Le Pen top aide put under formal investigation

February 23, 2017 Article

The chief of staff of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was put under formal investigation on Wednesday after a day of questioning over the alleged misuse of EU funds to pay parliamentary assistants, a judicial source said. Catherine Griset was taken into custody for questioning along with Le Pen’s bodyguard Thierry Legier, who was

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Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms

February 23, 2017 Article

President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Obama instructed public schools in May 2016 to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms matching their chosen gender identity, threatening to withhold federal

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‘Blind sheikh’ convicted in 1993 World Trade bombing dies in U.S. prison

February 20, 2017 Article

Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Muslim cleric known as “the blind sheikh” who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and of planning [...]

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Islamic State posts video of man it says was Egypt church bomber

February 19, 2017 Article

Islamic State published a video on Sunday threatening Egyptian Christians and showing the last statement of a man it said was responsible for the deadly [...]

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Wilders at Dutch campaign launch vows to crack down on ‘Moroccan scum’

February 18, 2017 Article

Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU party leader Geert Wilders promised to crack down on “Moroccan scum” who he said were making the streets unsafe and urged the Dutch to “regain” their country as he launched his election campaign on Saturday. Wilders was surrounded by police and security guards during a walkabout in Spijkenisse, part of the ethnically

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Wilders at Dutch campaign launch vows to crack down on ‘Moroccan scum’

February 18, 2017 Article

Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU party leader Geert Wilders promised to crack down on “Moroccan scum” who...

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‘I Am Not Your Negro’ explores America’s civil rights struggle

February 18, 2017 Article

As author, poet and essayist James Baldwin started writing a book in the late 1960s exploring the lives of three black civil rights activists, little did he realize his examination of race relations would resonate so deeply in present day America. “I Am Not Your Negro,” the Oscar-nominated documentary now in limited U.S. theaters, takes

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Pakistan says kills 100 ‘terrorists’ after suicide shrine attack

February 18, 2017 Article

Pakistani security forces killed dozens of suspected militants on Friday, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that killed more than 80 worshippers [...]

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Trump goes to his comfort zone – campaigner-in-chief

February 18, 2017 Article

After a tumultuous opening month in the White House, President Donald Trump is heading to a friendlier, familiar and potentially rejuvenating place: the campaign trail. Beset by vicious fights over his Cabinet, legal setbacks over his immigration orders, the resignation of his national security adviser and an investigation into possible links between his campaign and

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U.S. immigrants stay home from work to protest Trump policies

February 16, 2017 Article

More than 100 restaurants and dozens of other businesses in cities around the United States shut their doors on Thursday to show support for “A Day Without Immigrants,” a walkout aimed at protesting President Donald Trump’s policies. Activists called on immigrants to stay home from work, avoid shopping and eating out and skip classes in

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