China's tariffs on U.S. oil would disrupt $1 billion monthly business
China’s threat to impose duties on U.S. oil imports will hit a business that has soared in the last two years, and which is now worth almost $1 billion per month.
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Trump migrant separation policy: Children 'in cages' in Texas
Reporters and Democratic lawmakers have been allowed inside a detention centre that lies at the heart of a growing storm over a new US policy separating migrant children from their parents.
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Trump wades into German migration row
US President Donald Trump has attacked the German government's approach to immigration, as he comes under pressure over his own crackdown on migrants.
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UN Urges End to Trump's Policy of Family Separation
The top U.N. human rights official called on the Trump administration on Monday to halt its "unconscionable" policy of forcibly separating children from migrant parents irregularly entering the country via Mexico.
telesurtv.net
Colombian Far-Right Candidate Duque Wins Presidential Elections
One hour after the polls closed on Sunday for the second round of Colombian presidential elections, electoral authorities announced that far-right candidate Ivan Duque won over the leftist alternative Gustavo Petro with 53,98 percent versus 41,81 percent as 100 percent of the vote was counted.
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Syrian, Iraqi forces say U.S. bombs military border positions, U.S. denies
Syrian state media said on Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied it was responsible.
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Turkish, U.S. units begin patrols near northern Syria's Manbij
Turkish and U.S. soldiers have started independent patrols in northern Syria along the line separating Turkish-controlled areas from the town of Manbij where Ankara says Kurdish militia fighters are based, Turkey’s military said on Monday.
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Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Statewide Gerrymandering Challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court set aside a finding that Republicans violated the Constitution with GOP-friendly voting lines for the Wisconsin Assembly, casting doubt on the ability of voters to challenge statewide maps for being excessively partisan.
outline.com
Coal Plants Keep Shutting Despite Trump’s Order to Rescue Them
President Donald Trump has ordered a rescue of the nation’s struggling coal and nuclear power industries, but that doesn’t mean utilities are reconsidering the shutdown of unprofitable plants.
outline.com
Texas cop 'abused migrant girl and threatened to deport mum'
A Texas sheriff's deputy has been arrested for abusing a four-year-old girl and threatening her undocumented immigrant mother with deportation.
bbc.com
Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem
Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing.
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