President Trump: “We’re not going to go through the whole table because the last time we had a press conference, it lasted for 3 hours, and some people said, ‘He closed his eyes!’ Look, it got pretty boring… I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell out of here.” 🤣
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Why China Moved So Quickly To Execute 11 Members Of A Notorious Mafia Family
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Trump Threatens Canada With 50% Tariff On Aircraft Sold In US, Expanding Trade War
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Man Who Squirted Apple Cider Vinegar On Omar Is Charged With Assaulting And Intimidating Her
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Chinese National Who Exposed Human Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs Is Granted Asylum To Remain In U.S.
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Husband In Au Pair Affair Testifies On Killings Of Wife, Another Man. ‘I Did Not Want To Shoot Him.’
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EU Lists Iran’s Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard As Terrorist Organization Over Protest Crackdown
The European Union agreed Thursday to list Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc’s top diplomat said, in a largely symbolic move that adds to pressure on the Islamic Republic. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said foreign ministers in the 27-nation bloc unanimously agreed on the designation, which she said will put the regime “on the same footing” with al-Qaida, Hamas and the Islamic State group. “Those who operate through terror must be treated as terrorists,” Kallas said. Economic woes sparked the protests before they broadened into a...
Bus Driver Sacked After Chasing And Punching Thief
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