MONTREAL, (APP/AFP): Tens of thousands of people evacuated from the Canadian city of Ft. McMurray because of raging forest fires face a long wait to return home, an official said Thursday. Some 4,000 people who fled to the north of the city and were in danger of becoming stranded have been airlifted to Edmonton and […]
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FBI interviews Clinton aides as email probe advances: report
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Close aides to Hillary Clinton including longtime confidante Huma Abedin have been interviewed by the FBI as part of its investigation into the ex-secretary of state’s use of a private email server, CNN reported Thursday. The interviews, confirmed to the network by US officials briefed on the probe, mark a step forward […]
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Trump hires finance chief as campaign goes national
WASHINGTON, May 5, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump named a former Goldman Sachs partner as his new finance chairman Thursday, as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to raise $1 billion for his November showdown with likely Democratic standardbearer Hillary Clinton. Steven Mnuchin, chairman and chief executive of private investment firm Dune Capital Management LP, “brings unprecedented […]
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Rolling Stones get no satisfaction from Trump on song ban
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – It seems Donald Trump believes you can always get what you want. The US Republican presumptive presidential nominee appears to have dismissed a demand by the The Rolling Stones that he stop using the band’s songs during his campaign events. “You know, we use so many songs,” Trump told CNBC. “We have […]
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N. Korea stages once-in-a-generation party congress
PYONGYANG, (APP/AFP) – North Korea raised the curtain Friday on its biggest political show for a generation, aimed at cementing the absolute rule of leader Kim Jong-Un and shadowed by the possibility of an imminent nuclear test. The first ruling party congress for nearly 40 years drew thousands of selected delegates from across the country […]
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Japanese PM Abe visits Putin
SOCHI, Russia, (APP/AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in a bid to bolster ties and seek to resolve a decades-long territorial dispute. Tokyo-Moscow relations have been hamstrung by the row dating back to the end of World War II […]