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Puerto Rico braces for political upheaval involving governor
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Puerto Rico’s governor denied allegations of obstruction of justice late Monday as the main opposition party demanded she be investigated and hinted at a possible impeachment process in what could be the latest round of political upheaval for the U.S. territory. In a brief statement, Gov. Wanda Vázquez for the first time acknowledged an alleged […]

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Trump news: Political ally hospitalised for coronavirus after attending Tulsa rally, as president claims he ‘put the flame out’ for virus
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Following Thursday morning's unemployment numbers, Donald Trump made one of his first public appearances following a growing scandal over US intelligence suspecting Russian military officials of providing "bounties" to Taliban-linked militia.The president championed reports that 4.8m jobs were added in June as states started reopening their economies and people went back to work, with unemployment […]

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SEC Chief Urged to Drop U.S. Attorney Bid Amid Political Battle
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Jun.22 — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton was surprised and dismayed by the political battle that quickly erupted over his pending nomination to be the top federal prosecutor in New York, said people familiar with the matter. Derek Wallbank reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”

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Zoom hits political turbulence in Washington, Beijing; lobbyists ready
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Zoom Video Communications, whose remote meeting app made the obscure California company a hub for global communications during the coronavirus pandemic, now finds itself fighting political battles in Washington and Beijing. This month, Zoom suspended accounts of three U.S. and Hong Kong activists at Beijing’s request after they tried to commemorate the anniversary of the […]

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China's top political meetings open with minute silence over virus, threat to US
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China’s annual high-level political meetings opened Thursday with a minute’s silence for the victims of the coronavirus pandemic and a threat to hit back at the US in an escalating blame game over the disease. More than 2,000 delegates from across the country bowed their heads in silence after singing the national anthem in Beijing’s […]

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Trump charges Obama with 'biggest political crime in American history'
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* Retweet storm after justice department drops Flynn case * Obama: US ‘rule of law’ is at risk under Trump * Opinion: Under Trump, American exceptionalism means misery * For God and Country: Christian case for Trump is a thin readDonald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year […]

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Ministers fear 'The Blob' – made up of political opponents – will sabotage reopening of schools
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Ministers believe ‘The Blob’ – an army made up of political opponents and union barons – is colluding to politicise the coronavirus outbreak, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

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Chinese officials bow to each other at a major political meeting to avoid catching coronavirus 
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A video shows a group of Communist Party members performing a deep bow with their hands held together during a major political meeting in the eastern Chinese city Quzhou on Monday.

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Political Battle Could Jeopardize World’s Most Spectacular Oil Boom
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Guyana’s political impasse is a major potential threat to the nation’s oil boom and its development and continues to hold the nation in a deadlock

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'It was political witch-hunt': Alex Salmond accuses his enemies of 'fabricating' sex assault claims
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Mr Salmond, 65, yesterday hinted that evidence proving there had been a witch-hunt against him ‘would see the light of day’ once the coronavirus pandemic was over.

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