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Georgia trooper charged with murder in traffic stop shooting
A Georgia state trooper was fired and charged with murder Friday a week after he shot a 60yearold man who tried to flee a rural traffic stop, authorities said.
Chile's Pinera touts support for middle class during coronavirus
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Friday that more than one million people had received the government's $626 spot payment aimed at staving off the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic and it had approved more than 550,000 requests for so...
Trump visits hospitalized younger brother in New York
U.S. President Donald Trump visited his younger brother Robert in a New York City hospital for about 45 minutes on Friday, before heading for his New Jersey country club where he planned to spend the night.
Key Pacific War events on 75th anniversary of war's end
The Pacific War was so massive, so calamitous, it can be difficult to put it in context. There was the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that triggered the SinoJapanese War, the Battle of Midway that changed the course of the war and the dramatic flagraising on...
Trump Wrote to Assad About Journalist Missing in Syria: Pompeo
In March, Trump said the United States had written a letter to authorities in Damascus, without specifying that he himself had written personally to Assad, who Washington wants out of power.
Israel-UAE Deal a Trump Coup That Gives US Diplomatic Edge, But His Eyes Are Set on Iran
The White House has lavished praise on a foreign policy coup which was sorely needed by a president seeking re-election in November who has little to show on the diplomatic front.
Trump's younger brother hospitalized in New York, having 'hard time'
U.S. President Donald Trump's younger brother Robert has been hospitalized in New York and the president plans to visit him on Friday.
UAE-Israel Peace Deal: Pakistan Says Its 'Approach' to be Guided by Palestinian Aspirations
"We have noted the Joint Statement announcing the agreement of the UAE and Israel to have full normalisation of relations. This is a development with far-reaching implications," Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) said.
Trump Says Ready to Push Out Coronavirus Aid, Blames Democrats for Holdup
President Donald Trump on Friday once again said he was ready to act to pump stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis, a week after his negotiating team failed to reach a deal with congressional Democrats.
R. Kelly's manager charged with phone threats to theater
R. Kelly's manager has been arrested on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a documentary addressing allegations that the singer had sexually abused wom...
Miami businessman pleads guilty in Vermont ski fraud case
A Miami businessman accused of being the mastermind behind the largest fraud case in Vermont's history pleaded guilty on Friday over a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant using tens of millions of dollars in foreign investors' money.
Hopes for fresh round of U.S. coronavirus relief fade as Congress goes home
The prospects for a deal in the U.S. Congress to help Americans suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic dimmed on Friday, with the Senate and House of Representatives in recess and no fresh talks scheduled with President Donald Trump's negotiators.
UAE-Israel deal is 'theatre' fabricated by U.S., says Iran's Zarif
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif on Friday denounced an accord between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalise ties as "theatre" fabricated by the United States.
Greek FM heads for Vienna talks amid standoff with Turkey
Greece's foreign minister traveled to Vienna Friday for urgent talks with his European Union counterparts and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on military tensions with Turkey, as the Greek and Turkish navies continued a game of brinkmanship over eastern Me...
Nearly 8% of people in German coronavirus hotspot had COVID-19 - RKI
Results of a study in a town which had one of Germany's earliest coronavirus outbreaks found 7.7% of residents had antibodies to COVID19, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Friday.
South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods
When the Dharala River burst its banks in early July, Kamal Hossain left his home with five members of his family to take shelter in a school in northern Bangladesh, carrying their most prized belongings: cattle, a few sacks of rice and clothes.