Pompeo, Pentagon warned Russia against offering bounties for killing U.S. troops

4 minutes ago | Politico | 2 articles

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has acknowledged that he and U.S. military leaders warned Russian officials against offering bounties to militants for killing American and...
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Half of Pentagon's schools in US will do virtual learning

1 hour ago | My Sanantonio

WASHINGTON - Despite President Donald Trump's push to open all schools, half of the Defense Department's schools in America will not open for in-person learning as the country...
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France's COVID-19 cases at 4-month high, health system holding up

6 hours ago | National Post

PARIS - France reported more than 2,500 new COVID-19 infections for the second day in a row on Thursday, levels last seen in mid-April when the country was in the middle of one...
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Europe has mixed reactions to updated U.S. tariffs over Airbus

6 hours ago | Politico

Washington's decision to make "modest" changes to retaliatory tariffs against European products prompted mixed reactions from industries and EU capitals, but relief in Brussels...
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In Europe, Millions of Jobless Are Falling Through the Cracks

7 hours ago | NY Times

Government efforts to subsidize wages and prevent layoffs have kept many in jobs, but they aren't sheltering an army of precarious workers.
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From Poland with love: Right-wing MEP calls for sanctions on Moscow to protect Belarus from ‘interference' & ‘annexation'

9 hours ago | RT

A prominent Polish MEP has made a bizarre call for the European Union to sanction Russia, due to the allegedly falsified Belarusian election and the subsequent protests that...
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Secretary of State Pompeo rejects criticism of government response to mass protests

10 hours ago | New York Post

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week rejected the “insulting” suggestion that America's moral authority was somehow damaged globally but the US government's response to...
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Belgian students to self-collect saliva in large COVID-19 testing experiment

12 hours ago | National Post

BRUSSELS - Thousands of students at a Belgian university will collect weekly from September a sample of their saliva for a rapid COVID-19 test replacing more commonly used...
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Russia's prison population falls to a record low - still large by European standards, but far smaller than US'

12 hours ago | RT

Russia's prison numbers have been falling for two decades, due to the liberalization of the penal system and use of alternative penalties. For the first time, fewer than...
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Airbus calls on EU to respond to US tariff actions as aviation industry faces ‘UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS'

13 hours ago | RT

European plane maker Airbus said on Wednesday it regrets Washington's decision to keep in place 15 percent tariffs on Airbus aircraft despite European Union actions to comply...
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President Trump opposes postal money that would help vote-by-mail

President Trump also predicted, without providing evidence, that mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud in November. Read more ...

LIVE: Attorneys from Breonna Taylor's family speak about meeting with...

Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor are holding a news conference Thursday to discuss the meeting they had with Kentucky's attorney general. Read more ...

AMC theaters, 5 in KC area, to reopen next week with 15-cent movie tickets

Discounts come as part of the company's 100th anniversary Read more ...

For the first time in 5 months, new weekly unemployment claims are under 1...

Another 963,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Department of Labor said. Read more ...

President Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel

The announcement means that the UAE, which is home to the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, would become the first Gulf Arab state to have ties to Israel. Read more ...

Biden: We Need a 3-Month Mask Mandate, Starting Now

Joe Biden is calling for a nationwide protective mask mandate, citing health experts' predictions that it could save 40,000 lives from the coronavirus over the next three... Read more ...

DOJ: Yale Discriminates Against Asian American and White Applicants In...

The Justice Department said its two-year investigation found that race is "the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year." Yale categorically denies... Read more ...

Trump announces peace deal between Israel, United Arab Emirates

President Trump on Thursday announced a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that would pave the way for full normalization of relations between... Read more ...

Apple just removed 'Fortnite' from the App Store and the company behind the...

Epic Games, the company behind "Fortnite," aired a video on Thursday roasting Apple and its iconic "1984" television ad, after Apple yanked the game from the App Store. Epic... Read more ...

Travis Kelce cashing in with huge extension from Chiefs

The Chiefs and star tight end Travis Kelce are reportedly closing in on an extension. According to multiple reports Thursday, the five-time Pro Bowler is about to ink a... Read more ...