Pope warns EU risks future if it doesn’t confront challenges

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:00:06 +0000

Pope warns EU risks future if it doesn't confront challenges

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is warning that the Europe Union risks losing its influence and very essence as a unified bloc if political leaders don’t reawaken the dreams of its founding fathers.

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Canada suspends operations at embassy in Venezuela

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 22:55:07 +0000

TORONTO – Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro regime would not renew visas for its diplomats.

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China blames US for trade dispute

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 08:55:37 +0000

BEIJING (AP) – China yesterday issued a report blaming the United States for a trade dispute and said it won’t back down on “major issues of principle,” but offered no clarification about what additional steps it will take to up the ante. The statement from the Cabinet spokesman’s office said that China has kept its […]

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Singer goes missing in China’s effort to erase Tiananmen

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:57:03 +0000

Singer goes missing in China's effort to erase Tiananmen

It has been three months since Chinese rock musician Li Zhi, outspoken artist who performs folk rock, disappeared from public view. 

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Biden declares LGBTQ rights his No. 1 legislative priority

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:13:52 +0000

Biden declares LGBTQ rights his No. 1 legislative priority

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be his top legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into the nation’s labor and civil rights laws.

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Did ‘silencer’ make a difference in Virginia Beach carnage?

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:10:08 +0000

Did 'silencer' make a difference in Virginia Beach carnage?

The shooter who killed 12 people in a government office building in Virginia Beach used a suppressor that muffles the sound of gunfire.

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With Biden absent, his rivals pounce at California gathering

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:35:43 +0000

With Biden absent, his rivals pounce at California gathering

SAN FRANCISCO – Democratic presidential hopefuls took rival Joe Biden’s absence at a California state party gathering Saturday as a chance to take subtle digs at the former vice president and craft themselves as better positioned to bring Democrats into the future.

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Pope braves rain-soaked mountain roads for Transylvania Mass

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 23:30:25 +0000

Pope braves rain-soaked mountain roads for Transylvania Mass

MIERCUREA CIUC, Romania – Pope Francis braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania on Saturday to visit Romania’s most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future.

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Biden going it alone as the Democratic 2020 front-runner

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 22:29:43 +0000

Biden going it alone as the Democratic 2020 front-runner

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The center of presidential politics this weekend is the California Democratic Convention, but Democrats’ 2020 front-runner is almost 2,500 miles away, going it alone.Joe Biden will headline an LGBTQ civil rights gala Saturday evening in Columbus, Ohio. It’s an appropriate venue for a Democratic White House hopeful on the first day of Pride Month, particularly for the former vice president who endorsed same-sex marriage in 2012 before his old boss, President Barack Obama.

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“El Chapo” mother, sisters get US visas to visit drug lord

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 22:12:48 +0000

"El Chapo" mother, sisters get US visas to visit drug lord

MEXICO CITY  – The mother of convicted drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said Saturday that the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City granted her a visa so she can visit her son in prison.

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