(Photo by Michael Evans/The White House/Getty Images) Officials of the Trump administration have said they want a weak dollar. The US government pushing for a weak greenback breaks with recent tradition. But 35 years ago, the Reagan administration worked with foreign governments to weaken the dollar. At the beginning of the year, Treasury Secretary Steve […]
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EU member states urged to develop co-ordinated vaccine plans for measles, flu and other diseases
The European Commission has urged EU member states to co-operate more closely in fighting diseases, such as measles and flu, saying vaccines against them were among the most powerful and cost-effective public health measures.
The US fired more than 118 missiles at Syria in coordinated response to suspected chemical weapons attack
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar The US fired more than 118 missiles in “precision strikes” on Syria on Friday night. Defense Secretary James Mattis said the number of weapons used was “a little over double” that of a 2017 air strike on Syria which involved 59 Tomahawk missiles. If Tomahawk missiles were used, the minimum weapons cost […]
The US, Britain, and France launched coordinated military strikes against Syria — photos from the ground show how it’s playing out
REUTERS/Feras Makdesi US-led missile strikes against the Syrian regime began at 9 p.m. EDT, following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a sustained response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s apparent chemical weapons attack in the country. “This massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime,” Trump said […]
‘Twitter ban of RT ads part of coordinated attack on Russian media & freedom of speech’
Twitter’s decision to ban RT’s advertising is based on a discredited intelligence report and comes just as the public is losing interest in the crumbling Trump-Russia collusion case, experts interviewed by RT believe. Twitter has banned ads from RT and Sputnik, citing their alleged meddling in the 2016 US election, despite the fact that the […]
23 Egyptian soldiers killed fending off major coordinated assault claimed by ISIS
Published time: 8 Jul, 2017 02:17 ISIS terrorists have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Egyptian forces on the Sinai Peninsula in which at least 23 soldiers lost their lives. Despite the heavy casualties, the military claims it foiled the major assault, killing dozens of terrorists. At least 33 others were wounded in the […]