President Trump's false claim that former presidents have approved their idea for a wall along the southern US border highlights more than 7,600 false or misleading statements he has made since joining the Oval Office, a report said Monday. Trump claimed the false wall during an extensive briefing at the White House Rose Garden on Friday – claiming that "some" …
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7 dead in shooting in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen
Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Published 6:38 pm ET 7 January 2019 | Updated 6:39 pm ET, January 7, 2019 CLOSE A travel warning has been issued for Playa del Carmen, Mexico, following a nameless threat that has closed the US embassy there.
Read More »Two mariners and marine sailors are investigated at the contractor's death
WASHINGTON – Two marinas and a naval corps stationed in northern Iraq are investigated at the death of an American civil servant last week, said two defense ministry officials on Monday. The contractor was seriously injured in what officials described as a physical change on New Year's Eve in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. …
Read More »Brother of American detained in Russia explains why Paul Whelan has passports from 4 countries
American brother imprisoned in Moscow with suspicions of spying spoke to Fox News Monday afternoon about his twin surrealistic cases, including his detention in a notorious Russian prison and the reasons for his passports from four countries. Paul Walelins twin, David, told Shep Smith about "Shepard Smith Reporting". When Whelan was arrested in late December, he was identified only as …
Read More »Cuba's embassy "sonic attack" could have been caused by crickets, researchers say
In October 2017, the Associated Press received and released the first publicly reported sound sample which is said to be related to the incidents. But American officials have been unable to determine the source or cause of the symptoms, and Cuban officials have denied any attack. But now, after analyzing the recording, researchers say that the source of the piercing …
Read More »Revising Trump-Russia Dossier: What's Right, Wrong and Still Unclear?
The controversial 35 pages of intelligence memorandum compiled by retired British spy Christopher Steele paint an image of widespread conspiracy of the interplay between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. To the Democrats and President Donald Trump's critics, the documents tell a story that can be treason. To Trump and some of his supreme defenders, the documentation was flawed …
Read More »President Carter denies supporting Trump's boundary wall
A Saudi teenager fled his family to seek asylum abroad. Now the world is looking.
An 18-year-old Saudi woman has attracted international attention after having barricaded herself into a hotel in Thailand's airport and demanding asylum and claimed she feared for her life if she returned to her family. "I do not leave my room until I see the UNHCR," said Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun in a video published on Twitter late Sunday, referring to the …
Read More »Trump win now economic chicken with China, but it can soon change
Trump administration officials and the president himself have pointed to the slower Chinese economy as a reason for Beijing to negotiate. "I think China wants to get it resolved. Their economy is not going well," said President Donald Trump to the White House reporter on Sunday, according to Reuters. "I think it gives them a great incentive to negotiate." Minister …
Read More »Israeli Prime Minister rejects corruption ban in live address | World news
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Sunday, January 6, 2019. (Gali Tibbon / Pool via AP) Associated Press [19659004] In ILAN BEN ZION, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) – In what was billed as a "dramatic announcement," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a first-class address on Monday to once again …
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