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Thousands Call For Action On US Gun Violence

Thousands of people took to the streets in the United States (US) on Saturday to push for action on the devastating gun violence plaguing the country, where Republican politicians have repeatedly blocked efforts to enact stricter firearms laws.Protesters of all ages streamed onto the National Mall in Washington, where a gun violence prevention group placed more than 45,000 white vases holding flowers – one for each person killed by a firearm in the US in 2020."Protect People Not Guns,&qu

12 June 2022
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Biden Enters The White House

Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States (US) Wednesday with an upbeat call to end the nation's deep schisms as he immediately erased a slew of Donald Trump's most divisive policies.Standing on the steps of the US Capitol that was ransacked by pro-Trump mobs exactly two weeks earlier, Biden was sworn in moments after Kamala Harris took the oath as America's first woman vice president."Democracy is precious, democracy is fragile and at this hour, my friends,

21 January 2021
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US Capital Locks Down As Security Threats Mount

The centre of Washington was in lockdown Thursday as more than 20,000 armed National Guard troops were mobilized following the deadly assault on the Capitol and the threat of more violence at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.Police Chief Robert Contee said the United States (US) capital was facing "a major security threat" after supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building a week ago in a violent bid to block Biden's confirmation that lef

15 January 2021
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Beijing May Want To Keep Trump In The White House

Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival.Relations are as icy as at any time since formal ties were established four decades ago, with China warning it does not want to be drawn into a new "Cold War" with the United States (US).Under his 'America First' banner, Trump has portrayed China as the greatest threat to the United States and

21 October 2020
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Trump, Kim summit ends with signing of joint declaration

All eyes were on the Capella Hotel in Singapore, the location of the historic summit between the President of the United States (US), Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. The previously unimaginable encounter saw the leader of the free world shake the hand of a third-generation leader of a ruling dynasty, whom just months ago, he had an intense verbal exchange with and threatened to rain “fire and fury” if the latter endangered the US.

12 June 2018
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Philippines' Duterte receives Russian assault rifles

Russia handed over army trucks and thousands of assault rifles to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday as the two nations celebrated their growing military ties.Duterte accepted the weaponry during a visit to a Russian naval ship docked in Manila, the latest move to embrace Russia and China while distancing the Philippines from its longtime ally and mutual defence partner, the United States.Following a tour of the mammoth anti-submarine warship Admiral Panteleyev, Duterte persona

25 October 2017
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US apologises after Indonesian military chief denied boarding

The US has apologised after Indonesia’s military chief Gatot Nurmantyo was cleared to travel to the US after initially being prohibited from boarding a flight to Washington.Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Monday that the issue had been resolved after she earlier met with deputy US ambassador to Indonesia Erin McKee.

23 October 2017
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