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Baby steps, not breakthroughs, expected as US, China talk trade
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled Friday that his soaring tariffs on China may soon begin to drop. That doesn’t mean the two countries are close…
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European leaders win Trump’s support to pressure Putin into unconditional ceasefire
KYIV — European leaders on Saturday upped the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine without any conditions attached,…
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Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next
A fundamental promise by America’s founders — that no one should be punished by the state without a fair hearing — is under threat, a…
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Will the first American pope stand up to Trump?
VATICAN CITY — In the final days before the secretive ritual that saw the election of the first American leader of the Catholic Church, U.S. President…
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Conflict
India-Pakistan conflict escalates closer to full-scale war
India and Pakistan early Saturday exchanged some of the heaviest airstrikes since their armed confrontation began on Wednesday, prompting further calls for deescalation between the…
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Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office
Since President Donald Trump was sworn into office in January, he has sat for just 12 presentations from intelligence officials of the President’s Daily Brief.…
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Western leaders head to Kyiv to demand Putin agrees ceasefire
LONDON — The leaders of the U.K., Germany, France and Poland will visit Ukraine on Saturday in an attempt to pile pressure on Russian President…
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Miller Park fountain’s statue clean up is turning heads
A clean up of the statues on Miller Park’s fountain has been stopping Prestonians in their tracks in recent weeks. The fountain has been cordoned off for the past couple […]
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Conflict
India–Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto’s chilling warning
SShyam Bhatia is an award-winning author and war reporter based in London. His books include “India’s Nuclear Bomb,” “Brighter than the Baghdad Sun” and Benazir…
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Macron, Tusk slam leaders attending Putin’s Victory Day parade
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hit out at leaders and others who attended Moscow’s Victory Day parade on…
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