Angela Merkel calls for full-face veil ban in Germany
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a ban on full-face veils in the country, during a speech at her party's conference
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The city getting rich from fake news
Many of the fake news websites that sprang up during the US election campaign have been traced to a small city in Macedonia ...
Trump’s business empire isn’t just an ethical disaster
President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he would separate himself from his businesses before he enters the White House.
Trump assembles America’s ‘richest cabinet’
US President-elect Donald Trump took a populist tone on the campaign trail, pledging to stand for a beleaguered working class abandoned by the elite.
Trump tweets about Ohio State University stabbing attack
President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on the Ohio State University attack in a tweet early Wednesday morning, claiming that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was “taking credit” for the attack.
Troop carriers seized: Is China sending Singapore a message?
Singapore is scrambling to recover nine armored troop carriers that have been impounded in Hong Kong for almost a week after they were used in a military training exercise in Taiwan.
Trump denies any conflict of interest over business empire
Billionaire US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is not obliged to cut ties to his business empire when he takes office on 20 January.
Conservative backlash over Trump’s ‘jail Clinton’ U-turn
Donald Trump supporters are lashing out at the president-elect for backing down from prosecuting Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server.
Priebus on $25M settlement: Trump wanted no ‘distraction’ taking office
Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff defended his new boss' decision to pay $25 million to settle Trump University lawsuits, saying the President-elect simply wanted to put that litigation to rest before taking the oath of office.
Good Friday and Columbus Day renamed by ‘inclusive’ US city of Bloomington
The US city of Bloomington in Indiana has renamed Good Friday and Columbus Day as "Spring Holiday" and "Fall Holiday" to be more "inclusive".
