US & Canada

Iranian, Iraqi presidents meet in New York

Iraqi President Barham Saleh met with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Iraqi news agency reported. The two leaders reviewed their bilateral relations, and the necessity of strengthening and developing them. The Iraqi president stressed the importance of cooperation between …

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China Tells Trump to Grow Up, Says Won’t ‘Play Game of Thrones on the World Stage’ With Him.

The US president went on the offensive against Beijing at the General Assembly on Tuesday, saying he wouldn’t accept a “bad deal” on trade, and accusing China of using “massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation,” and other malign tactics, while urging the country to “honour” its commitment to …

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White House releases incomplete ‘transcript’ of Trump’s Ukraine phone call about Joe Biden

Democrats call memo of controversial phone call ‘a smoking gun’ as the president’s impeachment looms. The White House has released a memorandum of Donald Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine that has sparked an official impeachment inquiry after he vowed just yesterday to release a “fully declassified and …

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Trump says Republicans would get ‘ELECTRIC CHAIR’ if they ‘did what Joe Biden did’ in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump called for an investigation into Democratic 2020 hopeful Joe Biden over alleged corrupt conduct during his time as VP, arguing a Republican in the same position would “get the electric chair.” Speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Trump lashed …

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Trump mocks teen activist Greta Thunberg.

US President Donald Trump mocked Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter late Monday night after the 16-year-old excoriated world leaders for not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis. “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!” …

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Guterres warns of war in The Gulf

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned at the opening of the UN General Assembly that a war could break out in the Gulf region that the world could not afford. Guterres said in a speech on Tuesday at the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly: “We …

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Ukraine’s comedian-turned-politician walks a fine line with America’s reality-TV President.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not have an easy job. Ukraine is one of the poorest places in Europe, his country faces a steady outflow of capital and a proxy war with Russian-backed insurgents has settled into a bloody stalemate. Now the comedian-turned-politician faces his first big challenge: Managing his …

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‘There is no Earth B’: Millions across planet demand urgent action to prevent its destruction.

Hundreds of thousands of students, office workers, and other protesters took to the streets around the world on Friday to demand global leaders gathering for a U.N. climate summit take urgent action to avert an environmental catastrophe. The global climate strike kicked off in the Pacific islands – some of …

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