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Harris accepts nomination and lays out the case against Trump
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2024
» CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president Thursday night in a speech that alternated between calls for unity and stinging rebukes of former President Donald Trump as an "unserious man" whose return to the White House could have devastating consequences for the United States.
The plot to kill Clinton that history nearly forgot
Published on 23/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - Air Force One with President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton aboard was on its final approach to Manila on Nov 23, 1996, when their US Secret Service detail received alarming intelligence: an explosive device had been planted on the motorcade route into the Philippines capital.
EU to take one giant leap towards digital euro
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» BRUSSELS - The EU will take the next crucial step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro, a controversial project that has come under attack from the public, politicians and banks before it even exists.
European powers warn Iran nuclear talks nearing 'end of road'
AFP, Published on 18/12/2021
» VIENNA - Western powers on Friday reported some progress in talks to save the landmark Iran nuclear deal but European diplomats warned that they were "rapidly reaching the end of the road".
Suspect British drug kingpin says confession 'just a script'
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» PARIS - A British man suspected of orchestrating one of the most brazen cocaine trafficking shipments to Europe in recent years told a French court Tuesday that his bragging about it was "just a script."
Probe clears Haspel on destruction of tapes
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Countering resistance to President Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, the spy agency has given lawmakers a declassified memo showing she was cleared years ago of wrongdoing in the destruction of videotapes showing terror suspects being waterboarded after 9/11.
50 years after key Vietnam battles, US seeks closer ties
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: A half-century after the Tet Offensive punctured American hopes of victory in Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the former enemy in search of a different kind of win: incremental progress as partners in a part of the world the Pentagon has identified as vital for the United States to compete with China and Russia.
For Trump, the enemy within is US intelligence
News, Stuart Becker, Published on 14/01/2017
» If you look at the fireworks between President-elect Donald Trump and the American intelligence community under Barack Obama -- about whether the Russians hacked the US election in favour of Mr Trump -- it's helpful to research history for clues that may explain how a president-elect could have become so hostile to America's own spy agency.
Trump dismissal of CIA digs rift with key intel supplier
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump's brusque dismissal of the CIA's conclusion that Russia meddled in the US election has created an unparalleled rift between the incoming leader and his vital source of global intelligence.
Key quotes from the Democratic party convention, day 3
AFP, Published on 28/07/2016
» PHILADELPHIA - President Barack Obama delivered a powerful endorsement of his onetime rival Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention, saying she is the most qualified person to succeed him at the White House.