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Turkey-Syria cease-fire is 'not a success,' Republican lawmaker says
House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said the Turkey-Syria cease-fire amid a U.S. troop pullout in Syria is not a success.
Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran of the Iraq War, told Neil Cavuto Friday on "Your World" that the cease-fire's terms essentially allow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reach his goal in the region. ( Fox News)
Swiss banks are charging millionaires to store their money
Instead of paying interest on deposits, Swiss banks are starting to charge wealthy customers to stash their cash.
Credit Suisse (CS) said Friday that the bank would apply a negative 0.75% interest rate to balances above 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million). (CNN)
Pro-independence protesters set fires, clash with police in Barcelona
Fires and violence broke out in the streets of Barcelona on Friday, as more than half a million pro-independence protesters gathered in the Catalan capital, the local police said. (cnn)
WhatsApp tax sparks night of austerity protests across Lebanon
WhatsApp tax sparks night of austerity protests across Lebanon (CNN)
'We do not want war': Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has insisted that his government was right to release one of the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a day after his brief capture by the army sparked a wave of attacks by cartel gunmen who took soldiers hostage and paralyzed the northern city of Culiacán. (The Guardian)
Investigation of Clinton emails ends, finding no 'deliberate mishandling'
The state department has completed its years-long internal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of private email and found “no persuasive evidence of systemic, deliberate mishandling of classified information”. ( The Guardian)
Polls show Americans have come to support Trump's impeachment much faster than Nixon's or Clinton’s
For the first time, a majority of Americans said this week that they supported the impeachment of President Trump. Not just in one, outlying poll — in an average of all current national polls compiled by the data journalists at Five Thirty Eight. (Yahoo News)
US cities are losing 36 million trees a year
If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, this summer's record-breaking heat waves might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study.
But tree cover in US cities is shrinking. A study published last year by the US Forest Service found that we lost 36 million trees annually from urban and rural communities over a five-year period. That's a 1% drop from 2009 to 2014 ( CNN)
Putin Oversees Nuclear Submarine Drills Across Russia
President Vladimir Putin supervised major test launches of ballistic and cruise missiles on land, air and sea Thursday.
The three-day Grom (Thunder)-2019 exercises involved five submarines, more than 100 aircraft, 200 missile launchers and 12,000 Russian troops. ( The Moscow Times)
Boris Johnson urges MPs to end the 'pain' of Brexit limbo
Boris Johnson is urging MPs to put an end to the 'pain' of Brexit limbo by endorsing his withdrawal deal.
Ahead of the so-called 'super Saturday' session of Parliament, the Prime Minister tried to rally support before what is expected to be a knife-edge vote. ( The Daily Mail)
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