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French government under fire after May Day violence in Paris

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French government under fire after May Day violence in Paris

AFP The French government was under pressure on Wednesday to explain how hundreds of anti-capitalist protesters were able to run amok in Paris on Tuesday, torching McDonald’s restaurant, cars and bus stops. France’s interior minister promised Wednesday to  boost security at protests after hooded youths ran amok at May Day      demonstrations in Paris, torching […]

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Mao Zedong’s grandson possibly killed in North Korean bus crash

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Mao Zedong’s grandson possibly killed in North Korean bus crash

Mao Xinyu, left, became the youngest Major General of the People’s Liberation Army of China, according to Chinese newspaper Ming Pao in Hong Kong, August 2010. / Korea Times file Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong’s only grandson Mao Xinyu was possibly killed in a bus crash in North Korea in April that killed over 30 […]

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French protesters, police clash as May Day rallies in Paris turn violent

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French protesters, police clash as May Day rallies in Paris turn violent

Protestors flee from clouds of teargas during a demonstration on the sidelines of a march for the annual May Day workers’ rally in Paris on May 1, 2018. (AFP Photo) French riot police used water cannon and teargas on Tuesday against hundreds of hooded protesters after they smashed shop windows and hurled petrol bombs at […]

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Macron arrives on rare French presidential visit to Australia

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Macron arrives on rare French presidential visit to Australia

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves his presidential Airbus A330-200: Photo: Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP Fresh from meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, Macron touched down for the first foray Down Under by a French leader since François Hollande came to Brisbane for a G20 summit four years ago. His advisers said he […]

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Iran: Netanyahu’s ‘lies’ aimed at influencing Trump(VIDEO)

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Iran: Netanyahu’s ‘lies’ aimed at influencing Trump(VIDEO)

Tehran’s dismissal comes as US calls Netanyahu speech ‘compelling’ even as EU official says no proof Iran violated deal. Tehran’s dismissal comes as US calls Netanyahu speech ‘compelling’ even as EU official says no proof Iran violated deal. Iran’s top officials have bristled at the Israeli prime minister’s allegations that Tehran secretly pursued a nuclear weapons programme, […]

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Seoul begins to remove propaganda speakers

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South Korean soldiers dismantle loudspeakers used for anti-Pyongyang broadcasts at the border city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday, after the leaders of the two Koreas agreed to cease hostilities toward each other in the Panmunjeom Declaration signed Friday. / Joint press corps Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense began to remove propaganda loudspeakers near the military […]

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Trump targets Sen. Jon Tester on immigration

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Trump targets Sen. Jon Tester on immigration

We need lawmakers who will put America First,” President Donald Trump concluded in his Monday tweet. | Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump continued his attacks against Sen. Jon Tester on Monday, accusing the Montana Democrat of being soft on immigration as news reports indicate that a group of immigrants has been stalled from entering […]

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Turkey denies report saying Ankara condemned US strikes on Assad

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Turkey denies report saying Ankara condemned US strikes on Assad

  The Turkish foreign ministry denied a report published on Euronews claiming that Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu condemned the recent U.S.-led joint airstrikes on the Assad regime. In a statement released on Monday, the ministry said that the report “is not true and constitutes a mere attempt of manipulation.” “Minister Çavuşoğlu has made no such […]

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Putin, Macron call for full implementation of JCPOA

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Putin, Macron call for full implementation of JCPOA

French President Emmanuel Macron has stepped up his efforts to save the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement which is on the edge of collapse because of the US threats to withdraw from the deal. Following his talks with the Iranian president on Sunday, President Macron called his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Monday and underlined the […]

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Trump avoids discussing ‘shithole’ remarks with Nigerian president

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Trump avoids discussing ‘shithole’ remarks with Nigerian president

President Donald Trump, right, reaches out to shake hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, left, during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30, 2018. (AP Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted to deepen ties with Nigeria, adding that previous statements he had […]

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