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Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold
US president told Theresa May he did not want trip to go ahead if there were large-scale public protests. A Downing Street spokeswoman said it would not comment. “We aren’t going to comment on speculation about the contents of private phone conversations. The Queen extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the UK and there is no change to those plans.” The White House said in statement: “The President has tremendous respect for Prime Minister May. That subject never came up on the call.”
Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold
US president told Theresa May he did not want trip to go ahead if there were large-scale public protests. A Downing Street spokeswoman said it would not comment. “We aren’t going to comment on speculation about the contents of private phone conversations. The Queen extended an invitation to President Trump to visit the UK and there is no change to those plans.” The White House said in statement: “The President has tremendous respect for Prime Minister May. That subject never came up on the call.”
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from The Heritage Foundation
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United's Lousy Service is a Reason for More Competition, Not Regulation
Frequent flyers have become accustomed to being prodded, gawked at, delayed, forced off planes, and generally hassled on their travels. United’s problem is that it chose another anti-consumer option for dealing with its shortage of seats. Allowing airports to employ cash incentives and new business models would further enhance their ability to attract new carriers and support novel routes.
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United's Lousy Service is a Reason for More Competition, Not Regulation
Frequent flyers have become accustomed to being prodded, gawked at, delayed, forced off planes, and generally hassled on their travels. United’s problem is that it chose another anti-consumer option for dealing with its shortage of seats. Allowing airports to employ cash incentives and new business models would further enhance their ability to attract new carriers and support novel routes.
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from POLITICO
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Democrats begin to turn on DHS chief
John Kelly, a retired Marine general, was expected to temper Trump's immigration policies. Instead, Kelly has moved to impose those policies with military rigor.
Democrats begin to turn on DHS chief
John Kelly, a retired Marine general, was expected to temper Trump's immigration policies. Instead, Kelly has moved to impose those policies with military rigor.
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from Redoubt News
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Disappointment with Scotchmans Peak Wilderness
It appeared the Friends of the Scotchmans Peak Wilderness, along with the Forest Service and Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce had collaborated to put together the visual presentation which only showed one side to this controversial issue.
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Disappointment with Scotchmans Peak Wilderness
It appeared the Friends of the Scotchmans Peak Wilderness, along with the Forest Service and Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce had collaborated to put together the visual presentation which only showed one side to this controversial issue.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Property valuations delayed because of staffing shortage in Spokane County Assessor’s Office
Property valuations will be more than four months late this year because of a staffing shortage in the Spokane County Assessor’s Office. Assessor Vicki Horton said her office saw six appraisers retire last year, taking with them decades of experience and familiarity with Washington rules and regulations. And refilling those positions has proved difficult because county appraiser salaries haven’t kept pace with those in the private sector, Horton said, calling the pay gap “significant.”
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
On June 5, Montenegro officially became a member of NATO during a ceremony in Washington. The accession ceremony was marked by the handover of an instrument of accession from Montenegro’s Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic to United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon.
Nine people were injured the shelling by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of the Turkish district of Cukurca in southeastern Hakkari province, local media reported Sunday. The shelling by PKK from Iraq's territory wounded six military personnel and three guards from one of the district's villages who were on duty searching for mines, Dogan News Agency reported, adding that all of the injured were hospitalized. Turkey considers the PKK as terrorist organization. After the ceasefire between the parties broke down in 2015, Ankara started a military operation against the Kurdish militants. On Sunday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that around 1,068 PKK members were killed, 27 wounded and 369 captured alive by the Turkish authorities over the last nine months while 289 PKK members surrendered to Ankara.
'Very Cowardly!': Trump Lashes Out at Comey Over Leaks, Questions Their Legality
Donald Trump lashed out at former FBI Director James Comey over leaking his memo of private conversations with the US president. Former FBI Director James Comey testified on the Trump-Russia probe at the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. It was the first public appearance of Comey since his firing in May. During his testimony, Comey said that he asked a "close friend" of his to leak the record of his conversations with Trump. "My judgement was, I needed to get that out in the public square, so I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter… because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel," Comey said.
Poroshenko's Claims on Ukraine 'Independent From Russia' Shattered by Reality
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that a visa-free regime with the European Union for Ukrainian citizens has come into force. On May 17, President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani and Malta's Interior Minister Carmelo Abela, presiding at the Council of the European Union, signed a document on amending the bloc's legislation to grant Ukrainians the 90-day visa-free regime, which entered into force at midnight local time on Sunday (21:00 GMT on Saturday). Speaking at an event in Kiev, Poroshenko said that it was symbolic that the visa-free regime was enacted on the eve of June 12. On this day, Russia celebrates Russia Day, a national holiday commemorating national independence and sovereignty. "We [Ukraine and Russia] finally became independent from each other, including politically, economically, energetically and mentally," Poroshenko stated.
'If Qatar Loses Its Clout in the Middle East, So Will Turkey'
The current crisis over Qatar is just the tip of the iceberg of the ongoing struggle for influence in the Sunni world, Lebanon’s ex-parliamentary speaker Ili al Farzali told Sputnik. “I see this conflict around Qatar also as a war against Turkey in the Sunni world. Assuming that Qatar is indeed a sponsor of terrorism, namely the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the most influential Sunni party both in and outside the Arab world. If Qatar stops supporting it, this would also have a negative impact on Turkey, which has until now been building up its influence in the Arab world,” Ili al Farzali said.
'Collective East': Why Russia is Reinforcing Its Military Bases in Central Asia
“If the collective West is unable to leave its differences behind and form a common front against international terrorism, maybe the collective East will be able to do the job?” Russia is reinforcing its military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with modern weapons in a bid to prevent the import of terrorism from Afghanistan into Central Asia, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said when meeting with his colleagues from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Kazakh capital Astana on Wednesday.
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from War History Online
The Gulf of Tonkin – How The US Worked Its Way Into The Vietnam Conflict
Ten years after the disastrous defeat of the French Army in its former Asian colony of Indochina, the divided Vietnam once again captured the world’s attention. While the US was openly supporting the South Vietnamese government, the North, supported by the Soviet Union and China, was posing as an open threat to US interests. What started as a proxy war between military superpowers turned into a US-led intervention after a suspected false flag operation referred as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident which occurred in August 1964.
We Examine The Key Facts About The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was also known as the Second Indochina War. In Vietnam, it was called Kháng chiến chống Mỹ which translates as the “Resistance War against America,” usually shortened to the “American war.” As the US did not actually declare war on Vietnam but instead intervened and became the major player in a war that was already ongoing it should, strictly speaking, be referred to as a conflict rather than a war. But to most, it remains best known as the Vietnam War.
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