Turkey, US can turn Raqa into 'graveyard' for Islamic State: Erdogan
A US military commander (R) walks with a commander (C) from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) as they inspect the damage at YPG headquarters after it was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria. The move comes as final preparations are underway to take out Islamic State in Raqqa and could damage efforts to push the terror organization out of its most important stronghold in Syria.
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Macron appears at event with Hollande amid preparations for transition to power
But it will be a short honeymoon period. The question remains: will Emmanuel Macron , inexperienced in politics and with his fledgling party be able to form the credible government needed to pass the reforms he promises? CGTN's Richard Bestic explains what's next for Macron.
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White House alerted about Michael Flynn's blackmail risk: Ex-official Sally Yates
During her testimony , Ms Yates said she again met with Mr McGuan on 27 January to discuss his concerns. Eighteen days after first learning of Yates's concerns, Trump fired Flynn, saying he no longer had confidence in having him as a key White House adviser.
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Flight Club: Brawl erupts at Florida airport after delays
Sen. Watch the full video here: Long lines formed after the cancellations, and some customers became irate. United's image took another blow when a giant rabbit died as it awaited a connecting flight in Chicago. The airline won a federal court order on Tuesday ordering the union to have its members again start flying their normal allotment of flights. "We are disappointed that ALPA has chose to engage in this unlawful slowdown", Spirit spokesman Paul Berry said.
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PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Emmanuel Macron On Victory
Like Macron, Le Pen will now have to work to try to convert her presidential result into parliamentary seats, in a two-round system that has in the past encouraged voters to vote tactically to keep her out. Many of those will have been supporters of the far-left maverick Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose high-spending, anti-EU, anti-globalisation platform had many similarities with Le Pen's.
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Captain Ben Gibson plunges in misery as Middlesbrough gets relegated
As one of the highest-profile players to fall out of Chelsea manager Antonio Conte's starting lineup earlier in the season, Fabregas has maintained an exemplary attitude throughout, while remaining ready to contribute at every opportunity.
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NKorea says its missiles target USA mainland
The North Korean missile test also comes as the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group arrived near the Korean Peninsula, where it joined a USA submarine, the USS Michigan, which is docked in a South Korean port. He recalled the $1.5 billion that the United States had given North Korea in earlier phases of interaction since 1995 and held out promise of resumption of assistance and cooperation if North Korea gave up its nuclear weapons.
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Suspect in doctors' slayings once worked at their posh condo
An official also told the Globe that "a message of retribution" was found written on a wall inside the apartment. Little is known about Teixeira at this time. His tragic and sudden passing leaves an inescapable void in all of us. Dr Bolanos, 38, was a paediatric anaesthesiologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.
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Sally Yates: I warned White House that Michael Flynn could be blackmailed
He said Yates was someone who "clearly showed by the fact that career [Justice Department] attorneys told her the president's lawful order - that she should sign the president's lawful order and then chose not to do it" and argued "that vindicates the President's point".
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Theresa May doesn't like the UK's chances at 2017 Eurovision Contest
Her exit was sparked by Simon Cowell's controversial choice to keep Jedward in the competition (coincidentally, also Eurovision entrants for Ireland in 2011). Of the 64 acts who have won the contest to date, a little over half (36) represented a country in the European Union or EEC. Meanwhile, speculation has been rife about the Brexit effect but John is banking on songs and spectacle, not politics and pettiness, winning the day.
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South Korea's New President Could Make Life Harder for Donald Trump
Liberal candidate Moon Jae-In won South Korea's special election over the conservative challenger with a plurality of the vote, receiving 41.4% of the ballots in his favor. Before the election, the North Korea government asked South Koreans to vote for a more liberal candidate. Despite unusually high level of undecided voters due to split in the conservative camp and tight election schedule, turnout was exceptionally high at 77.2 percent.
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Trump fires FBI Director James Comey
Zeleny said Trump "did not necessarily have the rationale" to fire Comey when he first began discussing the possibility "but then asked the attorney general and the deputy attorney general to look for that rationale and that explanation".







