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Anti-Trump protester gets jail for Inauguration Day riots
New York Post - 8 Jul 2017 05:46
A Tampa man was sentenced to four months in jail Friday after participating in an inauguration day riot that injured six police officers and cost tens of thousands of dollars in damages in Washington D.C. Dane Powell, 31...
Trump and Putin had 'very clear positive chemistry': Tillerson
New York Post - 8 Jul 2017 03:53
President Trump and Vladimir Putin met face-to-face for the first time on Friday at the G-20 summit in a historic sit-down that lasted more than two hours as they discussed Syria, North Korea and Russian meddling in the ...
G-20 negotiators are struggling to handle Trump's climate stance
The Week - 8 Jul 2017 13:54
World leaders gathered at the G-20 summit in Hamburg are due to issue a joint statement Saturday, but negotiators are stalled over the question of how to address the Trump administration's isolated take on climate change...
Anti-G20 activists in extremely violent riot overnight in Hamburg
Fox News - 8 Jul 2017 08:09
Anti-globalization activists have rioted for a second night as Hamburg hosts the Group of 20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting supermarkets and attacking police with slingshots and petrol bombs.
Trump handed climate rebuke at close of G20 summit
CNN - 8 Jul 2017 16:23
German Chancellor Angela Merkel closed the G20 summit in Hamburg with a rebuke to US President Donald Trump's stance on climate change, but appeared to make a concession on his protectionist trade policies.
U.S. to conduct test of THAAD missile defense system
CBSNews - 8 Jul 2017 06:49
The news of the test comes as North Korea has carried out multiple missile tests in 2017, including the July 4th ICBM launch
Man claiming to have a bomb killed in bank after dramatic standoff
New York Post - 8 Jul 2017 05:27
MARIETTA, Ga. -- A man who claimed to have a bomb that could “take out the room” barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank Friday, sparking an hourslong standoff that forced police to bust through a brick wal...
Japan flood deaths rise to 15 with 6 missing
Miami Herald - 8 Jul 2017 04:56
The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan this week has risen to 15 as rescue workers reached isolated villages where at least six others are missing …
US bombers join jets from Japan, SKorea for training mission
Fox News - 8 Jul 2017 08:24
Two U.S. bombers flew to the Korean Peninsula to join fighter jets from South Korea and Japan for a practice bombing run as part of a training mission in response to North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs, ...
Veteran Lake County cop makes court appearance on rape charges
Chicago Tribune - 8 Jul 2017 04:10Putin confirms Russia will honor Paris climate deal
New York Post - 8 Jul 2017 15:46
President Vladimir Putin says Russia will meet its obligations under the Paris climate agreement. Speaking at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Putin s...
Deadly bombing in Egyptian army outpost claimed by ISIS
New York Post - 8 Jul 2017 14:09
EL-ARISH, Egypt -- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacking a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire. The assault killed at least 23 sol...
One year after attack, Dallas police shooting probe going to prosecutors next week
Chicago Tribune - 8 Jul 2017 06:18Illinois taxpayers: After the whomping, do we stay or do we go?
Chicago Tribune - 8 Jul 2017 02:52Once Dominant, the United States Finds Itself Isolated at G-20
The New York Times - 8 Jul 2017 02:45
On issues from trade to climate change, the Trump administration stands alone.
North Korea looms over Trump's meeting with China's Xi
CNN - 8 Jul 2017 16:44
President Donald Trump has long said China is the lynchpin to solving North Korea's saber rattling with missile tests. But his tact with the Asian superpower has run the gamut: He has thanked the Chinese for their suppor...
South Sudan's troops said to advance on rebel stronghold
Miami Herald - 8 Jul 2017 16:35
Tens of thousands of South Sudanese have been displaced and aid workers evacuated as rebels accuse government troops of advancing on their stronghold and killing civilians along the way. Opposition …
Eritrea's capital added to UNESCO World Heritage list
Miami Herald - 8 Jul 2017 15:50
Eritrean officials on Saturday claimed "victory" after the U.N. cultural agency unanimously decided to put the African nation's capital city of Asmara on the UNESCO World Heritage list -- the …
Ivanka Trump sits in for president at G-20 meeting
ABC News - 8 Jul 2017 15:49
The White House said she sat in for the president briefly.
Jailed Venezuela opposition leader Lopez given house arrest
Miami Herald - 8 Jul 2017 15:48
Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was transferred to house arrest Saturday after spending more than three years behind bars in a military prison. The Supreme Court, in a statement, …
U.S. flies bombers over Korea, plans missile defense test
The Week - 8 Jul 2017 15:30
The United States Air Force flew bombers over the Korean Peninsula Thursday and Friday in a show of force responding to North Korea's recent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) theoretically capable of s...
Foreign experts see Chinese Nobel laureate; prognosis grim
Miami Herald - 8 Jul 2017 15:13
American and German specialists saw imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on Saturday and confirmed that he is in the final stages of terminal liver cancer, the hospital …