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U.S. to sanction more than 2 dozen targets involved with Iran arms: official
The new sanctions fit into U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to limit Iran's regional influence and come a week after U.S.-brokered deals for the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize ties with Israel.
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Global Banks Reported $2 Trillion In Suspicious Transactions Over Two Decades, New Report Shows.
Global banks moved over a nearly two-decade period more than $2 trillion in payments they believed were suspicious, according to a new investigative report that raises questions about whether financial institutions and governments are doing enough...
Thousands march in Bangkok in weekend of pro-democracy protests.
Demonstrators call for change and break longstanding taboo by criticising monarchy
Trump's Supreme Court Move «Exercise In Raw Political Power» : Joe Biden.
US presidential hopeful Joe Biden urged Senate lawmakers on Sunday to not vote on filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death until after the election in November.
Ukraine reports 37 new COVID-19 cases in armed forces as of Sept 20.
Some 797 servicemen are now isolated (including self-isolation).
US declares all international sanctions against Iran restored.
Other UN security council members say US Washington lost ability to invoke ‘snap back’ mechanism
Democrats raise $91M after death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The online fundraising organization ActBlue said grassroots donors gave US$91.4 million to Democratic candidates and causes in the 28 hours after 8 p.m. Friday, around the time the news of Ginsburg's death broke.
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Judge Halts WeChat Download Ban In US-China Tech Battle.
A US judge on Sunday blocked the government's ban on WeChat downloads, hours before it was due to take effect in an ongoing technology and espionage battle between Washington and Beijing.
‘Wonderful’: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s final summer was spent with family, friends and the opera.
Ginsburg announced in mid-July that she was receiving chemotherapy treatments, the fifth time she had dealt with cancer since 1999.
Amal Clooney Quits UK Envoy Post Over Brexit Bill
Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Friday resigned her post as a UK envoy for media freedom, in protest at the government's "lamentable" decision to breach its EU divorce treaty.
Singh says NDP focused on getting ‘help for Canadians,’ not forcing an election.
In an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Singh said he has laid out his concerns and demands for the new Parliamentary session during a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Daniel Prude death: New York AG promises to expedite release of police body cam footage.
Speaking in Rochester, which has been in turmoil since the footage of Daniel Prude's fatal encounter with police was released more than five months after his death, James said her office "will be proactively releasing footage to the public on our ...
Vereshchuk officially nominated for Kyiv mayor post.
Vereshchuk has presented 10 priority steps to solve the problems of the capital city.
Belarusian police have personal details leaked by hackers.
Protests build in Belarusian cities; government promises to punish hackers
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‘Minnesota needs Trump’: President sees rural path to election victory.
State encapsulates demographic, social divides driving political polarisation in the US
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Russian jets bomb rebel-held Syria in heaviest strikes since ceasefire six months ago.
Witnesses said the warplanes struck the western outskirts of Idlib city and that there was heavy artillery shelling in the mountainous Jabal al Zawya region in southern Idlib from nearby Syrian army outposts.
Crowds gather in Washington DC to mourn Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Brooklyn native was only the second woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court
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Climate strikers plan ‘safe’ return to protests, Greta Thunberg says.
‘We are going to send a signal we must treat this crisis like a crisis. This is a global emergency’
Government airstrikes kill 24 civilians in northern Afghanistan, witnesses say.
The Afghan Defence Ministry, however, said the airstrikes killed 30 Taliban fighters, but added an investigation was being made into claims that civilians were among those killed.
NBU sells US$71 mln on Sept 14-18 to support hryvnia.
Over the period under review, the regulator did not buy the currency.
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Goal of Trump book ‘Rage’ to portray ‘the best obtainable version of truth’: Woodward.
``I hope you're recording this, so you get it down,'' Bob Woodward says, nary a hint of irony in his voice.
Thousands march in Berlin in support of refugees displaced by large fires in Greece.
More than 12,000 migrants and refugees fled the fires, which the Greek government says were deliberately set by a small group of Afghan migrants to protest a virus lockdown at the Moria camp.
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Federal judge approves injunction to delay looming WeChat ban in U.
In a ruling dated Saturday, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in California said the government's actions would affect users' First Amendment rights as an effective ban on the app removes their platform for communication.
Pressure on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko mounts as mass rallies continue.
Videos shared by local media outlets showed security forces in helmets or masks hauling protesters off the streets.
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Number of COVID-19 cases confirmed worldwide exceeds 30.
The overall death toll is 957,192 people, while 21,056,061 coronavirus patients have already recovered.