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Chinese state tabloid warns Trump!
Jan 9, 2017News Hour: State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that China would “take revenge” if he reneged on the one-China policy, only hours after Taiwan’s president made a controversial stopover in Houston. Taiwan... -
EU break-up no longer unthinkable, Germany’s Gabriel says
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: Germany’s insistence on austerity in the euro zone has left Europe more divided than ever and a break-up of the European Union is no longer inconceivable, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told Der Spiegel... -
British PM May says, I’ll set out Brexit strategy over coming weeks
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would set out her strategy, including how she will try to get the right Brexit deal, over the coming weeks, denying suggestions her plans were... -
Last day for SeaWorld killer whale show in California
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: SeaWorld in San Diego will host its last killer whale performance on Sunday, the culmination of its promise to phase out the decades-old show after criticism of its treatment of the captive marine mammals.... -
Streets of Ivory Coast cities calm after soldier mutiny
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: The streets of Ivory Coast’s second-largest city Bouake were calm and the military presence was gone, residents said on Sunday, after a two-day soldiers’ mutiny calling for bonus pay and better living conditions took... -
Vladimir Putin directed cyber campaign to help Trump
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Republican Donald Trump’s electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment. Russia’s objectives were... -
U.S. intel report on Russian cyber attacks in 2016 election
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: A declassified report by U.S. intelligence agencies said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Donald Trump’s electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign , reports Reuters.... -
Islamic State suicide car bomb kills 13 in eastern Baghdad
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: A suicide car bomb blast claimed by Islamic State killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police and medical sources said.... -
Next stop is Summerhill …
Jan 8, 2017News Hour: What virtual social networks have done to our lives? A bright young novelist of Bangladesh, Rafiuzzaman Sifat, recently put something on his Facebook as a status that really mesmerized my mind. He wrote that... -
Suspect chose Florida airport for deadly rampage
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale airport apparently chose to travel to Florida to carry out the rampage, and there are no signs any altercation came before the...
