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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Monday designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations separately called out the country for engaging in what he said was “hostage diplomacy.” With the designation, Afghanistan joins Iran as countries singled out by the U.S. in the past two …
By Richard CowanWASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Six Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday said they are embarking on an intensified campaign…
The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy
BOSTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from next week ending legal protections that allow nearly 1,100 Somalis to live and work in the United States. The lawsuit, brought by four Somalis and two advocacy groups, challenges the U.S. Department of Homeland …
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports jumped nearly 22% in the first two months of the year from a year earlier, powered by a surge in shipments of computer chips, autos and electronics. The export figures released by China’s customs agency on Tuesday were much better than economists had forecast. They far exceeded the 6.6% …
COPENHAGEN, March 10 (Reuters) – A disturbance has occurred on the Fenno-Skan 2 power connection between Finland and Sweden, Finnish grid…
March 10 (Reuters) – UAE’s foreign ministry condemned a drone attack on its consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil, it said in a statement early on Tuesday. Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said late on Monday that it had downed three drones in Erbil, with debris from one of the drones falling near the UAE consulate. It …
BANGKOK, March 10 (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered civil servants to conserve energy amid an energy squeeze brought on by the conflict in the Middle East, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday, with measures including suspending overseas trips and using stairs instead of elevators. “The prime minister ordered that starting from …
ANKARA, March 10 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Tuesday that a U.S. Patriot air defence system was deployed to its southeast, near a NATO radar base, as part of steps by the alliance to boost air defences in the face of missile threats from the Iran war. It is being deployed to Malatya province, the …
It seems that a country divided on many fronts is finding common ground at the gas pumps