The Department of Defense has granted the government of Ukraine $200 million in security funds. The payment brings the total amount of aid paid to the eastern European nation since 2014 to more than $1 billion.
The funds are …
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Global athletic brand Adidas plans to stop using first-run or “virgin” plastic in its products by 2024. The company says by then, it will use only recycled plastic. The story was first reported by the Financial Times.
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Conflicting messages have arisen from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s most recent visit to North Korea just concluded on Saturday. At the conclusion of the meetings, Pompeo told reporters that conversations he had with a high-ranking North Korean official were …
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Canada has responded to American tariffs on steel and aluminum imports by slapping $16.6 billion Canadian dollars, or about $12.5 billion U.S. dollars, worth of taxes on U.S. imports. The levies went into effect yesterday.
The U.S. has placed 25% …
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Women in Saudi Arabia marked a historic day today as they were allowed to drive for the first time in the country’s history. Thousands of women took to the roads in celebratory drives, and more than 120,000 women applied for …
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IKEA has pledged to become climate positive by 2030. In order to achieve the goal, the world wide furniture manufacturer is looking to remove all single-use plastic products from its stores by 2020. That includes cups, utensils, straws, beverage stirrers …
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A war of words has erupted between President Trump and his senior advisers and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of comments Trudeau made at the end of the recent G7 summit in Quebec.
“I personally negotiated with …
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The Office of the Human Rights of the United Nations harshly criticized the U.S. this week for the policy of separating young immigrant children from their parents at its southern border. Spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights …
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The State Department has announced it will limit the length of some visas issued to Chinese citizens visiting the U.S. The announcement comes as the Trump administration is combating U.S.-intellectual-property theft by China.
The changes will go into effect on …
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The Swedish government has issued a war pamphlet to every one of its 4.8 million households, instructing them on what to do in the event of armed conflict. The pamphlet was first created during WWII and was last issued in …
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The leaders of North and South Korea met for two hours along the border between the countries in the area known as the Demilitarized Zone over the weekend.
The surprise meeting came just 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump …
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His Excellency
Kim Jong Un
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Pyongyang
Dear Mr. Chairman:
We greatly appreciate your time, patience, and effort with respect to our recent negotiations and discussions relative to …
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The Chinese government has begun assigning Chinese citizens credit scores in an effort to build what it calls, a culture of “sincerity.” The government will assign a score to individuals and that score will either increase or decrease based …
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Rapidly accelerating diplomacy between the U.S. and the Koreas hit a snag this week when North Korea canceled a set of talks scheduled with the South, then subsequently threatened to pull out of a summit set between Kim Jong Un …
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Fifty-eight Palestinians were killed and 2,700 were injured in one of the most violent days along the Palestinian/Israeli border in years. The violence came amidst protests that began on March 30 and had already seen dozens of casualties.
The protests …
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President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal last week, his main complaint being that it was a poorly negotiated deal that didn’t include important provisions. The President would like to see the deal expanded to include …
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Iran and Israel have reportedly exchanged military strikes in the Golan Heights, an area on Israel’s eastern border with Syria.
The Israeli military said that it had struck nearly seventy targets including an Iranian military compound north of Damascus, …
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