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[ February 27, 2020 ] Labor Union Unveils $150mn Campaign to Help Defeat Trump Politics
[ February 27, 2020 ] Saudi Arabia Halts Pilgrimages Over Virus Health
[ February 27, 2020 ] Coronavirus Clouds Apple’s Timeline for New iPhones Business
[ February 27, 2020 ] Trump Says Coronavirus Risk in U.S. Is Low Health
[ February 27, 2020 ] Trump Campaign Sues New York Times Over Russia Opinion Piece Administration

Health

Trump Says Coronavirus Risk in U.S. Is Low

President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained “very low,” and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis, Reuters writes. [...]
Foreign Policy

Turkey Will Repel Syrian Forces From Idlib Posts This Week

Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syria’s Idlib region this week, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, despite continued advances by Damascus’s Russian-backed military, Reuters informed. [...]
Politics

Biden Secures Key Endorsement from Congressman Clyburn

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday secured the endorsement of James Clyburn, an influential black congressman from the early-voting state of South Carolina, which could prove pivotal to his White House bid, Reuters [...]
Politics

Democratic Rivals Warn Sanders Nomination Would Be ‘Catastrophe’

Democratic presidential candidates unleashed withering attacks on Bernie Sanders in a boisterous debate in South Carolina on Tuesday, assailing his ambitious economic agenda and warning his nomination would be a “catastrophe” that would cost Democrats [...]
Foreign Policy

Death Toll Rises to 20 From Delhi Riots During Trump Trip

At least 20 people were killed and 189 injured in three days of clashes in New Delhi that coincided with President Donald Trump’s first state visit to India, with the death toll expected to rise [...]

Coronavirus Clouds Apple’s Timeline for New iPhones

February 27, 2020

Travel restrictions to China because of the coronavirus have come just as Apple Inc’s engineers usually jet off to Asia to perfect the production of this fall’s new iPhones, former employees and supply chain experts [...]
Wall Street Bounces After Virus-Driven Selloff

February 26, 2020
China Suspends More Penalties on U.S. Goods After Trade Truce

February 21, 2020
PepsiCo Ups Investments in Saudi Arabia to $1.6bn

February 20, 2020

Trump Campaign Sues New York Times Over Russia Opinion Piece

February 27, 2020

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign said on Wednesday it was filing a libel suit accusing the New York Times of intentionally publishing a false opinion article that suggested Russia and the campaign had an overarching [...]
Court Allows Trump to Withhold Funds From ‘Sanctuary’ Jurisdictions

February 27, 2020
Trump Says Russia, Iran Should Take over ISIS War

February 26, 2020

Saudi Arabia Halts Pilgrimages Over Virus

February 27, 2020

Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears about a viral epidemic just months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, a move that came as the Mideast has over [...]
Trump Says Coronavirus Risk in U.S. Is Low

February 27, 2020
Brazil Confirms First Coronavirus Case in Latin America

February 26, 2020

Turkey Will Repel Syrian Forces From Idlib Posts This Week

February 26, 2020

Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syria’s Idlib region this week, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, despite continued advances by Damascus’s Russian-backed military, Reuters informed. [...]
Death Toll Rises to 20 From Delhi Riots During Trump Trip

February 26, 2020
Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Contracts Coronavirus

February 25, 2020

Saudi Wind Farm Wins International Award

February 14, 2020

A wind farm in the Kingdom’s northwest has won an international award for its low production costs. The project, which generates electric power from wind energy in Dumat Al-Jandal, won the 2019 Middle East and [...]
Refineries Show Benzene Levels over EPA Recommendation

February 6, 2020
Trump Administration Reduces Federal Protections For Streams And Wetlands

January 24, 2020

Tesla Autopilot System Found Probably at Fault in 2018 Crash

February 26, 2020

Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance system and a driver who relied too heavily on it are likely to blame for a 2018 crash in California in which the driver died, a federal safety agency said on Tuesday, [...]
SpaceX Launches 60 New Satellites for U.S. Service

February 18, 2020
U.S. Looking for Industry Partnership to Counter Huawei

February 14, 2020

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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