Saturday, 6 January 2018

Germany, Turkey pledge to thaw ties that coup and arrests froze

GOSLAR, Germany (Reuters) - Germany and Turkey's foreign ministers on Saturday agreed to pull out all the stops to improve ties that have soured due to disputes over Ankara's post-coup crackdown and the arrests of German citizens in Turkey.


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Can Trump Open Nearly the Entire US Coastline to Oil Drilling? - The Atlantic


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Can Trump Open Nearly the Entire US Coastline to Oil Drilling?
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Like ​The Atlantic? Subscribe to ​The Atlantic Daily​, our free weekday email newsletter. Five years from now, there could be a handful of operating oil rigs within a hundred miles of Miami or the Florida Keys. Dozens more could sit from the coast of ...
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Fire and Fury: Tillerson 'never questioned' Trump mental health - BBC News


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Fire and Fury: Tillerson 'never questioned' Trump mental health
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he has never doubted President Trump's mental health after a new book claimed staff saw him as a child. Author Michael Wolff said White House employees believed Mr Trump's "mental powers were slipping". His book ...
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We'll do all we can to overcome difficulties in German-Turkish ties: Gabriel

GOSLAR, Germany (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday he had agreed with visiting Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to do everything possible to improve the ties between Berlin and Ankara that have soured in a series of disputes.


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Marijuana sellers undeterred by threat of federal prosecution - USA TODAY


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Marijuana sellers undeterred by threat of federal prosecution
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DENVER — Defiant marijuana entrepreneurs and investors are shrugging off threats of heightened federal prosecution and placing their faith in state lawmakers and a growing belief their industry is too big and popular to shut down. Attorney General ...
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Pakistan, the Endlessly Troublesome Ally - New York Times


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Pakistan, the Endlessly Troublesome Ally
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Pakistan has long posed a dilemma for the United States — should America provide it with aid and treat it as an ally because of its potential to help fight regional extremists, or should ties and funding be restricted, or even severed, because of its ...
The long history of incredibly fraught relations between the US and PakistanWashington Post
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Officials: Shooter's widow knew he would do 'something bad' - ABC News


Officials: Shooter's widow knew he would do 'something bad'
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Investigators say the widow of the man who killed dozens of people at a gay nightclub in Florida knew her husband "was going to do something bad" before the attack. The Orlando Sentinel reports that a statement written by an FBI agent and signed by ...

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'That's the model': Republican Cory Gardner stands up to President Trump - Washington Post


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'That's the model': Republican Cory Gardner stands up to President Trump
Washington Post
For Republicans who have found themselves at odds with President Trump or his policies, there have generally been just two options: Buckle, as former deficit hawks did on the recent tax bill, or give up entirely, as two senators did in deciding to ...
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Pulse nightclub shooter's wife was aware of plot — and did nothing - New York Post


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Pulse nightclub shooter's wife was aware of plot — and did nothing
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Noor Salman — whose husband gunned down 49 people in the club — told investigators that she “knew that her husband was going to attack the Pulse nightclub” when he left the house on the night of June 11 last year, according to documents obtained by ...
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Photos show the East Coast frozen over as temperatures drop in the wake of the 'bomb cyclone' - Business Insider


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Photos show the East Coast frozen over as temperatures drop in the wake of the 'bomb cyclone'
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New York City was pummeled with more than a foot of fresh powder in some spots, while Boston got slammed with a wall of freezing water larger than residents have seen in decades. Fountains in Georgia froze solid, while in the nation's capital, the ...
A 'bomb cyclone' slammed the East Coast with snow and ice. Now comes the 'arctic outbreak.'Washington Post
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Shooter's wife knew about Pulse attack beforehand, records show - TBO.com


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Shooter's wife knew about Pulse attack beforehand, records show
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This undated image shows Omar Mateen, who authorities say killed dozens of people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The gunman opened fire inside the crowded gay nightclub before dying in a gunfight with SWAT ...

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Mine blast injures Yemeni army chief-of-staff

ADEN (Reuters) - The chief of staff of the Yemeni army has been injured by a land mine that went off while he was visiting the northern al-Jouf province, where heavy fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters is underway, a senior government official said.


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Brutal cold follows massive East Coast winter storm -- live updates - CBS News


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Brutal cold follows massive East Coast winter storm -- live updates
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Last Updated Jan 5, 2018 9:13 PM EST. Frigid temperatures, some that could feel as cold as minus 30 degrees, moved across the East Coast as the region attempted to clean up from a massive winter storm that brought more than a foot of snow, hurricane ...
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Will Trump's nuclear tweets get him blocked from Twitter? Not while president - USA TODAY


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Will Trump's nuclear tweets get him blocked from Twitter? Not while president
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SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter on Friday answered calls to block President Trump from its platform for inciting violence. The answer was "No." In its corporate blog, the company (TWTR) did not name Trump, but said "blocking a world leader from Twitter or ...
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Twitter explains why it won't block 'world leaders' — without naming Trump - Washington Post


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Twitter explains why it won't block 'world leaders' — without naming Trump
Washington Post
Some Twitter users have called, repeatedly, for the social network to block President Trump's account — but a new statement from Twitter essentially says that is not going to happen. Twitter has previously responded to complaints about Trump's account ...
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White House Immigration Demands Imperil Bipartisan Talks - New York Times


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White House Immigration Demands Imperil Bipartisan Talks
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday presented Congress with an expansive list of hard-line immigration measures, including an $18 billion request to build a wall at the Mexican border, that President Trump is demanding in exchange for protecting ...
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