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But the growth forecast for next year was cut to 1.4% from 2.2%.

It is cold and growing colder in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline recently fought one of their most tense battles with the Morton County Sheriff’s Department.

Paris St Germain put themselves in the box seat to enter the Champions League knockout rounds as Group A winners after an Alex Iwobi own goal earned them a point in an entertaining 2-2 draw at Arsenal on Wednesday.

Trump has named Betsy DeVos, chair of the Alliance for School Choice, a group that promotes private school vouchers, to serve as Secretary of Education.

Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas of inciting against Jews and Israelis, refusing to meet with Israeli officials to conduct peace talks and insisting on preconditions that Israel says effectively bar...

I’ll assume that Bannon is not an anti-Semite, but to suggest the presence of Orthodox Jews in Trump’s family and among his advisors, as well as Bannon’s own pro-Israel positions, establishes a prima facie case for his not being one is preposterous.

“Some, something”, he said, according to accounts Times editors and reporters who attended a meeting with the president-elect.

Polls also suggest support for her bloc has stabilized as measures to curtail the influx of refugees and ease the return of those whose applications for asylum are rejected take effect.

One of them, Jason Greenblatt, recently told Israeli media that Trump “does not view Jewish settlements as an obstacle to peace”, while another, David Friedman, said the two-state solution is not “the only answer anymore” and that annexing the West Bank...

Jared Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump at gala.

Manchester United’s Juan Mata, right celebrates with teammate Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney after he scored his sides second goal of the game during the Europa League group A soccer match between Manchester United and Feyen.

A shift on global warming is the latest sign Trump might be backing away from some of his campaign rhetoric as life in the Oval Office approaches, Reuters reports. Gov. Haley is also the daughter of Indian immigrants.

Green Party candidate Jill Stein has raised the needed funds for an election recount in three key Rustbelt states won by Donald Trump. Pennsylvania’s deadline is on Monday, and Michigan’s deadline is November 30.

There are said to be around 1,000 more people who still need to be evacuated from Kaikoura and a state of emergency remains for the Canterbury region as authorities clean up from the quake.

But it’s a role she seems reluctant to play.