Bus Fire in Thailand Kills 20 Migrant Workers From Myanmar
Bus Fire in Thailand Kills 20 Migrant Workers From Myanmar
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Russia new heavy ICBM undergoes 2nd launch test (VIDEO)
The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video that shows the second launch test of the new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat. The ministry says the test was a success.
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48 suicide belts seized in E. Ghouta, evacuation bus bombings thwarted – Russian MOD
The Russian military has thwarted dozens of suicide bomb attacks targeting buses of civilians fleeing Syria's eastern Ghouta, Russia's Defense Minister said. Forty-eight explosive belts have been seized within three days.
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Child marriage brochure prompts outrage in Sweden
A Swedish leaflet about child marriage has been withdrawn after it sparked outrage. The document outlines the illegality of underage marriage in Sweden, but many assumed it was condoning it instead.
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Greece’s Island of Despair
Greece’s Island of Despair
Washington police stand by initial conclusion of no foul play in Russian media tycoon’s death
Metropolitan Police have said they still believe the death of the Russian media tycoon in Washington in 2015 was an accident. The latest assertion comes in light of a secret report alleging Mikhail Lesin was “bludgeoned to death.”
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Court Dismisses Exxon’s Effort to Block Climate Investigation
A federal judge in New York called a lawsuit brought by Exxon Mobil against state attorneys general in New York and Massachusetts “implausible.”
5 Times David Pecker and The Enquirer Defended or Championed Trump
Supported by Politics 5 Times David Pecker and The Enquirer Defended or Championed Trump Photo The National Enquirer, which is owned by David J. Pecker, has long protected President Trump, including in an edition this month. President Trump and his old friend David J. Pecker, whose company owns The National Enquirer, have long had a mutually beneficial relationship. Now that Mr. Trump is president, Mr. Pecker has showcased his access to him, including when he recently sought to do business with people in Saudi Arabia.
Here are five times that Mr. Pecker and his company, American Media Inc., protected, defended or championed Mr. Trump.
Killing a model’s story about an affair with TrumpKaren McDougal, a former Playboy model, recently filed a lawsuit against American Media, saying she wants to be free to speak about an affair she says she had with Mr. Trump over a decade ago. She said she signed a legal agreement with the company in 2016 that prevented her from talking about her alle..
Number of injured in Kemerovo shopping mall fire grows to 79
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Wooing Saudi Business, Tabloid Mogul Had a Powerful Friend: Trump
Wooing Saudi Business, Tabloid Mogul Had a Powerful Friend: Trump Photo Donald J. Trump with his friend David J. Pecker, a tabloid publisher, in 2010. A dinner at the White House helped Mr. Pecker showcase his connections as he sought business with Saudi Arabia. In July, David J. Pecker, the chairman of the company that owns The National Enquirer, visited his old friend President Trump at the White House.
The tabloid publisher took along a special guest, Kacy Grine, a French businessman who advises one of Saudi Arabia’s richest men and sometimes acts as an intermediary between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Western businesses.
The two men and other Pecker associates chatted with the president in the Oval Office and briefly met with Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner. Before moving on to dinner with the group, the president had a photographer snap pictures of the guests standing with him behind his desk.
Mr. Pecker has long used his media empire to p..