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deficit rose to $984b in 2019, highest in seven years: treasury

The deficit is big by historical standards, and debt is expected to rise in the coming years, heading toward the largest size relative to the economy since World War II.. ..

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mike pence hits the road to pitch trump policies: 12,000 miles, eight

With Washington and world obsessed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's slow walk to impeachment hearings for President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence has opened up his own lane, leading cheers for Mexico trade deal, blasting China, and gassing up airplane to fill the in on the administration's..

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‘military levers’: pentagon relieved solomon islands attorney

That extends out China's operating sphere to the inner rings of U.S like Australia, Patrick Buchan, Australian Defense Ministry at Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Washington Examiner.. ... naval port in that part of the world could China significant leverage in..

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how jews expelled from spain forged a diaspora with ties to 25% of

New world, same story . As some Sephardim headed east, others — nominally Christian — voyaged west to the New World, hoping that the Inquisition would not be as strong across the Atlantic. ... Citing statistics that 25 percent of New World colonists were Jewish, and that 25..

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Russia has supplied the US with the state of the rocket, first developed for Soviet super-heavy lift Energiya launch vehicle, for use with Lockheed Martin's Atlas III and Atlas V, with the latter currently US-made launch vehicle capable of sending heavy payloads into orbit... ... Chinese Vice..

donald trump: just another sinner born again

Note: Is it politically incorrect to ask how the United States became the most productive nation in the world without using the above-outlined ridiculous Total Quality Management system based on Skinner’s operant conditioning?] ... His literary scholarship concentrates on the history of global..

18th non-aligned movement summit begins

Majority of the developing countries still face the same problems related to development and in the world system as it was when NAM was established in 1961, .. ... Upholding Bandung Principles to Ensure concerted and Adequate Response to Challenges of Contemporary world... ..

un / guterres world protests

Guterres said, the world is also wrestling with the impacts of globalization and new technologies, and added that people want level playing field including social, economic and financial systems that work for all they want their human rights respected, and in the decisions that affect..

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