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As Trump visits border, Texas landowners prepare wall fight
HIDALGO, Texas - As President Donald Trump travelled to the border in Texas to make the case for his $5.7 billion wall , landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play out...
Jan 10, 2019
Top US diplomat assails Obama in Mideast policy speech
CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies on Thursday, accusing the former president of “misguided” think...
Jan 10, 2019
US, China leave next steps for trade talks unclear
BEIJING - The United States and China gave no indication of their next step after wrapping up talks aimed at resolving a tariff fight that threatens to chill global growth. The two sides will “m...
Jan 10, 2019
Bomb-laden rebel drone kills 6 at Yemen military parade
SANAA, Yemen - A bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Shiite rebels exploded over a military parade Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition, killing at least six people in a brazen attack threateni...
Jan 10, 2019
Woman, 2 sons die in Nepal town in suspected menstrual exile
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A woman and her two sons have died in a remote town in Nepal because of a tradition in which women are exiled from their homes and forced to live in huts during menstruation, a gove...
Jan 10, 2019
Political pressure leaves little room for resolving shutdown
NEW YORK - There is no easy way out. As the third government shutdown of President Donald Trump’s tenure stretched into its 19th day, political pressures on Trump and the Democrats have left lit...
Jan 10, 2019
South Korean leader urges bolder steps from North Korea, US
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged North Korea to take bolder disarmament measures that the United States should then reward, suggesting Thursday he wants harsh sanct...
Jan 10, 2019
Vatican launches track team of Swiss Guards, nuns
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican launched an official track team Thursday with the aim of competing in international competitions as part of an agreement signed with the Italian Olympic Committee. About 60 ...
Jan 10, 2019
Four men on trial over theft of huge Canadian gold coin from Berlin museum
BERLIN - Four young men went on trial in Germany on Thursday over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum two years ago. Two brothers and their cous...
Jan 10, 2019
At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration
MCALLEN, Texas - Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his...
Jan 10, 2019