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‘Be rooted in reality’: Barack Obama urges moderation to 2020 Democratic presidential contenders
"The average American doesn’t think we have to completely tear down the system and remake it," Obama said Friday.
Egypt to reduce subsidised staple food prices
Egypt will lower prices of subsidised food staples from December, the state news agency MENA quoted Supply Minister Ali Moselhy as saying on Saturday....
Chicago teachers approve ‘historic’ contract that ended 11-day strike
The Chicago Teachers Union voted Friday to accept a contract deal that ended an 11-day strike in the third-largest school district last month.
Why serial killers kill
There have been 220,000 unsolved murders in the U.S. since 1980. Are serial killers to blame? Here's everything you need to know:How many serial...
UPDATE 2-White House budget official testifies in impeachment probe on Saturday
A White House budget official walked into a closed session of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Saturday,...
Sanders and Warren want to tax the rich. Here’s why their plans could work.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been facing charges that the proposals won’t work. Critics of the Warren (D-Mass.) and Sanders (I-Vt.) plans...
Protest graffiti fills Beirut’s posh downtown
A majestic phoenix spreads its wings as Hayat Nazer adds a splash of colour to a Beirut wall. As Lebanon's uprising enters its...
I was a reporter during Watergate. Democrats, don’t celebrate impeachment hearings yet.
The lesson many missed this week as the impeachment inquiry began is how so much potential evidence against President Donald Trump is still elusive.
Iran’s protests against gasoline price hike turn political: media
Riot police and security forces clashed with demonstrators in Tehran and dozens of cities across Iran on Saturday, Iranian news agencies and social...
