WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a new argument for threatening to veto the annual defense policy bill. Which covers the military budget for equipment and increases payments for service members: China. He did not mention his concerns. Republican lawmakers said the comprehensive defense policy bill sent …
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BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
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Salem, ore. (AP) – When the Elect Oral Rally College Ledge meets on Monday, its opponents are hoping it marks the beginning of the end of this century, with the trend of losing the popular vote twice for the presidency this century. This year’s presidential race provides the latest impetus …
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ROME (AP) – After the health care system again failed to protect the elderly – Europe’s highest coronavirus death – and delays in imposing new sanctions by the government, Italy could soon reclaim a record that no one wants. That was not to be. Italy was the first country in …
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UMM Rakuba, Sudan (AP) – The only survivors can agree that hundreds of people were massacred in a single Ethiopian city. Witnesses say security forces and their allies attacked civilians in Mai-Kadra with glasses and knives or strangled them with ropes. The body odor lasted for days during the initial …
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