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US broadcaster CBS to buy Australia's Ten Network
American broadcaster CBS has secured a deal to buy Australia's third-largest television network, Ten, the embattled station's administrators said on Aug. 28.
The Ten Network was placed in voluntary administration in June after two billionaire backers refused to continue guaranteeing a key loan of Aus$200 million ($159 million).
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Donald Trump to Announce New Strategy on Afghanistan in Major Speech
Donald Trump will announce his decision on America's strategy in Afghanistan on Monday night in an address to US troops and the nation almost 16 years after the war began, according to The Guardian.
Trump intensifies criticism of own attorney general
Donald Trump's war of words against his attorney general and one-time ally Jeff Sessions escalated on July 24, raising speculation the president may be preparing the ground to replace him.
Trump and his advisers are in fact talking about the possibility of replacing Sessions, The Washington Post reported on July 24 in the evening, quoting people familiar with these discussions.
USS Ford is '100,000-ton message to the world'
With praise and a blessing for the military, President Donald Trump helped hand over the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Navy on July 22 and said the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier will send a "100,000-ton message to the world" about America's military might when it is ultimately deployed.
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Trump's Approval Rating Hits Record Low 6 Months In
American support for President Donald Trump has hit a record low six months after he assumed office, according to a poll released Sunday, quoted by Anadolu Agency.
Just 36% of Americans approve of the job the president has been doing since taking office in January, the ABC News/Washington Post poll finds.
Russia dirt on Clinton? 'I love it,' Trump son said in emails
Donald Trump's eldest son released emails on Jul 11 showing he embraced Russian efforts to support his father's presidential campaign, a shocking disclosure likely to further fuel speculation over Moscow's suspected role in the election.
Trump Jr. admits he wanted info on Clinton from Russian
A meeting between President Donald Trump's eldest son and a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign occurred at the behest of a Moscow-based singer with family ties to Trump's businesses, according to a participant in the talks. Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged on July 10 that he made time for the meeting hoping to get information about Democrat Hillary Clinton.
US Supreme Court partially reinstates Trump travel ban
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed the decision as a "victory for national security," but it's likely to set off a new round of court disputes over anti-terror efforts and religious discrimination.
ISIS supporters celebrate London tower inferno!
While the number of those killed in the Grenfell Tower has officially risen to 12 and 18 of the 78 ahve been critically injured, with fears that the death toll is almost certain to increase, some ISIS and Islamist sympathisers took to twitter to celebrate the tragedy, despite the fact that some of those in the flaming tower were Muslims themselves.
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Putin Urges 'Joint Work' with Trump on Climate
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for calm in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, joking that any bad weather encountered around the globe could now be blamed on 'American imperialism', reported RT. He urged the world to work with Donald Trump on climate, insisting he did not "judge" the US leader for quitting the landmark Paris accord, AFP
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