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Russia says it’s not behind Syria chemical attacks

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Russia rejected Tuesday fresh US accusations that it bears responsibility for recent chemical attacks…

US Senate confirms Jerome Powell as next Fed chairman

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed former investment banker Jerome Powell as head of the…

Trump trade crackdown gathering steam, China a target

by Douglas Gillison Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump begins 2018 making good on his aggressive "America First"…

Kentucky school shooting leaves two students dead

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - A teenage gunman opened fire in a Kentucky high school on Tuesday, leaving two students dead and more than…

Thousands gather in Florida for 2018 Women’s March

By Klaudine Caday EBC Florida Bureau ORLANDO, FL (Eagle News) -- Equal pay, pro-choice, sexual harassment, equal opportunities for women,…

Magnitude 8.2 quake strikes southeast of Kodiak, Alaska; tsunami warnings issued

  (Eagle News) – A magnitude 8.2 quake struck 278 kilometers southeast of Kodiak, Alaska prompting a tsunami watch for…

US federal employees to return after lawmakers end government shutdown

  by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US federal workers prepared to return to work…

Congress votes to end shutdown, funding bill heads to Trump

by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Congress put the US government back in business Monday…

US Democrats accept compromise to end government shutdown

by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States - The US Senate on Monday reached a deal to reopen the federal government,…

US government workers home without pay as shutdown drags on

  by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Hundreds of thousands of US federal employees were…

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