PHILO PHOTO: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks about stagnant congressional talks with the Trump administration over the latest coronavirus relief during its weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, August 13, 2020. REUTERS / Sarah Silbiger WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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With a projected Covid-shaped deficit, a collapsing oil and gas sector, and a province on the verge of bankruptcy over a botched energy project, Canada is at a crossroads. Is it striving for an ambitious “green” post-pandemic economic recovery plan that goes against the wishes of a number of influential …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes mass protests in Belarus are calling on the government of longtime President Alexander Lukashenko “can no longer ignore” democracy there, a senior Trump administration official said. Monday. PHOTO PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump National Golf Club …
Read More »Trump acknowledges moving US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was ‘for the evangelicals’
Donald Trump acknowledged that his decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was largely made for Evangelical Christians, a community that supports his supportive president. The president spoke Monday at a championship rally in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, suggesting that “the evangelicals” were more enthusiastic about his decision …
Read More »Former CIA official arrested and charged with spying for China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Central Intelligence Agency official has been arrested and charged with spying for China in a scheme involving a family member who also worked for the CIA, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. It said in a statement that Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, was …
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