British capital’s vote against Brexit

‘The sun was red’: Sydney chokes under layer 2019-12-10 12:34:57

French women may be the biggest losers under 2019-12-10 11:42:55France’s high commissioner for pension reform has repeatedly maintained that women will be the "big winners" of the government’s new pen

Ivory Coast: Young footballers at risk from people 2019-12-10 11:03:19With the number of African footballers playing for teams around the world at an all-time high, thousands of youngsters dream of following in thei

Democrats unveil Trump impeachment articles, including abuse of 2019-12-10 09:45:00House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against President Donald Trump – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress&n

Hip-hop star Akon: 'I’ve always wanted to put 2019-12-10 09:21:58He's one of the world's hip-hop superstars. Akon sat down with FRANCE 24's Amobé Mévégué to talk about the release of n

Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed calls 2019-12-10 08:32:55Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed collected the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, appealing for unity as ethnic violence flares in his country a

Algeria jails two Bouteflika-era PMs in landmark corruption 2019-12-10 06:07:06An Algerian court jailed two former prime ministers for corruption on Tuesday, two days before a presidential election which protesters want cancelled

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces Rohingya genocide allegations at 2019-12-10 05:15:24Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is set to personally defend Myanmar against accusations of genocide in The Hague on Tuesday, in a rema

'The French health system has reached a point 2019-12-10 05:10:45We speak to one of France's senior doctors as he takes rare strike action to denounce poor working conditions. Julien Taieb of Paris's Georges Pompi

‘The rhetoric is dangerous’: Female candidates face toxic 2019-12-10 03:15:24More than three years after the murder of MP Jo Cox by a far-right supporter, female candidates in Britain’s December 12 general election face a

French unions stage new pension protests on sixth 2019-12-10 01:21:39Roughly half the number of people showed up on Tuesday for demonstrations called by France’s unions as had rallied last week in opposition to Pr

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If Kiev gets control of rebel-held border, a 2019-12-10 08:43:00 Moscow is concerned that if Ukrainian troops take control of the border between Russia and the rebel-held east of the country, a massacre may happen

'WADA ban will not affect Russian part of 2019-12-10 08:35:00 Russia's Euro 2020 Organizing Committee chief Alexey Sorokin says tournament matches held in St. Petersburg and the 2021 UEFA Champions League final

China is winning the offshore oil game 2019-12-10 08:27:59 China’s international presence in the offshore oil sector is quickly growing as its oil majors are willing to invest in places which other comp

‘What did you do to protect us?’ High 2019-12-10 08:18:00 Prominent Russian high jumper Maria Lasitskene has lambasted national sport bosses for their inability to protect athletes from yet another wave of s

India’s ‘Golden Tweet’ awarded to PM Modi for 2019-12-10 07:59:01 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is rounding off a busy year with an unexpected – and probably unsought – accolade: the country’

'Khabib won't stray from his father's plan': Abdulmanap 2019-12-10 07:44:31 Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, father and coach of UFC lightweight world champion Khabib, says that his son is 'preparing accordingly' for 'worthy oppon

‘Guided by prejudices & biases’: India hits back 2019-12-10 07:12:00 New Delhi slammed the US state-run religious freedom watchdog after it claimed that India’s new citizenship bill is discriminatory towards the

Roxette vocalist Marie Fredriksson has died at the 2019-12-10 07:06:00 Swedish singer Marie Fredriksson, best known as one half of the pop duo Roxette, has died “following a 17-year long battle with cancer,”

Former mayor of Moscow Luzhkov, once one of 2019-12-10 07:05:00 The once-powerful mayor of the Russian capital, Yury Luzhkov, has passed away, leaving a legacy of monumental development projects, allegations of co

World’s entire history, every revolution, every war, is 2019-12-10 06:38:47 The most innovative societies in history were always low-tax civilizations, according to British author and co-host of Money Pit Dominic Frisby. He j

