WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Thursday’s high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders including House Speaker Paul Ryan marked a critical point in the billionaire’s presidential quest, with party grandees pressured to close ranks and support the presumptive nominee. Ryan, the top-ranked Republican currently elected to public office, dropped a bombshell and triggered soul-searching within […]
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Trump, Republican leaders aim to make peace in Washington
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US lawmakers unveil bill to block Trump’s Muslim ban
WASHINGTON, (APP): A group of lawmakers from the Democratic Party unveiled a bill on Wednesday that would prevent Donald Trump from implementing his proposed ban on Muslim entering the United States. The bill has been introduced on the eve of the visit by Trump to the capital Washington DC, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for […]
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Masterpieces lost in Italy museum heist recovered in Ukraine
ROME, (APP/AFP) – Paintings including masterpieces by Rubens and Tintoretto that were stolen from a Verona museum last year have been found in Ukraine, Italy’s culture minister said Wednesday. “It is a great day,” the minister, Dario Franceschini, said in a statement. “The artworks will soon be back in the Castelvecchio (museum) in Verona.” The […]
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Nigeria hikes petrol price over foreign exchange shortage
ABUJA, (APP/AFP) – Nigeria hiked the price of petrol Wednesday after months of fuel shortages caused by a foreign exchange shortage left Africa’s biggest economy running on fumes. For months drivers have been waiting for petrol in queues kilometres long, while others were forced to buy fuel on the black market, sometimes for triple the […]
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Baghdad market bombing kills 12: officials
BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – A car bomb exploded near a market in a Shiite area of north Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, security and medical officials said. The blast, which hit the Sadr City area at around 10 am (0700 GMT), also wounded 35 people, the officials said. There was no immediate claim […]
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Bangladeshi refugee dies on Nauru
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP): A young Bangladeshi refugee has died on the Pacific island of Nauru, the second death in a month, prompting critics Wednesday to again urge Australia to stop sending asylum-seekers offshore. Australia sends all boatpeople to Papua New Guinea and Nauru — where two refugees recently set themselves on fire — and insists they […]