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12 immigrant workers at Trump’s New York golf club fired, lawyer says
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A dozen immigrant workers at one of President Donald Trump’s golf clubs in New York who are in the U.S. illegally were fired this month even though managers had known about their legal status for years, a lawyer for the workers
Trudeau fires Canada’s ambassador to China amid Huawei controversy
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fired Canada’s ambassador to China, John McCallum. It follows controversial comments Mr McCallum made about an extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Mr Trudeau said in a statement he had
Osaka beats Kvitova to win Australian Open and become new world number one
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Japan’s Naomi Osaka battled past Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-4 to win her first Australian Open crown Saturday and become the new world number one. The fourth seed and US Open champion made it two Grand Slam
France, Germany, Spain, UK give Maduro 8 days to call ‘fair’ elections in Venezuela
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Germany, France and Spain said Saturday they will recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president unless a plan for fresh elections is announced within eight days. The current president, Nicolas Maduro, has refused to step down after disputed elections
Trump says deal reached to reopen US government for 3 weeks
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US. President Donald Trump on Friday said a deal had been reached on legislation that would reopen the U.S. government through Feb. 15. “I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and
Russia at UN accuses US of coup attempt in Venezuela
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Russia says the United States should give a clear answer on whether Washington is willing to use military force in Venezuela, in a meeting in New York on Saturday. “I’m not going to speculate or hypothesize what the U.S. will do
Japan’s top court upholds sterilization requirement to register sex change
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Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents. The court said the law is constitutional because it was meant to reduce confusion in families
EU puts Saudi Arabia on draft terrorism financing list, sources say
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The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia to an EU draft list of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, two sources told Reuters on Friday. The move comes amid