-Anietie Udobit,agency reports Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday the United States would have to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by 755, heightening tensions between Washington and Moscow three days after the U.S. Congress approved sanctions against Russia, AP reports. In response, the U.S. State Department deemed it "a
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-Anietie Udobit,agency reports The U.S. ambassador to Russia has expressed his “strong disappointment and protest” to Russia after it seized two American facilities and called on the U.S. to remove some of its personnel or face expulsion from the country. The move was Moscow’s way of retaliating one day after the U.S.
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-Anietie Udobit,agency reports The New York Post reported Friday that incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci's wife filed for divorce because of his political ambitions. Citing "multiple sources," The Post's Page Six reported that Scaramucci's wife, Deidre Ball, filed for divorce after three years of marriage because of Scaramucci's efforts to
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-Anietie Udobit,Agency reports The Minister of National Security in Jamaica, Robert Montague, has announced that prisoners in the country are to be allowed conjugal visits. According to The Observer newspaper, the Minister, who caused uproar on social media after his announcement, made this known while addressing participants at a Diaspora Conference in
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-Anietie Udobit, Agency reports Prominent veterans, including Vietnam War veteran John McCain, have criticized President Donald Trump in the wake of his decision to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. But the head of the largest fleet in the U.S. Navy, Admiral Scott Swift, was quick to swear his
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-Anietie Udobit,Agency reports Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever. When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, putting him $500 million ahead of Microsoft founder
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Anietie Udobit,agency reports The teenage girl from Germany who Iraqi security forces discovered in a tunnel in the northern city of Mosul last week has spoken of her regret at joining the ranks of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), according to German media reports. Soldiers found Linda W., 16, with four
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-Anietie Udobit,agency reports Vladimir Putin reportedly told Donald Trump that if Russian hackers had infiltrated Democratic groups, they would have been too good to have been detected. And now the President is making the same claims, the White House has admitted. According to the New York Times, Mr. Putin told the US
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-Anietie Udobit,Agency reports Russia has warned that talks aimed at imposing further US sanctions on Moscow will prove "counterproductive" and "harmful." Speaking Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said plans for fresh sanctions would prove detrimental not just to the US and Russia, but other countries too. Peskov's comments come two days after both
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-Anietie Udobit,Agency reports President Trump followed up Saturday’s Twitter tirade with a pair of tweets on Sunday saying that it is “very sad” Republicans are doing “very little to protect” him — and admitted that the investigation into his campaign’s possible contacts with Russia, while “phony,” is “taking hold.” As the
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