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Business

Huawei to Lay Off Hundreds of U.S. Employees

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is planning to fire hundreds of its employees in the U.S., people familiar with the plans said, adding that the massive layoff will affect employees at Futurewei Technologies, Huawei’s U.S.-based research [...]
Foreign Policy

South Korea Critical Towards Japan Reports of North Korea Sanctions Breach

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday Japan’s reported accusations that South Korea had exported banned goods to North Korea posed a “grave challenge” amid a growing dispute over Japanese export curbs, Reuters informs. [...]
Administration

Pompeo Grants Visa to Iran’s Top Diplomat to Visit New York

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday night that he granted a visa to Iran’s foreign minister to visit New York primarily to meet U.S. obligations to the United Nations but that his movements will [...]
Foreign Policy

Venezuelan Opposition Returns to Barbados to Continue Talks

Venezuela’s opposition said on Sunday it will return to Barbados to continue talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro as part of efforts to resolve the South American nation’s political crisis, Reuters informed. The [...]
Foreign Policy

Leaked Cables Allegedly Show Trump Left Iran Nuclear Deal to Spite Obama

Recently leaked diplomatic cables sent by former UK ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch show him saying that the Trump administration was “set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism” when it decided to pull out [...]

Boxing Champion Pernel Whitaker Dies after Being Hit by Car

July 15, 2019

Pernel Whitaker, the gold medal boxer and four division champion died on Sunday after he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach, Virginia. According to the report by the Virginia Beach Police Department, Whitaker [...]
GOP Lawmakers Criticize Trump for Racist Attacks

July 15, 2019
Pompeo Grants Visa to Iran’s Top Diplomat to Visit New York

July 15, 2019

Alabamians Defend Arrest of Woman Whose Fetus Died in Shooting

July 1, 2019

In the days since police officers arrested Marshae Jones, saying she had started a fight that resulted in her unborn baby getting fatally shot, the hate mail has poured in, The New York Times reports. [...]
Governor of Rhode Island Signs Abortion Protection Bill

June 21, 2019
Trump Promises ‘Phenomenal’ Health Care Plan

June 18, 2019

Guatemalan President Delays Meeting with Trump

July 15, 2019

Guatemala announced Sunday that President Jimmy Morales’s scheduled meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump, which was to take place at the White House this week, would be postponed. The two leaders were to discuss [...]
South Korea Critical Towards Japan Reports of North Korea Sanctions Breach

July 15, 2019
Venezuelan Opposition Returns to Barbados to Continue Talks

July 15, 2019

Clean Energy Production Overcomes Coal for First Time in U.S.

June 28, 2019

Renewable energy production in the U.S. has surpassed coal for the first time in the country’s history, the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show. Twenty-three percent of the American electricity in April [...]
Trump Administration to Face Legal Battle over Pollution Rule

June 23, 2019
Americans Aren’t Sure U.S. System Can Fix Long-Term Problems, Poll Shows

June 21, 2019

Musk Could Soon Share Mars and Starship Update

July 12, 2019

Less than three years after dazzling the world with a slideshow about going to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk aims to present a progress report, CNET reported. Musk said Sunday on Twitter that he “will [...]
Trump Attacks Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency

July 12, 2019
Court Says Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users Who Disagree with Him

July 10, 2019

Former Trump Adviser Offers Help to Iraqis that Trump Wants to Deport – For a Price

August 28, 2017

A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president – for a hefty fee, [...]
Marijuana Legalization Could Gain Prominence in 2020 Election

August 14, 2017
Alt-right Plans ‘Free Speech’ March against Google

August 11, 2017

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