The Dakar Rally begins on Saturday in Saudi Arabia with race director David Castera telling AFP it would be worse to “turn one’s back” on the hosts over concerns about its human rights record. Castera was speaking as just over 1000 competitors were fine-tuning the 578 cars, trucks and motorbikes which will bid for a …
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French President Emmanuel Macron insisted he hadn’t forgotten the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday as he defended his decision to visit Saudi Arabia during his Gulf tour. On Saturday, Macron will become one of the first Western leaders to meet the kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, since Khashoggi …
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday defended his government’s move to speed up approval of major infrastructure projects considered vital to national security. A decree published in the Official Gazette on Monday said that provisional authorization for public works in areas such as energy, tourism and transport must be issued within five business …
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Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday defended allowing the head of JP Morgan Chase to skip a three-week Covid quarantine imposed on most other visitors, saying he worked for “a very big bank”. The comments came as Hong Kong also announced more than 100 cargo pilots had been ordered into mandatory quarantine and that the city …
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Joe Biden. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 7:30 PM PT – Sunday, April 18, 2021 U.S. officials said Joe Biden is committed to raising the cap of refugee admissions this year, just days after announcing he would stick with the cap set by President Trump. First, Biden signed orders limiting refugee admissions to …
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in an interview with ABC on Sunday, defended the Biden administration’s decision to maintain Trump-era refugee caps amid capacity constraints. “It’s going to be very hard to meet the 62,000 this fiscal year,” Blinken said of the Biden administration’s earlier goal for refugee admissions, after being asked about Friday’s directive to keep …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday that she won’t back down from promoting “America First” policies as she addressed criticism of a caucus she was helping create. A document outlining Taylor Greene’s “America First Caucus” was published by a media outlet on Friday, with the document drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans for phrases …
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(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 2:15 PM PT – Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Legacy media program “60 minutes” has stood by its widely criticized report covering Florida’s vaccine rollout. In a statement Tuesday, a spokesperson for the CBS run show doubled down on the reporting. Critics called out the “60 Minutes” piece for …
Joe Biden speaks about the March jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, April 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 12:30 PM PT – Friday, April 2, 2021 Joe Biden defended raising taxes in order to pay for his high-priced infrastructure package. During a press appearance Friday, …
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks with reporters outside the White House on March 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 5:47 PM PT – Thursday, April 1, 2021 The White House defended its $2 trillion infrastructure plan. During a White House press briefing Thursday, Press Secretary …
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