WASHINGTON, 18 SEPTEMBER 2017 (AFP) — Donald Trump’s administration ramped up the pressure on North Korea on Sunday ahead of a week of high-stakes diplomacy at the United Nations, warning Pyongyang will be “destroyed” if it refuses to end its “reckless” nuclear and ballistic missile drive. [restrict With US officials and their allies scrambling to […]
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WWII remains on Pacific island ID’d as Detroit man
DETROIT, 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 (AP) — The U.S. government has identified the remains of a World War II airman from Detroit who died in a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean in 1944. The Defense Department says the remains are 2nd Lt. Donald Underwood, who was aboard a bomber known as the “Miss Bee Haven.” […]
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Guam delegate may have violated emoluments clause with lease, ethics office says
WASHINGTON,15 SEPTEMBER 2017 (THE WASHINGTON POST) — An independent ethics monitor found substantial reason to believe Guam’s delegate to Congress broke federal law by leasing a four-bedroom home to the government of Japan, a possible violation of the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution. [restrict] Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D), the subject of the investigation […]
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Tuvalu’s climate change insurance proposal with Forum Committee
APIA,18 SEPTEMBER 2017 (TALAMUA ONLINE) — The climate change insurance policy put forward by Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga at the Pacific Island Forum leaders Meeting is now with the Forum Committee. [restrict] This was confirmed by Prime Minister and PIF Chairman, Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi. Tuilaepa was responding to the concerns raised by Sopoaga […]
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Court advised to reject French Polynesia nuclear compensation
PAPE’ETE, 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 (RNZI) — France’s top administrative court is being advised to reject a nuclear compensation claim lodged by French Polynesia’s social welfare agency. [restrict] In July, the French government announced that all rejected compensation claims would be reconsidered, including one lodged by the agency for money it had disbursed to a victim. […]
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U.S. Ambassador Haley: U.N. has exhausted options on North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the U.N. Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea’s nuclear program and the United States may have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon. “We have pretty much exhausted all the things that we can do […]