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Unprecedented EU poll finds 90% of European Jews feel anti-Semitism increasing
Posted on:Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Nearly 90 percent of European Jews feel that anti-Semitism has increased in their home countries over the past five years, and almost 30% say they have been harassed at least once in the past year, reveals a major European Union report published on Monday.

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U.S., China trade negotiations could be derailed by diplomatic, legal issues
Posted on:Monday, December 10, 2018

Washington and Beijing labored to keep trade negotiations on track Monday amid diplomatic and legal flaps jolting business relations between the two economic superpowers, including a Chinese court ruling against Apple.

Russia building up forces near Crimea amid tensions with Ukraine, satellite photos show
Posted on:Sunday, December 9, 2018

Two weeks after Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels in the contested Kerch Strait, satellite images obtained exclusively by Fox News on Sunday show that additional forces may be headed to the region.

Macron plans ‘important announcements’ after fourth week of protests
Posted on:Sunday, December 9, 2018

More than 1,000 people were arrested during another weekend of protests in France, as President Emmanuel Macron plans to hold talks with business leaders and trade unions Monday.

Armored vehicles deployed in Paris as France hit by fresh ‘yellow vest’ protests
Posted on:Sunday, December 9, 2018

Armored vehicles rolled through central Paris on Saturday as riot police clashed with ‘yellow vest’ demonstrators, who set fire to barricades and hurled rocks in the latest demonstrations against French President Emmanuel Macron.

Iran increases testing of ballistic missiles that can reach Europe
Posted on:Sunday, December 9, 2018

Tehran has ‘significantly expanded’ its missile testing, including a missile that can reach European countries, the German daily Die Welt reported on Sunday.

France to deploy 89,000 security personnel ahead of Saturday protests
Posted on:Thursday, December 6, 2018

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said 89,000 members of the security forces would be deployed nationwide on Saturday, including 8,000 in Paris, where armored vehicles will also be out on the streets.

Putin threatens arms race if US walks away from nuclear weapons treaty
Posted on:Thursday, December 6, 2018

Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will develop new mid-range nuclear weapons in response to Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal from a key arms control treaty with Russia.

Pig hearts transplanted into baboons – could humans be next?
Posted on:Thursday, December 6, 2018

Pig hearts have been transplanted into baboons – a development that could pave the way for humans to receive porcine organs in future.

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Huawei arrest threatens global markets, Trump-China trade truce
Posted on:Thursday, December 6, 2018

At a time of maximum tension in the U.S.-China relationship, news of the arrest last weekend of a top Chinese tech official in Canada managed to set off multiple shock waves Thursday, shining a harsh light on U.S. and allied concerns about Chinese state-backed corporate giants, massively complicating a trade war ‘truce’ just negotiated by President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and — for a few hours — threatening to buckle global stock markets and wipe out a big chunk of the recent Wall Street gains Mr. Trump is fond of trumpeting.

U.S. warns Russia with ‘extraordinary flight’ over Ukraine
Posted on:Thursday, December 6, 2018

Blasting Russia’s ‘dangerous escalation’ in the region, U.S. planes on Thursday conducted an ‘extraordinary flight’ over Ukraine in what Pentagon officials cast as a blunt warning to Moscow.

US Navy sends aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf in display of force after Iran’s ballistic missile test
Posted on:Thursday, December 6, 2018

Following Iran’s brazen nuclear-capable ballistic missile test over the weekend, the U.S. is deploying an aircraft carrier to the region.

US hands ultimatum to Russia for ‘violating’ landmark nuclear treaty
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The US has said it will withdraw from a landmark nuclear missile treaty in 60 days if Russia does not address its alleged violations of the pact.

U.K. Parliament delivers rebuke to government over Brexit
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The British government received a historic rebuke from lawmakers on Tuesday over its Brexit plans — an inauspicious sign for Prime Minister Theresa May as she opened an epic debate in Parliament that will decide the fate of her divorce deal with the European Union.

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Trump’s impromptu China trade deal unravels
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Skepticism mounted Tuesday about President Trump’s impromptu trade agreement with the president of China, as Mr. Trump threatened new penalties against Beijing if the deal falls through. Stock markets plummeted.

Mike Pompeo says Trump rallying world to create ‘new liberal order that prevents war’
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Western powers must ‘build a new liberal order that prevents war and achieves greater prosperity,’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Tuesday in an address on the sidelines of the assembly of NATO’s top ambassadors.

US takes aim at China, Iran, Russia over treaty violations
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took aim at China, Iran, Russia and others on Tuesday for violating numerous treaties and multistate agreements, and he questioned whether many pillars of international trade and diplomacy are still relevant.

France suspends fuel tax, utility hikes amid large-scale rioting
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

After days of unrest that included widespread rioting in Paris, the French government relented Tuesday and agreed to suspend utility hikes and a controversial fuel tax, the country’s prime minister announced.

EU court adviser says UK can exit Brexit as May begins parliament quest
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

A senior European Union legal adviser said on Tuesday Britain had the right to withdraw its Brexit notice, opening a new front in a battle over Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to leave the bloc, which could be rejected in parliament next week.

U.N. Security Council to meet on Iranian ballistic missile test
Posted on:Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday is set to hold closed door consultations on Iran’s test over the weekend of a medium-range ballistic missile, according to media report.

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