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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Withdraw Defence Treaty With the US
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Withdraw Defence Treaty With the US

After three years of anti-American rhetoric, President Duterte has withdrawn a defence treaty with the United States.   According to Duterte, the Philippines should no longer depend on a significant partner for military reasons. The alliance between the two countries is nevertheless essential for the Pacific Ocean and the Far East. The American embassy in the Filipino capital Manila confirms that it has received an official cancellation. That would come into effect in 180 days and refers to the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) from 1998. This regulates the legal status of American soldiers present in the Philippines during military exercises or humanitarian operations, among other things. So it is not about scrapping the other military assistance treaties that the two countries ha...
EU and UK both want Ambitious Trade Agreements but Under Different Conditions
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EU and UK both want Ambitious Trade Agreements but Under Different Conditions

The European Commission wants to reach an ambitious free trade agreement with the United Kingdom in the coming year, following the Brexit last weekend.   But she does expect the British to compete with Europe in an "open and honest" way. The British government, for its part, does not just want to accept all European rules. The Frenchman Michel Barnier, who will lead the forthcoming negotiations on a free trade agreement on the European side, commissioned by the European Commission, proposed a draft negotiating mandate this morning. That negotiating mandate determines the conditions under which the European Commission may discuss a new agreement with the United Kingdom. Now that the British have officially left the European Union last weekend, it is necessary to negotiate how the ...
McConnell has Faith at the End of the Impeachment Process
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McConnell has Faith at the End of the Impeachment Process

The leader of the Republican majority in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, would now trust that he has enough senators behind him to quickly put an end to the deposition process against President Trump.   The broadcaster ABC reported that, according to sources from the Republican Party McConnell, a proposal by the Democrats to call witnesses is being voted down. A vote can then follow on Friday as to whether Trump would have been guilty of abuse of power. A majority of senators are predictable to vote for acquittal. A few days ago, McConnell thought aloud that he would not have enough votes to stop witness hearings. Many Republican senators allegedly began to feel interrogated, mainly because of claims made by a former Trump adviser, John Bolton, in a partially leaked manuscript. B...
Is Former Security Adviser John Bolton Going to Testify Against Us President Trump?
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Is Former Security Adviser John Bolton Going to Testify Against Us President Trump?

Will John Bolton, the former security adviser to US President Donald Trump, still testify to the settlement process against the president? The Democrats insist on this now that The New York Times newspaper unpacked excerpts from the manuscript of Bolton's forthcoming book.   According to the newspaper, Bolton writes that Trump personally told him that he would withhold US aid to Ukraine as long as Ukraine did not start a corruption investigation into Trump's political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. "The room where it happened" is the name of the book by John Bolton, the US President's security adviser who was fired in September last year. The book is due mid-March. The manuscript still needs to be approved by the National Security Council in the White House. But even before t...
US Test Rocket again from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
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US Test Rocket again from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

The US has conducted another rocket test. The projectile was fired Thursday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the US Department of Defense confirmed.   The test feeds the fear that a new arms race between the great powers America and Russia will start. Washington cancelled the INF treaty at the beginning of August in which a ban on testing with (nuclear) medium-range missiles with a range between 500 and 5500 kilometres was agreed. That agreement was signed in 1987 by American and Soviet leaders Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. According to the US, Russia had not complied with that prohibition for some time by testing with the SSC-8 system with projectiles that could travel more than 2000 kilometres. It was the second time since the treaty was cancelled that t...
US House to Draft Impeachment Charges Against President Trump: Pelosi
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US House to Draft Impeachment Charges Against President Trump: Pelosi

House of Representative's Democratic President, Nancy Pelosi, considers that there is enough ground to formally begin the settlement procedure against President Trump.   She has therefore questioned the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Justice Committee to prepare formal charges that could lead to the President becoming deposed. It could most likely be voted on around Christmas. Pelosi quoted extensively from your US constitution inside a six-moment debate and said that two months of investigation on Trump's contacts with Ukraine got made it really clear that Trump had acted in infringement of the constitution. The president had been guilty of abuse of energy for his governmental gain. By purchase of Trump, Ukraine needs to have accumulated incriminating evidence against ...
Oklahoma Walmart Shooting Leaves Multiple Dead, Schools on Lockdown
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Oklahoma Walmart Shooting Leaves Multiple Dead, Schools on Lockdown

Three deceased in taking pictures at Walmart Oklahoma. In a part in the supermarket chain, Walmart in Duncan (Oklahoma, U . S .) today at least three individuals died after a taking pictures.   The local law enforcement record this. Nothing is yet known about the amount of wounded folks. Right now, according to AP information agency, the authorities are on the spot in big numbers.   Right now nothing is recognized about the main cause of the taking pictures and if the perpetrator remains free of charge. Right after the incident was reported towards the police, the close by schools continued lockdown.
The US Judge: House of Representatives Must Receive A Whole Mueller Investigation Report
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The US Judge: House of Representatives Must Receive A Whole Mueller Investigation Report

A government US judge has decided that this Residence of Representatives must get the tough, unedited edition in the record by unique investigator Robert Mueller before October 30. Up to now, your house experienced to deal with a heavily edited model.   Mueller investigated the alleged connections of presidential prospect Trump's entourage with Russians through the 2016 election campaign, also known as Russiagate. He got to the final outcome that there was no evidence that Trump was responsible for conspiracies and had nothing related to Russians to influence the elections. Which was the core in the allegations of Trumps Democratic competitors. The American parliament previously obtained an edited model from the report. The Justice Committee of the House visited courtroom to get t...
Drug Deaths Soar to the Highest Level on Record in America
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Drug Deaths Soar to the Highest Level on Record in America

Drug Deaths Soar to the Highest Level on Record in America. In 2018 alone, 72,000 Americans died after an overdose of drugs — a record year.   The situation is so difficult that the life expectancy of the Americans has fallen two years in succession. Our correspondent in the US Björn Soenens and video journalist Daan Wallis made this documentary about the drug crisis. The epidemic not only affects the homeless or unemployed or people with hopeless lives. They are teachers, pilots, police officers, firefighters, lawyers, bankers. It's everybody. About 200 people die every day from heroin, fentanyl or oxycodone. It was large pharmaceutical companies that erupted the crisis in the mid-90s of the last century through aggressive marketing for opiates: heavenly painkillers for chronic p...
US Central Bank Hints At Interest Rate Cuts In The Future
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US Central Bank Hints At Interest Rate Cuts In The Future

US Central bank hints at Interest rate cuts in the Future. The Fed currently finds that intervention to steer the value of the dollar is unnecessary and therefore leaves interest unchanged.   Jerome Powell, the president of the American central bank (the Fed), declared that to the great displeasure of President Trump. However, Powell hints at a possible interest rate cut in the near future, because inflation seems to be falling somewhat. The American president wants interest rates to go down so that the dollar becomes cheaper and exports are boosted. Goods are then relatively less expensive to buy abroad. According to the report, Trump even had it investigated at the end of last year,  whether it is possible to remove Powell from his position if he uses an interest that Trump d...