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Are Trump’s tweets examples of obstruction of justice? Legal experts weigh in

President Donald Trump’s tweets regularly cause firestorms online, but a recent series of posts have raised fiery legal questions. His tweets about his former lawyer Michael Cohen and longtime political advisor Roger Stone, both of whom have been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team about the Russian investigation prompted a quick and complicated backlash online. “‘Michael Cohen asks judge […]

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Nigeria: Misery for students as university lecturers strike

Students say they are facing a bleak future as labour deadlock between the government and professors continues. Nsukka, Nigeria – On a hot December afternoon in this southeastern town, a dry, dusty wind blows over the main entrance gate of the University of Nigeria campus.  Only a few cars and a handful of people are trickling in and out. Six […]

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Emissions of carbon dioxide into Earth’s atmosphere reach all-time record high

Emissions of carbon dioxide – the greenhouse gas most responsible for global warming – reached an all-time high in 2018, scientists announced Wednesday. Global carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere “are now higher than they’ve been for millions of years,” said Rob Jackson of the Global Carbon Project at Stanford University, who was one of the study co-authors. The emissions have […]

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Trump asks Opec not to cut production

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Dec 5) urged Opec members not to slash production at their upcoming meeting, saying global oil prices should remain low. Trump’s comment came as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil-producing nations prepared to meet Thursday and Friday in Vienna to discuss lowering their output. “Hopefully Opec […]

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Philippines' Duterte: 'Kill those useless bishops'

Provocative president intensifies attack on the Catholic Church, which opposes his deadly war on drugs. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said his country’s Catholic bishops are “useless fools” and should be “killed” as the controversial leader stepped up his attack on the church, which has opposed his deadly war on drugs in the Southeast Asian archipelago. In a speech at the presidential […]

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