Articles filed under Politics
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Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerableAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - Francis Ndege isn't sure if his customers in Africa's largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of ...
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Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in protected areaAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end ...
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Where you can meet U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider on MondayAug 20, 2023 1:00 am - You can talk about the issues facing the nation with U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider on Monday in Northbrook. Schneider will be at the Northbrook Public Library, 1201 Cedar Lan...
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Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debatesAug 20, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday's first Republican presidential primary debate - and others as well. "The pu...
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Zelenskyy vows retaliation for Chernihiv attack that killed seven people and wounded almost 150Aug 20, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday vowed stern retaliation for a Russian missile strike in the center of the northern Ukrainian city of Ch...
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Pakistan arrests opposition leader accused of exposing official secrets, harming national interestAug 20, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan, for exposing offici...
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A tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil starts offloading near Texas despite Tehran's threatsAug 20, 2023 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An American-owned oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil began offloading its cargo near Texas late Saturday, t...
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The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister saysAug 20, 2023 1:00 am - EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian Presid...
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Denmark and the Netherlands say the U.S. is allowing them to give F-16 fighter jets to UkraineAug 18, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, the defense ministers of those two NATO co...
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Former Austrian leader Kurz charged with giving false evidence to a corruption inquiryAug 18, 2023 1:00 am - BERLIN - Austria's former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first governm...