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US President Donald Trump has recently tweeted that he, as the president has the legal right to interfere in any active criminal cases. He made this statement in response to Attorney General William Barr who claimed that the president's tweets were making his job impossible. The President has been criticizing jurors in the trial against Roger Stone, a close ally of his.

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Hope Hicks, the 31-year-old who joined US President Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016 and eventually held a post as White House communications director before resigning two years ago, has announced her return to the Trump administration. Hicks will be serving in a new role for Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, overseen by Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.

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Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has once again been accused by US prosecutors of committing corporate espionage and aiding sanctioned governments. This time they have been accused of helping Iran identify and track down protesters in 2009. Huawei has pled not guilty to all previous charges and claims the US is just trying to ruin its reputation.

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The US Defence Department has sent Congress a request to move nearly $4 billion from the American military budget to build Trump's border wall with Mexico. Democrat politicians strongly oppose this decision, calling it 'misguided and dangerous' and the request even received some opposition from a number of top Republicans.

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As Harvey Weinstein's rape trial steadily comes to a close, his lawyer, during her closing argument decided to go on the offensive. She attacked the credibility of the media and his accusers, claiming 'they couldn't keep anything straight' and that all sex between them and Weinstein was consensual. She even claimed that some of the witnesses were lying.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is seeing major changes after successfully passing Brexit legislation, with Sajid Javid being the latest minister to step down due to Johnson's demands. Javid stated that Johnson asked him to sack all his ministerial aides and employ certified Level 10 special advisers, which Javid starkly refused to do, choosing to step down instead. He will be replaced by former junior housing minister Rishi Sunak.

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With Democratic nomination candidates Colorado Senator Michael Bennett and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick joining tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang in withdrawing from the race to win the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential elections, three candidates have now ended their campaigns, leaving only eight candidates still in the running led by New Hampshire primary winner Bernie Sanders, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg in second place.

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Pakistan's anti-terrorism court has sentenced Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the leader of a prominent militant group, the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terrorist assault that left 160 dead, to five and a half years in jail for terrorism financing, fulfilling longstanding demands from the Indian and United States administrations.

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Andrew Yang, the former 45-year-old tech businessman whose presidential bid gained a loyal following on social media for being the only Democratic campaign supporting universal basic income, has withdrawn from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination due to disappointing numbers in the primaries. Yang promises his followers, popularly known as the Yang Gang, that this is not the end of the line for his political career.

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Bernie Sanders has won a hard-fought battle against Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire to be named as the front-runner for Democratic nomination. About 280,000 democratic voters cast votes on Tuesday night as Mr. Sanders got around 26% of the total votes. The Vermont senator declared the night "the beginning of the end" of Mr. Trump. The young former mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg gave him a tough fight

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Latest updates in the New Hampshire primary show US Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota in the lead with 30 percent of the vote, but with only 1 percent of the votes reported, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is expected to replicate his 2016 win in the state against Hillary Clinton, when he won 60 percent of the vote compared to Clinton's 37 percent.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that the country will no longer honor the Visiting Forces Agreement with the US. He made this announcement after a close ally of his was denied a US visa due to the country's war on drugs. The agreement was put in place to allow the rotation of US troops for military exercises and humanitarian assistance.

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According to early trends and poles, the Aam Aadmi Party is set to beat the BJP in the current Dehli elections. The AAP is set to take two-thirds of the seventy available seats in the capital, although the BJP has refused to give up. The BJP has claimed that they will still win more than 30 seats.

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According to a new United Nations report, North Korea has violated international sanctions by enhancing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The report also accused China of helping the country procure petroleum and other materials that they needed for these programs. China has denied all of these accusations. The US is once again attempting to restart denuclearisation talks with the country.

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After tying in the Iowa caucuses last week, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who managed a shocking win in the New Hampshire primaries in 2016 against Hillary Clinton, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana are leading the Democratic candidates' bid to win the presidential nomination against the Republican party's uncontested nomination of current US President Donald Trump.

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While Ireland's recently held general elections resulted in a rare three-way tie between the three major parties, the left-wing Sinn Fein party has won the popular vote and is set to form a coalition government in the country, winning 24.5 percent of first preference votes, a long way from its crushing defeat in the 2016 elections.

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Taiwan had to scramble some fighter jets to intercept Chinese jets that were circling the island. China has repeatedly claimed Taiwan belongs to it and has been running 'island encirclement drills' since 2016. The Taiwanese government, on the other hand, is trying to push the island's independence and is hostile to Chinese attempts to take over.

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A US envoy to Israel warned the country not make any unilateral decisions regarding the West Bank. This message came in response to demands by locals who want Israel to declare sovereignty over the area. The US wants the joint Israeli-American committee to finish mapping the area before any large decisions are made.

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Switzerland has voted in favor of a bill that will make discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal. Around 61% of the population was in favor of the bill although discrimination based on race and religion is still legal in the country. A same-sex marriage bill is currently going through Parliament.

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An exit poll for the results of Ireland's general elections has concluded that the three major political parties, the ruling Fine Gael Party under Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, the left-leaning Sinn Fein and the center-right party Fianna Fail, have all received 22 percent first preference votes each, leading to uncertainty about which party will eventually form the government.

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Two US soldiers were killed and six others were injured when a man wearing an Afghan soldier's uniform opened fire upon them. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive behind the attack is also still unclear. The incident is being investigated although officials are unsure if this was a deliberate attack or an isolated accident.

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US President Donald Trump fired 3 government officials that he blamed for his impeachment trial very quickly after he was acquited of all charges. A number of political experts have said that this could be a criminal offense and are calling it the 'Friday Night Massacre'. It is highly unlikely that he will be held accountable for these actions.

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Shops and businesses in Indian occupied Kashmir have shut down due to a strike called by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. The strike is in memory of the Kashmiri that the Indian government executed for playing a part in an attack on Parliament in 2001. The government is legally persecuting the JKLF for the strike.

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The families of the victims who perished in Iran's January 8 attack on a passenger plane have sued the Iranian government for 1.5 billion CAD in Canada. The Iranian government admitted the mistake after three days of denying the assault and has reiterated that it believes the US to be responsible for creating a situation of war, which required Iran's forces to be in high alert.

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According to the regional leader of Catalonia, Quim Torra, the region will be independent of Spain soon. The Spanish Government invited Torra for talks following the political instability in the country. Talking to Reuters on Friday, he said that he wants to agree on a date for an independence referendum. He added that the path to independence for Catalonia was irreversible.

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