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September 17, 2019
Trump says initial tariff deal agreed with Japan
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States had reached an initial agreement on tariffs with Japan, after often claiming that Tokyo has had an unfair advantage in bilateral trade.Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month said the deal was close to being completed, and that they hoped for a formal signing during the UN General Assembly later in September."I am pleased to report that ...
September 17, 2019
Greta Thunberg wins Amnesty's highest human rights award
WASHINTON - Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future youth movement received Amnesty International's "Ambassadors of Conscience" award on Monday for their work highlighting the need for urgent action to avert climate disaster.The 16-year-old, who is taking a year out of high school, received a standing ovation from students at The George Washington University in the US capital where the ceremony was held."The politics required to take ...
September 17, 2019
Democratic W.House hopeful Warren rails against corruption at big N.Y. rally
NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday denounced the corruption she argues has crippled the country's politics and economy, drawing her largest crowd thus far in a sign of her campaign's growing strength."When you see a government that works great for those with money and connections, and doesn't do much for anyone else, that's corruption, plain and simple, and we need to call it out for what ...
September 17, 2019
Almost 50,000 GM workers on strike, auto-maker shares slide
FLINT, MICHIGAN - Almost 50,000 US auto workers went on strike on Monday in a pay dispute with General Motors, the largest industrial action to hit the carmaker in more than a decade.Workers from 31 plants opted to walk out after talks between the company and the United Auto Workers Union hit an impasse as they tried to negotiate a replacement agreement when the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired.How ...
September 16, 2019
Canada's Trudeau says more gun control needed after Toronto area shootings
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday promised tougher action on gun control if he is re-elected next month after a recent string of deadly shootings near Toronto, Canada's biggest city."Far too many communities and families are facing terrible tragedies because of gun violence and it is really important that a government show leadership on that," Trudeau told reporters during a campaign stop outside Toronto. Canadians head to ...
September 16, 2019
Arrest of Canada intelligence official could hurt allies, says head of police
OTTAWA —The arrest of a top Canadian police officer on charges of leaking secret information could hurt intelligence operations by allied nations, the head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Monday.Cameron Ortis, a director general with the RCMP's intelligence unit, was charged on Friday under a 2012 security of information law used to prosecute spies."We are assessing the impacts of the alleged activities as information becomes available," RCMP ...
September 16, 2019
Democratic hopeful Warren seeks to curb US lobbying, corporate power
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday proposed a major rewrite of US laws governing lobbying that she said was aimed at restricting corporate influence and rooting out "corruption in Washington."Warren, a US senator from Massachusetts, seeks to transform the practice of US government officials cashing in by moving to private-sector jobs where they make vastly more money by influencing regulations and legislation.In a detailed policy plan, Warren ...
September 16, 2019
Snowden says he would return to US if he can get a fair trial
WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor living in Russia after leaking information about the US government's mass surveillance program, has said he would like to return home if he can get a fair trial.Snowden, who faces espionage charges that could send him to prison for decades, stated his desire to return to the United States in an interview with "CBS This Morning" broadcast on Monday."I would like ...
September 16, 2019
In show of bond, Trump to join Modi in mass Houston rally
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a massive gathering of Indian-Americans in Houston, the White House said Sunday, in a symbolic show of the bond between the two leaders and countries.The September 22 rally -- dubbed, with a touch of Texan twang, "Howdy, Modi!" -- will mark a rare joint appearance between a US president and a foreign leader before an ethnic community, and ...
September 16, 2019
Some 46,000 General Motors auto workers strike in US
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers union began a nationwide strike against General Motors on Monday, with some 46,000 members walking off the job after contract talks hit an impasse.The move to strike, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired without an agreement on a replacement.Local union leaders met in ...
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