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What Trump and Putin hope to achieve at Helsinki summit

What Trump and Putin hope to achieve at Helsinki summit

-- 2018-07-15 19:38:29

The outcome of the first summit between the unpredictable first-term American president and Russia’s steely-eyed longtime leader is anybody’s guess. With no set agenda, the summit could ve...

Trump vows to run for re-election

Trump vows to run for re-election

Reuters 2018-07-15 11:52:18

US President Donald Trump said he intends to run for re-election in 2020 because “everybody wants me to” and there are no Democratic candidates who could defeat him, the Mail on Sunday new...

Haiti’s PM steps down amid fuel price hike protests

Haiti’s PM steps down amid fuel price hike protests

-- 2018-07-15 11:02:15

Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday as he faced a non-confidence vote after a move to lower fuel subsidies prompted days of violent protests in the impoverished Caribbean na...

Trump-Putin summit is on despite indictments, says White House

Trump-Putin summit is on despite indictments, says White House

-- 2018-07-14 13:10:20

A summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will go ahead as planned despite tension over Moscow’s alleged election meddling, the White House says. The pair wil...

Authorities drop ‘politically motivated’ charges against Stormy Daniels

Authorities drop ‘politically motivated’ charges against Stormy Daniels

-- 2018-07-13 17:58:39

Authorities dropped the charges against adult film star Stormy Daniels Thursday after she was taken into custody during a performance at a strip club in Ohio, which her lawyer called a "politically mo...

Trump tweets 'very nice note' from Kim

Trump tweets 'very nice note' from Kim

-- 2018-07-13 17:43:36

US President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted a letter to him from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un heralding "epochal progress" in U.S.-North Korea relations, despite signs that path-finding diplomacy...

Shopping mall collapses in Mexico City

Shopping mall collapses in Mexico City

Associated Press 2018-07-13 15:24:59

A newly opened shopping mall on Mexico City's south side partly collapsed Thursday after structural problems led the mall's operators to quickly evacuate the area, and no injuries were reported. Of...

Germany is Russia’s captive, says Trump

Germany is Russia’s captive, says Trump

-- 2018-07-12 19:02:09

US President Donald Trump accused Germany of being a “captive” of Russia on Wednesday as Western leaders gathered in Brussels for a NATO summit where Mr. Trump wants Europeans to pay more...

Trump 'fine' with UK protests ahead of tour

Trump 'fine' with UK protests ahead of tour

-- 2018-07-12 18:26:46

US President Donald Trump on Thursday has said he is "fine" about the protests expected to be held during his UK visit, saying Britons "like me a lot". Speaking at the Nato summit before travelling t...

Stormy Daniels arrested at US strip club, lawyer says

Stormy Daniels arrested at US strip club, lawyer says

-- 2018-07-12 15:51:40

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been arrested in a strip club in Columbus, Ohio in the US, according to her lawyer. Daniels was arrested for allegedly letting a customer touch her on stage &ldq...

US, Mexico vow to reunite migrant families ‘as quickly as possible’

US, Mexico vow to reunite migrant families ‘as quickly as possible’

-- 2018-07-11 11:39:56

The United States and Mexico have vowed to work with Central American nations to reunite migrant families separated at the US border “as quickly as possible” as the Trump administration fa...

Judge rejects Trump request for long detentions of immigrant children

Judge rejects Trump request for long detentions of immigrant children

-- 2018-07-10 10:57:34

A US federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s request to allow long-term detention of illegal immigrant children, a legal setback for President Donald Trump’s push to detain immig...

Trump picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

Trump picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

BBC 2018-07-10 10:16:34

US President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a bruising confirmation battle. In a primetime announcement at the White House, Mr Trump praised h...

Elon Musk builds mini sub to help in Thai cave rescue

Elon Musk builds mini sub to help in Thai cave rescue

-- 2018-07-09 17:36:54

Elon Musk’s Space X rocket company is testing a ‘kid-sized submarine’ that could be sent to help boys trapped in a flooded Thailand cave. Musk posted videos on Twitter of the alumin...

Separate shootings in Mexico claim lives of 15

Separate shootings in Mexico claim lives of 15

-- 2018-07-09 12:32:54

An unusually violent night around the northern Mexican city of Monterrey has left at least 15 dead and nine wounded, authorities said late Sunday. The Nuevo Leon state prosecutor's office said in a s...

