Articles filed under Politics
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Biden and Brazil's Lula focus on workers' rights, while publicly playing down differencesSep 20, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, focused on workers' rights as the leaders of the Western Hemisphere's largest de...
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The UN chief summons world leaders to action. But, he says, they seem 'incapable of coming together'Sep 19, 2023 1:00 am - UNITED NATIONS - Insisting that international cooperation is critical, the United Nations chief delivered a dire warning to leaders from across the world Tuesday, declar...
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Foreign firms in China say vague rules and tensions with Washington hurting business, surveys showSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - Foreign companies operating in China say tensions with Washington over technology, trade and other issues and uncertainty over Chinese policies are damaging the business...
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Ukraine lawyers insist that UN's top court has jurisdiction to hear Kyiv's case against RussiaSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ukraine insisted Tuesday that the United Nations' highest court has jurisdiction to hear a case alleging that Moscow abused the genocide convent...
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North Korea says Kim Jong Un is back home from Russia, where he deepened 'comradely' ties with PutinSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un has returned home from a trip to Russia where he deepened "comradely fellowship and friendly ties" ...
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Russia is 'weaponizing' everything from food to children against Ukraine, Zelenskyy says at UNSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - UNITED NATIONS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is "weaponizing" everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war agains...
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House Republicans set first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for Sept. 28Sep 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The hearing - scheduled for Sept. 28 - i...
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Ray Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riotSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor offense in connection with the U.S...
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Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against Republicans. That could be tricky for the presidentSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against his Republican critics, arguing in a new lawsuit that although he is the son of the president of the United S...
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Judge rejects defense effort to throw out an Oath Keeper associate's Jan. 6 guilty verdictSep 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Tuesday upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one o...