Politics

Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:56 UTC
Iran conflict: Trump “cocked and locked”, but proved the dove among his hawkish advisors

United States president Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran's downing of an unmanned US drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signalled he was open to talks with Tehran.
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Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:56 UTC
Brazilian evangelical pastor and husband of a lawmaker killed by two of 51 adopted children

Police in Brazil suspects an evangelical pastor, the husband of a prominent federal lawmaker, was shot dead this week by two of their 55 children following an extramarital “betrayal,” according to news reports on Friday.
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Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:13 UTC
Brexit: EU reiterates, no changes to divorce deal and praises ex PM Theresa May

The EU's top leaders on Friday fired a Brexit warning to whoever wins the battle to become the next British prime minister, saying the existing divorce deal could not be changed.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 18:40 UTC
EU leaders' summit can't agree on the block's top jobs

The summit of 28 European Union leaders has ended without an agreement on who should take on the bloc's top jobs. The talks, held in Brussels, continued until the early hours of Friday morning without candidates being finalized.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 15:51 UTC
Oil prices shoot up as Iran says, “It's ready for war”

By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com - Oil was woken out of its slumber by yet another round of escalation between the U.S. and Iran, although the matter took on greater importance to oil markets only because of a more upbeat economic outlook.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 12:04 UTC
Trump and Trudeau meet to mend fences and push for legislative approval of trade deal

President Donald Trump-hosted his Canadian counterpart Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to mend fences after last year's diplomatic meltdown and to push the still un-ratified North American free trade deal.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 11:30 UTC
Assange friend, and alleged hacker, freed in Ecuador but cannot leave the country

An Ecuadorean judge on Thursday ordered that a Swedish citizen and personal friend of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be freed, two months after he was detained for alleged participation in a hacking attempt on the government.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 11:00 UTC
Four EU leaders express concern over EU/Mercosur farm sector deal

French President Emmanuel Macron and three other national leaders warned the European Commission that a trade deal with trade bloc Mercosur “could ultimately destabilize production and the agricultural sector.”
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Bolsonaro returns indigenous land claims to the Ministry of Agriculture

Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro issued a new decree putting decisions on indigenous land claims in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture, four weeks after Congress rebuffed him on the move that is sought by Brazil’s farm lobby.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Trump pulls back from a Friday retaliation attack on Iran for the downing of a US drone

United States President Donald Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing a US surveillance drone but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
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