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Transatlantic ties hang in the balance as Trump comes to Europe
The summit's agenda will include a discussion of Russia's interference in the 2016 USA presidential election and the war in Syria, Trump said. A third of active-duty USA military troops overseas - more than 60,000 - are stationed in Europe, including 35,000 in Germany, 12,000 in Italy, 8,500 in the United Kingdom and 3,300 in Spain, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of information from... [Full Article...]
Anne Frank's visa application for America frustrated by 'bureaucracy, war and time'
A letter from Anne Frank's father Otto reveals that he first applied for US immigration visas as early as 1938, the year that Germany annexed Austria and Nazis terrorized Jewish citizens during Kristallnacht . When Frank reportedly tried again to seek visas in 1941 for both the United States and Cuba, he had never heard back from either of the two nation's immigration representation, so the... [Full Article...]
Mueller Wants Manafort to Remain Behind Bars
Manafort's attorneys asked a federal judge on Friday to move the trial from Alexandria, Virginia, to Roanoke, Virginia, arguing that a change of venue was necessary for his Sixth Amendment right to trial by an impartial jury, the New York Times reported. [Full Article...]
First Boys Rescued Emerge
An Australian doctor, a diving expert, gave the final approval on the health of the boys - clearing the way for the rescue. They will be taken to a nearby helipad with a police motorcycle escort before being flown to the provincial capital of Chiang Rai for treatment in a hospital there. [Full Article...]
May secures Cabinet agreement on Brexit plan
Uniting her cabinet was a big win for May, after two years of very public splits. Boris Johnson has decided not to quit as foreign secretary over UK Prime Minister Theresa May's soft Brexit plan because he wants to remain in Cabinet and fight for the divorce he wants, according to a person familiar with his thinking. [Full Article...]
Chemical Watchdog Sees Signs Of Chlorine In Suspected Syria Chemical Attack
At the same time, the investigators reported based on initial test results that "no organophosphorous nerve agents or their degradation products" were detected in samples taken from people allegedly exposed or in the environment. Washington and other Western governments blamed Syrian government forces for the attack in Douma. "The UK publicly supported the White Helmets that are a branch of al-Q... [Full Article...]
Giuliani: If Cohen Tells the Truth, 'We're Home Free'
Giuliani and Trump allies have repeatedly pointed to the anti-Trump texts of the two Federal Bureau of Investigation lovebird agents working on the case. I don't know. You know what a campaign is like? "It didn't seem to be any trouble in working out a reimbursement", Giuliani said. Giuliani's television appearances come on the heels of an admission earlier this week to ABC's George Stepha... [Full Article...]
Netherlands expels two Iranian embassy staff
He said the deportation of Iranian diplomats was " unfriendly and unconstructive " and that Iran has the right to take reciprocal measures. A spokesman for the Dutch intelligence service AIVD told Agence France-Presse on Friday, July 7 that two employees of Iran's embassy had been expelled on June 7, without providing further details. [Full Article...]