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July 18, 2019
US places sanctions on international network involved in Iran nuclear program
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on five people and an international network of companies the US Treasury said are involved in the procurement of materials for Iran's nuclear program.They are the first punitive steps by Washington since Tehran announced earlier this month it would increase its levels of enriched uranium that can be used for bomb fuel.Tehran announced on July 1 that it had amassed more ...
July 18, 2019
Trump distances himself from 'send her back' chants
WASHINGTON — Facing a backlash, US President Donald Trump on Thursday distanced himself from supporters' chants of "send her back" after he criticized Somali-born Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar at a rally in North Carolina."I felt a little bit badly about it," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about the chants at Wednesday night's rally, which drew an outpouring of criticism from Democrats and some of Trump's fellow ...
July 18, 2019
Pompeo announces new global body on religious freedom
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the United States will create a new international body to campaign for religious freedom, following a major meeting in Washington.Dubbed the International Religious Freedom Alliance, Pompeo said that details of the group were still being worked out but that it would "bring like-minded countries together" to make the issue a priority."It will provide a space for the work that ...
July 18, 2019
Thousands demand resignation of Puerto Rico's governor
SAN JUAN — Thousands marched in Puerto Rico for a fifth day on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello, following corruption accusations and the leak of text chats in which he made sexist and homophobic remarks.To the chant of "Ricky, renuncia!" ("Ricky, resign!") large crowds gathered in the capital San Juan clamoring for Rossello to leave office -- which he is refusing to do.Local celebrity performers such as ...
July 18, 2019
US House votes to set aside impeachment resolution against Trump
WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sideline an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump, effectively killing the measure for now but not burying the issue that has divided Democrats.The resolution's sponsor, Democratic Representative Al Green, was seeking to capitalize on growing criticism of Trump after the president's recent attacks on minority congresswomen.The House voted 332 to 95 to set aside the measure."Impeachment of your President...., ...
July 18, 2019
Trump meets Chinese Uighur, other religious persecution victims at White House
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump, who has made religious freedom a centerpiece of his foreign policy, met on Wednesday with victims of religious persecution from countries including China, Turkey, North Korea, Iran and Myanmar.Trump counts evangelical Christians among his core supporters and the State Department is hosting a conference on the topic this week that will be attended by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Four ...
July 17, 2019
Trump embraces political base as racial controversy rages
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved to galvanize his core support on the campaign trail on Wednesday after sparking outrage with attacks on ethnic minority Democrats he has accused of hating America and urged to "go back" to their countries of origin.Trump tweeted that he would discuss "people who love, and hate, our Country" at an evening rally in Greenville, North Carolina — his first since announcing his 2020 re-election ...
July 17, 2019
Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' to spend life behind bars: US judge
NEW YORK — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, was sentenced by a US judge on Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison.US District Judge Brian Cogan imposed the sentence of life plus 30 years, which was mandatory under the law, at a hearing in federal court in ...
July 17, 2019
Internet a lifeline for Venezuela's embattled independent media
CARACAS - Starved of advertising revenue and battling a stranglehold on the newspaper industry by the government, Venezuela's independent media have been decimated by the country's years-long crisis -- with many migrating online to survive."It was a course we couldn't get away from," Jorge Makriniotis, manager at the 75-year-old El Nacional, told AFP.The newspaper ran its last physical edition -- which had already dropped from 72 to just 16 pages ...
July 17, 2019
'Arctic heat wave' hits world's northernmost settlement
MONTREAL - Temperatures hit a record 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit in Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited spot on the planet less than 600 miles from the North Pole, the Canadian meteorology service said Tuesday."It's quite phenomenal as a statistic, it's just one example among hundreds and hundreds of other records established by global warming," Armel Castellan, a meteorologist at the Canadian environment ministry told AFP.The temperature -- 21 degrees on the ...
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