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Justice Department says Trump has power to name Whitaker
WSAU Wausau4 days agoFILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is pictured in an undated photo obtained by Reuters, Nov. 8, 2018. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department defended ...
U.S.-Backed `Quad' Quietly Gains Steam as Way to Balance China
Bloomberg4 days agoPotentially the most important meeting in Asia this week isn’t on any official summit agenda, features no head of state and certainly doesn’t include China. Senior officials from Australia, ...
Politics this week
The Economist1 day agoAfter an “impassioned” five-hour meeting Theresa May, Britain’s prime minister, said her cabinet had approved a provisional withdrawal deal from the European Union. After the meeting Mrs May ...
China’s loans to African states have been caught between local realities and debt anxieties. In the five years from 2012 to 2017, Chinese lending to sub Saharan African countries jumped to more ...
Grace: From Omaha to Africa, Central grads hope to create international link through the arts
Omaha World-Herald4 days agoOmaha artist Kristin Pluhacek recently returned from an overseas peace mission in Africa centered on art. Former Omahan Natalie Brown, a foreign service officer based in the country of Eritrea ...
Sanctions on Eritrea are lifted
The Economist3 days agoERITREA HAD AN inauspicious start to the year. In January neighbouring Sudan accused it of supporting armed rebel groups and closed its border. Eritrea responded by alleging that Sudan, along ...
US to cut troop figures in Africa by 10 percent
Al Jazeera2 days agoThe US army will withdraw hundreds of troops conducting counterterrorism operations across Africa over the next several years, the Pentagon has said, in a move that comes amid efforts to prioritise ...
“Well-designed public finance reforms can help policymakers reduce debt while preserving growth and protecting the most vulnerable,” said Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the IMF.
It’s time to move the US Embassy to Yemen out of Saudi Arabia
The Hill4 days agoMichael Rubin says locating the embassy in Saudi Arabia undercuts any pretense of neutrality at a time when peace talks require it.
