Thursday, May 31, 2018

Lacking tickets, Venezuela's Caracas metro gives free rides

CARACAS (Reuters) - Earlier this month, supervisors at the 53 stations in the metro system in Venezuela's capital Caracas received an unprecedented order: once your supply of tickets runs out, unlock the turnstiles and let passengers ride free.


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Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's term, pardoning Stewart - ABC News


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Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's term, pardoning Stewart
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FILE - In this May 20, 2014 file photo, conservative scholar and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, left, accompanied by his lawyer Benjamin Brafman leaves federal court, in New York. President Donald Trump says he will pardon conservative commentator Dinesh ...
Trump considering pardoning Martha Stewart, Rod BlagojevichCBS News
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What's the hurry, Sarah Huckabee Sanders? - Washington Post


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What's the hurry, Sarah Huckabee Sanders?
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When White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds an official press briefing, time is a precious commodity. May 22: “We'll keep this short today.” May 17: “Sorry, I'm going to keep going because we're really tight on time today.” May 7 ...

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Exclusive: Trump says may need to meet North Korea's Kim more than once

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it may take more than one meeting to seal a denuclearization deal with North Korea and that he would like Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons program as quickly as possible under any agreement.


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U.N. and Myanmar agree outline of Rohingya return deal, no details

GENEVA/YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it had struck a deal with Myanmar aimed at eventually allowing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims sheltering in Bangladesh to return safely and by choice.


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Trump considering pardoning Martha Stewart, Rod Blagojevich - CBS News


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Trump considering pardoning Martha Stewart, Rod Blagojevich
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Shortly after announcing he will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, President Trump said he is considering two other pardons — one for TV personality Martha Stewart, and one for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Mr. Trump made the ...

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John Boehner: 'There Is No Republican Party. There's a Trump Party.' - Daily Beast


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John Boehner: 'There Is No Republican Party. There's a Trump Party.'
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“There is no Republican Party. There's a Trump party. The Republican party is taking nap somewhere,” said former House Speaker John Boehner. The former top Republican lawmaker spoke Thursday morning at the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan, ...

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Boehner: 'There is no Republican Party. There's a Trump party.' - Politico


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Boehner: 'There is no Republican Party. There's a Trump party.'
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Former House speaker John Boehner declared Thursday that the Republican Party as he once knew it is gone, replaced by what he called the “Trump party.” The former Republican congressional leader, who served as House speaker from 2011 to 2015, ...
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Florida school shooting suspect foretold intention in videos - Los Angeles Times


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Florida school shooting suspect foretold intention in videos
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In chilling cellphone videos released Wednesday, the suspect in a February massacre at a Florida high school announced his intention to become the next school shooter, aiming to kill at least 20 people and saying, “You're all going to die.” The three ...
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Trump says he’s considering pardoning Martha Stewart, Rod Blagojevich

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Samantha Bee slammed for profane remark about Ivanka Trump - The Hill (blog)


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Samantha Bee slammed for profane remark about Ivanka Trump
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Samantha Bee is taking heat for using a profane term to describe Ivanka Trump · Ivana (Ivanka) Marie TrumpEx-NFL star at White House event backs league's anthem policy Facts the first casualty when Dems, media attack Trump Ivanka leaves White House ...
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U.S., North Korea resume nuclear talks, Trump expects letter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A high-ranking North Korean official met the top U.S. diplomat on Thursday in New York to discuss nuclear arms disagreements, and is expected to visit Washington this week to hand President Donald Trump a letter from North Korea's leader.


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Lebanon working for return of thousands of Syrian refugees: security official

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon is working with Damascus for the return of thousands of refugees who want to go back to Syria, a Lebanese official said on Thursday.


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Eleven killed in Nicaragua protests, including attack on Mother's Day march

MANAGUA (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed on Wednesday in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, a rights group said on Thursday.


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Journalist who faked death: I didn't want to share Skripal's fate

KIEV (Reuters) - Arkady Babchenko, the dissident Russian journalist who faked his own death in Ukraine's capital, said on Thursday he had to undertake the ruse because he feared he would share the fate of poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.


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U.N. fires Central Africa legal adviser who accused peacekeepers of massacre

DAKAR (Reuters) - The U.N. mission in Central African Republic has fired one of its lawyers after he accused Rwandan peacekeepers of massacring 30 civilians in the capital last month and said they could be investigated.


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Reporters quit Slovak public broadcaster to protest at political pressure

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Twelve reporters from Slovakia's public TV and radio broadcaster RTVS quit on Thursday in protest at what they called creeping political pressure.


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Micah Parsons wants to be the one others are compared to - NBC Sports

Micah Parsons wants to be the one others are compared to    NBC Sports NFL Winners and Losers: Micah Parsons pushes Cowboys into Super Bow...