WASHINGTON — Poised to decide whether to surge U.S. troops into Afghanistan, President Trump aims to “fully eliminate” threats to U.S. and allied interests around the world, the White House said Tuesday. “We need to fully eliminate any threat around the globe, frankly, not just in Afghanistan, that poses a threat to our people and […]
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Australia reaffirms commitment to strengthening Pacific Island meteorological services
10 May 2017- Nadi, Fiji- The Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac) continues to build capacity of Pacific Island Meteorological Services to understand and apply climate, ocean and sea level information for the benefit of Pacific Island governments and communities. COSPPac also builds the capacity of the Pacific Lands and Survey Departments […]
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Passengers get into fistfight aboard Southwest Airlines Flight
In a video captured by passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight, showed a man punching another multiple times before other passengers could pull him away. One person was arrested on a Southwest Airlines flight after a vicious fight between two passengers while the flight was still taxiing in Burbank, California, according to the Associated Press. […]
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Barack Obama on the hardest thing about being US President
Barack Obama warns climate change could create refugee crisis ‘unprecedented in human history’ Former President Barack Obama says that taking selfies with fans when he goes out is almost as bad as the isolation of living in the White House, which he said was kind of like a nice prison. [restrict] Mr Obama, when asked […]
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Democrats criticize Senate’s all-male healthcare group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats on Sunday criticized the lack of women on a working group in the Republican-led Senate that will craft a plan to pass legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. As the Senate begins to wrestle with a Republican healthcare bill narrowly approved by the House of Representatives last week, senators questioned […]
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Trump congratulates Macron on ‘big win’ in French election
President Trump congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his landslide victory over Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist favored by Trump, in Sunday’s French presidential election. “Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France,” Trump tweeted. “I look very much forward to working with him!” [restrict] The White House released […]