The Latest: Trump reversing new sanctions on North Korea
President Donald Trump says he is reversing his administration’s decision to slap new sanctions on North Korea, ordering them withdrawn.White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump “likes Chairman Kim and he doesn’t think these sanctions will be necessary.”
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Trump says all Islamic State land lost in Syria, S..D.F says fight continues
Islamic State militants in eastern Syria still held out late on Friday, the U.S.-backed militia besieging them said, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the jihadist group had lost its last scrap of territory.
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Mark your calendars: the new Brexit deadline is April 12
EU member states are pushing the Brexit deadline to April 12 without any conditions, a much shorter time period than the June 30 date UK Prime Minister Theresa May initially requested.
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Venezuelan minister accuses Guaidó chief of staff of leading 'terrorist cell'
The face-off between Nicolás Maduro and his US-backed challenger Juan Guaidó has escalated dramatically after Venezuelan intelligence agents seized Guaidó’s chief of staff and accused him of leading a “terrorist cell” plotting a wave of political assassinations.
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Putin signs Russian internet censorship bills into law
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law two bills that dramatically escalate the government’s censorship of the internet and crackdown on free speech. The first bill provides for the removal of and ban on sites and blogs that allegedly spread “fake news”, and the fining of their authors. and the fining of their authors. The second outlaws the alleged disparaging of state symbols and the government, and the inciting of society to “hooliganism”.
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No profiting from hate: Online bookstores pull manifesto by mass shooter Breivik after outcry
At least two online bookstores stopped selling the manifesto compiled by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, who reportedly inspired the mosque massacres in Christchurch, New Zealand last week.
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In Thailand's First Nationwide Vote Since Coup, The Generals Hold Most Of The Cards
The sun is going fast, but the rally for the pro-military Palang Pracharath party is just getting started. Candidate Watchara Kannika is on the stage, warning would-be voters to keep out the "liars" and vote for "the truth." That truth, he says, is the country's coup-leader-turned prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, who toppled an elected government five years ago.
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U.S. CREATES 'ADDITIONAL TENSIONS' BY FLYING NUCLEAR-CAPABLE BOMBERS NEAR RUSSIA, KREMLIN SAYS
Russia has accused the United States of escalating tensions by flying nuclear-capable B-52 strategic bombers close to its borders.
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Chile: Activists, Social Movements Protest Against US-Backed Integration Body Prosur
Chilean social and political organizations were holding demonstrations Friday against the Forum for the Latin American Progress and Development (Prosur), a meeting convened by the right-wing Latin American governments which are coordinating actions to dissolve the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and consolidate the U.S. interventionist agenda against Venezuela.
telesurenglish.net
Jordan Peterson’s Book Pulled from New Zealand Shelves Following Mosque Shootings
A national bookstore in New Zealand has pulled the self-help book written by controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, following the Christchurch mosque massacres.
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