France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls will make a surprise visit to Australia tomorrow for talks with Malcolm Turnbull, after a French shipbuilder won a huge submarine contract. Contractor DCNS beat ...
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Commentary: China shows active leadership as rotating UN Security Council president for April
UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (Xinhua) — China on Saturday concluded its rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of April, with a majority of UN member states ...
Read More »3/11 Prime Minister Kan recognized for efforts to phase-out nuclear power
Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan was honored in Germany Saturday for his work to promote the phase-out of atomic power in Japan following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. At a ...
Read More »Nicola Sturgeon: Second referendum while I am First Minister
NICOLA Sturgeon says she expects to lead Scotland into a second referendum and onwards to independence. On the eve of an election in which the SNP is forecast to increase ...
Read More »Obama Is siding with Saudi Arabia over 9/11 victims
The seven-decade-old bilateral relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is in rough waters. On seemingly every major issue of importance in the Middle East, Washington and Riyadh are ...
Read More »Black Lives Matter can assemble database of police misbehavior
President Obama is a man of many impressive strengths. He’s brilliant. He’s cool under fire. He has the self-confidence to swim against Washington’s strongest tides. But with those strengths come ...
Read More »Mississippi advocates fear abuse ‘epidemic’ after senate kills divorce bill
In Mississippi an abused spouse must remain in a violent marriage, according to the state legislature. A bill that would have made domestic abuse grounds for divorce died in the ...
Read More »San Francisco police chief releases officers’ racist text messages
San Francisco’s police chief has released some of the racist texts found on officers’ phones and ordered that all officers finish an anti-harassment class within the next month, amid a ...
Read More »Texas police rescue children chained in yard and others left alone in home
A late-night phone call to police about a crying child led to the discovery of eight children unsupervised at a San Antonio home, including a two-year-old boy chained in the ...
Read More »Indiana is the only place that can save the GOP from a Trump takeover
The only thing that can save the Republican party from a Donald Trump takeover is Indiana. On the heels of Trump’s resounding win in five states on Tuesday night, anti-Trump ...
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