this week at state: august 2, 2019

On August 1, Secretary Pompeo met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to address issues of bilateral and regional importance and on August 2 met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar . . ..

democrats, how do i hate thee?

The obviousness of Israel’s deleterious effects on Middle Eastern and world politics hasn’t helped either, and neither has mounting revulsion at Israel’s illegal occupation of the occupied territories and the Gaza strip. . ..

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Jackson, of course, was the president who signed Indian Removal Act in 1830 and got Trail of Tears underway, throwing tens of thousands of Native Americans off their homeland and, of course, costing many thousands their lives.. ..

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Eastern on Twitter: @nytopinion] . The Georgetown Visitation sisters owned at least 107 enslaved men, women and children, the records show. ..

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polish church leader condemns 'worsening attacks' on clergy, churches

Meanwhile, Polish media commentators and representatives of LGBTQ groups accused Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Bialystok of inciting violence against a July 20 “Equality March” in the eastern city, during which police used stun grenades and pepper spray to hold back aggressive counterprotesters..

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Meantime, SDF military convoy comprising 25 military vehicles attacked the towns of al-Azbeh and Azman Eastern Deir Ezzur, arresting at least 30 civilians.        .. ..

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And the discussion went further than that in looking at the broader Indian Ocean, so looking at projects in Myanmar, looking at projects in Sri Lanka, and the concern expressed was general.  ... There is a strong awareness of the growing potential of the region, and not just reflected in the amount..

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july was likely the hottest month in history, following warmest june

The average global temperature in June soared to the highest level ever measured for that month, with record-breaking heat measured in Eastern Europe, northern Russia, Asia, Africa, South America, the north Indian Ocean, and across parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. ..

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