WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – President Barack Obama is fond of saying he has run his last election, but Hillary Clinton’s shortcomings and Donald Trump’s shock assent are drawing him ever faster into the 2016 race. Still, inside the White House, the panic is starting to ease. In the early days of the Democratic primaries, Team Obama […]
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Obama plunged ever deeper into 2016 election
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Turkey, Israel near normal relations: Ankara
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkey and Israel have agreed after talks in London to rapidly reach a deal on normalising ties after a bitter falling-out in 2010, the Turkish foreign ministry announced early Friday. “The teams made progress towards finalising the agreement and closing the gaps, and agreed that the deal will be finalised in the […]
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Air NZ says no Vanuatu flights until runway fixed
WELLINGTON, (APP/AFP): Air New Zealand said Friday it would not resume flights to Vanuatu until the runway of the Pacific nation’s international airport is properly fixed. The Kiwi flag carrier, along with Virgin Australia, suspended services to Port Vila in January, citing safety concerns over the deteriorating runway at Bauerfield International Airport. Qantas also suspended […]
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Maduro asks Venezuela high court to scrap opposition amnesty
CARACAS, (APP/AFP): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday he would ask the Supreme Court to strike down an amnesty law passed by opposition lawmakers to free those they describe as political prisoners. The leftist leader, who is fighting off the ascendant opposition’s bid to force him from power, told a crowd of thousands of supporters […]
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US Government funded school inaugurated
KARACHI, (APP): The Consul General Brian Heath in Karachi and Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, inaugurated a state-of-the-art school constructed under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Sindh Basic Education Programme (SBEP) at Kouro Goth, in District Khairpur. A US Consulate statement on Thursday said that this school is just one […]
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Cameron hopes Dutch referendum ‘won’t affect’ Brexit vote
LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that he hoped the rejection by Dutch voters of a key EU pact with Ukraine would not affect Britain’s own referendum on whether to stay in or leave the European Union. “I hope it won’t affect the results of our referendum because it is a very […]