Month: February 2020

Argentine Vice-President and President of the Senate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks during the Havana’s International Book Fair, in Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2020. Ismael Francisco/Pool via REUTERS HAVANA (Reuters) – Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Saturday that the government will not pay “even half a cent” of its debt back
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Democrats scrambled to gain an edge with voters on Saturday on the last weekend before the party’s next presidential nominating contest in New Hampshire, where Pete Buttigieg began drawing fire as the candidate on the rise. The problems that plagued the Iowa caucuses overshadowed any victory bump before New Hampshire’s contest
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Thomas Kemmerich, Thuringia’s newly elected State Premier Minister of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) reads his statement in front of the media at the federal state parliament of Thuringia in Erfurt, Germany February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s ruling coalition on Saturday called for fresh elections in the eastern state of Thuringia,
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the ouster of impeachment witness Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from the White House National Security Council, calling him “insubordinate” and saying he had incorrectly reported the contents of his “perfect” telephone calls. FILE PHOTO: Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National
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February sees a crop of love-themed books make their way across the pond, but if that’s not what you’re into, fear not! There is some hard-hitting fiction and memoir, too. Seduction: A History From the Enlightenment to the Present, by Clement Knox (Pegasus Books, February 4) It’s February, so maybe you’re in the mood for
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