'It sent me into a mini coma!' Russian 2019-12-10 06:31:00 Russia's slapping champion behemoth Vasiliy 'Dumpling' Khamotiskiy, who shot to fame as the vicious viral star of a crazy new Russian sport, has b

Greece lodges objection at UN over Libya-Turkey maritime 2019-12-10 06:24:00Read Full Article at RT.com

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Gabbard to skip December debate, even if she 2019-12-10 11:35:36In a Tweet on Monday the Hawaii Democrat said she would "instead choose to spend that precious time directly meeting with and hearing from the people

EU welcomes Ukraine talks, urges concrete progress 2019-12-10 10:54:32Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky agreed some measures to de-escalate the five-year war but announced no major

Ready to record statement from hospital bed in 2019-12-10 10:36:23

Kosovo president calls on Serbia to accept 1999 2019-12-10 10:36:06

Indonesia arrests 85 Chinese nationals in alleged phone 2019-12-10 09:36:21Jakarta police chief Gatot Eddy Pramono says the suspects were arrested Monday in several raids in Jakarta and Malang following a tip-off from Chinese

Bangladesh starts fencing Rohingya camps 2019-12-10 08:56:55An AFP correspondent on Tuesday saw troops in military fatigues erecting pillars for barbed-wire fences around one large camp at Balukhali in the sout

After Russian loan, Kyrgyz businessman casts Putin in 2019-12-10 08:47:47Erected last month, the monument sees Russia's leader wearing a suit as he looks out over a barren landscape of rocky valleys and snow-capped peaks,

Nobel winner Abiy says 'hell' of war fueled 2019-12-10 08:43:59

Qatar emir not attending annual Gulf summit in 2019-12-10 08:39:25

Cyclone hits Madagascar, killing 9 and making 1,400 2019-12-10 06:05:19

Ask 'old people' for advice: World's oldest PM 2019-12-10 03:29:59

US athlete who inspired 'ice bucket challenge' dies 2019-12-10 01:09:12A former US college baseball player who helped inspire the global phenomenon known as the "ice bucket challenge" to tackle a deadly neurodegenerativ

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Bolsonaro calls Greta Thunberg ‘brat’ over murdered Indigenous 2019-12-10 17:58:57"Greta said that the Indians died because they were defending the Amazon,'' Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro told a group of journalist

U.S. Justice Dept sued by former FBI lawyer 2019-12-10 16:57:43Lisa Page was both working on the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

‘Law of the jungle’: World Trade Organization appeals 2019-12-10 16:46:58Trump and his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, are especially vociferous critics of the WTO. They argue that the trade org

Here’s what’s going to change with the newly 2019-12-10 16:32:37More than anything, though, USMCA would just restore certainty to US$1.4 billion worth of annual trade between the three countries more than two years

Chile searches Antarctic for missing Air Force transport 2019-12-10 16:25:01The Air Force said two ships, more than a dozen planes and three satellites were being used in the search.

New Zealand volcano eruption: 6 confirmed dead, several 2019-12-10 15:16:40Six deaths were confirmed after Monday's eruption of the White Island volcano.

Officer, multiple dead after shooting in Jersey City 2019-12-10 14:54:08It was not yet clear if anyone was injured in the Jersey City shooting.

Reindeer starving as climate change affects Swedish arctic, 2019-12-10 13:48:56Climate change is altering weather patterns here and affecting the reindeers' food supply in Sweden.

11 Chinese migrants found hiding in appliances, furniture 2019-12-10 13:42:18At least one person was crammed inside a washing machine and another was curled up inside a wooden chest.

Read the full transcript of the articles of 2019-12-10 12:44:51House Democrats formally unveiled two articles of impeachment against United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Pensacola shooter managed to get around a ban 2019-12-09 17:32:43Authorities have not disclosed precisely how he obtained the Glock 9 mm handgun he used in the attack Friday that ended with him being killed.

Video captures multi-vehicle pileup on Iowa highway that 2019-12-09 17:27:37Video captured the pileup as it happened, with multiple vehicles seen colliding with each other on camera.