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AHMEDABAD, INDIA – A half-kilometer (1,640-foot) brick wall has been hastily erected in India’s Gujarat state ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, with critics saying it was built to block the view of a slum area…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pardoning former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik.Trump also says he has granted…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced sanctions Tuesday on a Russian state-controlled brokerage that has helped the Venezuelan government skirt an American oil embargo and enabled President Nicolas Maduro keep his grip on…

WASHINGTON – U.S. media tycoon Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate, after a new poll shows him leapfrogging several of his rivals, including Joe Biden, to claim second spot in the race for…

Denny Hamlin won his second straight Daytona 500 and third overall, beating Ryan Blaney in an overtime photo finish marred by a terrifying crash that sent Ryan Newman to hospital.Newman had surged into the lead on the final lap when…

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA – Democratic White House contenders Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg stepped up their attacks on each other on Monday, with Sanders accusing the media mogul of trying to buy the election and Bloomberg…

DES MOINES, IOWA – So far, Pete Buttigieg has made it look easy.The once little-known former mayor of a midsize Midwestern city vaulted over a former vice president and several U.S. senators in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire…

DENVER – In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists:I Still Want You.A Washington-based nerd strike force called the U.S. Digital Service is…

The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet has fallen to 41.0 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, dropping 8.3 points from the previous poll in January and marking the sharpest fall in nearly two years amid…

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – President Donald Trump took a loop around the Daytona 500 racetrack on Sunday in the presidential limousine known as “The Beast,” drawing cheers from fans at NASCAR’S most prestigious race.Ramping up his…

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – Openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg pushed back Sunday against recent homophobic comments from conservative radio personalities as he rises to become a 2020 front-runner.Rush Limbaugh…

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that he doesn’t believe the U.S. will pursue war with his country, because it will harm President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection bid.Rouhani said that Trump knows that war with…

WASHINGTON – More than 1,000 former U.S. Justice Department officials on Sunday called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a longtime adviser of President Donald Trump.The former officials,…

WASHINGTON/COLUMBUS, OHIO – Rival Democrats battling for the Nevada caucuses later this week seized on Michael Bloomberg’s Republican past and comments about policing, women and race to argue he has no place in the crowded…

MUNICH – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nation’s global role despite misgivings in Europe, vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for “empire.”Seeking to reassure…

The coronavirus has spread to more than 24 countries despite China reporting Sunday a drop in new virus cases for the third straight day.There are 2,009 new cases in mainland China, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 68,500,…

The coronavirus has spread to more than 24 countries despite China reporting Sunday a drop in new virus cases for the third straight day.There are 2,009 new cases in mainland China, bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 68,500,…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been accused of “delaying” its response to the coronavirus outbreak in an attempt to appease China.By the time the UN agency declared a global health emergency on January 30, the virus had already…

It is said that you will never see a Rolls Royce broken down.Should a driver experience any problems they simply call a discreet number and a covered truck is immediately dispatched to the scene. The vehicle is then quickly pulled inside…

Mike Bloomberg could team up with Hillary Clinton to try to take down US President Trump in November — by making her his running mate.Mr Bloomberg’s internal polling has found the combo “would be a formidable force,” campaign sources…