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Bulgaria’s PM-designate Announces Graft-fighting Govt

Bulgaria’s PM-designate Kiril Petkov, whose new anti-graft party won general elections last month, said on Saturday he hoped to take office on Monday as the head of a four-party coalition, ending months of political deadlock in the poorest EU country. Announcing his cabinet, Harvard graduate and former entrepreneur Petkov, 41, said he would “not lose …

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Rep. Perry: Designate CCP a Transnational Criminal Organization

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said Sunday that the Biden administration must designate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a “transnational criminal organization,” to allow Americans to understand the regime’s vision for not only China, but also the United States. “We’re making a differentiation between the people of China and the Communist Party of China,” the lawmaker …

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Pompeo to Designate Yemen’s Houthi Rebels as Terrorist Group

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he will designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” as time runs down on the Trump administration. The designation will take effect on Jan. 19, one day before president-elect Joe Biden is set to take office. The announcement Sunday comes as Pompeo and his …

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