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Trump on ending shutdown: 'We have to build the wall'
Talks aimed at ending the shutdown were to continue Sunday, after discussions a day earlier between Vice President Mike Pence and representatives of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, the top two Democrats in Congress, made little headway.
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Netanyahu to talk post-US Syria with Trump advisor
Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he and Putin "discussed the situation in Syria and recent developments and agreed on continued coordination between the (Israeli and Russian) militaries".
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No breakthrough in US shutdown talks
President Donald Trump is demanding $5.6 billion to build a wall along the US border with Mexico.
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Trump to Apple: ‘Make your product in the US’
President Donald Trump’s comments marked his latest effort to press US firms to bring back manufacturing amid a simmering trade war between Washington and Beijing.
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New House Democrat Rashida Tlaib vows to impeach Trump
Democrats have just won control of the House of Representatives, after eight years in the minority.
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Trump threatens years-long govt shutdown
President Donald Trump is withholding his support for a bill that would fully fund the government until he secures money for the wall.
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US warns Iran against space launches, ballistic missiles
Iranian Deputy Defense Minister in late November was quoted by Iranian media as saying that Iran was planning to launch three satellites into space soon.
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Trump says he’s received ‘great’ letter from Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his claim that there would be a ‘big fat war in Asia’ had they not sat down to talk.
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Trump to meet lawmakers in bid to end US govt shutdown
One day before Democrats take over control of the House of Representatives, Trump showed no signs of backing away from his insistence on $5 billion for his ‘beautiful’ southern wall.
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Trump fires back after Mitt Romney’s attack on his record
In a Washington Post essay published late on Tuesday, the incoming US senator suggested President Donald Trump had ‘caused dismay around the world’.
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'CALM DOWN,' Trump tells detractors in New Year's message
US President Donald Trump kicked off 2019 in his characteristically belligerent fashion, tweeting an all-caps message to his critics.
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Afghanistan's neighbours fear refugee crisis if US pulls out
A White House spokesman last week said US President Donald Trump had not issued orders to the Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
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Jimmy Carter says US, China should partner in Africa
Carter, who has devoted his post-presidential career to eradicating poverty, said that the "easiest route" to cooperation between the United States and China was in Africa.
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Democrat Warren enters 2020 White House race
The move will help Warren raise funds and hire more staff early in the campaign cycle - an effort in which she already leads most other potential Democratic candidates.
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Netanyahu says Israel is Arabs' 'ally' against Iran
That evaluation, he told Brazil's Globo TV during a visit to Rio, has caused "a revolution in relations with the Arab world."
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North Korea's Kim says ready to meet Trump but warns of 'new path'
The comments are likely to fuel growing scepticism over whether Pyongyang intends to give up the nuclear weapons program that it has long considered essential to its security.
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Trump softens Syria pullout schedule but claims 'hero' status
This came the day after a senior Republican senator said Donald Trump had promised to stay in Syria to finish the job of destroying the Islamic State group.
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Putin tells Trump that Moscow is open for dialogue
Trump and Putin also failed to hold a full-fledged meeting in Paris on the sidelines of the centenary commemoration of the Armistice.
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Botswana leader, predecessor feud persists after Trump remarks
Masisi last month used his first state-of-the-nation address to openly attack his predecessor, saying the "transition from the previous administration has not been as smooth as expected".
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New Year's Eve party in Times Square to cheer for press freedom
One was the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for the Washington Post and US resident, inside a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey.
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How Trump’s phone call changed Syrian war
Donald Trump’s decision was also a shock in Washington, where senior administration officials tried for days to change the president’s mind, US officials said.