Trump halts Obamacare insurance payments

Trump halts Obamacare insurance payments

-- 2018-07-08 17:46:54

US President Donald Trump’s administration has halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under the Obamacare healthcare law. The decision was taken referring to a recent federal...

US warships pass through Taiwan Strait  amid tensions with Beijing

US warships pass through Taiwan Strait amid tensions with Beijing

-- 2018-07-08 10:14:12

Two US warships passed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday on a voyage that will likely be viewed in the self-ruled island as a sign of support by President Donald Trump amid heightened tension with...

Pompeo holds 'very productive' talks in North Korea

Pompeo holds 'very productive' talks in North Korea

-- 2018-07-07 18:21:56

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he had made progress on almost all of the central issues in talks with North Korea. Pompeo said they also made a progress on setting a timeline for its denu...

Mexico’s new govt to cut VAT in region bordering US

Mexico’s new govt to cut VAT in region bordering US

-- 2018-07-07 11:21:18

Mexico’s next government will press ahead with president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s plan to cut the value added tax (VAT) rate in a strip along the US border, probably to 8 per ce...

Ex Fox News executive joins White House staff

Ex Fox News executive joins White House staff

-- 2018-07-06 21:17:07

Former Fox News executive Bill Shine is officially joining the White House, says a report on ABC News. Shine, the former co-president of President Donald Trump's preferred television channel, will be...

Pompeo in North Korea, seeks details on denuclearisation

Pompeo in North Korea, seeks details on denuclearisation

-- 2018-07-06 17:17:22

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Friday for a more detailed commitment to denuclearisation. Pompeo met Kim Yong Chol, who played a key role with Pompeo in...

24 die in Mexico fireworks blasts

24 die in Mexico fireworks blasts

Reuters 2018-07-06 11:55:02

Two explosions at fireworks workshops outside Mexico City have killed at least 24 people, including rescue workers, and injured dozens more, officials said, in the latest deadly blast to hit a town kn...

Mexico mulls $10m fine for poll victors

Mexico mulls $10m fine for poll victors

-- 2018-07-05 11:20:39

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s party could face a $10 million fine for violations of campaign finance rules, the national electoral institute said on Wednesday following t...

Ecuador orders arrest of former president Correa

Ecuador orders arrest of former president Correa

-- 2018-07-04 15:42:26

A court in Ecuador has ordered the arrest of former president Rafael Correa over his alleged involvement in the 2012 kidnapping of an opponent. Correa, who now lives in his wife's native Belgium, den...

Three-year-old birthday girl dies after knife attack

Three-year-old birthday girl dies after knife attack

-- 2018-07-03 17:12:53

A three-year-old girl died of her injuries on Monday, after a knife attack at her birthday party left nine injured in Boise, Idaho, US police say. They believe Saturday's attack at a complex, home to...

Mexico leftist gets landslide victory, vows crackdown on corruption

Mexico leftist gets landslide victory, vows crackdown on corruption

-- 2018-07-02 18:33:56

Mexico’s new president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would pursue friend and foe alike in a crackdown on corruption after voters handed him a powerful mandate for government with a landsli...

Leftist Obrador set to win Mexico election

Leftist Obrador set to win Mexico election

-- 2018-07-02 10:46:49

Left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador is heading for a landslide victory in Mexico's presidential election, exit polls indicate. The former mayor of Mexico City, who was the...

'US to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programme in year'

'US to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programme in year'

-- 2018-07-01 21:28:40

An official of the United States has said Washington plans to dismantle the bulk of North Korea’s nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programmes. White House national security adviser John...

Mexico votes for new president, leftist rebel likely to win

Mexico votes for new president, leftist rebel likely to win

-- 2018-07-01 11:54:19

Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday in an election tipped to hand power to an anti-establishment outsider who would inject a new dose of nationalism into government and could sharpen divisions...

Thousands to protest in US over migrant separations

Thousands to protest in US over migrant separations

-- 2018-06-30 18:04:59

Tens of thousands of people are expected to join nationwide protests across the US over the Trump administration's strict migrant policy. More than 630 events are planned calling for migrant families...