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Nigeria targets smuggling with ‘partial closure’ of Benin border
Nigeria has announced the "partial closure" of its border with Benin to clamp down on the smuggling of goods, above all rice, into the...
Portuguese national interrupts TV interview, gives moving speech about Brexit’s impact
Another spanner has been thrown into the works in the countdown to Brexit. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the Queen to suspend parliament which...
Archbishop of Canterbury mourns victims of Sri Lanka attacks
The Archbishop of Canterbury emphasized the need for Christian unity on Thursday as he paid tribute to the victims of the Easter Sunday bomb...
Group files FEC complaint against Ilhan Omar as she denies latest accusation about her...
The right-leaning National Legal and Policy Center filed an FEC complaint against Omar on Wednesday citing the money paid to Tim Mynett's firm.
Germany welcomes U.S. readiness to talk with Iran, urges all to play their part
Germany foreign minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday that his country welcomed signs the United States was more willing to discuss the Iranian nuclear...
U.S. Space Command, Hurricane Dorian, college football: 5 things to know Thursday
The U.S. Space Command officially launches, folks across the nation prepare to hit the road for Labor Day weekend and more things to start...
Hurricane Dorian path tracks toward Florida, now near Puerto Rico, NOAA says
The latest forecast for Hurricane Dorian's path increases the chances its track will make landfall near Florida or Georgia as a significant category storm,...
How Russia and China are preparing to exploit a warming planet
POLITICO’s latest Global Translations podcast explores how climate change is reshaping power dynamics among America’s adversaries.
Republicans grow anxious about the Trump economy
Trump's trade war with China could undermine GOP chances of holding the White House and Senate in 2020.
Candidates propose expanding the ‘war on terror’ to counter the real threat: White supremacists
Since the El Paso shooting, which was declared an act of “domestic terrorism" by the Justice Department, the FBI has thwarted seven mass shootings,...
